James McDonald 
Let’s talk about the most mentally exhausting three feet in golf. I’m referencing the three between “This is basically a gimme” and “What the F#%k?! Did a chipmunk deuce in front of that cup? That should have been in. My ball hit something…” We all been there. Most people new to golf putt with their … Read more
I have left my mark on many golf courses over the years. Not in the way the greats do. There are no plaques, no trophies, no commemorative flags. No assigned parking spaces. My legacy is more subtle. There is a golf ball with my initials markered onto it, embedded in the stucco of a townhome … Read more
Golfers are generally honest people. Upstanding citizens. Salt of the earth types who rake bunkers, replace divots, and call penalties on themselves even when nobody is watching. I said generally…lookin at you Steve 👀. They also lie constantly. About golf. To each other. To themselves. With complete and total conviction. Here are five things you … Read more
There are phone calls that change your life. Job offers. Bachelor party invites (still dealing with the consequences of that Vegas trip in ’98). The occasional call from your momma asking why you haven’t called lately. And then there’s the call John Daly got on a Tuesday night in August 1991. It went something like … Read more
Let’s have an honest conversation about putters. Specifically, let’s talk about the $400 putter your playing partner just bought that he is absolutely certain is going to fix his putting. It will not fix his putting. His putting is not an equipment problem. His putting is a him problem. But nobody wants to hear that, … Read more
A support guide for those who have lost something precious. Namely, their dignity. Grief is a natural human response to loss. Psychologists tell us there are five distinct stages that people move through when processing devastating experiences. A Swiss-American psychiatrist named Elisabeth Kübler-Ross developed this framework to help people cope with tragedy. (Check out the … Read more
There is a sand wedge at the bottom of a pond somewhere in the midwest that belongs to me. It didn’t fall in. I didn’t accidentally drop it. I threw it. With purpose. With feeling. With the full force of a man who had just hit the exact same bunker shot into the exact same … Read more
If you’ve played more than one scramble in your life you already know these people. You may BE one of these people. I definitely have been at least one of these people before. No judgment here, we can all be clowns on the course. But every scramble seems to produce the same cast of characters. … Read more
Finding golf gear that fits your budget and still allows you to think you’ll golf your age one day (without living to 120), is shockingly very doable in today’s golf economy. Budget Golf Gear: 5 Picks for the Weekend Warrior Let’s get one thing straight, you are not Rory McIlroy. Neither am I. Unless your … Read more