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April 11, 2021
A Favorite Son Rises
A Favorite Son Rises: The Ascension of a Cherished Legacy The 2021 Masters tournament is actually the second Masters in the last six months. The tournament began with the ceremonial opening tee shot with six-time champion, Jack Niklaus and three-time winner Gary Player being joined by 86-year-old Lee Elder, who made history in 1975 when […]
March 14, 2021
A Players Player
The 2021 version of the Players Championship was vastly different to the 2020 version. For one thing, the first round was completed this year, while last year’s event was cancelled mid-way through the opening round because of Covid. It would be three months later before professional golf would resume. Difficult conditions in this Thursday’s first […]
February 22, 2021
The Comeback Kid
It was only 6 years ago that Jordan Spieth was being universally anointed as the second coming of Woods/Nicklaus. The then 21-year-old phenom had just captured his second Major Championship and the golf world was agog with the engaging young Texan. In a torrid stretch of superb and consistent play from 2015-2017, Spieth was a […]
November 15, 2020
A Masters For The Ages
The azaleas were nowhere to be found and the drive down Magnolia Lane was missing its usual escort of color but the world’s most revered golf theater was still resplendent. The Chinese firs and the array of evergreens still held sway lining the perfect fairways and surrounding the terrifying greens. It was a Masters like […]
September 20, 2020
I Did It My Way
The 120th edition of America’s oldest Major Championship returned to storied Winged Foot Golf Club in New York and it showcased two of the game’s most unique and individual talents. Heading into Sunday’s final round 21-year-old rookie Matthew Wolff had taken a two-shot lead after a spectacular 5-under 65 that left him two clear of […]
September 8, 2020
Ghyslaine Lockhart
We continue to be amazed by our superb students. Ghyslaine Lockhart (with her husband Brad) did a 3-day school with the incomparable Craig Waryan in June at our site in Tucson. Ghyslaine is a good player whose best round up until now had been an 85. That all changed on September 2nd. Playing at San […]
September 7, 2020
A Fitting End
This is the second year that the PGA Tour has adopted its staggered start for the season ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. It is two events in one because it is the last event in the season long FedEx Cup, with the FedEx winner being awarded a whopping bonus of US $15 […]
August 10, 2020
It’s With Two L’s
The 102nd edition of golf’s oldest professional Major Championship would prove to be a historic four days of golf. The venue was at the TPC at Harding Park in San Francisco, (one of only a handful of public courses that have hosted a Major) and the field was comprised of 95 of the world’s top […]
July 27, 2020
Jon Veldman
We just received this incredible news from Jon Veldman, whom we have been privileged to see several times over the years. Most recently he did a school with his teacher, Tim Peightal, at our Hilton Head site and this is what he just did: “Thought you might enjoy the attached (his scorecards). I know I did! […]
July 20, 2020
The Course That Jack Built
Jack’s Place-Part 2. In a historic first for the PGA Tour, this week’s Memorial presented by Nationwide tournament at Muirfield Village was the second event in a row being played on the same course. Fitting perhaps that the home of the game’s greatest player and arguably his finest course design would be the venue for […]
June 28, 2020
21 Today
Father Time was turned back this week at The Travelers’ Championship as 50-year old Peter Pan, aka Phil Mickelson took the 36-hole lead at 13-under par. The PGA Tour’s third event back since restarting two weeks ago in Texas was its most thrilling to date. As will be a standard part of each Tour event […]
June 14, 2020
They’re Back
The PGA Tour became the second major spectator sport (NASCAR has been racing for 2 weeks) in the US to return to the playing field this past Thursday after a hiatus of 90 days. The event was the Charles Schwab Challenge at venerable Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The eerie quiet. Golf is […]
