An article titled Off-Course Golf: How Big Can It Get?, written by Adam Stanley for the National Golf Foundation, noted that as many Americans now play off-course forms of entertainment golf like TopGolf (23 million) as traditional green-grass on-course golfers (24.2 million). The article notes that a recent NGF study found that 75% of non-golfers who visited Topgolf said they’re now interested in […]

The following article about the legendary club maker Hugh Philp’s work was researched and written by GHS member Jeff Ellis for those who subscribe to his auction service. We reprint it here with his permission as it is rare to see such a club as this. For information about Philp, Dalrymple, Laidlay, and the set of nine mint Philps, click here […]

Renee Powell, teacher, former LPGA professional, and lifelong advocate for veterans and young golfers, and a valued member of the GHS, was recently featured on a CBS Sunday Morning feature. Mrs. Powell was the keynote speaker at the 2019 GHS Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, where she had the assembled GHS members enthralled with stories of her life on the […]

In a recent post on the Morning Read, golf writer Bill Fields writes about his perspective of covering so many golf greats from Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen to Jordan Speith and Tiger Woods. There were significant differences in the game’s competitive climate from those early PGA days to the present time. Click here to see Fields’ story as it […]

Architects are giving more of a nod toward building shorter golf courses, that is, courses with fewer holes, even as few as seven holes. Global Golf Post for Nov. 13 promoted an “Architectural Issue,” that discussed the trend. Given the increased demands on one’s time these days, the opportunity to get in a quick seven holes, or nine, or even […]