I enjoy wearing sunglasses on the golf course. I don’t “need” them, in the sense of either I wear them or I don’t go outside during daylight hours, but I appreciate that they make life in the sun a bit more pleasant. I play a lot of late afternoon and twilight golf rounds, when the…
Madison County’s Gibson Bay Golf Course is my favorite public golf course in Central Kentucky, municipal or otherwise. In an area blessed with incredibly diverse, quality options, that should be all one needs to know. Don’t get me wrong, I love my home course, the Gay Brewer Golf Course at Picadome, with all its antiquity…
We don’t spend a lot of time writing about the PGA Tour here at OneBeardedGolfer.com, because, frankly, there are lots of professional journalists and media types with better access, more resources, and actual talent for writing. Everyone once in a while, a story jumps off the greens that grabs us and requires our two cents.…
It’s been kind of fun week here at OneBeardedGolfer.com for random acts of needless publicity. First, Matt Ginella answered a One Bearded Tweet on his #AskMattG mailbag segment on the Golf Channel’s Morning Drive program, which was a complete hoot for The Wife and I. Now, ESPN Senior Golf Writer Michael Collins has chosen another…
We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog reading to bring you this breaking new report: The One Bearded Golfer got a shout-out this morning on the Golf Channel’s Morning Drive program. Prior to the regular “Ask Matty G” segment, wherein Matt Ginella answers questions on golf trips and golf courses from his Twitter followers (@MattGinellaGC), my…
A fresh look at Scotland’s North Berwick West Links in our first column from our international correspondent, Cincinnati Slim, whom we let out of the OneBeardedGolfer.com research bunker beneath The Greenbrier for a brief leave in November: First of all, for an American visiting golf’s homeland for the first time, North Berwick Golf Club presents…
I’m an ardent golf course walker. I’m not a radical absolutist; I will ride a cart when necessary. However, when given the choice and opportunity, I prefer to walk, for a lot of the obvious reasons. I firmly believe that exercise is a critical component of my golfing experience, and nothing accentuates this like walking…
Call us sheep. Call us sycophants. Call us parishioners at the altar of the Top 100 lists. Just don’t forget to call us when you need a fourth member of your group at one of the world’s most celebrated golf courses. You have spoken, Dear Readers, and by an overwhelming two-thirds majority, you have thoroughly…
2015 was a mixed year on the golf course for us here at OneBeardedGolfer.com. There were plenty of highlights, laughs had, and memories made on some fantastic golf courses. But getting the ball from the tee to the hole efficiently continues to prove elusive. The Good Despite the arrival of the One Bearded Baby, I…