Author: Ken Van Vechten
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The Fitting Equation: You May Not Always Need a New Set, But When You Do, Get Fit
Get fit. Get new clubs. Or maybe not. “I think that was the aha thing about the whole experience: that the clubs I have, some I ... -
Big Is Beautiful: How Much More Distance Can We Expect in a Driver?
Four hundred: That’s how far I should be hitting my drives. Take my baseline 230-yarder from 15 or so years ago, add the gain promised annually ... -
Making a Future in Golf a Reality: Skylar Graham and the Pathways Internship
Cinderella story out of nowhere, a kid from Compton is about to become …well, most anything she wants, perhaps short of Masters champion. Talk about a ... -
10,000 Years in the Making: The Journey at Pechanga Views History Through a Very Long Lens
“So many things in our society over the last 10 years have become ‘sustainable.’ But that word means different things to different people, and even more ... -
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 ...
