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Playlists
Seve Ballesteros

The Dirty Groove Vol. 3

Dear Summer...

Ep.26
Podcast
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Aaron Dill

Inside the Titleist Tour Truck with a star wedgemaker

Ep.25
Podcast
The Quest

The Quest

A deep dive into the hole-in-one

 
Playlists
Lee Trevino. Photo: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

The Dirty Groove Vol. 2

Don't Worry Be Happy

No. 7
Essay
A sacred golf trophy and a powder-room shrine bring a father and daughter closer, even if they can’t talk about it

Bard of the Dewsweepers

A sacred golf trophy and a powder-room shrine bring a father and daughter closer, even if they can’t talk about it

No. 7
Interview
illustration of Ron Weeks by Kate Copeland

Ron Weeks

No architects or crews required for this course. All he needed was his trusty chainsaw

No. 7
Art & Culture
Cape Kidnappers Golf Course, No. 15

Such Great Heights

The soaring drone photography of Jacob Sjöman

No. 7
Adventures
Carne Golf Course

An Unlikely Place

The final answer to a seasoned traveler’s always question

No. 7
Characters
Papwa

Papwa

How a poor Indian caddie from a South African shantytown took on Gary Player during the apartheid era and turned into an unlikely civil-rights hero

No. 7
Art & Culture

Student of the Game

Leonard Kamsler’s dedication to his craft has taken him from Marilyn Monroe to the Masters

No. 7
Architecture
No. 5 at Fishers Island Club, Fishers Island, New York.

The Bastard Child of Templates

Chasing the highs and lows of one of golf’s most misunderstood holes

No. 7
Architecture
Twin Dreams

Twin Dreams

Robert A. Wade is one of the world’s greatest watercolor artists. He’s not a bad golfer, either

No. 7
Adventures
The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

Heartbreak, Hazeltine and hero shots: How a text thread turned into No Laying Up, the media collective that sauced the industry

No. 7
Adventures
The Quest

The Quest

A madman with three months to make a hole-in-one. Lessons were learned on and off the course...but did he make it?

No. 7
Architecture
Yardage Book 16

Point of Pride

The 16th at Bandon Dunes. Par 4 - 363, 345, 301, 210, 250

No. 7
Opinion
Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros on the 17th green during a Ryder Cup match at The Belfry, Warwickshire, 15th September 1985.

Dormie?

Theories abound on the term’s origin, including one from Scotland’s most famous queen

No. 7
Architecture
No. 18 green at Lawsonia Links.

Listen to Your Momma

One of life’s basic rules also applies to greens

No. 7
Opinion
Photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images

Play On, Wayward Son

Tales from the road on a Sunflower State golf mission

No. 7
Opinion
Photo: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for BMW

Rickie Fowler Killed the Prime Minister of Malaysia!

Alternate plot lines to keep it interesting

Ep.24
Podcast
Billy Collins, Masters hat

Billy Collins

The rock star of American poets duels our host at Winter Park 9

 
Playlists
Chi Chi Rodríguez. Photo: Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images

The Dirty Groove Vol. 1

May I Have This Dance?

Ep.23
Podcast

Geoff Ogilvy

The golf life of a major champion—and TGJ contributor

Ep.22
Podcast

Fear and Golfing in 2018

Recapping the golf year through the lens of TGJ

 
Essay
Fear and Golfing in 2018

Fear and Golfing in 2018

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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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