Harry Hurt III
Features
The Cancer Belt
In the southeast corner of Texas, more people get cancer than anywhere else in the state. Why?
New Oil: The Giddings Gamble
Oil patch old-timers said to stay away from the Austin chalk. But a few feisty newcomers refused to listen and cashed in for millions.
The Most Powerful Texans
You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.
Columns | Miscellany
My Front Nine
I grew up playing alongside some of the best Texas golfers of my generation. Then I started to lose my grip.
The Rites of Swing
It doesn’t matter that his most famous pupil was shark- bitten at the Masters. Butch Harmon is still Texas’ hottest golf pro since Harvey Penick.



