Jeff Shelley

Making the Rounds Part 1

This column will feature the author’s recollections of his 31 years as a golf writer. The installments will stem from…

6 years ago

No Goats, No Glory

The title of this article – a take-off on the expression “No guts, no glory” – is on a T-shirt…

6 years ago

First Green Merging with GCSAA

Initially announced at the Golf Industry Show in February, Bellevue, Wash.-based First Green Foundation is moving forward with merging with…

7 years ago

USGA Seeks to Optimize Maintenance Costs through Revolutionary New Tool

Patrons often view golf courses as mere fields of play. But insiders know that those well-tended expanses are, in fact,…

7 years ago

Part 4: Pioneers of the Golf Industry – Alister MacKenzie

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles about the people who helped pioneer, promulgate and popularize…

7 years ago

Part 2: Pioneers of the Golf Industry – Francis Ouimet

Editor’s Note: This is a second in a series of articles about the people who helped pioneer, promulgate and popularize…

7 years ago

Pioneers of the Golf Industry: Old Tom Morris

The first person who helped advance golf out of obscurity was unquestionably Old Tom Morris, who was born in 1821…

7 years ago

Part 2 of Down Under Series: New Zealand Supers Share Kinship with American Cousins

Deer, raccoons, crows, coyotes, alligators, herons, bears, geese, rabbits, squirrels, turtles, rattlesnakes, frogs, ducks, Canada geese, elk, bald eagles, trout…

7 years ago

Part 1: Golf in the Land of Beauty (and Sheep)

Australia and New Zealand may be too remote of a travel destination for many Americans. But the effort - factoring…

7 years ago

Efforts to Return Golf to the Fore

Everyone knows that golf’s participation levels and once-respectable legions of players have tumbled in recent years. The numbers - both…

8 years ago