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No.16
Essay
Photo by Martin Parr/Magnum Photos

Long Live Every Hacker

A toast to some of the most important people in the game

No.16
Feature
Yardage Book: Beached

Yardage Book: Beached

The 16th at Chambers Bay. Par 4 - 396 yards

No.16
Feature
Photo by Kevin D. Liles

The Ghost Links of Alabama

One man’s daily struggle to raise an American golf dream from a sandy grave

No.16
Feature
Photos by Benjamin Rasmussen

4-Iron, I Guess

At home with Gary McCord, who would rather hunt for Sasquatch than do what he’s told

No.16
Feature
Home Is the Sailor

Home is the Sailor

Look hard enough and one of America’s greatest lost links can still be found at Gibson Island, where nine holes and a grand idea remain

No.16
Feature
portrait by Yehyun Kim

Claudia

What does it take to make it in golf when you’re different? Patience, tenacity and, in this case, sensibility

No.16
Feature
How to Rescue Your Garden

How to Rescue Your Garden

In the case of Hogan and Nelson’s boyhood course, all it took was a couple million bottles of whiskey

No.16
Feature
Celebrity Makeover

Celebrity Makeover

The process took years, but Hillcrest Country Club has finally made it from fusty to family

No.16
Feature
Photo by Stephen Szurlej

A Simple and Stunning Kindness

Racing against New Zealand’s lockdown clock with a camper van and a wedge

No.16
Lipping Out

The New Gospel of Peter

When there’s food and drink on the line and 145 insurmountable yards to go, lessons will be learned

No.16
Epiphanies

When It’s Time to Trash the Top-100 List

How a simple text forced a player to reprioritize his golf goals

No.16
Folklore

One (Actually Three) for the Ages

A generational tale of a family that can’t stop dropping holes-in-one

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