The 20th Hole

LIV 2.0 Is a Non-Starter — Let It Liquidate LIV 2.0 is a non-starter, and the kindest outcome for everyone involved is an orderly liquidation. The golf fan is only interested in having the best players competing on the PGA Tour and in Europe on the DP Tour. LIV 1.0...

On  February 27, 2027 Santa Clara University will play a match against Loyola Marymount University at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.  The event is designed to support the golf programs of both universities and promote great competition between two prominent West...

Druids Glen Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland Par 72 • 6,732 yards (White) • Parkland The Course Druids Glen is tucked in between the Wicklow Mountains and the Irish Sea, south of Dublin. It is a parkland course and a favorite of mine and much better than...

Joseph R. Bronson used to need 230 yards off the tee. Some days now, he wrote this month, he can barely reach 200. He has played golf for more than 50 years, and he puts the problem this way: “the mind still knows exactly how to turn the hips and get the club back,...

Subsequent to last week's post on the Yale CC transformation nightmare, the New York Times published a complete piece this past Sunday. The problem here is basic.  The considerable funds raised by Yale alumni to fund the restoration were not adequately supported by...

  Yale CC--An Exciting Renovation becomes an Embarrassment Seth Raynor's masterpiece got a $30 million restoration.  Instead of the transformation of one of the best designed golf course in the United States, the result became a nightmare for Gil Hanse. By now...

According to a study, executives rate golf as the #1 sport for networking, with 90% of Fortune 500 CEOs playing regularly. You can learn more about a person in four hours on a golf course than in four months of meetings..  It’s a place where egos collide with bunkers,...

"PARdon Me: 50 Years of Golf, One Hole at a Time" is a golf memoir by Joseph Bronson. It's the third in his series of golf reflections and draws on half a century of his experiences as an enthusiastic amateur and golf storytelling through his blog. On this episode of...

US Comes Back in Sunday Singles to Win the Presidents Cup The US lost the Ryder Cup to Team Europe at Bethpage in 2025.  The US recently lost the Walker Cup to Team Great Britain and Ireland at La Hinch in County Clare, Ireland.  A few weeks ago Team USA lost the...

Cape Kidnappers Cape Kidnappers might be one of the most incredible golf venues ever designed.   Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand is a coastal headland and a peninsula forming the southern boundary of Hawkes Bay jutting northeasterly into the magnificent Pacific Ocean. ...

LIV Golf was going to disrupt the PGA Tour.  Financing was the weapon with the sponsorship of the sovereign fund of the Saudi Arabian government.  Their strategy was to buy the PGA's most talented players with money way beyond what those players could make in a...

It looked like another US victory was in the cards as the US team swept the four ball competition in the morning session on the second day of the competition at La Hinch Golf Club in County Clare, Ireland.  The US only needed 3 1/2 points to maintain the Cup out of...

I've been playing golf for over 50 years and as a late model septuageniaran, it's hard to come to grips with the diminution of your ability to hit golf shots at the distances you used to hit them.  It has forced me to abandon the idea of "greens in regulation" as most...

Elusive Links by Dan Rosenberg is an epic tale of fictional history dealing with a wide variety of plots and themes including European history, genealogy, romance and the teachings of Maimonides across multiple story lines separated by five centuries.  When you open...

The Pit—13th Hole at North Berwick You’ve been on North Berwick for the past two and a half hours and it’s been an exhilarating experience.  The wind has picked up and is now directly in your face as you approach, “The Pit”, the par four of 390 yards now playing much...