John McIntosh (member No. 8205, Glendale, Ariz.) is the grandson of early golf professional David B. McIntosh, who worked at Kent Country Club in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Westward Ho! in Galewood, Ill.; and Oak Park in Oak Park, Ill. This was during the closing days of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. John, who loves collecting […]

Random Golf Footnotes by John Fischer III The BMW Championship is being played this week (Aug. 27-30, 2020) at Olympia Fields Country Club outside Chicago as part of the FedEx Cup playoffs. Eighty-seven years ago, when the tournament was known as the Western Open, the focus was more on cops and killers at Olympia Fields than on golf After the […]

This Caddie Wants to Play – Richard Wilson By Frank Cantrel Jr.Aug. 24, 2020Caddies have been an integral part of the game of golf from the very beginning. Many Hall-of-Fame golf careers started in the caddy yard. Jim Barnes, Francis Ouimet, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Bernhard Langer all honed their golf skills as young caddies before they turned pro.  In […]

GHS member Alastair Johnston is well known for his passion for golf books. Over the many decades that he has worked for Arnold Palmer, Johnston built one of the world’s premiere collections of books. The collection was donated to the R&A and will be organized and managed by the British Golf Museum. Click here to see the feature about Johnston […]