No. 26
Winter 2023

A mystical 12-holer in the California desert. Six undiscovered Irish gems. A crusty miniature golf course from the Eisenhower era. Seminole. No matter the course, the love of the game flows through No. 26. We see it at Lancaster, which went from disrepair to a major home for the women’s game, and in the remarkable journey of Cal Club’s immigrant superintendent. It’s in abundance on the hardy NYC public scene and preserved forever on Tillinghast’s classic at Somerset Hills. And it’s summed up in a hilarious Phil Mickelson yarn that, like the adventures within, cannot be missed.

“Temporary greens bookend sandy, dirt-filled fairways, but the grass that does exist, though furry, is alive. There are no signs to indicate which holes are which, but the routing gives just enough direction to make this place work.”

from “What They’re Looking For”

“I’m the wrong person to ask about what constitutes too much golf.”

from “When the End Draws Nigh”

“You set off, your pre-round optimism fueled by a bodega bacon, egg and cheese. The pushcart mafia was nowhere to be found when the five families divvied up the city, so you merge onto the sidewalk, bag on your back.”

from “We Want it More”

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