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Hit, Giggle and Golf

Mike Purkey's February 23 TV Rewind column got a lot of attention, not all of it positive. Here's Mike on the coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Saturday, as usual for CBS' AT&T broadcast,...

Published Feb. 25, 2009

Keywords AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | CBS golf coverage | Ken Venturi | Television

History Lessons

Mark Frost's The Match vividly recounts a legendary 1956 showdown at Cypress Point

By Bo Links

Published Jan. 25, 2008

Keywords Bo Links | 1956 | mark frost | ben hogan | byron nelson | ken venturi | harvie ward

Magazine

The Golf Digest Interview: Jim Nantz

As CBS' voice of the Masters, Jim Nantz has 20 years' worth of stories to tell (and he' s shooting for an even 50)

By Craig Bestrom

Published Mar. 05, 2009

Keywords Jim Nantz | Masters | Craig Bestrom | Golf Digest | Gene Sarazen | Byron Nelson | Arnold Palmer | Ken Venturi | Fred Couples | Masters | Augusta National

Bonk: Pushed To The Brink

A maintenance mishap at San Francisco's Harding Park has left the host of this October's Presidents Cup scrambling to get ready.

By Thomas Bonk

Published Sep. 02, 2009

Keywords Golf | pga | pga tour | golf world | golf digest | thomas bonk | harding park | san francisco | golden gate bridge | golf course | maintenance mishap | steve carman | wayne kappelman | paul vermeulen | ken venturi

Magazine

Ben Hogan: What Could Have Been

Ben Hogan survived a brutal crash to make history, but it robbed him of even greater glory. Sixty years later, listen to the people who know

By Jaime Diaz

Published Apr. 29, 2009

Keywords ben hogan | pga | knee | surgery | jaime diaz | jack nicklaus | broken pelvis | broken collarbone | broken ankle | merion | u.s. open | masters | british open | gary player | ken venturi | dan jenkins | golf digest

Magazine

Bonk: San Francisco Golf Under Attack By Politics And Money

Arnold Palmer loves his role as the elder statesman of golf, but he sure doesn't like what being an elder statesman has done to his golf game

By Thomas Bonk

Published Jan. 27, 2009

Keywords Golf | Golf Digest | golf world | golf digest digtial | Thomas Bonk | lincoln Park | sharp park | san francisco | recreation | parks | richard harris | san francisco golf alliance | allister macKenzie | isabel wade | richard thomas | jack neville | Ken Venturi | Johnny Miller | Bob Rosberg | George Archer | Phil Dindia | golden gate bridge

Magazine

My Shot: Ken Venturi

For 35 years he came into our living room as an inimitable TV presence. Now it's our turn to drop in on him for a breezy trip to the memory bank.

By Guy Yocom

Published Jun. 08, 2007

Keywords Ken Venturi | my shot | tv announcers | CBS | '64 U.S. Open | Byron Nelson | Bobby Jones | aging | life lessons | Frank Sinatra | Guiding Eyes Golf Classic | Jack Fleck | pebble beach | U.S. Open | life lessons | Sept. 11 | terror attacks | Moe Norman

Al Barkow: History Calls

Interested in retracing the steps of past greats? Tour-tested munys offer lore and affordable golf

By Al Barkow

Published Mar. 19, 2008

Keywords Al Barkow | ken venturi | arnold palmer | jack nicklaus | johnny miller | keller gc | memorialpark gc | brackenridge park gc | fort sam houston gc | El rio gc | willow sorings gc | randolph park municipal gc | rancho park gc | harding park | torrey pines | miami springs | miami biltomore | hyde park | cog hill | en-joie | bethpage | tony butler municipal | brown deer | PGA Tour | tiger woods | bart bryant | vijay singh | phil mickelson | bay hill | arnold palmer invitational | ben hogan | sean o'hair | steve williams | cliff kresge