Feature Story – The World Long Drive Tour: Past and Present
The 44th edition of the World Long Drive Championship was contested last month in Thackerville, Oklahoma and when all was said and done a new king and queen were left standing on the men’s and women’s sides. It was the first time since 2013 that both events produced a first-time winner with Kyle Berkshire and Chloe Garner donning the respective …
Exam Room – CBD: A Game Changer
CBD, or cannabidiol, is the latest craze in the health industry and on the PGA Tour and is expected to grow by 49 percent annually compounded yearly in the next five years. With that being said, it is important to understand a few things about CBD in order to reap the benefits. CBD is from the cannabis plant, however, it …
After the Round – Jack and Grill
One of the Metroplex’s most rapidly developing areas is Roanoke, and at the heart of the entertainment district of the now-bustling suburb lies historic Oak Street. From mom-and-pop shops to antique stores, this thoroughfare offers an array of unique shopping options, but it’s food that is the main draw. And while numerous new ventures seem to be popping up left …
Tales from the Back Nine, Part X – Red River Region
With Texas and Oklahoma seemingly headed for an epic college football showdown this month, it seemed the perfect time to explore wild golf in the Red River region. Remote courses, state parks and fishing spots flourish on both sides of the border, making the Red River a golf adventure waiting to happen. The trusty old F-150 and I had been …
Slow-Mo No Go
Tony Finau plays fast because of mosquitoes. On the modest public course where the tall Utahn learned the game, he found that long pauses gave the skeeters a better chance to land, so he and his brother kept up a brisk pace. Brooks Koepka plays fast because there’s the ball and there’s the target and 10 more data points hurt …
Exam Room – Getting Loose
If every time you play a round golf you experience some post-round tightness and feel like someone swung their sand wedge directly into your body, you’re not alone. Let’s face it, you are not a spring chicken and the days of trunk golf are followed by several days of muscle soreness, ibuprofen and ice. Well, we’ve got the solution, and …
Cover Story – College Days Revisited
To become a PGA TOUR player, you need talent, determination and self-minded focus to do nothing but eat, drink and sleep golf. Except in the fall, of course. That’s when the Tour players passion for the game they play for a living, takes a back seat – or at least an equal seat – to their passion for college football, …
Tales From the Back Nine, Part IX – Highway 380 West
Maybe you heard the tall Texas tale of the two frontiersmen who frantically climbed into a small cave by the Clear Fork Brazos River to elude a band of Comanches, arrows whizzing by as the men crawled through a hole in the rock along the steep bank. Whew, safe at last. But one problem: Their shelter was inhabited by rattlesnakes. …
After the Round – Five Sixty
If playing 18 holes while making your way through the endless oak trees and drastic elevation changes at Stevens or Tenison Park Golf Courses in Dallas didn’t fulfill your craving for the outdoor beauty that North Texas has to offer, then perhaps wetting your appetite in a variety of ways at Five Sixty would be the perfect cap to your …
Wayward Shots – Golf’s Biggest Showoff
On the final tee in the final round of The Open Championship quite a few years ago, someone told Golf’s Biggest Showoff that he trailed by two. He’d have to make an eagle two on the par-4 18th at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to tie. The Showoff received the news without apparent emotion, then banged out a long drive …