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Fallen Oak and Beau Rivage Diaries Part 1

Fallen Oak Diaries (Part 1) Chapter 1 – That’s Gonna Leave a Mark BILOXI, MS – I was hanging out with a female friend of mine we all call Crazy Agatha, (I know, I know, terrible name), and the next thing I knew, I was wearing her – her arms around me, head on my shoulder, ample breasts heaving against my chest, her heart thumping like a...

The Pour on the Shore! Rory McIlroy Wins the 2012 PGA Championship

KIAWAH ISLAND, SC – So this is what Rory McIlroy does for an encore, reduce another reputedly unconquerable golf course to mere flotsam and jetsam en route to a second major victory, this time the 2012 PGA Championship. Europe’s proper rejoinder to Tiger Woods turned Pete Dye’s supposedly Ram-tough Kiawah Island Ocean Course into a Tonka toy and ran...

Tiger Says he’s Back, PGA Leaderboard at Halfway Mark Concurs

KIAWAH ISLAND, SC – On a day that saw 30 mile per hour winds, sideways rain, and the highest scoring average in PGA Championship single round history, Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods surged to 4-under and a tie for the lead with rounds of 3-under 69 and 1-under 71 respectively. Both stand at 4-under (140) for the tournament, tied with Carl Petterson who followed...

The 2012 PGA Championship – It’s not Glory’s Best Shot This Year

KIAWAH ISLAND, SC – Usually when PGA Championship time rolls around we hear endless repetition of the PGA of America’s mantra for the event – “Glory’s Last Shot.” I’ve never been a huge fan of that slogan. I think it actually dumbs down the importance of the tournament. After all, it is a major golf championship. It...

2012 PGA Championship Preview – Pete Dye Interview on Kiawah

JF: We hear some interesting things happened while you were building Kiawah Island? PD: Oh I got plenty of stories! Everything happened to us trying to build that golf course. Back then it was owned by Landmark and Eddie Vossler, (you remember him, he won a lot on the PGA Tour), and Joe Walser. They owned PGA West, La Quinta, and Oak Tree – I’ve built 10...

My Interview with Pete Dye will be in the PGA Championship Program

So my preview for this year’s PGA Championship will not only be another hilarious laugh-a-minute romp with Kiawah Island course architect Pete Dye, but will also be in the PGA Championship program! Here’s a taste: JF: We hear some interesting things happened while you were building Kiawah Island? PD: Oh I got plenty of stories! Everything happened to us...

Opening Salvos – Olympic Club and other Major Venues that Start with a Bang

SAN FRANCISCO – There was once a time when the U.S. Open was far more than just “Golf’s Toughest Test.” As far back as the 1970s golf journalists christened the event “The Tricked-up Open” for all the cloak and dagger claustrophobia of criminally narrow fairways, parquet floor greens, and mine fields of unexploded double bogeys...

Invasion of the Senior Golfers

On a sunny summer Sunday in 1971, deep in the Catskill Mountains, my Dad brought my Mom to the practice range of the second hardest golf course in America at the time, spent 45 minutes teaching her how to hit the ball, and then turned her loose on the golf world. He created a monster. By the time I was 15, she was playing 27 holes a day. But the idea was a great one:...

Some of the Most Accurately Rated Courses in America

On a Monday night in October 2006 Arizona Cardinals head coach Denny Green cemented his legacy in sports infamy with a tirade for the ages. His Cards had just blown a gargantuan lead to the Chicago Bears, and in his post-game press conference, he raved like a madman: “The Bears are who we thought they were! They are who we thought they were!” he fumed in...

Endgame – Examining some of the Most Interesting Finishing Stretches in Golf

JOHNS CREEK, GA – Just how famous was Robert Trent Jones, Sr. for making Hell out of a professional golfer’s day? There’s a great story about old pro golfer Jimmy Demaret teasing Trent when he ran into him at a golf course. He put his arm around Trent’s shoulder and said, “Hey Trent! I saw a golf course you’d love. You stand on the...

The 2011 PGA Championship – Playing Future Venue Ping-pong with Ron Whitten

JOHNS CREEK, GA – Ron Whitten’s recent Golf Digest article on the new turfgrasses being tested this week at Atlanta Athletic Club’s PGA Championship is another excellent observation by one of the most intelligent voices in the game. His knowledge of architecture and travel is unparalleled. In his article he mentions a number of southern and western...