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Cover Story – Whatever Happened to Anthony Kim?
Just over ten years ago . . . Yes, Anthony Kim said, he’d be happy to talk and pose after he hit a few more balls. On a sunny spring day at TPC Las Colinas, on a pre-Nelson Wednesday practice tee crowded with the world’s best golfers, I leaned in close to observe the wonder of the age. Young Mr. …
Feature – 25 Things AG Wants to See in 2019!
2018 was a fantastic year for the PGA TOUR and the game of golf as a whole. Although it wasn’t a popular win, Patrick Reed’s performance at Augusta was dominating. Brooks Koepka captured his second straight US Open and the PGA Championship at Bellerive, and Francisco Molinari was a bit of a surprise winner at the Open Championship. Jordan Spieth …
Tales from the Back Nine – West Texas
Golf clubs, check. Camping gear, check. Two tires, new battery, full tank of gas in the pickup, check, check, check. What could possibly go wrong? If you have traveled with me then you know that calamity lurks around every corner. My travel journals read like what-not-to-do manuals of white-knuckle road trips. Long hours driving alone, preferably at night, with minimal …
Cover Story – Mizzen + Main
And if that shirt is a full-fledged button up, with cuffs, collar stays and everything, it’s out-and-out silly, right? It’s 2018, not 1938. It’s the era of souped-up polos with technology we’ve never heard of (I’m sorry, is your golf shirt broadcasting a Wifi signal?), exotic colors and patterns, and cuts so slim even Rickie Fowler looks jacked. There are …
Feature – “Ace” of Insurance
The charity golf tournament has long been a way to raise money for any number of causes. From high school booster clubs, to various diseases, fallen police officers or wounded veterans, there’s nothing quite like a day on the links for a great cause with friends and some cold beers. AVIDGOLFER does their share of tournaments as well, and we …
Travel – Pinehurst
By Art Stricklin The Pinehurst Golf Resort has been in place in the rolling and wooded South Carolina Sand Hills, ever since James Walker Tufts came down from the snowy and cold Northeast and decided this tranquil and scenic area would make a fine place for relaxation and recreation in 1895. Then along comes Donald Ross who teamed with Tufts …
Feature – AG 2018 Holiday Gift Guide
Breakthrough Golf Technology Stability Putter Shaft $199.99 The Stability Shaft is revolutionizing the way putters are crafted. Available on any putter Breakthrough Golf has designed a shaft that separates itself from the rest by reducing flex and twist upon impact with the ball giving you a straighter putt every time. Simply send your putter into the Breakthrough Golf, they will …
Travel – On Wisconsin! Sand Valley Golf Resort
By Art Stricklin For a state roughly the size of noted golf hotbeds England and Scotland, Wisconsin has done a remarkably good job of producing special public golf resorts for its brief, but spectacular golf season, running from late April to October, possibly early November. First came the Whistling Straits Resort, the Herb Kohler owned, four-course property and five-star American …
Cover Story – Guitars and Two-Putt Pars
By Art Stricklin and Eli Jordan Country music has long been a staple of southern living. From Luckenbach to San Antonio, from Cheatham Street and Gruene Hall to Billy Bob’s, Waylon, Willie and the boys were the beginning of a music revolution. Country music was eventually thrust into the mainstream with the emergence of mega-stars like George Strait and Garth …
Travel – A Trip to the Tropics
By Robert Rodriguez The tropics are quiet right now – gone are the days of hurricane-force winds and menacing rainstorms. We hope it stay like that for quite a while, as Mother Nature has shown she can be quite menacing over warm waters. It was heartbreaking to see the destruction left in the wake of these major storms at many …