Author: Ken Van Vechten
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
