He’s 97 and still going strong, keeping an eye on things at Champions GC in Houston, Texas. Writer Art Stricklin posted a great interview on Golf.com with the 1956 Masters champion, one that reminds out that it is not often we get to hear golf history straight from the mouth of those who lived it those many years ago. Click […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
golf art – week of Aug. 2, 2020
Tiger Woods by Hayo Riemersma By Frank Cantrel Jr. There are multiple opportunities for golf history to be made at the PGA Championship this week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Among other things, Brooks Koepka is trying to achieve a rare three-peat and Jordan Spieth is trying to become only the sixth player in history to accomplish a […]
tpc harding park is one of five munis to host PGA Championship
The PGA championship will be played this week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, Calif. The venue, named for our 29th president, Warren G. Harding, is the fifth municipal golf course to host the PGA Championship. It has been hosted on several public courses, among them Pinehurst No. 2, Pebble Beach, and the Straits Course at Whistling Straits. […]
phil’s greatest escapes
Phil Mickelson is known for his often incredible flop shots that get high very quickly and land so softly. The two videos shown here depict some of the PTA Tour player’s top escapes. The first shows a backward flop shot from 1995. The second is a compilation video of 10 of Phil’s golfing jailbreaks. “My, sir, but you’re a wonder,” […]
early champion was a 52-time winner
Celebrating Black Golfers – John Brooks Dendy He had a startling talent with a golf club, did Mr. John Brooks Dendy. Born in 1913, the self-made golfer grew up in Asheville, N.C., and fell in love with the game while caddying at Asheville CC. Doing what caddies do, the young man kept his eye out for discarded club heads. With […]