Collecting golf balls

Golf balls are a fascinating subject and one of the most popular collectibles given their rich and varied past. Below you will find links to stories/features on the ball, an introduction to golf ball collecting, and a personal account from collector Rae Ecklund. A short history of golf ball dimples and patterns. Ball Collecting Categories High-end collectibles Featheries pre-1848 Before […]

I was Arnold Palmer’s doorman!

Astoundingly True Story! (Quick note – the following Arnie story was published in the September 2008 edition of The Bulletin. Your debonair Executive Director and friend John Crow Miller, were on hand at the opening of the Arnold Palmer Center at the USGA. The tale below is told in Pete’s characteristic style of good humor and good sense.) By Pete […]

An ideal 18 – by Mr. Jones, of course

Such lists are not new, of course. Patric Dickinson, the English writer/poet, who was also fond of golf, penned a lovely book called A Round of Golf Courses – A Selection of the Best 18 (1951). Golf professionals, here and there, have written about their favorite holes, compiling lists of their favorites. But when Bobby Jones prepares such a list, […]

Flight lessons helped inspire sand wedge

This Golf Digest story revisits the legend of Gene Sarazen and his work on a weapon to extricate himself from the sand. Millions of us are indebted to him for this simple idea. But it appears the idea was inspired by flight lessons. Click here to read the story.

The King, by Larry Selman

Larry Selman is usually connected with his favorite subject of military men and women and even some Western work, but in 2010, he was inspired to create a work honoring Arnold Palmer. The painting was signed by Palmer in 2010 during an event at Latrobe Country Club. It is now part of Frank Cantrel’s collection. Selman is best known for […]