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In this corner of this space, we consider less often the people who play golf and more often the people who teach the game, tend the courses, build and care for the equipment, and otherwise work to support and encourage golfers playing golf.

Cassidy on the job

May 8, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

My expectations for John Cassidy aren't huge: I only want him to light the path to total health and well-being. As I know you know, that is wholly based on the state of my golf game. I started working with Dr. John in 2014. It's a project. He said back then: Teaching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher's Corner, The Craft, UncategorizedTagged With: Dr. John, John Cassidy, The Home Course

Check-in: Craig Foster

December 11, 2016 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

There's been some news in the news lately, you might have noticed. Like, we had an election, and I could stop right there, but then there's the Tiger Woods re-entry into competitive golf, and it got me thinking I needed somebody to tell me how I ought to be thinking about what I'm thinking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Equipped, Off Course, The CraftTagged With: Craig Foster, DynAlign, Grey Goatee Nation, Tiger Woods

The Nicklaus Nine

February 25, 2016 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

LAKEWOOD, Wash. -- One is a Northwest icon, universally respected by his fellow pros but not a household name in the greater world of golf. The other is Jack. When Ken Still called his friend Jack Nicklaus, a few years back, he had a simple message: Buddy, you gotta design a back nine for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, The Craft, The Green Game, UncategorizedTagged With: American Lake Veterans Golf Course, Global Golf Calendar, Jack Nicklaus, Ken Still

Teacher’s Corner: Zdravko Barbic

August 11, 2015 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

GEARHART, Ore. -- His first name is Zdravko, which maybe you can pronounce, but he lets people off easy -- he's "Z" throughout coastal northern Oregon. Zdravko Barbic, 54, was born in Croatia in central Europe, moved to Southern California when he was 12, and now lives around here, where he is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Road Holes, Teacher's Corner, The Craft, UncategorizedTagged With: Gearhart Golf Links, Teacher's Corner, Zdravko Barbic

World History Tour, Day 3: Gearhart Golf Links

August 10, 2015 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

GEARHART, Ore. – It took 200 dump-truck loads to cart away the trees, uprooted so as not to leave stumps behind on the golf course. It looked like a war zone, they say, but the course never closed for a minute, even during the thick of it, and this week, more than a year and a half after the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Road Holes, The Craft, The Green Game

A last look at The Lone Fir Tree

June 21, 2015 By Bart Potter 1 Comment

It survived a working gravel and sand mine. It lived on through the abandoned site's conversion to a championship golf course. It's a Douglas fir tree, not very large or symmetrical, but now that the U.S. Open is here (and soon to leave), it makes No. 15 at Chambers Bay Golf Course the postcard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Off Course, Road Holes, The Craft, The Green Game, UncategorizedTagged With: Chambers Bay Golf Course, David Wienecke, The Lone Fir Tree, U.S. Open

‘A thinking golfer’s championship as well as a shotmaker’s?’

June 17, 2015 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

by Bart Potter UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – The early line on who will win the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Golf Course is … Chambers Bay Golf Course. The world’s best players might leave the course in shreds – four days of play will tell – or leave the tournament in tears. Nobody is betting much on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Road Holes, The CraftTagged With: Mike Davis, Phil Mickelson, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Tiger Woods, U.S. Open, USGA

Masters Week: The price of perfection

April 8, 2015 By Bart Potter 1 Comment

I’d love to see Augusta National, and play it, and watch The Masters in person, but with today’s crazy-good electronics, it’s the major made for TV. Only one other golf tournament in the world – The (British) Open Championship – compares as a television spectacle. If Augusta had any blemishes, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Craft, The Green Game, UncategorizedTagged With: Augusta National, Dave Wienecke, Eagles Pride, Golf, JBLM, The Masters, U.S. Open, United States Glf Association

The Firestorm Tour, Day Two: Gamble Sands unveiled

August 5, 2014 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

BREWSTER, Wash. -- It was a question David McLay Kidd was ready, maybe even eager, to answer. Yes, Gamble Sands is a true links golf course. "As a Scotsman, I have the right to defend it," said Kidd, architect of Gamble Sands Golf Course in Brewster, Wash. , the newest course in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Road Holes, The Craft, The Green Game, UncategorizedTagged With: Brewster, David McLay Kidd, Gamble Sands Golf Course, links golf, Old Course

Teacher’s Corner: Cassidy, Lesson 2

June 3, 2014 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

NEVER LET IT BE SAID this game is simple.  John Cassidy, the teacher in this little drama, says often: “Golf is hard.” He makes it look so easy. Cassidy, of course, is not just Dr. John, teacher to the stars (and lowlife bloggers). He’s a player, in fact champion week before last against a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher's Corner, The Craft, UncategorizedTagged With: Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club, Dr. John, Golf, golf instruction, Grey Goatee, John Cassidy, teacher, Teacher's Corner, Washington Open Invitational

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