Features
How Sweet the Sound
Hi-tech meets old world with McPherson Guitars, a Wisconsin company that builds dependably divine instruments
Doctor Palmer
The award of an honorary law degree to Arnold Palmer by St. Andrews University on the eve of the 150th [British] Open Championship last summer was the latest in a long line of tributes paid by Scotland’s oldest seat of learning to its favorite game.
Vin De Play
Wine and golf! Has there ever been a more delicious juxtaposition of delights? Paul Trow takes readers on a whistle-whetting tour of France’s standout courses, with considerably more than a passing nod to some degustation along the way
Dear Seventeen
We thought it would be an interesting idea to put together a special golf course featuring some of the leading 17th holes on the planet. We drew the line at making it a 17-hole course, if only so we could get one extra hole into the mix
Pebble’s Ripples
Pebble Beach was an elusive hunting ground for Arnold Palmer as a player, but he has since found peace there as an owner and course designer. Chris Rodell charts the Quixotic bond between the King and one of his least obedient subjects
Inland Game
Kingdom correspondent Chris Rodell takes a look at golf in the Midwest
Who Dat!
Drew Brees brought the Super Bowl home to New Orleans, and in doing so became one of their favorite sons. wonders how the quarterback finds time for golf...
An audience with The King
The rain outside meant there wouldn’t be any golf played, but the King was happy—as always—to talk about the game, his family, and why someone might call a penalty on himself
Racing For the Stars
You need only look up to see it, but space—that is, the potentially infinite blackness overhead—is perhaps best experienced by closing one’s eyes
Cat Power
Jaguar’s XFR is powerful, luxurious and unbelievable value—our editor wakes up to the stuff that dreams are made of
Easy Does It
Ernie Els is Arnold Palmer’s kind of man, and golfer. Personable, friendly and above all a crowd pleaser, he plays the game in the style and spirit of the King—hard, fair, and with flair. Paul Trow was at Bay Hill when the big South African received the royal assent