Steve Rushin

Most athletes play golf for the same reason you do: It’s fun.

Big Apple fans love Phil Mickelson. You got a problem with that?

Our man waits him out in a restaurant called The Woods

Take it from a guy who knows: You just learn to laugh about it

From country clubs to the pro tour, when you gotta go, you gotta go

Golf's tough types can take it on the chin, but they give as good as they get

When it comes to settling differences, there's nothing like golf

Or -- the horror!-- it could be you

When my relatives take a road trip, there's sure to be golf, booze, heckling and usually a little violence. Why? Because we're optimists

The president grips an invisible club -- and vice versa

Father's Day tribute: Excerpts from Chicken Soup for the Soul