I was just wondering the objective of this magazine. It seems to try to inform and educate. I have collected the magazine for years and their are plenty of interesting stories told. When it comes to the educational aspect I think the magazine falls short. The structure is built around tips that are basically teasing the readers, their are often good cover stories but not enough. If people are going to learn something their needs to be more cover stories and less individual tips. Also, why not more variety in the swing sequences. Just something I was wondering about.
Teague Balen
Thanks for your input, Teague. You may be the first reader to ask for longer stories. Most Golf Digest readers love the short tips--Tom Watson and Butch Harmon's being two of the best read pages in the magazine--but you make a point. We can get too carried away with short. Point taken.
We got more letters on the "Golf Saved My Life" column--all stories from readers assembled and edited by editor Max Adler--and specially on the piece by Evans Scholar Keith Anderson, who learned golf and won full-ride college scholarship as a caddy.
My wife is a native Michigander, and I have spent some time in the area. Anyone who can make it out of East Detroit can be an inspriation to many. Does Mr. Anderson have an e mail contact where I express my feelings personally? I rarely "well up" reading anything these days, so I must say a job well done.
Dan Gold
Dan, we'll pass along your email to Keith. It was, like most of "Saved" pieces, very moving. We forget sometimes what a difference this sport makes in people's lives. The Evans Scholarship in particular changes hundreds of young college students' lives every year.
I recently saw a copy of January Golf Digest with the sweepstakes for a chance to play Pebble Beach on U.S. Open week. I missed the deadline. I am trying to petition for a late entry. They said tell them how it would change my life. Well here it is. My father spent years as a PGA pro in California and Ohio. He played Pebble 198 times. It is his favorite course. Golf is his life, as is mine. He taught me from 5 yrs old,and am now a 12 handicap. But he broke his hip last year and can't play anymore. It was my dream to play a round with him at pebble, and have him tell me what it used to be like, to walk the fairways he played 40 yrs ago, but I missed my chance. The next best thing would be him watching me play it on TV, or even in the audience. Some say St. Andrews is the home of golf. But Pebble Beach is my Home of Golf. I am a mechanic and can't afford the large sum it would take for us to go. I feel I've failed. Chances don't come around everyday. It would be the greatest day in his and my lives without question. Please, if you can help at all, I beg you, send this to whom it may concern. Thank you.
William Nelson, Willoughby, OH
You really need to get a subscription, William. They're not that expensive. Anyway, you're still good. Go to gdopencontest.com and vote on one of the five finalists--you've missed a few stages in the process--and you'll be entered in the sweepstakes to win a trip to Pebble. You may vote once a day and every time you vote you're entered again. So you're good to go....
--Bob Carney
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