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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
Architecture
Photo by: Kohjiro Kinno

Troubadour

The 5th at Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas. Par 4 - 315, 287, 265

No. 12
Art & Culture
Charles Lindsay

Funny Because It’s True

Charles Lindsay’s hyperbolic images make light of golf’s nightmare situations

No. 12
Feature

My God, What a Show

The four shots that immortalized Seve Ballesteros

No. 12
Adventures
Catalina

We Found Our Feet in Avalon

California nostalgia on a voyage to rediscover the lost golf course on Catalina Island

No. 12
Adventures
Tom Shaw

A Day at the Dunvegan

A snapshot of the random and beautiful collisions that occur at one of the game’s iconic watering holes

No. 12
Adventures
Christian Hafer

The Time Machine

Transported by nine holes of preserved history at Wawashkamo

No. 12
Opinion
Photo: Simon Bruty

Fiery Ejections

An epic tale of bunker failure

No. 12
Opinion
Photo: David Cannon

The Case for Going Bunkerless

One round at this sand-free master class is ample evidence

No. 12
Opinion
This Could Be Ugly

This Could Be Ugly

Going to battle with one of golf’s toughest enemies: nerves

No. 12
Opinion
Could Be The Day

A Short Defense of the Pitch’n’ Putt

Some people need to open their eyes

Ep.53
Podcast
Carne

The Pandemic Diary

No place is safe from the ravages of the COVID-19 virus, even host Tom Coyne’s beloved Carne Golf Links on the remote Western coast of…

Ep.52
History
Hubberman

The Last Time Golf Stopped

Tom Coyne serves as commanding general on this docu-pod exploration of golf through the 1940s—the last time golf was forced to mark and step away

No. 12
Essay
Photo by: Underwood Archives/ Getty

Chasing Jenny

How an Open run for the ages forever changed its protagonist and one impressionable fan

 
Feature

The Pandemic Diary

A personal journal of consequence and resolve as the far-reaching effects of COVID-19 arrived at Carne Golf Links

 
Playlists

The Dirty Groove Vol. 14

Social listening

Ep.51
Podcast
Ep.51: Life on the Inside

Life on the Inside

Renowned sports psychologist Dr. Bob Winters returns, this time to answer subscriber questions about golf's new normal

Ep.50
Podcast
24 Hours at Sawgrass

24 Hours at Sawgrass

This is the 17th Players Championship for TGJ editor and grizzled vet Travis Hill. He gave newbie Casey Bannon one day to find a Sawgrass…

Ep.49
Podcast
The Emergent Pattern

Finding your Center with Geoff Cunningham

Artist. Photographer. Tequila drinker. Soul surfer. Hickory player. Club maker. Linksoul Creative Director Geoff Cunningham refuses to let anyone put him, or the game he…

Ep.48
Podcast
Sheep Ranch Preview

Sheep Ranch Preview Announcement

ATTENTION: TGJ Subscribers will be playing Bandon Dunes’ Sheep Ranch masterpiece before it opens to the public

Ep.47
Podcast
Challenge Day

Challenge Days ft. Shane Bacon

Is a bad day on the course really better than a good day anywhere else?

No. 11
Essay
Photo by Stephen Denton

The Scavenger Society

Digging deep into golf’s most relentless subspecies: the ballhawk

No. 11
Interview
Jacques Slade. Photo: Kohjiro Kinno

Jacques Slade

YouTube’s resident sneakerhead demands answers

No. 11
Architecture
Royal St. George 5th Hole, Photo by Tom Shaw

The Talisman

The 5th at Royal St. George's. Par 4 - 416

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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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