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lipping out

No. 21
Coming in Hot
Lexi Thompson ANA Inspiration One Rule They Finally Got Right

One Rule They Finally Got Right

But it did take a major disaster to get there

No. 19
Soliloquies
Maintenance greens mower

The Sweet Smell of Grassoline

Inside dirt from the man mowing your fairways

No. 18
Lipping Out

Lipping Out: No. 18

“Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.” - Martha Beckman

No. 18
Appraisals

This Ain’t Pebble Beach, Son

Celebrating when muni life finally, briefly, got its Hollywood closeup

No. 18
Epiphanies

When Golf Love Is Lost… and Found

A lifer is forced to reexamine his priorities

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

No. 14
Coming in Hot
1950s CLOSE-UP OF GOLF BALL ON GREEN ON VERY EDGE OF CUP (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

Congratulations, You Lipped Out

You now have the best excuse in the game

No. 14
Driver Off Deck
Ed Snead, lip out, Masters

The Lip Out That Did Me In

The scars from this one are still fresh

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