Previewing Ireland: Ballybunion, and much more
A nation famed for links golf courses In a wonderful book “A Course Called Ireland,” author Tom Coyne walks and golfs the entire perimeter of the nation. In one of…
Author: Ron Bellamy
Previewing Wales: Where courses are steeped in history, and beauty
I’ve actually been here before, sort of. In the early 1970s, as a young sportswriter working for the now-defunct Sacramento Union, I took a vacation to Europe with a backpack,…
Pinky Murphy: At 95, playing golf for fun and camaraderie
On his birthday last Tuesday, Pinky Murphy played his regularly scheduled nine holes at Laurelwood Golf Course in south Eugene.
Doug DuChateau: A story of heart
Mostly, Doug DuChateau said, he was fairly stoic that Tuesday in April when his cardiologist told him that the results of the angiogram weren’t good, that he had major blockages in the arteries around his heart and that he needed open-heart surgery, ideally the next day.
Drive, Chip & Putt: Critical elements of the game
WOODBURN — Poised and confident, 9-year-old Jayla Kucy three times chipped her pink golf ball from 15 yards close enough to a tough pin position on a sloping green to score respectably in that discipline, and then moved to the putting venue, where her first putt, from 6 feet, found nothing but the bottom of the cup.
Putting: A green approach
In golf, putting is absolutely the simplest thing, right?
Golf · Oregon · Oregon Coast
Pacific Gales Golf Course: Aspirations of greatness (updated)
PORT ORFORD — The banner on the fallen flag stick is ragged, torn apart by the winds that sweep the coastline, but there’s still enough fabric to flutter as Troy Russell lifts the stick from the dune grass and plants it in the rugged ground.
Golf · Oregon · Oregon Coast
Grant Rogers: Bandon’s favorite teacher
It is a quirk of Grant Rogers, the director of instruction at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, that he won’t tell you how old he is, nor even provide a few clues …
Speedgolf: Eri Crum masters Bandon again
BANDON — For the second straight year, Eri Crum played very well on the Bandon Dunes course at the Speedgolf World Championships at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.
Blaine Newnham: Writing the book on Chambers Bay
It’s a golf story, fundamentally, and who better to tell it than a writer who has covered 20 golf majors, and who can argue, as an eyewitness, that Ben Hogan hit the ball better than Tiger Woods.
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