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Glancing skyward in hope – and frustration 23 May 2013 | 05:32 pm
Is there an Om brand out there? Buddhism just might be the closest spiritual practice to the unthinking, unexpectant frame of mind that numerous golf instruction books and golf coaches everywhere ask ...
Mr. Updike circa ’73 10 Feb 2011 | 12:37 pm
By JOHN UPDIKE think I have been asked to write about golf as a hobby. But of course, golf is not a hobby. Hobbies take place in the cellar and smell of airplane glue. Nor is golf, though some men tu...
“Bob” the pagan golf mantra, Let us smite!! 2 Feb 2011 | 10:45 am
God can appear to the ignorant as a golf ball – it takes a truly trained theologian, such as myself, to determine the true aspects of the Oneness Of Honestly Being One “Bob” (O.O.H.BOB..O.O.H.BOB..a m...
Is it F@*#, or F@*% that!? 30 Jan 2011 | 03:10 am
The Fifth Major? F@*# that! By Corey Grice [ ... ] You will undoubtedly hear much musing about whether the [PGA Championship] should be considered a so-called major championship. There are currentl...
The Immaculate Avatar 28 Jan 2011 | 11:26 am
Nowhere in all of my reading and discussions of the sport of golf do I find as much reverence for a player past or present as that given to Bobby Jones.
Spiritual Golf Piece 26 Jan 2011 | 05:33 am
The Spiritual Side of Golf by John Rogers. This Game Sometimes Goes Beyond the Physical What is it about golf that brings out the spiritual, almost mystical side in people? I remember giving a les...
St. Shivas and Hollywood 24 Jan 2011 | 10:00 am
Cameras in the Kingdom By JOHN PAUL NEWPORT A couple of weeks ago this column looked at Hollywood’s struggle to make big, commercially successful golf movies. Many readers wrote in declaring their a...
The Game and My Own Spirit 23 Jan 2011 | 09:43 am
Golf is a physical and a psychic sport. Times are best when the body and spirit are at peace with each other. There have been memorable moments while playing at ease with my scoring just before a sum...
