Author: Ken Van Vechten
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Wagging The Dog: Insight on the Distance Report
IN FEBRUARY, the USGA and R&A declared war. Not literally, but from some of the reactions you’d have thought so. In a long-anticipated study, the Distance ... -
State of the Game: New Ways to Think About an Old Game
EMBRACING CHANGE LEADS TO GROWTH IT WAS A WATERSHED YEAR for the addiction of golf. New rules took effect, green-lighting any number of once-clandestine practices many ... -
State of the Game: New Rules Controversy?
WE’RE HALF A YEAR IN, AND THE WORLD IS STILL TURNING. SO LET’S MOVE ON. No good deed goes unpunished. At least that’s how things might be ... -
Stick Envy: Honma’s New Offerings Aim High
COMING SOON TO AMERICAN SHORES, Honma Golf. If that’s not firing across the synapses, don’t feel alone. For more than a half century, this Japanese brand ... -
A Snapshot of the Future
On August 3, 1962, developer Del Webb made the cover of Time magazine, with a banner headline reading: “The Retirement City: A New Way of Life ... -
Kids, Having Fun Out There?
KIDS AND GOLF. It’s a winning formula. Those of us who love the game enough to actually read golf publications likely were smitten at a young ... -
Tech Takeover: You Damn Kids, Get ON My Lawn
The #1 hot-button in the game isn’t how far DJ hits the rock and that it now offends a couple of guys who in their day ... -
Crisis Watch: A Solution Looking for a Problem
The 10 plagues of Egypt? The Black Death? Pac-12 hoops and football? Please. We have a CRISIS on our hands, people. The golf ball goes too ... -
Par for the Course
Par: In the U.S., it’s golf’s most bandied-about concept. The funny thing is, it really has no place in the game, at least not within the ... -
Creating An Equal Game: Rethinking Distance is the Number One Key
Six hundred yards. If you think golf should be an equitable game, then have J.B. Holmes play par 4s from six football fields back. Come ...
