Tony Golden

Every Saturday morning group has the same people in it. The names change. The handicaps vary. The courses rotate. But the characters — the characters are universal. If you have played public golf for any amount of time you have met every single one of these people. You may in fact be one of them. No judgment. We love all of you. Here is your official field guide. The Swing Doctor The Swing Doctor has been Playing golf for eleven years and has had seventeen different swings in that time. Each...

Let us get one thing straight right out of the gate. The mulligan is not a sign of weakness. It is not a character flaw. It is not something you need to apologize for, whisper about, or hide from your playing partners like a lost ball in the rough. The mulligan is a philosophy. And if you play public golf the way it was meant to be played, you already know this. Here is where the mulligan gets a bad reputation. Somewhere along the way the golf establishment decided that every shot had to...

Let's get one thing straight before we tee off: golf has always had a language problem. A beautiful, hilarious, completely accidental language problem. The kind that makes first-timers blush, seasoned players grin, and everyone at the 19th hole lose it when someone drops the wrong phrase at the wrong moment. Welcome to GripIt Golf Society — where the gear is sharp, the community is real, and yes, we absolutely leaned into every single one of these. The Official (Unofficial) GripIt Glossary...