Cover Story – AT&T Byron Nelson and Charles Schwab Challenge Preview

AT&T Byron Nelson  When we last published a preview for the AT&T Byron Nelson, we had yet to enter the pandemic and the tournament was scheduled to be contested at Trinity Forest in south Dallas. My, how things have changed since the 2019 Nelson, which was won by Sung Kang with a score of -23.  […]

Travel – Island Vibes

For most travelers practicing and perfecting their golf game is not the number one reason they come to the Big Island of Hawaii. Practicing their suntan acquisition. Yes! Their beach walking and sea shell collecting. Yes!! Plus their Mai-Tai and Lava Flow drinking. Big, big yes. But the Fabulous Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on the […]

Cover Story – Will Zalatoris

Will Zalatoris is rapidly becoming a household name. But if you are from the DFW area, you have likely been following his progress much longer. Since the end of 2018, the 24-year-old Plano resident has rocketed up the Official World Golf Rankings from number 2,006, to as of the publishing of this feature, number 43. […]

Feature Story – Annika and Me

“Straight back, straight through,” I thought, as I stood over the final putt, a putt that would change my junior golf career. In spite of the large amounts of pressure that could have limitless effects, I stood the stance that I have used since I was old enough to walk and made a stroke blissfully […]

Cover Story – Best of Private Clubs 2021

Here we go again. Yes, it’s time for our annual private club rankings. When we last published this issue in 2020, we had not yet entered the year of shutdowns, masks, pin flags remaining in and single-rider carts. The last year has been bizarre to say the least, but we continue to move forward and […]

Feature – Private Club Shuffle

After a year of big changes in the North Texas golf scene, mainly related to the COVID-19 virus and the new PGA headquarters facility in Frisco, 2021 is starting out with some huge developments of its own as four of the area’s most prestigious private clubs are changing head professionals. While changes at the head […]

Cover Story – DOT COM TOM

When Tom Cox got into the golf business in the 1990s, little did he know that his journey would take him from country club general manager to entrepreneur to husband and now to father. Cox, like many in the 90s, began to soak up knowledge about the internet and how it might benefit not only […]

Travel – Mahalo, Hawaii

When it comes to golf sequels, the second edition is rarely as good as the original. Does Caddyshack II ring a bell? Sadly, it probably does to anyone who paid good money to see the disappointing sequel to the original. What about Tommy Armour 855 irons, Greater Big Bertha driver or any other club which […]

Cover Story – Caddy Confidential

The caddy is a mysterious figure in the world of golf. They are constantly hovering in the background of camera shots, just out of focus, helping the world’s greatest golfers make decisions that can ultimately lead to swings of thousands, and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars. But what do we really know about the […]

Travel – Golf Fun in ’21

Thank God 2020 is in the rearview mirror! Truer words have never been spoken … the year was an incredibly trying one for us all. In some way – and unfortunately for some, in many ways – COVID-19 had a maddening effect on us all. The golf industry also was greatly affected by the coronavirus, […]