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No. 31
Opinion
Make It Rain No. 31

Make It Rain

The naked truth about golf-club showers

No. 30
Feature
Cypress Point The Last Camper

Good Course, Bad Reviews

Bucket list, schmucket list. Even the world’s supposed best courses are not immune to a one-star rating

No. 29
Feature
What's Truly Important No. 29

What’s Truly Important

Dollars appear to be running the game in today's pro game, but trophies still make sense

No. 29
Feature
Weirdly Welcome, TGJ No. 29

Weirdly Welcome

An ode to golf's strangest trees

No. 28
Architecture
Let's Rip Par in Half Royal The Country Club Ouimet

Let’s Rip Par in Half

A call to play beyond the rigid numbers on the scorecard

No. 28
Essay

The Man Who Loved 8s

Golf is the only sport that allows you to doctor the game ball

 
Feature
Augusta National

I Won The Lottery

So let me tell you about every shot I hit at Augusta National

 
Feature
Bunker Mentality Augusta National Golf Club

Grand Old Days

A dose of perspective from days staring at the pines, not a screen

No. 27
Feature
The Gift

The Gift

A golfer promises to overcome his most crippling fear: getting better

No. 27
Opinion

Baby Drivers

Raise a hand if your local course is part of the route you drive to get the little one to sleep

No. 27
Art & Culture
Mike Strantz art Lipping Out 27 Bob Marley

Family Portrait

Jazz, movie nights and buckets of paint shaped Mike Strantz’s course designs

 
Game Improvement
Chasing Scratch Chicago

Listen to Kobe

How the Chasing Scratch podcasters plan to use the best piece of advice they’ve ever received

 
Game Improvement
Tom Coyne Sullivan County

Personal Accounting

A reflection on how workout instructors, playing partners and community members helped one golfer turn offseason intention into on-course action

 
Feature
sullivan county

Noisy Time, Quiet Place

2023: The year a seeker stopped chasing golf glory and learned to enjoy the moment 

No. 26
Art & Culture
No. 26 We Want it More NYC

We Want it More

Golf here takes longer than a New York minute, but it's worth every second

No. 26
Opinion
No. 26 Willing Listener

Do You Need a Willing Listener?

An absurdist golf romp with legendary sports writer Grantland Rice.

 
Essay
Joe LaCava

In Defense of Joe LaCava

A former insider on why Patrick Cantlay’s caddie deserves a Ryder Cup do-over

No. 25
Art & Culture
Living With a Ghost No. 25

Living With a Ghost

Regret, embarrassment and, worse yet, a potential bogey await in a return to the place of a life-changing decision

No. 25
Opinion
Same Time New Place Lipping Out No. 25

Same Time, New Place

Will Tiger and Rory’s prime-time franchise work? History provides the best view

No. 25
Opinion
The Highest Stakes

The Highest Stakes

Nine holes between a husband and wife for family supremacy

No. 25
Opinion
The Other Pocket Lipping Out No. 25

The Other Pocket

A caddie's chance to be part of the game's history

No. 25
Opinion
But Now I See Brora No. 25 Lipping Out

But Now I See

Finding an elevated plane in the Scottish Highlands

No. 24
Essay
Waiting for Golf 24

Waiting for Golf

Why we'll always be scratch tomorrow

No. 24
Opinion
Lucky Numbers 24

Lucky Numbers

On fortunate pairings and playing the same ball for more than 240 holes

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