Characters - The Golfer’s Journal

Mike Trout No. 31

Whole New Ballgame

A rare look inside Mike Trout’s hometown golf paradise

Asheville Muni No. 31

A Place to Play

It don’t get more grassroots than the Asheville Muni

Half the Hands, Twice the Game No. 31

Half the Hands, Twice the Game

An ode to Hollywood’s beloved one-armed looper

chasing scratch

There Is No Tomorrow

An iconic golf character shows what it’s like to walk the talk, both on and off the course

Halford Hewitt turns 100

Glory Days

On the ground at the Halford Hewitt, a rowdy English alumni tournament that’s turned into the world’s largest foursomes competition

mark it top 100 tattoos

Mark It

Forget scorecards, hats or pencils. One obsessed golfer collects tattoos

Buck Brannaman the horse whisperer we are not lost

We Are Not Lost

Buck Brannaman, also known as the horse whisperer, is finding that the mysteries of golf can be trickier than taming some of nature’s wildest beasts

You Can Go Home Again Skyway Golf Course Bayonne New Jersey

To the Rescue, Here I Am

On a mission to the course in search of a lost wedding ring

Doug Sanders Sanders from Cedartown TGJ 29

Sanders From Cedartown

An appreciation of Doug Sanders, golf's hard-partying playboy whose life was much more than the biggest missed putt in major championship history

When Sisyphus Succeeded

One man's decades-long journey to the top of Lookout Mountain

An architect, a missionary and an airplane mechanic TGJ No. 29

An Architect, a Missionary and an Airplane Mechanic

An unlikely trio rewrites the rules of the game

Nashville Three Ways

Nashville 3 Ways

Going beyond the tourists on Broadway and deep into the city’s thriving golf scene with a trio of locals

Walter Iooss Where Legends Still Play

Where Legends Still Play

In a rare tour through his personal studio, Walter Iooss Jr. shares the stories behind his iconic images

Shortees Too Easy Mate Ross Jones

Too Easy, Mate

Ross Jones reveals his simple secret as he closes in on 100 holes-in-one

Hacking Bethpage

Before the bots, a group of degenerates figured out how to control one of golf’s most sought-after tee sheets

The Man Out Front Tom Doak High Pointe

The Man Out Front

Tom Doak examines his life in the game from the course where it all started

El Jefe Cal Club No. 26

El Jefe

Javier Campos' path from undocumented immigrant to superintendent of The Cal Club

Block Smash Horn Splash Keith Mitchell 25

Block. Smash. Horn. Splash!

A tense 24 hours with "Cashmere" Keith Mitchell

Bob Dolan A Warm Farewell No. 24

A Warm Farewell

Bob Dolan reflects on lessons learned on and off the course after nearly 30 years as head pro at one of Washington, D.C.'s elite clubs

23 Jumbo Ozaki Archivist The Jumbo Zone

The Jumbo Zone

Pop songs, mafia links and expensive wine are just part of the legend of Japan's greatest player

A Possibly Mis-Spent Life Bernard Darwin 23

A Possibly Mis-Spent Life

Bernard Darwin risked the family name to chase his dream, then etched it into the game's history

Granduciel's Dream The War on Drugs

Granduciel’s Dream

On the tee and on the road with The War on Drugs

LAHINCH, IRELAND. MARCH 22, 2018; Views of the 4th hole at Lahinch golf course, on March 22nd, 2017 in Lahinch, Ireland. Photo by Tom Shaw

The Bartender’s Son

Seeing is believing

The Four Acts of Ben Garner

The Four Acts of Ben Garner

The golf love story of a prodigy who battled Tiger, lost it all, then found his own kind of paradise