By Ben Alberstadt ([email protected]; @benalberstadt on Instagram) August 6, 2019 Good Tuesday morning, golf fans. 1. Another Ouimet? Helluva take from Geoff Shackelford regarding Hinako Shibuno’s Women’s British Open win. “It may not be mentioned with Ouimet’s shocker at Brookline, Jack’s comeback in 86 or Tiger’s two most triumphant Masters wins in 1997 and 2019, but…
Read moreSwing speed: How do you compare?
How fast a golfer swings the club has had an increasingly higher correlation to how much money the top PGA Tour professionals make in recent years—this is no secret. What has been a secret, until now, is how fast other golfers your age swing and how you compare. No one has known, or if they…
Read moreMass shootings in the US: the epidemic worsens
In less than 13 hours, two mass shooters in Texas and Ohio left 23 dead and 53 injured. These are only two massacres of a total of 251 of this year so far in the US as the epidemic worsens. This phenomenon of extreme violence began to gain force after the Sandy Hook shooting of…
Read morePresidential elections in Argentina: silence wrapped in noise
This year is an election year. A great part of the provinces and municipalities of Argentina have already made their decisions however, on a federal level, the mother of all battles is yet to occur. The Province of Buenos Aires will carry out its election of governor and mayors on the same day that Argentine…
Read moreAfter the revolution: Sudan’s women face backlash from Islamic fundamentalists
“If I could walk, I would go to the streets again”, Muna*, a 25-year-old Sudanese protester, told me over the phone recently. She was shot and severely injured by the army during an early June crackdown against a sit-in in the capital Khartoum, when activists say more than 100 people were murdered in one day…
Read moreUSGA relaxes U.S. Open exemption rule for U.S. Am winners
No longer will the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur champions have to make the difficult decision of retaining amateur status to take advantage of the exemption into the U.S. Open. The USGA announced today that, beginning in 2020, regardless of whether a player turns pro or remains an amateur s/he is still guaranteed a…
Read moreMorning 9: Smiling Cinderella | Bubble boys & card losers | The Postman delivers a bogey-free tournament
By Ben Alberstadt ([email protected]; @benalberstadt on Instagram) August 5, 2019 Good Monday morning, golf fans. 1. “Smiling Cinderella” Ron Sirak for LPGA.com on the appropriately nicknamed Hinako Shibuno, who captured the Women’s British Open in improbable fashion (250-1 odds!). “The clock never struck midnight for Smiling Cinderella. Playing in her first LPGA event, 20-year-old Hinako Shibuno,…
Read moreThe next one hundred years – a salute for Agnes Heller
Agnes Heller has just died. She was an outstanding European intellectual and prolific humanist philosopher who became a vigorous opponent of the totalitarian Viktor Orban. Aged 90 she left us, fully active, after swimming in Lake Balaton in her native Hungary. The New York Times have run a good, brief obituary. Her vital spirit shines…
Read moreUsufruct: Rethinking our national inheritance
The Green New Deal has reignited old debates between the left and right in countries around the world. Setting aside climate deniers (if only it were that easy!), the argument is between those who believe a radical large-scale spending program to combat climate change will stimulate economic growth and those who fear it will inflate…
Read moreWRX Spotlight: Linksoul golf apparel
Product: Linksoul golf apparel Pitch: From Linksoul “Linksoul is more a philosophy than a brand. More of an experience than a clothing company. Linksoul is the collective life’s work of people who care about each other and enjoy collaborating. We believe in creating products we value, with the people we love, for the good of…
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