Golf can be a lot of things to a lot of different people. For many, it's a chance to relax. For others it's about the competition, or maybe just communing with nature. For 12-year-old Sadie Westbrook of Houston, it's her sanctuary. The golf course is where Sadie feels...
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OYG: Kathy Whitworth, Texas Golf Legend
Lifestyle, On Your Game, The People
Texas Golf has produced some of the greatest players in Golf history including names like Hogan. Nelson, Trevino, Crenshaw and Spieth which will stand the test of golfing time. But when it comes to Lone Star female players, the greatest winner in professional golf...
On Tour Game: Lanny Wadkins
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As the saying goes, Lanny Wadkins wasn’t born in Texas, but he got here as fast as he could. A junior golf legend growing up with his brother Bobby in Virginia, Wadkins first came to North Texas when he won the Byron Nelson tournament in 1973 at Preston Trail in...
Letter from the Publisher: Where are you going?
Letters from the Publisher, The People
Where are you going? What does that question mean to you? Where are you going? I don’t mean, shopping, travel destination, or out to dinner. It’s a question that you should ask yourself on occasion. The question isn’t always about the ultimate destination but it can...
On Your Game with Tom Fazio
Tom Fazio OTL Question and Answer One of the more popular bumper stickers in these parts reads, ‘I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as soon as I could.’ Tom Fazio, 76, certainly wasn’t born here, growing up in the Philadelphia suburbs and going to work for his...
Searching for the pop
Letters from the Publisher, The People
We live in a pop dominant culture. If we want something to stand out, we say it has to pop. We want our photos to pop. We look for it in our cereal. It can have the snap and crackle but it must have the pop. When we strike the golf ball, you want to pop it whether on...
Putting a bow on 2020
Letters from the Publisher, The People
During the 80s, I listened to Prince’s 1999 album. It was an anthem to many of us. When I first heard the song, 1999 seemed so far away. The year was 1982 and through my teenage eyes, it was hard to imagine it would ever come. It did however show up as advertised....
I tested positive…for life
Letters from the Publisher, The People
The OTL brand is always about the best and enjoying what life has to offer. We have never gone down the road of pessimism or political tribalism. We are aware of Covid-19 and the effect it has had on 2020. We have chosen not to talk Covid-19 ad nauseum in this forum....
On Your Game with Chip Brewer
East Coast native, former longtime Texan, current Californian Chip Brewer, has been the CEO of Callaway Golf since 2012, overseeing the company in trying, successful and now unprecedented times in the golf business. Before coming to Callaway, he spent nearly a decade...