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This article from Golf Magazine provides a preview of the 2024 Masters Tournament and highlights historic moments and shots that have taken place on specific holes at Augusta National Golf Club. The article focuses on notable moments on holes 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 18. It also mentions some new developments for the 2024 tournament, including the participation of first-time players, the inclusion of LPGA player Annika Sörenstam as a member, and changes in player-caddie pairings. The article concludes with the schedule for the 2024 Masters Week. [Extracted from the article]

In addition to noting how the architects had taken full advantage of the region's sandy soil, he came away mightily impressed by Australia's golf culture, writing, "You go days without seeing a cart. Such was the experience of GOLF panelist Pete Phipps, a North Carolina resident who made his first trip to Australia and New Zealand in January of this year. BIG SHOTS GOLF magazine's inaugural ranking of the finest courses in Asia-Pacific is long overdue. [Extracted from the article]

The World Golf Hall of Fame has returned to its home in the USGA Experience building on the newly opened Golf House Pinehurst campus. The building's first floor features USGA-related galleries, including artifacts from the USGA Golf Museum and Library. On the second floor, visitors can explore the revamped and streamlined World Golf Hall of Fame, which includes a new Hall of Fame locker room showcasing gear and artifacts from each of the 164 Hall of Fame members. The USGA CEO, Mike Whan, expressed excitement about the partnership and the opportunity to celebrate golf's history. [Extracted from the article]

It's time to trade in those trusty, dusty kicks for a new pair (or two?) of the latest and greatest in modern golf shoes. GEAR Staff Report GOLF.COM/THE BEST STUFF I N THE GAME TODAY'S MAJOR SHOE manufacturers continue pushing the envelope of technology and fashion to create footwear with ultimate functionality and fierce style. [Extracted from the article]

Unlike MacKenzie and other leading architects of the era, Maxwell never published books or articles detailing his principles of design. BIG SHOTS PGA CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 PREVIEW MAXWELL'S HOUSE This month, the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP will be held at the spectacular SOUTHERN HILLS CC, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Only at the urging of his wife, Ray, who worried about his health in the sweltering heat (Maxwell had suffered from tuberculosis), did he swap his racket for a set of clubs. [Extracted from the article]

Along with the British Amateur champ Alejandro Larrazabal, I was just doing some innocent exploring on the Sunday night after the tournament ended. …to pick the menu for the Champions Dinner BY BERNHARD LANGER Being fortunate to win the green jacket on two occasions, in 1985 and 1993, I had two opportunities to pick the menu for my fellow winners. At one point, Alejandro tried on the green jacket that had been worn by the two-time champ José María Olazábal. …to hit a ceremonial opening tee shot on Thursday morning BY GARY PLAYER I've had the amazing honor, every Thursday morning since 2012, of hitting the ceremonial tee shot at the Masters, and it never gets old. [Extracted from the article]

Why would Johnson (or, for that matter, his Team Europe counterpart, captain Luke Donald) choose to enter this scrum? Zach Johnson doesn't think we'll be friends. He didn't take the U.S. Ryder Cup captaincy at the height of the most divisive time in golf under the illusion that he'd catch an easy ride - from reporters, golf fans or anyone else. [Extracted from the article]

He's seen the blowups of the old Rahm and the maturation of the new Rahm - and knows there's something still undetermined but definitely expected of Dad Rahm, because there's always need for a narrative. "When people look at Jon's temperament, they make it sound like he's got this chip on his shoulder", says Dave Phillips, Rahm's coach of nearly a decade. But for Jon Rahm, after his improbable win at the BMW Championship last August, the post-tourney celebration at Olympia Fields Country Club came with a simple, surprising request: Can we set up a private dinner for me and the missus in the locker room? AFTER EVERY PRO GOLF EVENT IS WON, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN the interviews are finished, the cameras stop clicking and the thrum of victory just goes quiet. [Extracted from the article]

