Next up we headed to the Ballybunion Golf Links. I hadn’t been here since the spring of 1990 and remember nothing about the course other than the cemetery off the first tee. My son was 11 years old. It was pouring rain and the wind was howling and what made...
Jerry Kelly has always been a keen competitor without having all of the artillery of his Senior Tour combatants. After leading the tournament, the rest of the field led by Matt Gogol put up a score in the clubhouse that Kelly would have to beat and his lead shrank to...
Old Head Golf Links: Gem of the Southwest We caught Old Head on a day the pro shop said comes around once or twice a year — sunshine for most of the round, wind in the 10-20 mph range, and not a drop of rain. The last time I teed it up at Old Head the heavens opened...
I played Waterville from the green tees — 6,252 yards — under conditions that had no business allowing golf at all: torrential rain and a steady 30-40 mph wind for the entirety of the front nine, gusting to 50 on a few memorable occasions. The rain finally broke at...
I have to interrupt my writing on Ireland to focus on the latest DeChambeau escapade at the Open Championship in Royal Birkdale. DeChambeau completed his best round in a 2026 major at Royal Birkdale and into contention at -7. He was then confronted with a two stroke...
From the warmth of the Costa Sol in April, we headed back to Ireland on June 23 for five additional rounds on the Emerald Isle. Dodging heat domes is a new sport that seems to be necessary as this horrible weather is occurring with additional frequency in Europe, I...
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