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Sports Illustrated November 25, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
So bad they're ... bad If you get lucky, a bad golf course can be so bad it's good. |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
My favorite public courses One of you faithful readers asked me what my favorite public golf courses are so I made up a list of my top 10.... |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Hits and misses Checking out some new golf courses and new equipment... |
Sports Illustrated June 12, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Open for business, 2002 The 2002 U.S. Open is going to rank way up there on the scale of coolness. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island is a classic old A.W. Tillinghast design that Rees Jones, the Open doctor, has modernized and lengthened without messing up the look... |
AskMen.com Kyle Darbyson |
Top 10 Tough International Golf Holes From South America to Japan, international golf courses house countless unforgettable holes. |
Sports Illustrated May 6, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
A listing ship Ten grand ideas from the golf underground... |
Sports Central January 16, 2007 Will Tidey |
Impressive Kiawah Set For 2007 South Carolina boasts a golf course of effortless, rugged charm, comparable to any links in the world in terms of both its challenging and thought-provoking design and its spectacular island location. |
Sports Illustrated November 19, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Taking a tour of More top-notch new tracks: Waterlefe Golf & River Club in Bradenton, Fla., and Shadow Hawk outside Houston... |
Sports Illustrated October 29, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
A peek at revamped Augusta National We have a verdict. The new, longer Augusta National Golf Club is going to be a bitch during next year's Masters Tournament... |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Venturi was letter perfect The Americans played so well the first three days of the President's Cup, putting on one of the finest displays of team golf in recent memory, that Venturi couldn't make a bad move, it seemed. The U.S. team earned straight A's on my report card... |
Sports Illustrated May 20, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Tataurangi shows a lot of heart The easy part is over for Phil Tataurangi. Thanks to his tie for fifth at last week's MasterCard Colonial, he's already won more than enough money to be a lock for exempt status in 2003. The slightly more difficult part is seeing a cardiologist and possibly undergoing an operation... |
Sports Illustrated August 27, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
U.S. Amateur is a gem Once you get past the fact that you've never heard of most of the players, the U.S. Amateur is the best spectator event in golf... |
Sports Illustrated July 2, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Hidden gem Long-lost course deserves a serious look... |
Sports Illustrated April 12, 2001 Jaime Diaz |
Augusta changes the right way Watching Tiger Woods bomb his final drive and leave himself a 78-yard flip to the 72nd hole at last week's Masters seemed to confirm that the Augusta National Golf Club has become too easy for the world's best players. I'm still not totally convinced... |
Sports Illustrated June 6, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
Notebook: Jaime's Top 10 The Best Talent Courses in the World |
Sports Illustrated September 10, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Sutherland returns with flair A few weeks ago in Akron Phil Mickelson said he thought he still had a chance to be Player of the Year. Right now, though, the choice is fairly obvious -- David Sutherland... |
Sports Illustrated June 17, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Maggert surprises at Bethpage So much for the theory that Bethpage State Park's Black Course is for long hitters only. Among the contenders at last week's U.S. Open were short hitters such as Jeff Maggert. |
Sports Illustrated August 3, 2001 Alan Shipnuck |
The Irish golf odyssey Anyone who has had the privilege of playing in Scotland or Ireland or certain parts of England knows that their great courses have an unmistakable, unforgettable look and feel... |
Sports Illustrated October 8, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Daly is going down the right road John Daly isn't the easiest guy to figure out. A few weeks ago he was talking about how much he missed playing in the Masters this year and how badly he wanted to get back there in 2002. After some confusing decisions, he seems to be on the right track to a Masters invite... |
AskMen.com September 26, 2002 Harry Marks |
Top 10: Golf Courses I bring you my choices for the world's top ten public golf courses. |
Sports Illustrated July 25, 2000 |
Roberts has found his stroke He won by eight, his peers marveled at his putting, they were impressed by the way he could dominate a tournament the way he did, a performance so thorough that other players wonder whether they'll ever be able to beat him on that golf course. Tiger Woods? No, Loren Roberts. |
Sports Illustrated April 22, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Joining the 59 club The golf question of the week: If high school kids are shooting 59, can Armageddon be far behind? On second thought, don't answer that... |
Sports Illustrated July 6, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
His own zone Woods ranks up there with alltime favorites |
Sports Illustrated July 29, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Having a grand old time in Scotland One of the quaint things about the British Open is that so many of the Americans who attend it -- including players, caddies, writers, coaches and agents -- manage to sneak in a few rounds of golf while they're there. |
