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Author: Ken Van Vechten

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Ken Van Vechten

  • Fall 2023FeaturedOn The Tee
    By Ken Van Vechten
    October 21, 2023
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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 ...
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  • Spring 2023State of the Game
    By Ken Van Vechten
    April 23, 2023
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    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 ...
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  • SCGA JuniorWinter 2023
    By Ken Van Vechten
    February 7, 2023
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    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 ...
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  • Fall 2022Sustainability
    By Ken Van Vechten
    October 19, 2022
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    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 ...
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  • 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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19th HoleFall 2023Featured

A Classic Restored: The Clubhouse Restaurant at Griffith Park

Those in search of Old Hollywood would do well to save the fossil fuel and the shoe leather and spend the day at Griffith Park, where two venerable 18-hole courses ...
  • Renovations A-Z: Your Course Needs a Makeover. Here’s How to get Started

    By Joe Passov
    October 21, 2023
  • The Danger Zone: Contemplating a Return to the Game

    By George Fuller
    October 21, 2023
  • Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: 2024 Updates to the World Handicap System

    By Kevin O'Connor
    October 21, 2023
  • Now Hear This: Audio Equipment and the Rules

    By Jimmy Becker
    October 21, 2023
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