The 20th Hole

The USGA Men's Amateur Championship was held at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.  The Olympic Club has been host to a number of USGA championships and the recently renovated Lake Course would serve as a fabulous venue for what is the most egalitarian golf tournament...

It's come to my attention that our readers and supporters have had some difficulty buying the book on Amazon and have had to reorder a few times. Our publisher has solved this problem by enabling ordering directly from the fulfillment source.  To order, click here....

Business was bringing me to Australia.  The first step would be Sydney and I would be arriving on a midnight flight from Singapore.  The business trip covered a number of Asian countries including-China, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore.  The...

This post is designed to give the reader an idea of what's its like to resume golf after hip replacement surgery.  I know it could be viewed as a bit "arrogant" by the reader as the golf round described here is a "so what" to the player that is out there all the time....

The hype leading up to the final round at Portrush  was whether someone would come out of the pack and take a shot at Scottie Schleffer's four stroke advantage on the field.  Those hopes for competitive drama were extinguished on the very first hole on Sunday....

Chris Gotterup, previously unknown professional from New Jersey, took on Rory McIlroy and the rest of some big names to win the Scottish Open.  Gotterup held up under the pressure and his putting made the difference.  He had been ranked 126th on the PGA Tour in...

The Traveler's followed a very exciting US Open at River Highlands Golf Club in Cromwell, Connecticut as the last designated event on the PGA Tour for 2025.  River Highlands has a devilish set of closing holes that can really impact the results of the tournament and...

Dear Reader and Fellow Golfer, My third book, PARdon Me, was published on April 29, 2025. Since then, I've had a number of podcast interviews which are now posted to the site in the Media section. Here's the link to to my Articles and Podcasts page and here is a link...

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...