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Architecture
Whistling Straits

The Broken Tee Society Composite Course: 2025

Par 71 | 6,479 yards

Ep.199
Podcast
Jeff Warne

Jeff Warne Is Up To Something

New Holland Golf Club is rising amidst the Aiken golf boom

No. 34
Architecture
San Pedro Putting Course No. 34

It’s Not Putt-Putt

Hidden in plain sight at a popular putting course in San Antonio: lessons in classic golf course architecture

No. 34
Architecture
Prairie Dunes Yardage Book No. 34

No. 6 at Prairie Dunes

Par 4, 387 yards Architects: Perry Maxwell (1937), Press Maxwell (1957)

No. 34
Architecture
Brian Zager No. 34

This Is Not a Game

Brian Zager is designing golf courses—and potentially the game's future—from his laptop

Ep.196
Podcast
Ohoopee Match Club

How I Built Ohoopee

Michael Walrath’s 20-page manifesto turned into one of the best experiences in golf

 
Architecture
Pasatiempo

Every Hole at Pasatiempo

Strolling through a MacKenzie classic

No. 33
Architecture
Terror at LACC No. 33

Terror at LACC

The anger, joy and change inspired by the smallest hole at one of America’s greatest courses

Ep.190
Podcast
Paul Azinger, Miakka Golf Club

Zinger, Unleashed

Course design, Ryder Cup politics and the problem with instruction: A conversation with one of golf’s most unfiltered voices

 
Films
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Playing 36 at St. Andrews

The Old Course played in the championship and reverse routings

No. 32
Architecture
Old Town Club No. 32

Twin Galleries

Alongside one of the South’s great art museums stands Old Town Club, the canvas where Palmer, Strange, Wadkins and more learned to paint

No. 32
Adventures
Fishers Island Hay Harbor No. 32

Perchance to Dream

A weekend on Fishers Island

No. 32
Adventures
Caves Valley No. 32

Level Up

A rare invite to Caves Valley, the club long home to presidents and captains of industry that’s aiming for bigger things

 
Architecture
Lido Channel hole 4 square

The Broken Tee Society Composite Course: 2024

The votes are in—these are the 18 best holes that the BTS played in 2024

 
Playing 18
Whistling Straits

A Relaxing Round at Whistling Straits

Par 72 | 7,142 yards

Ep.177
Podcast
Pine Valley Weekend at Barney's

Brothers in Turf

How three Scottish brothers in their 20s earned superintendent jobs at three of the world’s best courses

 
Essay
TGJ No 30

Editor’s Note: No. 30

A look inside the new issue, and a note of gratitude to the thousands of Broken Tee Society members who have helped to build a…

No. 30
Architecture
Dunes Club North by Northwest Mike Keiser

North by Northwest

Mike Keiser's dream of Bandon Dunes began at the Dunes Club, a quiet Michigan course that's been called the best nine-holer in America

No. 30
Feature
Tom Fazio A Defiant Man

A Defiant Man

Tom Fazio has never backed down from any critic or piece of land, and he has no plans on stopping

No. 30
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Mark It

Forget scorecards, hats or pencils. One obsessed golfer collects tattoos

No. 30
Adventures
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Pushing Through

The simple but powerful lessons learned from a mad dash across America’s most prestigious fairways

No. 30
Adventures
Bayonne New Jersey Skyway Golf Club You can go home again

You Can Go Home Again

A foursome of childhood friends finds that sometimes the present can top the past

No. 30
Architecture
Cruit Island

Yardage Book: No. 6 at Cruit Island Golf Club

A mysterious sea creature. A band of Irish rebels. One unforgettable hole.

No. 30
Feature
Cypress Point The Last Camper

Good Course, Bad Reviews

Bucket list, schmucket list. Even the world’s supposed best courses are not immune to a one-star rating

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