Centennial Reflections, by George Lawrence By Frank Cantrel Jr.This oil-on-linen painting, Centennial Reflections, was conceptualized and completed just before the 1995 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, the venue for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Golf Association. The painting portrays Shinnecock Hills’ 16th hole. Shinnecock was the site of the second U.S. Open in […]
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lpga announces renee powell grants
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 27, 2020 – The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Foundation announced yesterday the first five recipients of the Renee Powell Grant. The grant program honors Renee Powell’s lifelong commitment to golf and will help assist current and prospective LPGA*USGA Girls Golf sites create partnerships and outreach opportunities with youth organizations serving Black girls. Click here to […]
great American golf radio interview with ghs pres bernacki – July 25, 2020
He continues to rack ’em up. GHS President Bern Bernacki, thanks to the PR efforts of Sally Sportsman, has been a steady presence on radio shows and podcasts. Turns out golf radio hosts are happy to hear about some good, refreshing news for a change. How about that? And Bern is happy to comply. His latest effort, although there is […]
green repair from the top 100
Collecting! It’s what we love to do and golf provides so much from which to select. Comes a story by Andy Lack on Golf Digest.com that documents one fellow’s very cool choice of souvenirs/memories from all the top courses he’s played – yes, Augusta National, Pine Valley, and Cypress Point among them. Here is one guy, we think, who knows […]
golf art – week of july 19
H. H. Hilton 1900 1901 – by John Cassidy By Frank Cantrel Jr. Harold Hilton (1869-1942) was an early English golf star who won the British Open twice, the British Amateur four times and the U.S. Amateur. When he won The Open Championship at Muirfield in 1892, he became only the second amateur to do so. He won it again in 1897 at […]