Iturned 48 in late April, and I'd say my golf is as good now as it has ever been. Helen is very fit, and she has helped me get into a regular workout routine, which has been good for my golf. So was Seve Ballesteros, the Arnold Palmer of European golf. As an Englishman who grew up on the Open Championship, and who loves links golf, it was always special playing with Watson, who won the Claret Jug five times. [Extracted from the article]

This article from Golf Magazine provides a list of the top ten golf courses as ranked by bagman Jim Mackay. The courses include Cypress Point, St. Andrews, Shinnecock, Royal Dornoch, Augusta National, National Golf Links, Seminole, Chicago GC, North Berwick, and New Smyrna Beach GC. Mackay describes each course briefly, highlighting their unique features and qualities. The article also includes photographs of some of the courses. [Extracted from the article]

DD: I saw you on the tee earlier, making a backswing holding a ball instead of a club, and then on the downswing you threw the ball to the ground, hard. COLUMNISTS THE PNC CHAMPIONSHIP, ON THE PRACTICE GREEN, HITTING PUTTS AT SUNSET Dylan Dethier: What has you excited about starting a new golf season? I was outside of a leading player's hotel room, talking to his coach, and I saw there was a putting mat inside. [Extracted from the article]

On a sunny, April afternoon late-in Houston, Texas, Jack Burke Jr. is transcendent in his element. Barber told him Phil Mickelson wanted Burke's help with his putting stroke. As Burke recalls it, "I tried to tell Hal not to [pair] Tiger and Phil, but talking to Hal is like talking to General Patton. He has meticulously maintained his golf-only club for decades ("We only have one game here") and is determined, even as he nears the century mark, to be not just a figure from golf 's past but a custodian of its future - and, as always, a champion of Champions GC. [Extracted from the article]

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY 2020 For the practitioners of an outdoor sport, PGA Tour pros are accustomed to tight quarters: locker rooms, hotel rooms, fitness rooms, trailers. In early April, in their #ChallengeEachOther Instagram campaign, McNealy and Kang started doing just that as a Covid-19 fundraiser for a Las Vegas food bank. Through golf 's shutdown, McNealy had been using it to stay sharp with this short game. [Extracted from the article]

TOM WEISKOPF 16 PGA TOUR WINS, ONE MAJOR On the last, Jack ran his birdie putt four and a half feet by, then holed it. Norman and I were walking off the 15th tee, past the 17th green, when Jack holed that putt for birdie. That shot came out on the green, and, of course, as Jack always does, he makes the birdie on the last hole to put pressure on me to make my two-and-a-half-footer to win….The thing about Jack, he just had an innate understanding of the game that surpassed anybody I ever played with or anybody I ever saw. [Extracted from the article]

M. CROW'S NEST/ CLUBHOUSE/ CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM Cozy quarters for each year's Masters amateurs are perched above the Champions Locker Room and the main clubhouse, both of which are as exquisitely appointed as you'd imagine. The area immediately surrounding the pristinely white ANGC clubhouse is a magnificent mash-up of tee boxes (Nos. K. PLAYERS' LOCKER ROOM Which, during Masters week, sports a pretty lavish buffet and some security-guard muscle. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on different golf establishments that includes the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews, Scotland; analysis of locker rooms of clubs such as the Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach at Florida; and restaurants of golf clubs as the National Golf Links of America.

From the Editor THERE HAVE BEEN 42 RYDER CUPS staged since the event began in 1927, with twotime major winner Ted Ray captaining the Great Britain squad and 11-time major champ Walter Hagen marshaling the home team. I've been to enough Ryder Cups and enough Ryder Cup locker rooms over the years to know that the willies are for real. (Trivia night FYI: Hagen captained the first six U.S. Ryder Cup squads.). [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses different parts of the Augusta National Golf Club where the Masters Golf Tournament is played every year. Some of the parts mentioned are the azaleas around Amen Corner, the bentgrass greens, and the 16th green. The author also gives mention to the locker room and the cafeteria.