Golfology has moved...
Saturday, September 2, 2006
Today we moved this blog to a more complete “Golfology” site. So if you wish to continue to read about the business of golf, go here.
Thanks for visiting.
Golfers police themselves...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
From the “why this is a great game” department, my good friend Peter Joos writes me...
“One of my colleagues played in a tournament last weekend...on the Old Course in St. Andrews...came in second
Jackie Burke in Golf Digest...
Sunday, August 13, 2006
An excerpt from Burke’s book, It’s Only A Game: Words of Wisdom from a Lifetime in Golf, appears again in the September 2006 Golf Digest. (Alas, the article is not available online, but here’s the
Bring back the “stymie”...
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Our own Eric Gordon sent me the above photo of an age-old scorecard from The Boulder. He asked, “What’s a ‘stymie gauge’?” (Note the center of the graphic.)
How about if we bring back the stymie?
Leftover from the British Open...
Monday, July 31, 2006
I meant to post this while watching The Open Championship a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t get around to it. Nevertheless, it’s too good to let get away:
“[Scott Verplank’s] trickled birdie putt