Nov 26, 2018How I got hooked on golfIf golf is a drug, then I was raised in an opium den. Havana Golf & Country Club is the social epicenter of the single stoplight town I grew up in. When I was young, I was convinced that this little nine-hole golf club was the center of the universe…Golf7 min readGolf7 min read
Nov 1, 2018The Buck Club: Zac Blair’s Bold AmbitionThe PGA tour pro’s quest to build his dream course is gaining steam. One of the most exciting golf clubs in America today has no course and no members. The club has followers and supporters around the globe and an online army of believers to match. …Golf11 min readGolf11 min read
Oct 15, 2018The Cove Dweller’s BalladTake me back to Tennessee to that small course that has become a part of me. I long for walks through the Sequatchie valley where the bunkers with boards increase the strokes that I tally. Each time I play through this treasure trove I fall more in love with Sweetens…Golf3 min readGolf3 min read
Oct 12, 2018Can You Dig It?Going down the social media rabbit hole to find golf’s newest venues for enjoying the game. My truck was speeding around the curving streets of my neighborhood as I was rushing to get home before my wife. She didn’t need to know what I was up to and I didn’t…Golf9 min readGolf9 min read
Oct 10, 2018James David RevellDecember 20,1932 — October 10, 2018 James David Revell was best known as “Mr. Jimmy” to many of his friends, colleagues, and former students, but to his family he was always just “Pawpaw”. Jimmy Revell passed away in peace on October 10, 2018 surrounded by the love of those he…Family5 min readFamily5 min read
Oct 5, 2018Carry your clubsCarry your clubs and here them clang as one foot follows the other. Walk the course with your eyes up searching for scenes to discover. Feel the weight of the bag you tote filled with hope on your shoulder. Leave the cart behind when you play knowing that you can be bolder. Enjoy the time it takes as you tarry between each shot. Look out and take the course in while you make a steady trot. Admire the grass, wind, water, and earth as you stroll with sky above.Golf1 min readGolf1 min read
Aug 26, 2018Daylight Savings SwingsThrough yonder fields I walk at dusk not knowing what I’ll find as I search my soul with swings and try to leave the day behind. I play on into the evening in a constant pursuit of clarity arriving at that state of mind with ever increasing rarity. I golf my way through summer nights that I pray will never end because it’s there upon those grassy fields where my spirit comes to mend.Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jul 25, 2018Welcome to FairylandPlaying Seth Raynor’s mountain links overlooking Chattanooga, Tennessee. On Lookout Mountain, you can see seven states from the vistas that have drawn visitors to its peaks for over a century. Those views are amplified from the tee boxes and greens of the Lookout Mountain Golf Club. The golf course is…Golf7 min readGolf7 min read
Jul 14, 2018The Vale of ParadiseDiscovering golden age architecture on an Air Force Base in Florida. Every Saturday at the Eglin Air Force base golf facility the silence of the morning is broken by the sound of bells being rung. It’s not a military drill or a church in the distance that signals the end…Golf10 min readGolf10 min read
Jun 21, 2018Escape to StreamsongLeaving the world behind at a golf resort unlike any other. I could wander the world for my entire existence and never find anywhere that looks like Streamsong. I’m quite convinced that the way in which the ground moves there is unlike anything else on earth. Streamsong is both a…Golf7 min readGolf7 min read
