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Author: Ken Van Vechten

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Ken Van Vechten

  • State of the GameSummer 2018
    By Ken Van Vechten
    August 1, 2018
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    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 ...
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  • Spring 2018State of the Game
    By Ken Van Vechten
    April 1, 2018
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    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 ...
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  • Fall 2017
    By Ken Van Vechten
    October 24, 2017
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    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 ...
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  • Summer 2017
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 27, 2017
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    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 ...
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  • Fall 2016
    By Ken Van Vechten
    October 24, 2016
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    You Bet-Cha: A Little Something To Make It Interesting?

    “Nae gambling, nae golf.” —Old Scottish proverb Some clubs frown on open gambling and the PGA TOUR has a code stating that members cannot consort with ...
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  • Palouse
    Summer 2016Travel
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 1, 2016
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    Golf-a-Palouse-a: Traveling to the North Country Par

    The Palouse — a 4,000-square-mile region of the inland Pacific Northwest — is nothing short of stunning. Seemingly infinite in its dimension-defying landscape, with endless rolls ...
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  • state of the game
    NewsSummer 2016
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 1, 2016
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    Breaking Down Walls: Ratcheting Growth Via Innovative Thinking

    For all of golf’s growth initiatives and outreach programs, most courses still have a long way to go to become a true part of their respective ...
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    Know the RulesSpring 2016
    By Ken Van Vechten
    April 1, 2016
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    Rules Tsar: Easy Fixes I’ll Make When I’m in Charge

    It’s one of those quadrennial golf years, the one-in-four moment when golf’s Moses descends from Mt. Sinai in Jersey — for we rebellious colonials — with ...
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  • Conestoga
    Fall 2015Travel
    By Ken Van Vechten
    October 1, 2015
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    Vegas, Baby: What else are you gonna do…Sit on your rear all weekend?

    “Golf weekend?!?” I put in a text-blast. The initial replies take two forms, effectively, “no” and “hell no.” Playoffs and the World Series, NCAA football, the ...
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  • Rancho Valencia
    Travel
    By Ken Van Vechten
    July 1, 2014
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    Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa

    “You need this one,” my caddie said, more than a hint of sarcasm in his tone. I can’t do anything but laugh at my caddie’s pop ...
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