No. 10

Architecture

Trial by Fire

Brough Creek National isn’t some handmade one-off. It’s Ben Hotaling’s model for the future

No. 10

Adventures

The Match Club

Peeling back the layers of Ohoopee, the revolutionary course where no one gives a damn what you shot

No. 10

Architecture

The Playground Drawings

A chance discovery was just one of the events that led to a Donald Ross gem at the Nashville First Tee

No. 10

Art & Culture

High on the Crime

No boundaries, no fear, no shirts: Welcome to turbogolf

No. 10

Feature

The One Less Traveled

Reckless abandon, long odds and Mike Strantz: An oral history of Tobacco Road Golf Club

No. 10

Characters

Dry Run

How the world’s first completely artificial turf course never got built

No. 10

Adventures

Challenge Day

Redefining golf masochism through nine sadistic little holes

No. 10

Architecture

A Hard Left

The (reverse routing) 7th at Old Course, St. Andrews. Par 4 - 330, 295

No. 10

Opinion

Here’s a Concept: Play Real Golf

In praise of 18 proper holes

No. 10

Adventures

10 Hours in Heaven

A life-altering journey to the National

No. 10

Architecture

This Number Adds Up

Why a four-hole loop should be the new short-course standard

 

Playlists

The Dirty Groove Vol. 11

Welcome to 2020

Ep.42

Podcast

The Lost Strantz Tapes

While reporting TGJ No. 10’s, “The One Less Travelled,” contributor Jay Revell stumbled upon a treasure trove of unearthed footage featuring the late architect Mike…

Ep.41

Podcast

Bob Ford

He’s watched Ben Hogan write checks to settle debts, walked off Arnie’s home course rather than breaking the King’s record and ran the merchandise tent…

 

Playlists

The Dirty Groove Vol. 10

Take me back to Tobacco Road

Ep.40

Podcast

Bizarre Golf History

Who holds the rightful claim to America’s first golf club? How did three different players lose in match play after an ace? Which major champion…

Ep.39

Game Improvement

Swing Thoughts

Whether they’re beautiful and effective or a form of psychological warfare, everyone has a swing thought. On our latest podcast, host Tom Coyne asks a…

 

Playlists

The Dirty Groove Vol. 9

Doing What I Can to salvage bogey

Ep.38

Podcast

Golf and the Climate Crisis

Inspired by the frightening story of Scotland’s Montrose Golf Links in TGJ No. 9, host Tom Coyne sets out to see how others in golf…

No. 9

Essay

Lonely as a Cloud

In praise of the mood-altering, life-changing solo round

No. 9

Interview

Joshua C.F. Smith

Meet golf's greatest superintendent/oil painter

No. 9

Architecture

King

The 4th at Sweetens Cove Golf Club. Par 3 - 169, 146, 114

No. 9

Art & Culture

Tip of the Cap

Golf had an unmistakable effect on famed photographer Rodney Smith

No. 9

Characters

A Kite in a Hurricane

The golfing life of Griffin Clark, a Lion gone too soon