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Features

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
Feature
Cape Kidnappers Golf Course, No. 15

Such Great Heights

The soaring drone photography of Jacob Sjöman

No. 7
Feature
Carne Golf Course

An Unlikely Place

The final answer to a seasoned traveler’s always question

No. 7
Feature
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
Feature

Student of the Game

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

No. 7
Feature
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
Feature
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
Feature
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
Feature
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
Yardage Book
Yardage Book 16

Point of Pride

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

No. 7
The Parlance
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
Design Desk
No. 18 green at Lawsonia Links.

Listen to Your Momma

One of life’s basic rules also applies to greens

No. 7
Map Quests
Photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images

Play On, Wayward Son

Tales from the road on a Sunflower State golf mission

No. 7
Driver Off Deck
Photo: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for BMW

Rickie Fowler Killed the Prime Minister of Malaysia!

Alternate plot lines to keep it interesting

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No. 3
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
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Hunter Thompson

That Evening in Aspen

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

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