TGJ No. 31
No. 31
Spring 2025

Quiet Please

Breathe deep. One foot in front of the next. No. 31 appreciates the surroundings. The salt air at Monterey Peninsula Country Club. The anticipation on the first tee at Royal County Down. The fresh grass at a baseball MVP’s private paradise. The legends at Augusta. Come walk with us.

136 Pages · 9 × 11 inches · Matte laminated and embossed cover · Smyth sewn · Spot varnish interior images on FSC Certified Paper

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Table of Contents

Yardage Book: No. 15 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course

The brilliance and the tragedy behind Mike Strantz’s final design.
Page 22

Whole New Ballgame

A rare invitation to Mike Trout’s new home course.
Page 38

152 Steps

The true path to immortality at Augusta National.
Page 48

Caledonian Dream

The next Scottish nine-holer worthy of bucket-list status.
Page 52

Stalking the Yeti

On the hunt for good weather in the Himalayas.
Page 64

Radioactive

A U.S. Amateur champion’s fatal cocktail.
Page 74

The Legends of Sleepy Hollow

Inside the club that pulls stars from Chi Chi to Beyoncé to its fairways.
Page 80

Devil at the Driving Range

Exorcising the demons before the trip of a lifetime.
Page 92

Event Horizon

A collection of must-see photos from can’t-miss venues.
Page 100

282 Steps

Golf’s greatest walk may not even be on the course.
Page 110

A Place to Play

It don’t get more grassroots than Asheville Muni.
Page 116

Lipping Out

Hollywood’s beloved one-armed looper. The true cost of Scottish golf. A not-so-definitive ranking of golf club showers. Lydia Ko tells it like it is.
Page 128

Contributors

Writers

Ben Carmichael
Tom Coyne
Dom Furore
Jim Hartsell
Travis Hill
Seth Kotzman
David Moore
Lee Pace
Joe Samuel Starnes
Charlie Warzel

Photographers

Fredrik Brodén
Jack Ducey
Dom Furore
Christian Hafer
Jason Jahnke
Kohjiro Kinno
Thomas Prior

Artists

Mike McQuade
Lee Wybranski

Feature

Whole New Ballgame

A rare peek at MLB legend Mike Trout’s new home course on the Jersey Shore

Words by Tom Coyne, Photos by Fredrik Brodén & Jaren Hunsaker

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Whole New Ballgame
Whole New Ballgame
Whole New Ballgame
Feature

Strantz’s Last Stand

The brilliance and tragedy behind Mike Strantz’s final design at Monterey Peninsula

Words by Travis Hill, Photos by Kohjiro Kinno

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Monterey Peninsula Country Club
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Feature

Stalking the Yeti

What transpires during the long wait for the sun in the Himalayas

Words & Photos by Dom Furore

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Stalking the Yeti
Stalking the Yeti

“We timed our visit to coincide with what was considered the nicest time of year, weather wise, to guarantee clear skies. But Mother Nature had other ideas. We ended up waiting three weeks for the mountains to even be visible.”

Dom Furore, from
“Stalking the Yeti”

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Feature

Radioactive

The shocking true story of a U.S. Amateur champion’s fatal cocktail

Words by David Moore, Illustrations by Mike McQuade

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Radioactive

“The words were mangled but clear….By this point, Strantz had had most of his tongue surgically removed in a last-ditch attempt to stop the cancer. He turned to Fezler and spoke aloud what they both dreaded but knew: ‘This is our last hole together, old friend.’”

Travis Hill, from
“The 15th at the Shore”

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