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Jordan Spieth

Re-Teed: 2017 Open Championship

Looking back on Birkdale, bad drops and the rebirth of Jordan Spieth

Archivist Louise Suggs 24

Teed Off

Sharing highs, lows and bourbon with Louise Suggs

Between Purgatory and the Lion's Den 24

Between Purgatory and the Lion’s Den

A hole-by-hole walk through the birthplace of major championship golf: Prestwick’s original 12

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

23 The Dodo that Saved Scioto Johnny Weingart

The Dodo that Saved Scioto

One of the most improbable tools in renovation history led to the restoration of a Donald Ross classic

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

Under the Pressure

Under the Pressure

Failure happens. The real story is in the response

TGJ No. 22 The Two Dinahs Rancho Mirage Kraft Nabisco Dinah Shore Patty Sheehan

The Two Dinahs

On the ground at the LPGA’s final stop in Palm Springs to examine its parallel legacies

Bloodlines Biloxi MS Will Bardwell

Bloodlines

Navigating the betrayals, organized crime and murder that helped spur Biloxi’s glittering golf scene

Can't Knock the Hustle John Mysterious Montague

Can’t Knock the Hustle

Driving-range sharks may no longer be circling, but the thrill of a wager will never die

Rally the Town Augusta National Masters Parade

Rally the Town

When a parade helped keep the Masters afloat

Poppie's Pond The Next Big Leap

The Next Big Leap

The history behind the LPGA’s major move proves that evolution always trumps tradition

World Woods

Back to the Future

World Woods was once one of golf's most promising resorts. That dream died, but with a new owner and a remarkable caretaker, the facility is…

Walter Hagen give that man a trophy

Get the Man a Trophy

Toasting Walter Hagen, the most underrated 11-time major champion in golf history

The Inexhaustible Variety of Life

A walk among the massive boats, fast cars, pitched fairways, facts and fictions of White Bear Yacht Club, potential birthplace of the great American novel

a cold fact

A Cold Fact

Golf needs more match play and the Ryder Cup's wildest shot proves it

Women of a Certain Era

The best way to get closer to the  legend behind Pasatiempo, Cypress and Pebble is to play from her tees

27’s 27

William Howard Taft remains the only man to be both chief justice and president of the United States, but at Kebo Valley, he is better…

The Hard Truth About Lido

A walk with the ghosts of America’s greatest lost course, and its rusted remains

The Archivist: Minor Majors

Minor Majors

Golf’s biggest stages weren’t always so

Home Is the Sailor

Home is the Sailor

Look hard enough and one of America’s greatest lost links can still be found at Gibson Island, where nine holes and a grand idea remain

How to Rescue Your Garden

How to Rescue Your Garden

In the case of Hogan and Nelson’s boyhood course, all it took was a couple million bottles of whiskey

Teachable Moments

Teachable Moments

Phil Rodgers had to learn the game's harshest lessons before he could impart his wisdom to students from Jack Nicklaus to an especially curious amateur

St. Andrews ladies' putting club

The Grandes Dames of the Himalayas

Age be damned: The St. Andrews Ladies’ Putting Club is still thriving