Volunteering is a great, noble deed. Unless you’re volunteering at a golf tournament. Especially one run by the USGA - one of the most powerful, rich organizations in sports - at a country club so private that you’re not getting in to play without re… more »

Regular readers of TravelGolf.com may be shocked to hear this, but I'm not usually a VIP Room kind of guy. Sure, Donald Trump calls. And Rush Limbaugh blathers on about the time we spent together on the radio (no, it wasn't in the Dominican Republic).… more »

Michelle Wie is playing in Newport, Rhode Island for the U.S. Women's Open. Which means they'll be a lot of people swarming the town's charming - and highly commercialized - streets who think Wie is the GREATEST FEMALE GOLFER EVER. These are the same typ… more »

So this is what America's great airport security has come to? It's now about hassling rich 55-year-old dedicated golfers walking off their private jets? That's what happened to Rush Limbaugh when he returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic. Some… more »

When Roger Clemens takes the ball tonight for the Houston Astros, he's sure to be celebrated as a great hero who put his hometown first.Heck, ESPN's already covered his "return" with a fervor usually reserved for new Popes.And it's all a big joke… more »

TravelGolf.com blogger arcane Ron Mon fell in love with someone else's blog post recently. So much so that you wanted to double check that he wasn't really a 15-year-old girl living in Kentucky posing as this 40ish something white guy from Buffalo (in ot… more »

Heard from a few friends from Michigan who attended the U.S. Open how heavy handed the security was at Winged Foot. One of them - a grandfather who looks like a kindly grandfather complete with the gray hair, gray mustache and easy smile - recounted how… more »

Yes, the Old Phil reared his driver head just in time to blow the U.S. Open. And cause Johnny Miller to all but declare him the dumbest American since Homer Simpson. Still, it's impossible to deny that Phil Mickelson's decisions made the U.S. Open at… more »

No one needed Tiger Woods' back-to-back 76s at Winged Foot more than the imbeciles at PGA Tour headquarters. You can bet Tim Finchem let loose with a cartwheel or two. (If white guys in suits can cartwheel). For if Woods hadn't imploded in the U.S. Op… more »

I enjoy tweaking the blue blazer crowd at the USGA as much as anyone. And there's no doubt they make a number of boneheaded decisions over at their headquarters in the New Jersey hinderlands. But in the case of the Golf for Beginners bloggers being de… more »

Border security, or border sanctuary, dominates the headlines. George W. and The Terminator get in fights over it. CNN's Lou Dobbs has made a career talking only about it. The furor always seems to center on Mexico. Some people want to build a fence. A f… more »

If John Daly was feeling lonely in sports' stupidity ward, he needn't fret. Here comes Ben Roethlisberger barging ... er, skidding in ... helmetless of course. The Pittsburgh Steelers' cocky Super Bowl gifted quarterback - let's face it, he played abo… more »

Here's a little bit of sacrilege for all the fawning golf historians out there: Winged Foot's nice enough, but it's no once in a lifetime play. It isn't Augusta National. It isn't the Old Course. It's certainly not Bethpage Black. Heck, it isn't even Bal… more »

Is it harder to be responsible for a few teenage kids or 25 fully grown - and supposedly mature - golf travel writers? I've never had either group under my care, but I'm starting to lean toward the latter as the bigger headache.I've been on one of th… more »

I'm the worst golfing golf writer in the world. Certified. When I come upon a long par 5, I write down an eight on my scorecard before teeing off and hope nobody calls me on shaving off a stroke. Or three (if there's any water to shank a shot into nearby… more »