By Bart Potter There’s a scientific explanation for “gear effect,” all about bulge and roll and clockwise spin of the golf ball off a clubface that isn’t flat. Josh Fischer has a better explanation, and he borrows a marketing phrase from Harley-Davidson when he says, “If you have to ask, you … [Read more...]
Chambers Bay eco-awareness earns Audubon recognition
by Bart Potter IT WOULD BE easy to assume that everything in the care and feeding of Chambers Bay Golf Course – its maintenance, management and mindset – is all about the U.S. Amateur, in the near term, and the U.S. Open, in the not-so-distant future. But it was a golf course before it was a … [Read more...]
What the hell is ‘azimuth’?
When I played the Old Course St. Andrews a couple days ago, I caught some weather: partly sunny skies and light winds variable at 8-10 mph. I dialed up ideal conditions, was able to get a tee time at the Home of Golf just by walking up, and had the course to myself. Pretty cool for a Sunday … [Read more...]
The Rules don’t tell you this: It’s the hat
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...]
When the fairway’s in the fairgrounds, you might be playing Pasture Golf
DAYTON, Wash. – Touchet Valley Golf Course has decent length, tricky-quick greens, crispy sand in the bunkers and a character that sticks in your brain well after your round is done. It’s not just a golf course. It’s a movement. Whether they know it around here or not. It’s Pasture Golf, which … [Read more...]
Palouse Ridge: The science behind the golf is the grass beneath your feet
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Palouse Ridge Golf Course flows seamlessly up and down and around and about the contours of the topographic region that gives the course its first name. It’s safe to say it’s the only golf course in the U.S. – the world? – that sits beside a nuclear reactor and a grizzly bear … [Read more...]
Green golf: Courses working to remember the environment
by Bart Potter IT’S THE ONLY mnemonic device I’ve ever remembered. In case you’ve forgotten, a mnemonic* device is a trick to help you remember. One of the most famous (unless I’ve forgotten) is ROY G BIV. The great Roy G. Biv. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet … in that … [Read more...]
A walk on Chambers Bay with the superintendent
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — David Wienecke is playing golf on the fescue grasses and dunes of Chambers Bay, the course for which he is superintendent. He’s playing, but there’s a lot more going on. It’s part pride, part a professional’s critical sense of things. There’s a paternal fussiness, … [Read more...]
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