Parting Words
None of us Golf Road Warriors expects any sympathy for the schedule we’ve kept the last few days. Lots of golf and great meals, staying in luxury, and crisscrossing western Scotland in search of more. Poor poor us, indeed.
Not to complain, but it was a busy few days. Up early, out late, walking cour Full Story
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Day 5: A Winning Daily Double
The list of great courses in Scotland is long: St. Andrews (of course), Muirfield, Carnoustie, Turnberry, Dornoch, -
Slaves To The Weather
Traveling golfers in Scotland have few worries. Usually someone else is doing the driving, and in our case it’s Angus -
Day 4: Learning Links Golf
I think that if you asked most Americans who’ve played golf in Scotland to name their favorite course, about 7 ou
I think that if you asked most Americans who’ve played golf in Scotland to name their favorite course, about 7 out of 10 would say Turnberry.
The Ailsa course—where Tom Watson beat Jack Nicklaus in the 1977 British Open, nicknamed the “duel in the sun”; where Greg Norman won his first major ch Full Story
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Call This “GRW Day 1-1/2″
On the Golf Road Warriors site stories are categorized by days: Day 1 of the trip, Day 2, and so on. I propose we make -
A Date With History: Getting Ready for a Scotland Pilgrimage
My first boss in the magazine business hated the word “mecca.” Not the city, necessarily, but using the word to -
Augusta National Through The Years
I wish I'd seen this before The Masters. Click on this link to Fast Company magazine's website, to see (and perh
I know, that headline reads like the old Sesame Street song, “One of these things is not like the other.” Although honestly, it’s as if they’re all unlike the others. Which is why I’m telling this story.
Start with Lewis Black. Hard as it may be to believe, the stand-up comedian is a golfer. Not Full Story
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New York City: Its Park Is Worse Than Its Bite
Or: Tow Hell And Back! Having lived around New York my entire life and in the city the last seven years, it's ni -
Augusta National Through The Years
I wish I'd seen this before The Masters. Click on this link to Fast Company magazine's website, to see (and perh -
Tiger Is Not The Savior
There are a lot of very smart people writing about golf. And they’re not all where you might want them—in the major