August 19, 2020
Willie Park Sr. – Artist Unknown(Courtesy Jim McCormick) By Frank CantrelThis oil painting by an unknown artist unknown is of Willie Park Sr., winner of the first Open Championship. This is the only known 19th century oil of an Open champion done around the time of his victory. It was exhibited at the World Golf Hall of Fame for Park’s […]
August 7, 2020
By George Petro Saying that Walter Hagen won four PGA championships in a row is an understatement! The PGA championship from 1916 through 1957 was held at match-play. There is a good reason Walter Hagen is often considered the greatest match-play player. While he did not play in the PGA Championship in 1919 or 1920, he won in 1921, (his […]
August 3, 2020
The PGA championship will be played this week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, Calif. The venue, named for our 29th president, Warren G. Harding, is the fifth municipal golf course to host the PGA Championship. It has been hosted on several public courses, among them Pinehurst No. 2, Pebble Beach, and the Straits Course at Whistling Straits. […]
July 30, 2020
Celebrating Black Golfers – John Brooks Dendy He had a startling talent with a golf club, did Mr. John Brooks Dendy. Born in 1913, the self-made golfer grew up in Asheville, N.C., and fell in love with the game while caddying at Asheville CC. Doing what caddies do, the young man kept his eye out for discarded club heads. With […]
July 25, 2020
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 […]