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Prelapsarianism

June 14, 2019 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

Friday, June 14, 2019 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Damn New Yorker writers. I sat there in the U.S. Open media center this morning reading a story about Augusta National Golf Club and its relentless artifice, and I couldn't get past "prelapsarian." I was on the grounds of Pebble Beach Golf Links, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Off Course, UncategorizedTagged With: Pebble Beach, The Masters, U.S. Open, Webster's Unabridged

Pebbles of wisdom

June 12, 2019 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Let it be said the United States' Goffin' Association knows how to put on a spectacle, and the U.S. Open, this one here, is at the consensus No. 1 public golf course in Grey Goatee Nation, which means you can play it in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: Grey Goatee Global HQ, Pebble Beach, U.S. Open

The Rules don’t tell you this: It’s the hat

March 15, 2010 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

The envelope in the mailbox last week was not overly large, but it had some substance. The return address showed the United States Golf Association. The envelope was stuffed with the usual literature about why it’s a great idea to belong to the USGA, with all the info about how to renew. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Bethpage Black, Olympia Fields, Pebble Beach, Pinehurst No. 2, The Rules of Golf, U.S. Open, USGA, Winged Foot, Yprrey Pines

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