Golf Chronicles Blog

I'm often asking young families why their kids aren't they playing golf.  The answer is usually that golf takes too much time.  They usually don't really understand the time commitment and that getting kids into golf requires some good planning and thinking about how...

The old wives' tale postulates that golf is a critical skill to business development and potential sales on the golf course.  Golf is viewed as a critical skill for the sales function of any organization.  A secondary norm of this postulate is that the salesperson or...

What a way to win a golf tournament especially a major golf tournament such as The Masters.  On Sunday, Rory McIlroy, rested and ready after Saturday's brilliant 66, decided that he was going to repeat his Saturday performance immediately by taking on the bunker on...

My third book, PARdon Me, has been published and will be available on April 29. PARdon Me is another series of stories, experiences and vignettes in all aspects of the golf experience.  In this book, I have anointed North Berwick Golf Club in Scotland as my favorite...

Viktor Hovland has been engaged in a tug of war with his game.  He has had a successful career on the PGA Tour, but he hadn't won anything since 2023.  Hovland won the US Amateur in 2018 as was a member of the Oklahoma St. national championship team.  He has a list of...

In both of my published books, I covered golf holes that I considered to be the most challenging and distinctive in my experience. In looking through my social media page, I noticed a request to submit the reader's hardest holes that they had ever played.  I combed...

We have a new episode of "The Apprentice" with the venue in the Oval Office of the White House. ("The Kids go to the White House).   The PGA Tour and LIV Tour have come to state their cases to the President of the United States and Club Champion of a number of private...

Ludwig Aberg shot 63 in the first round at Torrey Pines three weeks ago and he looked like he was going to run and hide to win that tournament.  On Day 2 of that event, he started to experience flu like symptoms and he was barely able to survive physically in his...

The PGA Tour moved from the Signature event at Pebble Beach to the Greatest Show on Earth at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix.  The modest, staid attendance at Pebble gave way to the circus like atmosphere at the TPC Stadium Course in Scottsdale.  Attendance for...

It was a golf tournament for 63 holes.  The leaderboard shifted to and fro continuously with as many as 10 players in contention.  The field endured all types of weather including rain, cold, significant wind in a very haphazard fashion.  Rory McIlroy was one of these...

The PGA Tour finally played a golf course that challenged the competitors' entire skill set at Torrey Pines.  Torrey Pines is the longest course on Tour but more importantly, it has rough, and this week a mixture of challenging winds to add to the test.  Par at Torrey...

When I first heard about TGL, for some crazy reason I went back to my childhood and recalled the made for TV event-"Home Run Derby."  Home Room Derby pitted the greatest sluggers in baseball in a pure home run hitting contest.  Willie Mays vs. Mickey Mante, Harmon...

As the PGA Tour kicks off the calendar 2025 season in Hawaii at the Sentry Open at the Plantation Course in Maui,  Hawaii, the state of professional golf is as unsettled as ever.  PGA viewership is down by double-digits as the schism with the LIV Tour enters another...

Mother Nature is indifferent and takes no prisoners.  I can recall when the cypress tree on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach died a natural death.  That tree had guarded the 18th for many a year and often prohibited players from reaching the closing hole in 2 shots....

Twas the Night Before Christmas Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house-not a creature was stirring not even a mouse.  The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that badges for the Masters would be there. The children were nested...