Category Archives: GOLFESCU’s Journal

America’s Greatest Forgotten Golfer

Doug Fraser spent a lot of time on the putting green at Atlantic City Country Club, sometimes practicing but often just fooling around with friends. His father, Leo, former president of the PGA of America, owned the place so the club became like a second home to the Fraser kids. It wasn’t unusual for Doug […]

Digital Sabbatical

You may be reading this on your phone. But not at the Masters. If you’ve attended the Masters, you understand that the no-cell-phone policy isn’t a suggestion. It’s a mandate. The law of the land. The unforgivable sin. It’s the definition of zero tolerance. And, says our Ron Green Jr., it’s a beautiful thing. The […]

Masters Gnomenclature

The buzz around Augusta National Thursday would do a swarm of bees proud. He was back. Not Tiger Woods, though he did well opening with a 2-under-par 70, which matches his second-lowest starting score ever in the Masters. The Masters garden gnome had returned. So had the birdies, as our Ron Green Jr. explains. The […]

O’Connell Making The Most Of Amateur Days

Kevin O’Connell, one of six amateurs competing at the Masters, started his golf life as an amateur. Then he turned pro. Then he regained his amateur status. Now he is talking about going pro once again. GGP+ Contributor Jim Achenbach writes O’Connell’s story. The post O’Connell Making The Most Of Amateur Days appeared first on […]

Connected By Change

Tiger Woods, in many ways, personifies the magical ability of Augusta National and the Masters to have one foot firmly planted in the past while the other steps forward into the future. Some of golf’s greatest traditions come wrapped in a green jacket. So do many of its most impactful innovations, as our Ron Sirak […]

Linda Henriksson: WAPT Victory

Linda Henriksson is a pro golfer from Finland who has won on the LET Access Series, the feeder tour to the Ladies European Tour. In 2019, Linda is playing mostly in America and she has Symetra Tour status. But the week of April 8-14, 2019, Henriksson was in Louisiana playing the Atchafalaya Basin Championship. That’s […]