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Author: Ken Van Vechten

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Ken Van Vechten

  • State of the GameWinter 2022
    By Ken Van Vechten
    January 24, 2022
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    Goodbye Old Friend: RIP, Dinah Shore

    No, not the late entertainer; we lost her long ago. Her namesake tournament, the “Women’s Masters,” is leaving Mission Hills Country Club and Rancho Mirage after ...
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  • EquipmentFall 2021
    By Ken Van Vechten
    October 27, 2021
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    Myth Busting: Who You Gonna Call?

    Golf equipment can be your best friend or your worst enemy. It can be both beloved and bedeviling, often in the same round. You might feel like ...
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  • 19th HoleSummer 2021
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 22, 2021
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    Desert Delight at Desert Willow

    At Desert Willow, the Terrace Draws a Crowd for all the Right Reasons The City of Palm Desert’s Desert Willow Golf Resort dishes 36 killer holes, practice ...
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  • Spring 2021State of the Game
    By Ken Van Vechten
    April 23, 2021
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    Much Ado About … Something?: Our Columnist Has Some Thoughts

    PATRIOTS, sound the alarm. They’re coming for your… well, we’re not really sure what, exactly. One year after the release of the “Distance Insights Report,” the ...
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  • Fall 2020State of the Game
    By Ken Van Vechten
    August 4, 2020
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    Less Is More: Local Operators Find Success With New Tee Time Intervals

    If you space them, they will come. Many course operators have long functioned under the assumption that getting players off the first tee as quickly as ...
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  • State of the GameSummer 2020
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 27, 2020
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    State of the Game: Golf in the Time of COVID-19

    PAUSE. RESET. REIMAGINE. Save injury, incarceration, a move to northern Manitoba or self-exile owing to an extended bout of the Spanish fades, it’s safe to say ...
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  • Spring 2020Trends
    By Ken Van Vechten
    April 23, 2020
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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 ...
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  • State of the GameWinter 2020
    By Ken Van Vechten
    January 27, 2020
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    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 ...
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  • State of the GameSummer 2019
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 25, 2019
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    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 ...
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  • At The TurnSpring 2019
    By Ken Van Vechten
    April 26, 2019
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    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 ...
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FeaturedSpring 2022Travel

The Pubs of St Andrews

The challenge seemed daunting at first. On an eight-day trip to St Andrews, my job was to rate the pubs in this lively college town where golf began six centuries ...
  • Scotland Must-Plays & Hidden Gems: 10 Terrific Tracks that Prove the Old Course Isn’t the Only Game Around

    By Joe Passov
    April 21, 2022
  • Bob Does Hollywood: The Hardest Working Man on Instagram Finds Gold in Golf

    By Adam Hawk
    April 21, 2022
  • Not Your Father’s Game: With Two Facilities Newly Open and Callaway at the Helm, the Topgolf Explosion Comes to the Southland

    By Scott Kauffman
    April 21, 2022
  • The Provisional Ball: What? How? When?

    By Jimmy Becker
    April 21, 2022
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