Look what the postman brought — copies of the new paperback editon. ⁦birlinnbooks⁩ has done its usual brilliant job. Time to go get yours.

Now that the Masters is over, I can go back to obsessing over writing about this woman — Cecil Leitch, the first truly breakthrough golfer in the women’s game.

How could it be otherwise when we talk about our favorite Scottish links? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I know is Masters Saturday, but I can’t let the ⁦Halford Hewitt⁩ — one of the game’s greatest events — pass without celebrating with a bit of Darwin. How cool would it be if older amateurs from American colleges competed like this every year? ⁦Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club⁩

Its Master’s Week, so I give you the beginning of “The Fateful Corner,” a story by Herbert Warren Wind that created one of the most famous nicknames in golf. Enjoy!

Grantland Rice reports on the first Masters. Enjoy!

A bit of personal history. Today marks 40 years of being happily married to the best partner on life’s journey that anyone could hope for. Love you, Mara!

If it’s the first Friday of the month, it’s time for a new episode of The Duffer’s Literary Companion. Jim and I thought it made sense to celebrate our first full year of podcasts with one focusing on our favorite Scottish courses. We know you’ll love it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Today marks 160 years since the birth of the first truly English golf club — Royal North Devon. I was thrilled to be part of this effort to celebrate the occasion. youtu.be/oIejUrJtIZc?si…

Back visiting my son in Jersey City, where I stay in a flat owned by an art collector. He knows I love his collection and has taken to swapping out pieces when I’m in town. Here are a few new works that greeted me this time around. ⁦Sandra Russell Art 🎨⁩ ⁦Phil Larkin⁩

Jim and I can’t be any more in our wheelhouse than we are when discussing our favorite Scottish links. We know you’ll enjoy this one.

Favorite golf quotes: “To label this hole harsh and inhuman would be understatement. It is an ogre, a monster, a villain of darkest hue,” James Finegan, Blasted Heaths and Blessed Greens, on the famed Road Hole at St Andrews

Coming soon on The Duffer’s Literary Companion!

Competitors in the first British Ladies’ Championship, conducted in 1893 at Lytham and St Anne’s. It was not designated then as an event for amateurs— as no one had yet conceived of the notion of women competing as professionals. #golfhistory

Happy Birthday to the Immortal Bobby!

Ah, the things golf inspires us to do! One last gem — and it’s a doozy — from that 1938 Golfer’s Handbook. This happened the year Freddie won his first Amateur. #golfis

For #WomensHistoryMonth I give you the greatest golf swing ever achieved by a woman golfer — the incomparable Joyce Wethered. From her book, with brother Roger, “Golf from Both Sides.” It was Joyce who wrote the chapter on driving — for reasons plain to see.

David Harris, creator of the ⁦Old Tom Morris Trail⁩ and one of my favorite people in the world, stopped by the farm to present me with my whisky cask lid and coins for having played all 18 of the courses. Can’t wait to hang this in the Writing Room! ⁦Bonnie Wee Golf⁩

The next time you think you’re having a tough day on the links, consider the ignominious fate of two famous golf writers in an Amateur Championship match. Another gem from the 1932 Golfer’s Handbook. I happen to know that Bernard ran out of balls.