Sports Central April 18, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf Technology: Myths, Reality, and Answers What is valued more in golf - technological advancement or the grand tradition that makes this game special? |
Sports Illustrated February 7, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
The Poor Man's Pebble Beach I was at the Pacific Grove municipal course on Monday, which is nothing like teeing it up at Pebble Beach. Luckily, the price is about $300 lighter, and America's most fun muni (par-70, 5,732 yards from the back tees) is known as the Poor Man's Pebble Beach... |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
10 things to think about This week's Big Ten, a collection of random thoughts, observations and road rage about golf. |
Sports Illustrated November 16, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
No more real golf Let's all just scratch Valderrama off our scorecards, shall we? As the recent WGC American Express Championship proved, it's not a great golf course. The 17th hole, where balls keep rolling off the green into the lake, is a travesty. That green really does belong on a miniature-golf course... |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Swinging in the Valley of the Sun Letters about cheap and good public golf courses, etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
My Monterey picks Be advised: Favorites will take hit on wallet |
Sports Illustrated July 8, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Scouting the 2003 U.S. Open The 2003 U.S. Open isn't going to resemble the '02 Open in any way, shape or form. Olympic Fields Country Club's North Course, site of next year's Open, is nothing like Bethpage's brutal Black Course. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Dean Foust |
How to Keep Duffers on the Fairway Unless golf changes its rules and marketing, it risks a steady drain of players. The number of rounds played by all golfers has declined, and equipment makers are struggling. Snazzy new clubs are just part of the only answer. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Just like being there Since you and I aren't going to be teeing it up at Augusta National in the near future, the next best thing is playing an imitation. I recently had the chance to try out Tour 18, the Dallas-area course that features "simulations" of 18 famous American golf holes... |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Overlooking Annika Here's a suggestion sure to grab headlines for Sorenstam. |
Sports Illustrated September 7, 2001 Alan Shipnuck |
Ode to Pebble Beach I am facing Jack Nicklaus' favorite shot in golf, the approach to Pebble Beach Golf Links' wondrous eighth hole... |
Sports Illustrated November 18, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Warburg Cup is a winner The most underrated Silly Season golf event has to be the UBS Warburg Cup. |
Sports Central February 23, 2005 Vincent Musco |
A Tiger Grand Slam in 2005? Tiger Woods turns 30 this year. He has not won a major tournament since the 2002 U.S. Open, contested 31 months ago. |
Wired April 2004 Steven Johnson |
The Swingers Club Virtual golf games are becoming so advanced that playing them can improve real-life skills. Links and Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods franchise are two amazing examples of these simulations. |
Sports Illustrated January 18, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Martin case could go either way Now that the Supreme Court is hearing the Casey Martin case, you can look for some fine, informed national reporting on golf. Or maybe not... |
Sports Illustrated October 28, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Ryder Cup redux Any way you look at it, the U.S. was outplayed. |
Sports Illustrated October 19, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Presidents Cup pluses The Ryder Cup could stand to borrow a few ideas from its half-brother, the Presidents Cup. The daily draft during which the Presidents Cup captains match up the next round's pairings is a fun dose of strategy, part golf, part chess... |
BusinessWeek August 7, 2006 Adrienne Carter |
Tee It Up, Ladies Women-only golf clinics offer a nonthreatening way to get into the game. |
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Roger O. Crockett |
The Fairest Of The Fairways The unsurpassed, pricey pleasures of private golf courses. |
Inc. February 1, 2003 Kate O'Sullivan |
Business for Sale: A Business in the Rough A buyer might be able to get this golf course up to par by hiring a pro, adding nine more holes, or building condos. |
Sports Illustrated April 30, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Tradition-al leftovers See if you can make sense of the items I scribbled in my notebook while covering last week's Countrywide Tradition, the gala first Senior major of the year... |
Sports Illustrated June 22, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Digging into Open leftovers Did anyone talk about a subject other than Tiger Woods last week? Didn't think so.... |
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Ron Kaspriske |
18 New Places To Retire We reveal the latest regions to lure baby boomers at leisure. |
Sports Illustrated May 17, 2000 John Garrity |
Golfing with Grandpa ...Instead, I hit balls at three Chicagoland driving ranges.... |
Sports Illustrated January 28, 2002 Rich Cardillo |
The Pebble Beach experience An amateur's dream come true... |
Sports Illustrated December 18, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Wackier moments of 2000 Looking back at Golf Year 2000, we still can't decide whether to call it very predictable or totally unpredictable. Actually, it was both... |