The Golfers Journal No. 31
Breathe deep. One foot in front of the next. No. 31 appreciates the surroundings. The salt air at Monterey Peninsula Country Club. The anticipation on the first tee at Royal County Down. The fresh grass at a baseball MVP’s private paradise. The legends at Augusta. Come walk with us.
Table of Contents
Yardage Book: No. 15 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course
The brilliance and the tragedy behind Mike Strantz’s final design.Page 22
Whole New Ballgame
A rare invitation to Mike Trout’s new home course.Page 38
152 Steps
The true path to immortality at Augusta National.Page 48
Caledonian Dream
The next Scottish nine-holer worthy of bucket-list status.Page 52
Stalking the Yeti
On the hunt for good weather in the Himalayas.Page 64
Radioactive
A U.S. Amateur champion’s fatal cocktail.Page 74
The Legends of Sleepy Hollow
Inside the club that pulls stars from Chi Chi to Beyoncé to its fairways.Page 80
Devil at the Driving Range
Exorcising the demons before the trip of a lifetime.Page 92
Event Horizon
A collection of must-see photos from can’t-miss venues.Page 100
282 Steps
Golf’s greatest walk may not even be on the course.Page 110
A Place to Play
It don’t get more grassroots than Asheville Muni.Page 116
Lipping Out
Hollywood’s beloved one-armed looper. The true cost of Scottish golf. A not-so-definitive ranking of golf club showers. Lydia Ko tells it like it is.Page 128
Contributors
Writers
Ben Carmichael
Tom Coyne
Dom Furore
Jim Hartsell
Travis Hill
Seth Kotzman
David Moore
Lee Pace
Joe Samuel Starnes
Charlie Warzel
Photographers
Fredrik Brodén
Jack Ducey
Dom Furore
Christian Hafer
Jason Jahnke
Kohjiro Kinno
Thomas Prior
Artists
Mike McQuade
Lee Wybranski
