Geoff Shackelford points out that the USGA has produced the only golf-driven obituary for John Updike, as well as a bibliography of his golf writing and, most important, a web version of his brilliant 1994 essay, "The Spirit of the Game."
Read the whole thing, as they are wont to say in these here parts.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Someone Break the News to David Horowitz
News flash: there are a lot of Republicans on the PGA Tour. Finally, David Horowitz has a chance to prove how fair and balanced he can be by mounting a campaign for a golfer's bill of rights, promising to discover the networks behind this nefarious conspiracy to exclude liberal golfers, and publishing a list of the 100 Most Dangerous Golfers.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The Day the Earth Stood in the Balance
Or, what I did on my winter vacation. Read it and weep. Happy new year!
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