Four-Letter Word
A declaration of intent from the first issue of The Golfer's Journal
No.1
Contents
The Push and The Pull
The pull cart is still derided by four-wheeling cowboys and even bag-laden purists. But as one doubter discovered while on a golf tour of Ireland,…
Erik Anders Lang
Proof that golf lifers can start at any age and come from anywhere
Upward Perspective
Jimmy Walker’s astrophotography blurs the line between science and art
Chasing Perfection
The 14th at North Berwick Golf Club (West Links). Par 4 - 374, 358, 342
The Book Of Mulligan
Ballyneal’s first caddie and club historian was a dedicated looper and one of the game’s true characters
Outsider Inside the Ropes
Photographer Kohjiro Kinno captures the game from a different perspective
The Lungs of Tijuana
Truth and golf can be tough to find in the chaos of a border city
Route 13
How the LPGA founders plotted, hustled and fought to build a tour up from golf’s back roads
Public Defenders
Three courses. Three different fates. As municipal golf courses around the country face the bulldozers, local communities are on the front lines
That Evening in Aspen
Hunter S. Thompson introduced Terry McDonell to golf with LSD, liquor and live rounds.
What Lies Beneath the Machair
A spontaneous pilgrimage to the long-lost course of Askernish—the forgotten Tom Morris design that came back from the dead
Fore!
A crystal-clear word with a murky origin
Saddle Up
Outlawing Sam Snead’s croquet approach to putting birthed the sidesaddle putter
The Aristocrat!
Awe-inspiring 3-woods. Day-drinking Ohioans. Hall of Fame indignation. Behold the trials and tribulations of Colin Montgomerie
Buckets and Mops
Ruminations and revelations on the grand old double plateau
