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Event Recap
sand valley

Summer Camp

A first-hand account of The Broken Tee Society’s epic July 4th at Sand Valley

Ep.84
Podcast

Royal Etiquette

Captain at Royal St. George's. R&A Rules Chairman. The perfect Open primer.

Ep.83
Podcast

Doctor’s Orders

The last thing Zach Kahl remembered was putting the tee in the ground. His prescription? Get back out there.

 
News

Swing Thoughts: June 2021

 
Event Recap

Now We Know

Reflecting on a Friday well spent with the Broken Tee Society at Chambers Bay

 
Characters
mission bay

The Other Game in Town

While the world's best battle at Torrey Pines, San Diego's sharks will be next door at Mission Bay

Ep.82
Podcast

Hunting Sasquatch with Gary McCord

One of golf's most recognizable voices opens his subversive storybook

 
Event Recap

The Warmth of a Cold Embrace

No one was a stranger by the end of a three-day TGJ trip to Gearhart

No. 16
Essay
Photo by Martin Parr/Magnum Photos

Long Live Every Hacker

A toast to some of the most important people in the game

No. 16
Art & Culture
Kibera - The Shadow City

Global Perspective

A different view of the game from Nairobi

No. 16
History
The Archivist: Minor Majors

Minor Majors

Golf’s biggest stages weren’t always so

No. 16
Architecture
Yardage Book: Beached

Yardage Book: Beached

The 16th at Chambers Bay. Par 4 - 396 yards

No. 16
Adventures
Photo by Kevin D. Liles

The Ghost Links of Alabama

One man’s daily struggle to raise an American golf dream from a sandy grave

No. 16
Characters
Photos by Benjamin Rasmussen

4-Iron, I Guess

At home with Gary McCord, who would rather hunt for Sasquatch than do what he’s told

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
Characters
portrait by Yehyun Kim

Claudia

What does it take to make it in golf when you’re different? Patience, tenacity and, in this case, sensibility

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. 16
Art & Culture
Celebrity Makeover

Celebrity Makeover

The process took years, but Hillcrest Country Club has finally made it from fusty to family

No. 16
Adventures
Photo by Stephen Szurlej

A Simple and Stunning Kindness

Racing against New Zealand’s lockdown clock with a camper van and a wedge

No. 16
News

Lipping Out: No. 16

“Golf is the best game that you’ll never learn how to play.” —Scarface

No. 16
Opinion

The New Gospel of Peter

When there’s food and drink on the line and 145 insurmountable yards to go, lessons will be learned

No. 16
Opinion

When It’s Time to Trash the Top-100 List

How a simple text forced a player to reprioritize his golf goals

No. 16
Opinion

One (Actually Three) for the Ages

A generational tale of a family that can’t stop dropping holes-in-one

Ep.81
Podcast

The Kings of Cannery Row

If you really want to understand one of golf’s great meccas, you’ve got to talk to these guys

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No. 3
Art & Culture
hogan

The Hawk’s Hands

Sketching a portrait of Anthony Ravielli, the man who drew Ben Hogan

 
Architecture

A Walking Tour of The Sheep Ranch

Bill Coore gives us a hole-by-hole blueprint to the Sheep Ranch, Coore & Crenshaw's newest Bandon offering

No. 1
Characters
Hunter Thompson

That Evening in Aspen

Hunter S. Thompson introduced Terry McDonell to golf with LSD, liquor and live rounds.

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