Cover Story – Ascendant LPGA Preview
An elite LPGA tournament, a great date and course, and a chance to win a pro tour event in their home state is the draw for several local LPGA Tour players, who have a Texas-sized interest in the $1.7 million Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America, to be contested at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, September 29 …
Feature – DFW Schedule Shuffle
Next spring’s opening of the new PGA Frisco golf headquarters and resort facility – along with the 26 announced PGA tournaments it will host, including the first major golf championship in North Texas in more than 50 years – will establish the area as the new home of golf competition for both professionals and amateurs in America. Whether that’s a …
Feature – Justin Leonard
North Texas golf fans, who knew of the local golf rivalry between Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson only through the history books, and maybe only saw Dallas’ Lee Trevino on the Champions TOUR, certainly are reveling in the current Scottie Scheffler-Jordan Spieth rivalry on the course. Both Scheffler and Spieth are Dallas-bred junior golf products … stars at local high …
Feature – Masters Memories
Former CBS Golf and NFL Executive Producer Lance Barrow grew up outside of Fort Worth, attended Abilene Christian University, and has lived in Fort Worth most of his life. He now plays golf and has lunch as a member at Colonial Country Club regularly and travels in retirement with his wife. But he will always be remembered for his role …
Feature – Hammer Time
Texas Longhorn senior golfer Cole Hammer, the latest in the seemingly never-ending Lone Star State assembly line of great golfers, is nearing the end of his amateur career after this summer’s NCAA Championships and looking forward to his next step. Hammer, 22, a native of Houston who is known by his friends and fellow competitors on the golf course as …
Travel – Magic Awaits
Long ago, Mickey Mouse conquered the world for anybody with kids under the age of 12, especially for those who ventured to his headquarters at Disney World in Orlando. But if you combine another legendary figure who conquered the world for a slightly higher age demographic, Arnold Palmer Golf Management, with the orchestrators of “The Happiest Place on Earth,” then …
Travel – Mexican Majesty
The idea of great golf, great food and beverages of all variety, all during an 18-hole round, might be the greatest sporting combination since the afternoon tea break during the World Cricket Test Matches. The game, in its most refined form – golf, cricket or just about anything else – is a celebration; it’s not a duty or a punishment. …
Cover Story – Joe Trahan
Joe Trahan, Texas born and bred (with stops in South Carolina and Louisiana), replaced a true Texas TV legend when he took over from retiring WFAA-Channel 8 Sports Director Dale Hansen as the lead Sports Anchor in September 2021. Hansen spent 37 years as the leading sports voice in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, before retiring to golf, poker and pool …
Feature – Passion and Perseverance
The famous sports book, “Heaven is a Playground,” was a passionate ode to the game of basketball. But for TPC-Craig Ranch Assistant Golf Professional Brian Kleckner, heaven is the first tee on any local golf course, with the chance to grow the game and help others. Kleckner, who has battled and transcended Cerebral Palsy in his life and golf career, …
Travel – San Diego
Golf in December can mean a lot of things to golfers, depending on where you play on a regular basis. But golf in December in San Diego means about the same thing it does the rest of the year: perfect conditions, sunny days, light winds and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and the adjacent hills and canyons. For an …