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Texas History
February 13, 2024
Barred From a Segregated Golf Course, These Texas Teens Built Their Own
The team from Del Rio went on to win the Texas high school golf championship in 1957—and soon will see its story told in movie theaters around the country.
Sports
January 18, 2024
Will a Civil Rights Landmark Golf Course Be Gobbled Up by Austin Developers?
NAACP head Derrick Johnson visited Austin to support preservation efforts at Lions Municipal, the first public links in Texas to desegregate.
Sponsored
December 1, 2023
From LBK To PGA
Ludvig Åberg patiently put in the time and work it took to earn his PGA Tour card while on the Texas Tech men’s golf team.
Sports
September 6, 2023
A Guide to Texas’s Best Public Golf Courses
From arid El Paso to the Piney Woods, Texas boasts outstanding links that don’t require an expensive membership.
Sports
April 12, 2023
Texas A&M’s Sam Bennett Was the Talk of the Masters
The Aggie senior and reigning U.S. amateur champion flirted with setting an amateur course record before finishing sixteenth overall.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Sixteen of the Most Influential Texas Sports Icons of the Past 50 Years
From Staubach to Mahomes, Darrell Royal to Coach Pop, Lee Trevino to Simone Biles, here are sixteen figures who have defined Texas sports.
Business
January 6, 2023
Inside Frisco’s Lavish, Enormous New Golf Resort
Here’s what half a billion dollars buys in luxury golf amenities.
Sports
April 11, 2022
Scottie Scheffler Stays Hotter Than a Fur Coat in Marfa
The 25-year-old UT grad has won four of his last six PGA Tour events—and Sunday’s win wasn’t any old victory, it was the Masters.
Sports
March 29, 2022
How a 25-Year-Old from Dallas County Became the World’s Best Golfer
Scottie Scheffler was winless in his first three years on the PGA Tour. Then he won three of his last five events and rocketed to the number one ranking.
Sports
October 14, 2021
The Best Public Golf Courses in Texas
These courses are beautiful, fun for all skill levels, and are available to play at a great value. Fairways and greens!
Sports
July 19, 2021
Three Former Longhorns Almost Stole the Show at the British Open
Onetime UT golfers Jordan Spieth, Dylan Frittelli, and Scottie Sheffler all finished in the top ten at the PGA Tour event.
Best Thing in Texas
September 27, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: Tony Romo Is a Legit Professional Golfer
He’s good at everything!*
Energy
October 7, 2017
This Week in Texas Energy: Perry Pushes Coal
Also: Occidental’s Harvey losses hit $70 million, Texas exports to India, and Valero renews its golf sponsorship.
Sports
June 26, 2017
Jordan Spieth’s Slump Is Officially Over
After a weekend that saw him become only the second golfer to win ten or more tournaments before the age of 24, let’s can the doom and gloom.
Books
April 10, 2016
The Making of The Little Red Book
An excerpt from Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf by Kevin Robbins reveals how one of golf's greatest minds came to share his knowledge with the world.
Sports
March 23, 2016
Jordan Spieth Unveiled His Under Armour Line As Part Of His Bid For Endorsement Domination
The 22-year-old Dallas golfer is well on his way to being one of the richest media presences on the planet.
Sports
July 20, 2015
Jordan Spieth Missed Out On The Grand Slam, But He’s Still Twitter’s Bae
Jordan Spieth didn’t win the British Open, but he did win the Internet’s heart.
Arts & Entertainment
April 13, 2015
The Outlaws
When Willie met Scarface.
Sports
April 9, 2015
Ben Crenshaw’s Final Round
His legacy, his old friend Harvey Penick, and his remarkable play at Augusta National twenty years ago.
Arts & Entertainment
January 9, 2015
The Texanist, Special Reporter Edition
Advice for Tiger’s new swing coach.
Sports
December 5, 2014
The Last Hole
Goodbye to Glen Garden.
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Dan Jenkins, Hall of Famer
The pride of Paschal High became the first living sportswriter to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Sports
January 21, 2013
18 Tweets: The Best of Dan Jenkins’ Masters Coverage
The 82-year-old Fort Worth sportswriting legend and World Golf Hall of Famer lights up Twitter with his missives from Augusta National.
January 21, 2013
Dust Bowl Texas: Today in Drought News
It may have rained where you live Tuesday, but the drought continues to impact everything from butterflies to barbecue and golf to drinking water.
Sports
March 28, 2012
Fightin’ Words: Tiger Woods’ Former Swing Coach Versus Tiger Woods’ Agent
Woods' Dallas-based former swing coach Hank Haney is making the TV rounds for his new book, The Big Miss.
February 9, 2012
When Playing Through Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong
A Springtown man suffers a life-threatening wound after he was stabbed in the leg with a broken golf club on the Eagle Mountain Lake course in Fort Worth.
Books
June 30, 2011
No Handicap
Babe Didrikson’s pioneering career as a woman golfer.
Music
April 30, 2009
Last Call at Poodie’s Bar
Poodie Locke, longtime stage manager for Willie Nelson, died Wednesday at the age of 60.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 2007
The Last Resort
After telecommunications tycoon Steve Smith bought the Big Bend town of Lajitas on a whim for $4.25 million, he spent perhaps $100 million more developing what was going to be a five-star, world-class getaway. The desert, however, had other ideas.
Sports
January 1, 2007
Par Excellence
The best golf holes in Texas, according to the legends of the game.
Music
December 1, 2005
Willie Nelson
“I always thought that if I was having fun doing what I was doing and making a living doing it, then I was already successful.”
Sports
August 31, 1998
Lee Trevino
Which soft drink’s quart-size bottle did Lee trevino use as a golf club?
Sports
August 31, 1997
The Links That Bind
For Texas’ Kuehne kids, excelling at golf is par for the course—and the least their father will accept.
Texas History
May 31, 1997
Babe Didrikson
Which sports did Babe Didrikson dominate, and in what Hepburn-Tracy film did she appear?
Sports
May 31, 1997
My Front Nine
I grew up playing alongside some of the best Texas golfers of my generation. Then I started to lose my grip.
Arts & Entertainment
January 1, 1997
Disc Golf
Feeling a little subpar? Stuck in a mental bunker? The Ben Crenshaw Golf Screen Saver (ProTour Productions, $19.95) will drive away the blues. This lively program contains more than 25 images of important moments in Crenshaw�s life that pop up on your computer whenever it is idle; select your favorite
Sports
May 31, 1996
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.
Travel & Outdoors
April 30, 1995
Greens With Envy
Want to golf this summer on three of the best-designed, least expensive courses in the world? Swing on down to los cabos, mexico.
Sports
December 1, 1993
The Old Man and the Tee
How 89-year-old Harvey Penick turned life’s lessons into a best-selling book—and followed it up with another master stroke.
Sports
September 30, 1992
A Yen to Golf
Can the desire to win transform Japan’s gung ho golfers into pros?
Music
December 1, 1990
“I’m Just Me”
When country singer Charley Pride isn’t on the road, chances are he’s puttering around a Dallas golf course—or riding herd on his business holdings.
Sports
August 1, 1985
The Wee World of Golf
Looking for a sport that offers plenty of cheap thrills and wacky challenges but requires no training, no equipment, and no big bucks? Try miniature golf.
Sports
July 31, 1977
The Greening of Cowtown
The most popular club at the Colonial Golf Tournament is the one with barstools.
Sports
January 1, 1975
Diamond in the Rough
Will success spoil Ben Crenshaw?
Sports
January 1, 1975
The Toughest Nine in Texas
Ben Crenshaw picks his favorite golf holes.