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Author: Ken Van Vechten

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Ken Van Vechten

  • FeaturedSCGA 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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  • 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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FeaturedThe PodiumWinter 2023

Changing of the Guard: New Galleri Classic Set to Debut in the Desert

In what can be viewed as an unprecedented, albeit unofficial baton pass, the Coachella Valley is trading one pro golf tour for another this spring. As many will recall, last ...
  • New Year’s Daze: Looking Forward and Looking Back at your Handicap

    By Kevin O'Connor
    February 7, 2023
  • Grass by Design: Pure Research Yields New Strains of Drought-Tolerant Grass

    By Craig Kessler
    February 7, 2023
  • Best Ball Bar & Grill: Woodley Lakes GC Gets a Big Culinary Upgrade

    By David Weiss
    February 7, 2023
  • Making a Future in Golf a Reality: Skylar Graham and the Pathways Internship

    By Ken Van Vechten
    February 7, 2023
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