Wise About Golf

Texas golf history, one story at a time. From Ken Wise, host of @wiseabouttexas. Courses, legends & championships of the Lone Star State (and beyond) ⛳

[USGA @USGA]

📺 Broadcast coverage of the 126th U.S. Women's Amateur at The Honors Course begins TODAY!

Catch action from the opening round of match play starting at 11:30 a.m. on @GolfChannel.

[Wise About Golf @wiseaboutgolfTX]

Byron Nelson finished 2nd in a 1934 tournament at Galveston CC, paid back his fiancée's father — and used the $100 left over to buy her an engagement ring. 💍⛳ https://t.co/pfFD3YiJco
#ByronNelson #TexasGolf #golfhistory #golf

[Wise About Golf @wiseaboutgolfTX]

Quick trip to one of my favorite courses ! Always incredible. @PasatiempoGolf

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

The best things in life are free.

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Golf calls for order, discipline, and honor. ⛳ But traditions don't preserve themselves — you keep them by knowing where they came from. Wise About Golf, Ep. 1. 🎧https://t.co/EUAUGHLBWV
#golfhistory #golfpodcast #tradition #golf #texasgolf

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150,000 rounds a year at one course in the 1920s?! Brackenridge Park, San Antonio — Texas's first municipal golf course (1916). Story in Ep. 2: https://t.co/eZX0KZgiv9
#golf #golfhistory #texas #texashistory #SanAntonio #TexasGolf

[USGA @USGA]

The best amateur golfers from around the world have arrived in Ooltewah, Tennessee!

Meet some of the players to watch at The Honors Course 👇

[John Morton, PGA @JohnMorton215]

Odd #GolfHistory you probably didn’t know:

Where does the water from Swilcan Burn come from?

The natural spring/pond in the second photo is located in the middle of a farm in Strathkinness!

This is what feeds the famous waterway!

#StAndrews

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Donald Ross designed a Texas golf course that gets left off a lot of his official lists. It's confirmed in his own archived pamphlet. Story: https://t.co/pfFD3YiJco
#DonaldRoss #TexasGolf #golf #golfhistory #texashistory

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The US is approaching 50 million golfers. 21M+ non-golfers say they want in. ⛳ The game is booming — which makes now the time to understand where it came from. Wise About Golf, Ep. 1. 🎧 https://t.co/EUAUGHLBWV
#golfhistory #golf #texasgolf

[USGA @USGA]

Congratulations to our 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur champion Michael Thorbjornsen on his first @PGATOUR victory!

[Wise About Golf @wiseaboutgolfTX]

The greatest game

[Fore Play @ForePlayPod]

Nelly gave a young fan a signed club at the Women’s Open, and the smile on her face says it all.

Incredibly wholesome.

[Wise About Golf @wiseaboutgolfTX]

Dallas golf started with barbed wire keeping cows off the green (1896, Lemon & Oak Lawn). Yes, really. Full story: https://t.co/eZX0KZgiv9
#DallasHistory #TexasGolf

[Wise About Golf @wiseaboutgolfTX]

A golfer won 3 straight club championships (1909–11), then moved to England — and took the trophy with him to Liverpool. It took 24 years to bring it back. https://t.co/pfFD3YiJco
#golf #TexasGolf #GalvestonHistory #golfhistory

[St Andrews Links @TheHomeofGolf]

A shared space for all is now open.

This week, the Home of Golf Hub opened its doors, marking St Andrews Links Trust's first ever presence in the centre of town.

Visit to gain insight into the community and environmental branches of the trust, explore exclusive new lines of merchandise, personalise your golf products, engage with the official photography service, enter the singles daily draw, or simply sit and enjoy a coffee as you learn how to make the most of your time in St Andrews.

See you soon at 70 Market Street.

[Wise About Golf @wiseaboutgolfTX]

Poll: Which Texas city had golf FIRST? 🏌️ San Antonio / Dallas / Galveston / Houston. Guess, then check your answer in Ep. 2 of @WiseAboutGolf: https://t.co/eZX0KZgiv9 #TexasGolf #golf #golfhistory #texas #texashistory

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Texas has had an outsized impact on golf history. ⛳ @WiseAboutGolf uses Texas as the launching point, then goes global. Ep. 1 is live. 🎧https://t.co/EUAUGHLBWV
#golfhistory #golfpodcast #texas #texashistory #golf

[Caddie Network @CaddieNetwork]

Sometimes we all get a little lucky!

[Scottish Golf @ScottishGolf]

Scottish Men’s Amateur - Match Play 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

And we’re off!

Welcome to the knockout stages of the championship here at a sunny Royal Aberdeen! ☀️

First off at 7am this morning in the round of 64 was top seed Andrew Davidson against Barrie Lewis from Castle Park.

A busy day ahead as we looks to whittle our field down to the last 16 by close of play.

Full match play draw/scoring: https://t.co/y3jOKJjQK1

@standrewsbakery

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Galveston's golf course was destroyed in the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history (1900) — and the club was back playing a championship within a year. Full story: https://t.co/pfFD3YiJco
#golfhistory #golf #GalvestonHistory #TexasGolf