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• St. Andrews did well to honor Nicklaus

  By Quin Hillyer / 19 July 2022

  

  (July 14) Golfer Bobby Jones was the beau ideal, in the fullest and best sense, of the amateur sportsman. Benjamin Franklin was, well, Benjamin Franklin. It is a testament to […]

   

• R.I.P. to golf’s great Elder statesman

  By Quin Hillyer / 7 December 2021

  

  (Nov. 29)  Here’s a tip of the visor to Lee Elder , the golfer who died November 28 at age 87. He was not a superstar, but he was a […]

   

• Mickelson’s masterpiece

  By Quin Hillyer / 30 May 2021

  

  (May 23) What Phil Mickelson did Sunday in winning the PGA Championship three weeks shy of his 51st birthday is one of the great sports achievements of our lifetimes. It […]

   

• The Masters in April tees up return to normal life

  By Quin Hillyer / 10 April 2021

  

  (April 8) Oh, how wonderful it is that the Masters is now underway! Not just underway, but underway in its accustomed springtime schedule, the time of year when the breathtaking […]

   

• Tributes to ailing Tiger and Dole

  By Quin Hillyer / 1 March 2021

  

  Two separate columns. (Feb. 18) With today’s announcement that former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole has stage 4 lung cancer, it’s worth recalling not just how amazing it is that he […]

   

• Five Alive: Golf (2), budget, bias, bad judges

  By Quin Hillyer / 27 May 2019

  

  Follow the links embedded in the headlines. Golf’s best player? Brooks, no argument (May 20):  Sports fans may not realize just how astonishingly good is golfer Brooks Koepka. With his […]

   

• Ryder Cup SHOULD Have Been Great

  By Quin Hillyer / 1 October 2018

  

  Quin’s note: I wrote the piece below for The American Spectator, before the Ryder Cup. It really should have been a great Ryder Cup, but it was a dud. The […]

   

• PGA Tour at 40-year peak

  By Quin Hillyer / 19 March 2018

  

  By Quin Hillyer at The American Spectator; Note: I wrote this even before Tiger Woods finished second and 5th in the past two weeks, while Rory McIlroy notched a victory…. […]

   

• Harbour Town: A golf course done right

  By Quin Hillyer / 28 August 2017

  

  By Quin Hillyer at The American Spectator; As the recent PGA Championship confirmed the arrival of Justin Thomas as yet another of golf’s growing group of engaging, interesting, likable, gritty superstars, […]

   

• Golf season is shaping up as a classic

  By Quin Hillyer / 27 February 2017

  

  This golf season could be one for the ages. A caveat: Sports seasons can promise all sorts of good things for fans and then not deliver, and also can start […]