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No. 7
Characters
Papwa

Papwa

How a poor Indian caddie from a South African shantytown took on Gary Player during the apartheid era and turned into an unlikely civil-rights hero

No. 7
Art & Culture

Student of the Game

Leonard Kamsler’s dedication to his craft has taken him from Marilyn Monroe to the Masters

No. 7
Architecture
No. 5 at Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island, New York.

The Bastard Child of Templates

Chasing the highs and lows of one of golf’s most misunderstood holes

No. 7
Architecture
Twin Dreams

Twin Dreams

Robert A. Wade is one of the world’s greatest watercolor artists. He’s not a bad golfer, either

No. 7
Adventures
The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

Heartbreak, Hazeltine and hero shots: How a text thread turned into No Laying Up, the media collective that sauced the industry

No. 7
Adventures
The Quest

The Quest

A madman with three months to make a hole-in-one. Lessons were learned on and off the course...but did he make it?

No. 6
Adventures
Two Tall Tales. Photo by Kohjiro Kinno

Two Tall Tales

One of the world’s most powerful clubs. One of MacKenzie’s gems. Where fact ends and myth begins in the redwood forest

No. 6
Adventures
New Orleans. Photo by Ryan Young

Torn on the Bayou

Golf in New Orleans is hot, sprawling and thick with controversy

No. 6
Feature
Paul Boehme's Equipment Trailer. Photo by Kohjiro Kinno

More Than Clubs

Paul Boehmer’s equipment trailer is an LPGA institution

No. 6
Architecture
7, Red. The pine near the green serving No. 7 Red and No. 11 Black is a quirk Doak loves, while Duchess, the dog of Trinity Forest superintendent Rob Falconer, enjoys keeping watch over the course no matter which way it plays. Photo by Brian Oar

Crossing The Divide

Inside the creation and challenges of building The Loop

No. 6
Art & Culture
Shingo Katayama hits out of the water on the 18th hole at Taiheiyo Club in the 2016 Taiheiyo Masters. He’s floating in the light as the sun sets. Photo by Taku Miyamoto

A Curious Light

Still a mystery stateside, Taku Miyamoto is one of the world’s best golf photographers

No. 6
Architecture
Looking up at hanging moss hanging from a live oak tree, St. Augustine, Florida.

The Hurricane Tree

Life, death and legacy among the live oaks of Kiawah’s Ocean Course

No. 6
Art & Culture
Arnold Palmer upset on green after missing birdie. Photo by Marvin E. Newman/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

The Year Is: 1967

Stunning turns. Establishment attacks. Tumult and progress. In 1967, golf mirrored the changing world around it

No. 6
Architecture
Franklin Park Golf, Photo by John Huet

A Boston Garden

By embracing its complicated racial and political history, Franklin Park remains an oasis

No. 5
Adventures
Urban Golf in India. Photo by Tomasz Gudzowatyby Tomasz

Anywhere, anytime

Creating a new brand of golf in Mumbai’s slums

No. 5
Adventures
Landscape shot. Photo by Kevin Markham.

The Tao of Garth

Learning some of golf’s greatest lessons from one of its worst players

No. 5
Feature
Laurel Hill Photo by Lexey Swall.

Ground Under Repair

The transformation of Laurel Hill is a walk through American history

No. 5
Characters
Gil sitting on a bulldozer. Photo by Christian Hafer.

Life on the Trail

Gil Hanse keeps on truckin’ from the boardroom to the bulldozer

No. 5
Art & Culture
Golf: 2018 Masters Golf Tournament Round One Augusta National Golf Club/Augusta, GA, USA 4/5/2018 X161845 TK1 Credit: Kohjiro Kinno

A Game of Pixels

A masterful re-creation of Augusta National. And a controversy unlike any other in the world of online golf

No. 5
Art & Culture
3/21/18 2:36:57 PM -- Cleveland, OH Photography for the Golf Journal Alistair Johnson and his private golf library. © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2018

An Incomplete Biography

Alastair Johnston has amassed the world’s largest private golf library. And he’s not done collecting books or memories

No. 5
Feature
Getting Out Of Jail At England’s Bristol & Clifton Golf Club In 1988. Photo by Martin Parr

Magnum Opus

Golf through a different lens

No. 4
Adventures

Proof in the Purpose

Golf changed the status of Machrihanish Dunes from threatened to thriving

No. 4
Adventures
MSOF Arena

Present at the Creation

Only in Vegas: An old idea and the possible birth of a new sport

No. 4
Art & Culture
If You Want Something Done Right

If You Want Something Done Right

Barry Grimes taught himself to be one of golf’s distinctive lensmen

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