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Features

No. 2
Essay

Sacred Sand

Don’t get casual with the name. There’s a reason every true links starts here

No. 2
Interview
Alan McPherson

Alan McPherson

One man's impossible quest to play every course in Scotland—even the secret ones.

No. 2
Feature
Sheep Ranch, 2017

Don’t Be a Sheep

Ruminations on an aimless afternoon wandering the Bally Bandon Sheep Ranch

No. 2
Feature
Gary Plyaer

At Home With: Gary Player

Time spent not relaxing at the stud farm

No. 2
Feature

The President’s Putter

Oxford vs. Cambridge, at a course called Rye. This uniquely British event distills the game into its purest form

No. 2
Feature

The Emergent Pattern

An examination of the artwork of Geoffrey Cunningham

No. 2
Feature
Swing Thoughts

To the Place We Belong

Strange curiosity or religious experience? A pilgrimage to Sweetens Cove

No. 2
Feature

New Tricks

Veteran Sports Illustrated photographer Robert Beck goes beyond the visible

No. 2
Yardage Book
Jon Cavalier

Rite of Passage

The 11th at Merion Golf Club (East Course). Par 4 - 365, 345

No. 2
Feature

Whistling Past the Graveyard

Against the odds, Louisville Golf continues happily building hickories

No. 2
Feature
AUGUSTA, GA - APRIL 1983: Seve Ballesteros tees off while a gallery watches during the 1983 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club April 11, 1983 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

The Year Is: 1983

Revisiting the characters and events that made for one of golf’s most intriguing years

No. 2
The Parlance
Whether it’s a shanked drive, a regrettable restaurant order or a horrifying “reply all” email snafu, the concept of a mulligan is irresistible. We all need one sometimes. Photo by Christian Hafe

Mulligan

Golf’s gift to all: A second chance

No. 2
Best I Ever saw
Robert Taylor of England plays a tee shot at the 189 yards par 3, 16th hole at Hunstanton Golf Club where he achieved a unique feat in golf when he holed in one on three consecutive days on May 31st, June 1st and June 2nd 1974 whilst playing for Leicestershire in the Eastern Counties Foursomes on June 28, 2016 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images

Miracle Triplets

Three holes-in-one on the same hole three days in a row—seriously

No. 2
Design Desk
Middle-Class Uprising

Middle-Class Uprising

Centerline bunkers are returning with a vengeance

No. 2
Driver Off Deck
These early morning patrons of the Municipal golf course found a number of new water hazards from the six inches of rain the night before, Washington DC , August 13, 1928. These players refused to be daunted by the miniature lake and are playing their shots where they sank. Photo by Underwood & Underwood/Underwood Archives/Getty Images

It’s the Munis, Stupid

The solution is right down the street.

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Feature
hogan

The Hawk’s Hands

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

 
Course Tour

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
Feature
Hunter Thompson

That Evening in Aspen

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

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