I love Dave Pelz (and not just because I’m a Mickelson guy). Anybody who’s smart enough to work for NASA and then smart enough to quit messing around in space to worry about what’s important in the world – playing golf – has my respect. His NASA-… more »

Call it the year of Ben Hogan. At least when it comes to published golf books. Three golf books about Hogan have come across my desk the last six months. “The Miracle at Merion: The Inspiring Comeback and Victory at the 1950 U.S. Open,” by David… more »

Tom Callaghan was working on his newest book, “His Father’s Son: Earl and Tiger Woods,” long before the sex scandal broke last November. He just happened to be in the right time at the right place – with key interviews already in hand – to publish th… more »

I’ve always been a stand bag guy. With a bad back, it’s just easier to lug a lighter bag around. But secretly I’ve always wanted to be a cart bag guy. It’s a status thing. If you’ve got a nice quality bag, it gives off the impression that you’ve got… more »

I panic this time of year. I love fall – with football and the changing leaves – but I hate what it symbolizes: The end of golf season. Just in time, a mini savior arrived in the mail, “The Little Book of Indoor Golf Games” by Adrian Winter. My s… more »

Mark Steinbauer, the author of the new book “18 Game-Changing Lessons: Talking Golf with Legends and Pros,” knows golf. He has taken lessons from and interviewed the great Harvey Penick at length. He’s currently the director of golf at The Club at Ca… more »

Ben Hogan was legendary for more than his golf swing. The “Hawk” also had a legendary cold personality that many people believe made him the most reclusive superstar in sports history. The book “Mr. Hogan, The Man I Knew” hopes to shed some new light… more »

"I love links golf – but it was not love at first sight." Those words, written by Tom Watson as the foreword to the new book, “True Links,” certainly apply to me. Seven years ago, I had no clue how a links course looked like or felt like to play.… more »

It’s perfect symmetry that Matt Kuchar is the most recognizable name on the PGA Tour playing a prototype of the new version of the Bridgestone B330 series of golf balls. Like Kuchar, golf balls made by Bridgestone are underappreciated as to how good… more »

I thoroughly enjoyed Jeff Barr’s book, “Golf’s Best-Kept Secrets,” except … I don’t think the title fits, especially the subtitle: “Awesome and Affordable, Public Courses Anyone Can Play.” Barr’s book does have feature some courses that I know li… more »

Two birdies. That is perhaps the best ringing endorsement I can give for owning a Bushnell laser range finder or GPS unit. I got my Bushnell Pro 1600 Slope Edition with Pinseeker a couple weeks ago. The first round I used it turned out to be enti… more »

Being a young whippersnapper, I had heard of Ben Hogan’s stirring comeback from the car accident that almost took his life. But I never knew the details until reading “The Miracle at Merion: The Inspiring Comeback and Victory at the 1950 U.S. Open,”… more »

I’m a streaky putter. I can make a bunch and then miss a bunch. A new training aid in my basement, the Vari-Break Putting Green, should help me become a more consistent putter. The new putting mat will be put to good use this winter. Its uniq… more »

It seems like I’ve seen the book “Golf’s Ultimate Eighteen” before. Just last year, David Wood released “Golf’s Dream 18s,” where the author takes the world’s best golf holes and creates several fantasy courses (check out the review here). Author… more »

“How about that oil?”That was the first thing out of Rich Gehr‘s mouth as we met inside the pro shop at Craft Farms Golf Resort in Gulf Shores, Alabama.Later that night, the manager at the Hangout, an ultra-cool joint right on the Gulf of Mexico… more »