Author: Ken Van Vechten
-
Kids, Having Fun Out There?
KIDS AND GOLF. It’s a winning formula. Those of us who love the game enough to actually read golf publications likely were smitten at a young ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
