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JJ Spaun won the US Open besting a posse of competitors that one by one all fell to beast that was Oakmont.    He won it with grit, determination and perhaps a little assistance from the gods of golf.  He also won it with his putter and his driver on the 17th hole,...

Another Great Par 3--Western Gailes In my new book, "PARdon Me", there is a chapter on the best par 3's that I have ever played.  I managed to miss a very good one, so we offer an additional gem in this blog post.  The hole is the par 3, 183 yard hole at Western...

Professional golf had quite a weekend of wonderful competition that had some unique similarities and outcomes.  Scottie Scheffler turned in another terrific performance holding off Ben Griffin and winning Jack Nicklaus' signature even at the Memorial in Ohio....

I feel a need to recognize and applaud Jon Rahm's comments after  the 2025 PGA Championship.  Rahm is a former world number 1 professional, who decided to leave the PGA Tour and join the LIV Tour.  Rahm's reasoning for leaving the tour are many but surely the notion...

Scottie Scheffler was going to win the PGA Championship no matter what.  It wouldn't have mattered what golf course or what conditions were in the mix.  Ever since, Scottie won his first event in at the Phoenix Open in 2022, the image of the next dominant competitor...

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...