An Improbable Hole in One

I have been golfing on a semi-regular basis for at least twelve years.  Even by conservative estimates, I have golfed about 200 rounds in my lifetime, which means that I’ve had about 800 realistic chances at getting an ace (assuming that there’s four par 3s on an 18-hole course).  That’s a lot of swings on [...]

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Visual Rhetoric and the Challenge of Critique

I wanted to pause from my busy day and meditate on some recent race-related furor in the golf world. In case you missed it, a few weeks ago during its coverage of the ever-exciting Mercedes Benz Championship, The Golf Channel commentators Nick Faldo and Kelly Tilghman were killing time, casually lamenting the dominance Tiger Woods [...]

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