The PGA Championship might be the greatest gift to golf and major events. At the US Open and the Masters, we read articles about how the...
We learned early in the week that Charlotte can take on a lot of mid-May water. We also learned that Quail Hollow doesn’t cater to a...
I was tempted to sneak the word catachresis into this week’s episode title. Borrowed from Greek, it means “the use of a word in a way that is...
The history of the acquisition of lands for state parks and properties is a varied one across the Empire State. The first state park, Niagara Falls,...
Cacoethes is the urge to do something inadvisable. It is pronounced ka-kuh-WEE-theez and is the sort of word that might sound like a curse, an insult,...
The final week of professional golf in April of 2025 brought out some first-time winners. On the LPGA, a maiden major titleist was welcomed in Houston....
With the Masters behind us and the apparent fullness of spring’s arrival to the northern hemisphere, golf season is truly here. We have major champions in...
There’s no way to proclaim which Masters tournament was the greatest ever. For every solid opinion, there is an equally sustainable one. One can certainly submit...
As Moving Day was unpacking, I was taking in a regional performance of Chess, the 1986 musical that has enjoyed a reassessment and revaloration in recent years....
Swingeth did the Cutsman’s axe. Swingeth, too, did a quartet of competitors as they moved to the top of the leader’s board. As happens so often...
After a dalliance with sweater weather to begin play on Thursday, Augusta National Golf Club settled into a more comfortable and familiar climate. As the day...
April, come she will. And when she does, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, she will bring glorious golf and renewal for many. Even this writer isn’t...
The final week of March 2025 yielded some impressive performances, as golfers ramped up for major championship season. A number of tours found a home in...
The continued hiatuses of the LPGA and Korn Ferry Tours seeped into the third week of March. Just three of the world’s top tours hosted events...
Players Championship week might be more powerful than the week of any major championship. Can you say, competition shut down? When all the world’s professional golf...
I had the opportunity to attend an event this week with Siobhan Hughes, a Wall Street Journal reporter. Much of what she described, both during the fireside-chat...
If you didn’t love golf this week, you’ll never love golf. Jake Knapp fired up the engine with a 12-under par 59 on Thursday, at the...
For those who crave instant gratification, there is no doubt that year one of TGL offers frustration. It’s indoor golf, on an untested playing stadium, with...
Rob Ogle is an artist. I learned of him through a work colleague, a man of letters who happened to be in St. Andrews one day...
It was a week of triumph, and a week of loss. Both Tiger Woods (mother) and Matt Kuchar (father) lost parents to the inevitable circle of...
It was not a week for front-runners, at least on the men’s tours. The round-three leader of each event failed to close the door on victory....
There’s a runaway winner on the tours, every year, and it’s not Tiger nor Nelly, Scottie, nor Bernhard. It’s the DP World Tour and its content...
Tour Rundown remains the domain of the hardened golf fan, at least until mid-February. American football occupies the consciousness of most sports fans in the Western...
Golf season begins not with a roar, but rather, a whisper. Led by the US PGA Tour, the world’s barnstorming circuits ramp up their presence each...
The history of the acquisition of lands for state parks and properties is a varied one, across the Empire State. The first state park, Niagara Falls,...
The new year and new seasons have arrived. There’s even a new league on stage for liftoff this Tuesday. It might be brutally windy and brutally...
Most media outlets offer you a series of products from September to November, touting them as must-have products for you and others, during the holiday season....
If your goal is to make an impact on the world, let not slow play at golf be your Maginot Line. There is so much else...
It’s a funny time of year for professional golf. The LPGA and US PGA tours will finish official 2024 play this week, while the DP World...
The weeks have dwindled to two. The LPGA and PGA Tours finish their schedules on Sunday next, while the remaining world tours have buttoned up their...
There has been a spate of news about Rory McIlroy locking himself in an attic somewhere, in search of a reimagined and redefined swing path. For...
Fantasy football leagues are at the halfway point, leading to playoffs. Bye weeks are beginning to happen in the NFL and professional golf marches on. We...
As American football steams through its fifth weekend. professional golf continues to capture our attention. Thanks to a well-balanced equation for tour championships, the brass ring...
The brief, but exciting, season of international team play began in Virginia this week. The top ladies of Europe and the USA did battle at Robert...
The 2024 PGA Tour season ended a bit oddly, and the FM Championship on the LPGA circuit defies definition. Come to think of it, there were...