Bob Newhart, who died today at 94, carried a single-digit handicap for many years at Bel-Air Country Club. In December 2005 he told Golf Digest's Tom Callahan, "I'd probably be divorced eight times if it wasn't for golf. It gets you outdoors in Las Vegas."

Shane Lowry's ruling at the 11th brought to mind this situation in a playoff between Phil Mickelson and Frank Lickliter at Torrey Pines in 2001: sfgate.com/sports/article…

Billy Horschel's My Shot on golf and life lessons, with Guy Yocom from Golf Digest, March 2016: golfdigest.com/story/my-shot-…

Xander Schauffele’s 30 major finishes: 1 1 T2 T2 T3 T3 5 T5 T6 T7 T7 8 T10 T10 T10 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T17 T18 T20 T26 T35 T41 T50 MC MC MC

"Cormac McCarthy as Editor." Of interest to writers, editors and readers: nytimes.com/2024/06/15/boo…

Lewis Lapham’s great-grandfather was a founder of Texaco, his grandfather co-founded Cypress Point, and his father, as Lewis wrote in Golf Digest (June 2010), hit shots for Alister MacKenzie as the architect designed Cypress. A New York Times obit concludes with this golf memory:

The duration of the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies today reminds me of what Dan Jenkins said of the Ryder Cup opening ceremony in 1993: "The way to tell the Spanish national anthem is, it never ends."

Loved Helmstetter's line to Guy Yocom (Golf Digest, July 2003): "I'd rather you steal my house than steal my ideas."

If you’re a baseball fan, check out Cardines Field in Newport, R.I. Built in 1908–four years before Fenway Park—it’s 323 and 280 down the lines. A guy told us that ocean breezes, heavy air and 28-foot fences keep balls in the park. Big place for college summer leagues. Love it.

Joe Kovacs, golfer, wins his third consecutive silver medal in the Olympic shot put (2016 photo for Golf Digest by Donald Miralle):

Per botched calls in Olympic track and field, we take you back to 1988: THE SEOUL GAMES : WRONG NUMBER : NBC's Jones Looks Too Late to Notice No-Sock Look in Race Miscall, a Sorry Feat Indeed - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

Lydia Ko’s My Shot with ⁦Golf Digest’s ⁦Guy Yocom⁩ when she was just 16, before winning the Olympic gold medal today at 27: golfdigest.com/story/my-shot-…

Let me just add that Mike Stachura had an outstanding Olympics as well. Nice work, Mike: golfdigest.com/story/5-partin…

Nicely done: golfdigest.com/story/olympics…

Watching Tua tonight, I’m reminded of a high school buddy who played decades ago at what is now considered the FCS level of college football. After his third concussion, he was called in and told he was done. “For the season?” he said. “No,” he was told. “With football."

Today’s botched attempts at getting fans to the Solheim Cup—or *not* getting them there—reminds us that golf associations have a long history of bungling the art of bus transportation. This from @DanJenkinsGD on the 1993 U.S. Open at Baltusrol:

Iowa's Kaleb Johnson, who already had runs of 64, 54, 39, 37, 33, 27 and 26 yards in the first three games, adds a 23-yarder in the first quarter against Minnesota before scoring his seventh TD of the season from a yard out on the next snap.

Column by Sally Jenkins: After turning himself into an athlete, Kris Kristofferson needed you to feel the power of a punch. wapo.st/4dyzSox

New Yorker EIC David Remnick, who started his career at the Washington Post and worked there for a decade, emails me his thoughts on today’s non-endorsement decision

Canceling a newspaper subscription helps politicians who don’t want oversight, does nothing to hurt the billionaires who own the newspapers and make decisions with which you may disagree, and will result in fewer journalists trying to hold the powerful to account.