Back when I was a teenager and still learning how to manage my game on the golf course, I wanted to have a better understanding of what I did well and what I needed to work on. So I gotREAD MORE
We are a hardy bunch, those of us who still insist on carrying our clubs around a golf course. We also are increasingly rare. Take a look around just about any course and count the number of bag-toters. Now lookREAD MORE
For too much of October, I watched in paralyzed amazement as fires devastated Northern California. Every time I woke up in the middle of the night, I quickly grabbed my cell phone to check the latest news. When I heardREAD MORE
The legendary Bobby Jones once said of Jack Nicklaus, “He plays a game with which I am not familiar.” These days, it’s as if we all should be saying that when we listen to the pros talk about golf. ItREAD MORE
Various deep thinkers over the centuries have said essentially the same thing: Those who don’t understand the past are doomed to repeat it. I wish I could say that the same concept applies to bozo golf. I’ll never understand it,READ MORE
Comparing fan behavior at a golf tournament to what goes on at, say, a football game is like comparing elevator music to heavy metal. But there’s one frequent feature of golf tournaments that’s so embarrassing, it disgusts me every timeREAD MORE
When you go to a pro golf tournament, be sure to get up close and personal By Rick Vacek I love going to baseball games. I’ll go just about anytime, anywhere. Hockey is a great sport to watch in person.READ MORE
It is the weekend of the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, the Tour Championship, the one for the FedEx Cup. That should have been the news. But what really interested the TV people was why Jason Dufner wasREAD MORE
Living on a golf course has its perks. It also can be educational. There’s something just really nice about hearing that thwack of driver hitting golf ball. I never get tired of it. I hear the happy banter. IREAD MORE
By Rick Vacek Changes in 2019 PGA Tour schedule will be a major concession to football September figures to look very different to PGA Tour fans in a couple of years. But will it look better? That’s the questionREAD MORE