Drive Time – 2024 Volvo XC60 B5 AWD Plus

For years, Volvo’s much-deserved claim to fame was their peerless safety features rather than sexy lines as the boxy rides resembled rolling security-laden refrigerators. Not the most alluring silhouettes, but at least you had a great chance of arriving in one piece.  Thankfully, Volvo designers have heard the shouts of customers demanding their safety in […]

Instruction – Curing the Dreaded Slice

What causes a slice in technical terms? A slice is caused by an open clubface in relation to your swing path at impact. I see so many students work on their swing path first trying to fix their slice when, in reality, 80 percent of where the ball goes is due to the clubface. With […]

Golf Science – Professional Prep

What does it take to succeed at Q School? As the number of professional golf events springing up all over the world proliferates, with ever-increasing amounts of prize money, many would love to know! Meet Texas’ very own Scott Fawcett, former golf professional and most recently known as the guru of course management. As a […]

Travel – Shangri-La Resort

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain, is accurate in many ways. The wind-blown fields and wide-open vistas make the Sooner state one of the most underrated destinations in our great land. Golf may be a little scarce north of the Red, but the courses Oklahoma does have are legendary by anyone’s standards. […]

Cover Story – Best of Public 2023

If you have been paying attention, then you are aware this is the 25th anniversary of the publication. For those 25 years, we have given our readers the Best of Public Golf rankings. Every year, our staff sits down and discusses (sometimes ad nauseum) where we think each course should be ranked based on any […]

Ask the Superintendent – Tips for the Avid Gardener

Welcome to November, avid golfers, and be sure to get in as much golf as you can before we have the dreaded first frost of the season which usually lands in mid- to late-November in DFW. That said, here is a reminder that if you walk on frosted greens, it will damage the greens. So […]

After the Round – Loop 9 BBQ

Grand Prairie’s EpicCentral has rapidly become a destination for not only DFW residents, but for those traveling to the Metroplex for business, or to catch a Cowboys or Rangers game. From the Epic Performing Arts Theatre to the Epic Waters Indoor Water Park, and the pickleball-centered Chicken & Pickle, this development has a little bit […]