Like a beginner on the range, the PGA Tour is figuring out how to get into the game. Slowly, little steps, and without anybody looking… in person, that is, no fans are to attend the first four events, beginning with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial on June 11. Golf Digest writer Joel Beall suggests a few story lines that […]
Author Archive: Jim Davis
Green grass and the other side
By Jim DavisI’ve always been a fan of Henry Longhurst – the broadcaster, the writer, the golfer. I’ve two of his books, one My Life and Soft Times (1971), gave me a understanding of what it was like to grow up in Great Britain, go through public school, serve in Parliament, and come to grips with a staggering and lifelong […]
Ben Hogan and Seminole
Ben Hogan thought of Seminole as a refuge. He loved the course and played it often. This weekend, Sunday, May 17, 2020, the course hosts a match play event with four of the Tour’s top professionals – Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff. Click here to read a story on the PGA Tour website about Seminole and […]
Skins game highlights a noble course
Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla., hosts a Covid-19 relief fundraiser this weekend – Sunday, May 17 – with some pretty big names. Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson will take on Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a charity skins game. It’s a relief in more ways than the obvious. How good will it be to see some high-level […]
Otto Hackbarth
A Random Golf Footnote fromJohn W. Fischer III (Editor’s note: GHS member John Fischer III is an accomplished golf writer whose occasional ‘Random Golf Footnotes’ are sent to an established mail list of golf history enthusiasts. He is a long-time member of the Cincinnati Country Club where Otto Hackbarth was the golf professional for many decades. Mr. Fischer is also […]