Author: lowvillegolf

Legendary instructor Harvey Penick still looms large at Austin CC

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AUSTIN, Texas – He’s everywhere. Still.Harvey Penick left this world 23 years ago this spring, but his enduring, gentle spirit permeates the Austin Country Club like a morning fog. His image. His likeness. His adoring disciples. His trademark phrases. The world’s 64 top golfers competing in this week’s World Golf Championships-Dell Match Play won’t be able to hit a tee shot without being reminded of the legendary PGA golf instructor and best-selling author at every turn. His iconic presence will
https://www.lowvillegolf.com/single-post/2018/04/18/Legendary-instructor-Harvey-Penick-still-looms-large-at-Austin-CC

When Patrick Reed’s past and present merge, a question of what’s fair game

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When the polite applause stopped Sunday evening, it wasn’t Patrick Reed’s gritty finish that inspired headlines and tweets in the hours following his victory. No, more than any major champion in recent memory, the stories that surrounded Reed’s win moved remarkably quickly toward the unflattering mistakes and the personal crises of his pre-green jacket life. In short, the minute he was putting his arms in the sleeves of the coat, many were pointing out all the reasons he didn’t quite fit the
https://www.lowvillegolf.com/single-post/2018/04/13/When-Patrick-Reeds-past-and-present-merge-a-question-of-whats-fair-game

What’s It Like To Be A Member?

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Washington Road could be just about anywhere in small-town America. It is a bustling eyesore-lined thoroughfare with cheap chain restaurants and bargain retail stores. And while this gaudy strip shouts with a working-class accent, whispering in more genteel tones, behind the sign off Washington Road that reads “Augusta National Golf Club Members Only,” is a peaceful enclave for powerful men. And behind the mystique spawned by the secrecy that surrounds the club is a place of surprising
https://www.lowvillegolf.com/single-post/2018/04/03/Whats-It-Like-To-Be-A-Member

Family Has Always Been Priority No. 1 for Phil Mickelson

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Last week when Roberto De Vicenzo died at 94, our website revisited a story about a 2006 visit I made to Buenos Aires to see the great Argentine. Although the Roberto I met carried himself with a beautiful equanimity, he revealed that throughout his career he had carried an ever-present inner tension. The same man who chased the perfect swing with such intensity that the face of an old 7–iron (the club he called “my professor”) became concave enough to cradle a ball, also resisted spending
https://www.lowvillegolf.com/single-post/2018/03/08/Family-Has-Always-Been-Priority-No-1-for-Phil-Mickelson

Fans’ Boorish Behavior Doesn’t Belong

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Everyone who follows professional golf knows “Mashed Potatoes” guy. He’s the noisy, obnoxious cousin of the equally annoying “Baba Booey” guy, a distant descendant of the “You da man” guy who came into being back in the ’80s, giving tournament golf an unnecessary soundtrack of bellowing, belligerent boys who insist on making themselves a part of the show. These people think they’re amusing because they’re not self aware enough to understand they’re jackwagons. The good news is they are a very
https://www.lowvillegolf.com/single-post/2018/02/28/Fans%E2%80%99-Boorish-Behavior-Doesn%E2%80%99t-Belong

History of the Olympic Games

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According to the Greek history, the first Olympic Games in the Greek Antiquity can be traced back to the 776 BC. The games were dedicated to the 12 Olympian Gods and were hosted on the ancient green plains of Olympia, the place was famous for its magnificent great temples of the two gods Zeus and his wife Hera. The games initially had a very religious character combined by a number of ancient sport events, which many of those were based on the ancient Greek mythology.The ancient Olympic Games
https://www.lowvillegolf.com/single-post/2018/02/21/History-of-the-Olympic-Games