Argentina’s Roberto De Vicenzo was all set to battle Bob Goalby in an 18-hole playoff at the 1968 Masters when he got the news that he’d signed an incorrect score card. What’s worse, De Vicenzo, who’d won the Open Championship the year before, was celebrating his 45th birthday that Sunday at Augusta. As noted USGA Rules […]
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This week marks the final few days we’ll be wandering the halls of the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix. Our 16-month journey is almost over, but for those of us who elected to take a full course load in this our 4th and final semester (and at times have regretted our decision), we have nine final exams.
Steve Stricker and Nick Price have been named as the captains for the 2017 Presidents Cup.
The Golf Club at Johnson Ranch in San Tan Valley was designed by Kenny Watkins and built in 1997. Watkins is a little-known golf course architect who also designed Golf Club at Oasis in Florence (AZ) in 1999. As you might imagine, San Tan Valley is about the last place I ever expected to be teeing up my golf
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You have to be able to control the trajectory and spin of your golf ball in order to score effectively. The Masters last week at Augusta National was a perfect example. Those guys had to control their trajectory and spin around the greens just to get the ball to finish close to the hole. But how
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