The Albatross
Bill FieldsSeasoned Perspective on Golf
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Logjam at Aronimink
Scottie Scheffler’s 2026 first-round scoring average of 70.33 entering the 108th PGA Championship certainly doesn’t make him a “chopper,” a description that Sam Snead, a three-time winner of the Wanamaker Trophy, preferred for poor golfers....
PGA Championship Notebook
The Best Primed for a Show
Ninety-seven of the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field of the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa. But given how the first four months of 2026 have...
All the Right Moves at the Beach
The Dunes Golf and Beach Club, not far from the Atlantic Ocean in Myrtle Beach, S.C., came to life smack dab in the middle of the 20th century, its 18 holes completed in 1950. The course was a boost to architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. and t...
Can Cameron Young Take the Next Step?
Tour-level golf was a focus of the coverage in the many years I spent at Golf World, but a wonderful thing about working there was the chance to go farther afield. One such occasion came in the summer of 2007 when I traveled home to Pinehur...
Sublime Rory Story Through 36 Holes
When it comes to playing mesmerizing golf over the last quarter century or so, Tiger Woods is the leader in the clubhouse. The body of work that includes the spectacular or the dramatic, moments that lodge in memory as well as the record bo...
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A golf writer since the early 1980s, I was at Golf World magazine for many years and have freelanced since 2014. I received the 2020 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism.
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