Tommy Dewar: A Ramble round the globe
In August 1892, Tommy Dewar set off on a round-the-world journey. This was an age of horse-drawn carriages and steam engines. Pace was slow and days could be long.
2019 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship begins
Whispering Pines Golf Club will see competitors from 19 countries and six continents.
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Fly: Montana fly fishing
There are words and books and techniques and lessons, and then there is the river and how you enter it. Does the current push you or flow around you? Is anticipation something you learn in a library or in the water under a big sky?
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Cool-hand Koepka
Despite winning his first major title at the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, Brooks Koepka came into the 2018 majors on the outer reaches of the media radar.
Roosevelt’s Lasting Gift: WPA & Bethpage
The legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt includes the Works Progress Administration, that helped to lift the United States out of the Great Depression. As Dave Shedloski writes, the WPA also added a new dimension to majors golf.
New age in the Old Country: golf in Virginia
The history of the colonized United States does not date back further than Virginia and its early 17th century origins, yet this state of mountain ranges and vast swathes of untouched woodland is also home to some of the finest golf in modern America.
The Amateur Creed
With amateur golf being boosted by the inauguration of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2019, Robin Barwick reflects on the amateur spirit of Bobby Jones and the Victorian heyday of amateurism.
Tony Finau: Mind over matter
Tony Finau is one of the most fascinating players in world golf and he is one to watch in the majors in 2019.
Arnold Palmer in the Desert
It was the setting for one of his biggest collection of wins, the site of interactions with celebrities and U.S. Presidents.
Webb Simpson: Olympic achievement
Webb Simpson is the defending champion this week in the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, and the 33-year-old once talked to Kingdom about his close friendship and association with Arnold Palmer, which began when Simpson attended Wake Forest on a Palmer scholarship.
Pure Original: the Land Rover by Arkonik
For those in search of a bespoke icon, something universally admired, globally proven, impressively useful and immensely personal, UK firm Arkonik will build you the best Land Rover Defender on the road today.
The first 40: The Arnold Palmer Invitational
The Arnold Palmer Invitational—or the Bay Hill Citrus Classic as it was known at the time—first landed on Arnold Palmer’s famous golf club 40 years ago, in 1979.
Ready for Work: Sam Saunders
The work ethic is strong, the family is stronger, and his morning tee time can’t come fast enough.
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