The Golfers Journal No. 36
Everything you think you know about golf just might be wrong. Shinnecock isn’t that intimidating. A major champion prefers to grind in a laid-back paradise. The best caddies on Ireland’s toughest loop are 70-plus-year-old women. No. 36 throws your expectations out the window, and has nothing but fun doing it.
136 Pages - 9 × 11 inches · Matte laminated and embossed cover · Smyth sewn · Spot varnish interior images on FSC Certified Paper
136 Pages · 9 × 11 inches · Matte laminated and embossed cover · Smyth sewn · Spot varnish interior images on FSC Certified Paper
Table of Contents
A Man in His Arena
Why is Darren Clarke working so hard in the middle of paradise?Page 16
Oscar Willard Bootosh and the Tale of the Redneck Rota (with Apologies to P.G. Wodehouse)
A love letter to pecan pie, sweet iced tea, trash talk and Carolina public golf.Page 30
Shinnecock is Easy
We thought there wasn’t anything left to say about Shinnecock. We were wrong.Page 36
Shrinking the Game
This man can put your favorite par 5 on your bookshelf.Page 54
Visby
The Swedish wonder that figured out how to marry Scottish links and Pebble Beach grandeur.Page 64
Coach Deck
The feel-good high school golf season that should be made into a movie.Page 74
Keep Up, Lads
Carne is one of the hardest walks in golf. But three lady caddies—all north of 70—make it look easy.Page 80
Where I’d Start
In this excerpt from his latest book, Tom Coyne makes a reckless decision.Page 92
Yardage Book: No. 13 at Charleston Municipal
Classic template golf for the people.Page 100
Driving Mr. Jenkins
Dan Jenkins and Tom Callahan were two of golf’s greatest storytellers. And sometimes they could barely find the course.Page 104
Their Tennessee Mountain Home
A private tour of The Honors Course, the place Tiger cursed and Gil Hanse called a masterpiece.Page 112
Lipping Out
Curtis Strange’s unexpected advice. Tanking on purpose to keep an Arnold Palmer record alive. A gluttonous search for the greatest on-course food. The ace that no one ever wantsPage 128
Contributors
Writers
Michael Arkush
Tom Coyne
Jim Dodson
Travis Hill
Tom Mackin
Troy Miller
Jim Moriarty
Paul Payne
Todd Schuster
Alek Timm
Charlie Warzel
Shawn Wills
Photographers
Fredrik Brodén
Daniel Brown
Christian Hafer
Jason Jahnke
Kohjiro Kinno
Tony Luong
William Rainey
Tom Shaw
Artists
Mark Rivard
