The Game and Me

The game, the people, and what it has meant at home.

April 21, 2026

The Popliteus and the Driver

I didn't know I had a popliteus until my knee filed a complaint. Then Texas wind asked for power I couldn't pay for—and my driver became a polite suggestion.

April 13, 2026

Golf Karen

Not the internet Karen. Arizona Saturday—chirps, Sabres history, a piped drive into a tree on six, the hero shot in the water, and why scoring is still dirty work.

March 31, 2026

Demo Day

Ninety minutes before the first golfer arrived, my son was sitting on a tee box at Torrey Pines while I fixed a bug in production. That's the story I expected to tell. It's not the story that matters.

March 3, 2026

The Playground

No context. No introductions beyond first names. No job titles. No history. Just two people and a tee box. Golf is the last playground.

February 24, 2026

The Golf Dome

Alzheimer's took almost everything from my Uncle Tom. It couldn't take his swing. And it couldn't take his brothers.

February 10, 2026

A Love Letter to Golf

Golf taps into the part of us that once believed we might be the hero. Every round is a reset. A chance. One more swing before the streetlights come on.

The Builder

Making No Doubles, and making things again.

February 17, 2026

I Built a Fort

Most of us stopped building somewhere along the way. We started buying instead. Subscribing. Waiting for permission. This weekend I built a compliant, audit-aware business finance system in three hours — and remembered something dangerous.

Why Instruction Fails

Tips, models, and bodies that cannot run the software.

January 6, 2026

Golf Has a $2 Billion Improvement Problem

Golf improvement is a $2 billion industry built on better tools and better data. After forty years of innovation, the average golfer has improved by roughly one stroke. When the “average” is framed as a 15-handicap, most golfers feel behind — and start chasing quick fixes instead of learning.

How Learning Actually Works

What holds up on the course, not just on the range.

March 17, 2026

Earning Your Way Across

The gap between the range and the course isn't something you think your way across. It's something you earn your way across — with the kind of practice that doesn't feel productive until it does.

March 10, 2026

Breakfast Ball

Range felt like I had it. First tee said I didn’t. TPC Scottsdale, a breakfast ball, and the part nobody talks about—the searching, not the bad shot.

February 3, 2026

What the Phoenix Open Reveals About Real Skill

The WM Phoenix Open doesn't reward perfect swings. It rewards swings that can survive noise, adrenaline, and disruption without falling apart. Pressure doesn't create problems—it reveals them. What remains when calm conditions disappear is what you've actually trained.