Stories
Will Bardwell
Too Big to Trail

Imagine building 26 golf courses at the height of the golf development bubble, with nine figures in public pension money — in an effort that now loses money year after year. Welcome to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Too Big to Trail
Stories
Will Bardwell
Rebirth and Reimagining in Mississippi

In theory, 12-hole designs should be cheaper to play, build, and maintain. But in the staid industry of golf course development, there’s been no rush to test the theory. The minds behind Sweetens Cove are ready to change that.

Rebirth and Reimagining in Mississippi
Stories
Will Bardwell
Rob Collins and the Long Road Out of Hell

Rob Collins had one shot. At Sweetens Cove, he took it — and he bet on himself over and over again. Somehow, impossibly, it worked.

Rob Collins and the Long Road Out of Hell
Pros
Will Bardwell
Coffee, a Dark House, and the Open

Waking up at 1:30 a.m. to watch golf isn’t conducive to work, or anything else really. But it’s become my favorite TV viewing experience of the year.

Coffee, a Dark House, and the Open
Pros
Will Bardwell
History will Judge the PGA

Through its silence in the face of Donald Trump’s racism, the PGA of America is not merely acquiescent in his behavior — it is complicit.

History will Judge the PGA

Korn Ferry Tour

Podcast Episode 003: Casey Martin v. PGA Tour

Podcast Episode 003: Casey Martin v. PGA Tour

Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed Casey Martin’s right to use a golf cart in PGA Tour events. Two decades later, it’s not clear that the story has a happy ending.

Chad Ramey

Chad Ramey

“If you’re gonna be really good, then you’ve gotta be super-consistent. Anybody can play with anybody for one day, or two days — but to string four rounds together, and to string an entire season together, you’re gonna have to be super-consistent.”

Jared Wolfe

Jared Wolfe

“It slowly got better. I won another one in ’18, and then ’19 hit: we won the first event out, and I thought, ‘Wow, we’re really validating that I can do this.’ From there on out, my mindset went from ‘let’s try to survive out here and make the cut’ to ‘let’s get in contention to win as many weeks as we possibly can.’”

Zac Blair

Zac Blair

“I hadn’t won in a really long time. So I didn't know what to expect. You see a lot of fist-pumps and people crying, and I was like, ‘Man, am I gonna cry? Am I just gonna fist-pump? What am I gonna do?’ Then it was just kind of like, ‘OK cool, I won.’”