Amateur Hour
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Golf’s Dumb Unwritten Rules
Since golf’s inception, the rulebook has been under constant scrutiny by players, viewers, and students of the game. The written rules...
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Chronicles of a Six Handicap
Six handicaps don’t win club championships. They don’t shoot even par over three days. They don’t answer every bogey with a...
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Longtime Player, First-Time Looper
I stood there in awe with a Callaway staff bag slung over one shoulder and a damp...
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Personal Best
You throw your clubs back in your trunk and head into the clubhouse with some extra pop...
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The Silent Cart Ride
You watch in horror as Mark’s ball sails right. It’s a miss he’s been fighting all day,...
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Going For It
You strut up to the tee box of the reachable par 5 like you’re hitting the last...
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Playing Through
The Offer You get up to the third green, fix your pitch mark, and throw some change...
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The Provisional Ball Conundrum
The Swing You take the club back quickly, transition even quicker, and jerk it down like you’re...
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The Bad Warm Up
The Arrival You roll into the parking lot exactly an hour and four minutes before your tee...
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The Seven Stages of Looking for a Lost Golf Ball
You follow through one-handed and lean listlessly to the left as you watch your ball sail wayward....
