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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

No. 22
Feature
Bloodlines Biloxi MS Will Bardwell

Bloodlines

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

No. 21
History
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

No. 21
Feature
Rally the Town Augusta National Masters Parade

Rally the Town

When a parade helped keep the Masters afloat

No. 20
History
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

 
Feature
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…

No. 19
History
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

No. 18
Feature

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

No. 17
History
a cold fact

A Cold Fact

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

No. 17
Feature

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

No. 17
Feature

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…

No. 17
Feature

The Hard Truth About Lido

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

No. 16
History
The Archivist: Minor Majors

Minor Majors

Golf’s biggest stages weren’t always so

No. 16
Adventures
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

No. 16
Feature
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

No. 15
Feature
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

No. 14
Characters
St. Andrews ladies' putting club

The Grandes Dames of the Himalayas

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

No. 14
Feature
A statue of Black golf-course architect Joseph Bartholomew looks over the New Orleans design bearing his name.

An Imperfect Step Forward

The search for Joseph Bartholomew’s lost course turns into a lesson on the beauty of silver linings

No. 13
Adventures

Rifle Shots

From finding the right wave to an evening’s meal, the Hunter legacy was always about more than golf

No. 13
Characters
Herbert Warren Wind

Forever in Tweed, Amen

Amen Corner, a pioneering TV show and the best-selling instruction book of all time are merely the beginning of Herbert Warren Wind’s contributions to the…

No. 13
Feature
John Musters of Colwick Hall: artist unknown; ca. 1800

Every Gentleman’s Duty

An unexpected purchase leads to an unbuckled trip down the rabbit hole of golf’s fashion history

No. 13
Art & Culture

Any Means Necessary

Golf's reinvention of the wheel

No. 12
Adventures
Photo By: Tristan Spinksi

Proof in the Spirits

A toast to the thirsty souls who brought golf to the U.S.-Canada border in the face of Prohibition

No. 12
Feature

My God, What a Show

The four shots that immortalized Seve Ballesteros

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