Pyle & Kenfig, known affectionately to the locals as P&K, was the perfect start to a golf trip focused on true links courses. The road from Porthcawl bisects the golf course, with the front nine on the side of the road furthest from the sea. Thi… more »

Don’t know how you feel about it but when my buddies and I travel to the U.K. to play golf, we never schedule an inland course. There are many wonderful parkland and heathland courses there, to be sure, but we’ve got something on the order of 18,000… more »

What took my friends and me to Southern Wales and the countryside of Southwest England for golf, you ask? To be honest, it was because Lucky Lew’s Mom passed away. Before you take us for cads, allow me to tell you a little story. She was born and… more »

Call me Grumpy if you want but exactly when is broadcast television and Golf Channel going to recognize that there are a significant number of fans playing some form of Fantasy Golf? As some of you know, I am never averse to a small wager for entertainm… more »

Tony Jacklin probably has incurable indigestion at the moment. Having been on the receiving end of The Concession from Jack Nicklaus in 1969, I'll bet an appalled Jacklin somewhere was looking on in horror as European Captain Olazabal instructed Frances… more »

Your boy Shanks took the lovely Mrs. Shanks to Las Vegas last week to celebrate a landmark birthday for her. Only good sense culled from many years of marriage prevents me from saying which birthday it was. We arrived at the Paris Las Vegas resort on We… more »

Well, there it was, big as day. If you wanted to know why, ultimately, Tiger Woods decided to end his working relationship with his now-former caddie Steve Williams, the reason was in plain view during a virtually unprecedented live tv interview of the… more »

The criticism being leveled at Dustin Johnson for hitting his second shot out of bounds on Royal St. George's par-5 14th hole is nearly ridiculous. For the most part it is coming from people who have never even played dead into a 30 mph wind on a links… more »

On a recent golf trip to Myrtle Beach I was a single paired with two great guys, Jerry and Lee from Michigan. During our round at the terrific Tidewater Golf Club in the Cherry Grove area, we had a somewhat surprising discussion. The place they were sta… more »

Lee Westwood crushed a drive on the fifth hole Thursday at the U.S. Open, way past playing partners Martin Kaymer and Luke Donald, leaving only a sand wedge to the green -- a green light special. He proceeded to stick the wedge in the ground, winding up… more »

And the players think they are tortured at the US Open. The blue bloods running the USGA just love to tout how they're using public access courses for some of their championships now, as if they care about the average golfer playing municipal tracks.… more »

Sportswriters are hilarious, not even as accurate as weathermen when it comes to forecasting. As they are giving you their best educated guess, it makes me wonder about the education. So, it is with that warning that I tell you this:Tiger Woods will… more »

Every sports fan over 30 years old in the United States, at least, has burned into their brain the iconic opening scene of the Saturday afternoon sports program Wide World of Sports. Legendary broadcaster Jim McKay would entice us with "the thrill of vic… more »

Really, this thing is too close to call, but that'll never stopped me from telling anyone what I think. Everything in my head says that the United States team is stronger and deeper. Something in my gut tells me that the Europeans will find a way to win.… more »

Well, no, he didn't actually come right out and say it. But 2004 Open Champion Todd Hamilton surmised as much. All one has to do is look at his success during his recent starts in the last 3 European Tour events. At the KLM Open in the Netherlands, Hamil… more »