by Steve Pike | Jul 24, 2026 | Books, golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities
Back Nine Press on Nov. 1 will publish From the First Tee to the Last Green: A Teen’s Guide to Golf, a hardcover book by golf course architect Andrew Green and writer Lee Carr. Written for teens, their families, new golfers, coaches, and anyone curious about how the...
by Steve Pike | Jul 21, 2026 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Private Clubs, Resorts, Restaurants, Spa, Travel News
Sometimes all it takes is frozen grapes to tell the story. At a PGA National Resort Member-Guest golf tournament on a hot day this past March, the participants were served (among other things) frozen grapes as a refresher. While that might not sound like much in the...
by Steve Pike | Jul 21, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, Golf News, Technology
Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today unveiled Approach Z10 ($299.99), a compact laser rangefinder it says provides precise measurements to the pin of up to 350 yards with six times magnification. Weighing less than seven ounces, the rangefinder is smaller and lighter than most...
by Steve Pike | Jul 21, 2026 | golf business, Instruction, Opinion, Technology
Part III of Brian Sommer’s four-part series on launch monitors Every generation invents its own priesthood. Once it was theologians. Later it became psychoanalysts. Today, increasingly, it is data interpreters armed with iPads. Observe almost any modern lesson....
by Steve Pike | Jul 17, 2026 | golf business, Golf Course Design, Golf Courses, Golf News, PGA Tour, Private Clubs
As Detroit Golf Club prepares to welcome the Rocket Classic Presented by AlumniFi for the eighth and final year – July 30-August 2 – NMP Golf Construction is spotlighting its role in the major renovation and transformation of the club’s historic...
by Steve Pike | Jul 16, 2026 | Equipment, golf business, golf entertainment, Instruction, Opinion, Technology
Part II of Brian Sommer’s four-part series: Why Golf Monitors Cannaot Save Golf The phrase “key statistics” deserves rather more attention than it usually receives. Not because there is anything inherently wrong with statistics. There isn’t....
