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I mean is there a more stale golf tweet in 2025 than this?
What were we doin' in the 90s?
AND1 SHIRTS—BUT MAKE IT GOLF
For a period in the 90s, every kid I knew growing up owned at least one of these AND1 basketball shirts. They were often in size XL on a size S kid and it's absolutely insane that we were allowed out in them.
I need as many of these again as possible. But this is a golf newsletter and it got me thinking about what some of the sayings could be if we ran this back but for golf.
Dropping five of my favorites here but this not only has an ongoing segment potential to it but I also NEED to hear from you all on what sayings you'd choose. Feel like I send the right Slack message to the team at HQ and we can figure this out.
Dropping five of my favorites here but this not only has an ongoing segment potential to it but I also NEED to hear from you all on what sayings you'd choose. Feel like I send the right Slack message to the team at HQ and we can figure this out.
MY (CURRENT) TOP 5 AND1 GOLF SAYINGS
5) You drive for show. But nobody's buying tickets.
4) The only hazard I see is you standing on the tee box.
3) Bump 'N' Run! Bump up your handicap and run home.
2) You keep score. I'll keep taking your money.
1) Go ahead, talk trash... because my putter will finish the conversation.
Taxes strike again
THE AL CAPONES OF LA GOLF
A follow-up on the Los Angeles tee time booking scandal over the last few years—it seems that the twin brothers who sold public tee times for profit have been charged with failing to report over $1M of income earned from their scheme.
They ran their operation from 2021-23 and were exposed by an LA golf influencer Dave Finks and an LA Times piece in 2024.
Using social media apps, they were able to book tee times in advance of public release and then flip the times for a profit. At such a level, mind you, that they made over a MILLION dollars in the three years in operation. Apparently, as this SFGate articles says, they used Venmo or Zelle for the transactions—so remember to put a cryptic football emoji in the note for all those belated fantasy football leagues, ya know, just to be safe.
What is it about tax evasion that always ends up being the path of last resort for law enforcement? Not saying that the tee time dudes are quite at the level of a Capone, per se, but man, just pay your taxes.
A $50,000 scorecard
THE GRAND SLAM HOLY GRAIL
The scorecard pictured above features the signature of every Grand Slam champion; Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and now Rory McIlroy.
(Side note, I had to Google Tiger and Rory's signatures as they are completely illegible to me. Rory is the one on the left and Tiger's is the one in the center on the right.)
The current owner, Dustin Raymond, has been tracking down signatures for decades to complete the card. And when he finally got Rory at East Lake last month, Rory mused that he'd never seen this collection of signatures ever before. Making Raymond's card a 1 of 1.
The GolfWeek piece goes on to mention that it's already estimated to collect $50,000 if it were to ever go up for auction. Though Raymond has no interest in selling and waits patiently for the next member to be crowned—whether Phil, Jordan, or Scottie.
The piece concludes with a cheeky quote from Rory; "I’m going to sign it extra high so Scottie has extra space underneath me.”
Golf in Scotland looks ideal
YOUR LINE IS THE SECOND SHEEP ON THE LEFT
I love a good course view where the landscape all just runs together into one giant golfing playground. And this shot from golf Reddit of Iona in Scotland fits it to a T. The sheep just grazing away as a sparse amount of golfers (from the looks of this picture) roam the grounds.
The bummer, I discovered, is that this angle was looking back out at the course. The tee box actually goes behind the camera to a fairly straight forward but still epic seaside fairway.
Either way, file this one under Scotland golf appreciation.
