Decades of Memories at the AT&T Byron Nelson
Past champions, players and staff members recount their best memories and favorite things about the Byron Nelson Championship at the TPC Four Seasons Compiled by Art Stricklin Ernie Els (1995 Champion) It’s sad they’re leaving, but the best memory I have came when I was the reigning U.S. Open winner in 1995 and I did a golf clinic with …
Lessons From a Legend
Through nine decades of his incredible golfing life, Houston’s Jack Burke, Jr., has lived and embraced almost every instance of the amateur and professional golf experience: from a hard-working caddy at Houston’s River Oaks Country Club, who shot dice and hauled clubs with the other caddies while his dad served as head pro, to a golf professional himself at the …
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic — Caribbean Canine Delight
As the original golf resort in the Caribbean, opened by still relatively unknown Pete Dye in 1971, the Casa De Campo resort and its signature Teeth of the Dog layout has always set the standard for golf in the scenic Caribbean. But with its recent international showcase, hosting the Latin American Amateur Championship in February, overseen by the United States …
Executive Spotlight: Brent Harman
Originally featured in the January 2010 issue of AVIDGOLFER Magazine. Story by Art Stricklin Brent Harman has hundreds of employees and multiple locations in his multi-million dollar Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse Empire. But the 38-year-old says he uses the game of golf to remain sane in the pressurized industry, staying connected with his family and the game he loves. “What is …
The Ryder Cup – Land of a Thousand Chants
CHASKA, Minn. – One of the first lessons you learn in journalism school is that a real golf writer keeps his or her personal feelings strictly personal. That means you can be secretly happy when a favorite golfer wins (which I am when Jordan Spieth, Nick Price or Ben Crenshaw ever does) or even glad when a less favorite loses, …