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Elliott’s Excellent Expedition

Elliott’s Excellent Expedition

Top Senior Amateur Shines In Whirlwind Trip To U.K.

Gene Elliott, a top senior amateur golfer from Iowa, just completed a whirlwind journey through the U.K. that included playing both the Senior Open Championship and...

The Walker Cup’s Predicament

The Walker Cup’s Predicament

A Slimmer Body Of Work Among U.S. Team Candidates 

In a surprising departure from past Walker Cup cycles, some of the U.S. team candidates have scaled back their amateur schedules. The challenge this presents to...

From St. Kitts To The Porter Cup

From St. Kitts To The Porter Cup

In St. Kitts, a small Caribbean Island colonized by the French and English with a current population of about 40,000, the most popular sport is cricket....

Blooming English Lily

Blooming English Lily

Humphreys Poised To Be England’s Next Star 

Lily May Humphreys, who is set to be the first new English player to make the European Junior Solheim Cup team since Georgia Hall and Bronte...

Jeronimo Esteve’s Resilient Journey

Jeronimo Esteve’s Resilient Journey

As a rule, competitive golfers do not receive much praise for their physical toughness. But more than a few have shown their resilience over the years....

‘Like A Vapor’

‘Like A Vapor’

U.S. Senior Open Provides Hug That Might Not Have Been

In late 2018 at the end of what Sean Knapp called a dream year – he played the USGA’s Celebration of Champions at Shinnecock Hills, the...

Best of 2019

Women’s Porter Cup Deserves A Better Shake

As Jackie Rogowicz was tapping in her par putt for the biggest tournament victory of her life at the Women's Porter Cup, a...

Upstate New Yorkers Possess Four-Ball Finesse

The Anderson Memorial, an annual invitational that concludes Sunday at the Winged Foot Golf Club, attracts many of the best mid- and senior-amateur...

Race For U.S. Walker Cup Team Still Wide Open

It's a wide open race for a berth on the U.S. Walker Cup team that will travel to England’s Royal Liverpool Golf Club...

Ex-Lineman Showcases Skills At Bandon Dunes

Pity the poor defensive tackle in the National Football League. They never get credit for being athletic. It is even that way with...

Match Play A Perfect Format For NCAA

Since the NCAA Championship changed to a match-play finals format in 2009, the No. 1 seed from stroke play has never won the...

Calling An Audible

Ex-QB Drew Olson Carves A Mark In Golf

When it came to sports, Drew Olson was first and foremost a football player. And a very good one at that, having made...

Journey Of Serenity

Amateur Philip Lee Succeeds While Maintaining Sobriety

Amateur golf is an adjunct to Philip Lee’s life, a footnote to a story of redemption and renewal. Lee, who won the Carlton...

Duncan’s Calling

Former LPGA Player Leads Prep Teams To State Titles

Former LPGA player Meredith Duncan has found a home as the boys' and girls' golf coach at C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport,...

Frank Stranahan: Golf’s Original Iron Man

Before his career was over, Frank Stranahan would win six PGA Tour events, four of them as an amateur and two as a...

On A Roll

Fassi, Kupcho Find Success After Augusta Spotlight

Maria Fassi, who qualified for the LPGA Tour through the Q-Series last fall but deferred turning pro until after graduation, will embark on...

Best of 2019

Seminole’s ‘Most Popular Member’

Gerry McIlroy, Father Of Rory, Has Found His Home

Gerry McIlroy, like his four-time major championship-winning son, bounces merrily down the fairways, chatting without burden along the way. When he arrives at...

Miller’s Time

Peggy Kirk Bell’s Son-In-Law Is A Coleman Fixture

For Kelly Miller, turning off the busy road in Juno Beach, Fla., into the entrance of Seminole Golf Club is a moment unto...

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