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December 10, 2024
Edith Olmsted
House Republicans Are Paying Trump a Hefty Amount for Their Retreat
Donald Trump is back, and so is his crazy financial corruption.
August 15, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Immediately Derails Press Conference With Weirdest Comments
Donald Trump could not stay on script.
July 2, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Beloved Golf Clubs Have Run Dry—Literally
Donald Trump’s felony conviction has cost him the liquor licenses at two of his New Jersey clubs.
June 28, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump and Biden Begin Arguing About Golf in Debate From Hell
Unreal.
April 5, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
What?! New York Earthquake Epicenter Is at a Trump Golf Course
Of course Trump is somehow related to the earthquake that jolted the Northeastern U.S.
July 27, 2023
MagazineAlex Shephard
Saudi Arabia’s Dizzying Scheme to Devour the Sports World
The kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are remaking global culture.
June 16, 2023
Timothy Noah
Yet Another Golf Scandal: The Woefully Undertaxed Site of This Year’s U.S. Open
The Saudis aren’t golf’s only problem. The Los Angeles Country Club shouldn’t even exist.
June 7, 2023
Tori Otten
Saudi Arabia’s Sportswashing With the PGA-LIV Golf Tour Merger Isn’t a Done Deal
Here are the ten people who could stop this merger, if they wanted to.
June 6, 2023
Alex Shephard
The PGA Bends the Knee to Saudi Arabia
The lesson from the LIV Golf takeover of pro golf is that sportswashing works.
June 10, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Grotesque Sportswashing of the Saudi Golf League
The clumsy kickoff of this ill-starred competitor of the PGA has been a window into a tawdriness that infects international sports.
October 2, 2020
J.C. Pan
The President and His Country Club Pals Still Have the Best Defense Against Covid
It’s easy to forgo a mask when you know your wealth probably insulates you from the worst effects of the pandemic.
November 13, 2019
David Roth
The Vainglorious Eternals Go Golfing
What a 2008 photo tells us about American political life in 2019
September 6, 2017
Clio Chang
The easiest way to get Trump’s ear? Paying to play at one of his golf clubs.
April 8, 2016
Adam Peck
Why Is the U.S. Map on the Masters’ Logo So Wrong?
A cartographic mystery.
December 20, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Obama played golf instead of watching the Democratic debate tonight.
June 22, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Every American Golf Course Should Look Like This Year's U.S. Open
January 19, 2014
Marc Tracy
The Mistake That Doomed The Grantland Story About a Putter
March 21, 2013
Charles McGrath
Tiger’s Beat
The joylessness of watching Tiger Woods, the world’s once-best athlete
December 9, 2009
John McWhorter
Tigergate Isn't a Black Thing -- Despite What Some Would Prefer
December 9, 2009
John McWhorter
How Is Tiger Woods "Racial"? And Isn't That Progress?

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