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Tim Gavrich
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Tim Gavrich is a Senior Writer for GolfPass. A student of course design since he took up the game at age six, he played for his college team at Washington and Lee University and still tries to tee it up in competition whenever possible. He has been involved in the golf industry since 2011, and has written full-time about golf travel and architecture since 2014.
A native of Avon, Connecticut now residing in Vero Beach, Florida, he has played golf on two continents so far and is not too bad on Bermuda greens for a left-handed New Englander. Follow him on Twitter @TimGavrich and on Instagram @TimGavrich.
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October 18, 2024
Golf course news and notes: October, 2024.
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October 14, 2024
Squeezing in some golf around a wedding weekend is always a good move.
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October 14, 2024
Originally circulated amongst pros in the fall of 2000, the game-changing golf ball nears a quarter-century as the gold standard.
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October 10, 2024
While most of the new Rules of Golf instituted in 2019 have been an improvement, others seem to be creating more problems than they've solved.
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October 9, 2024
As on-course footwear gradually draws influence from hiking, cross-training and high fashion, does there even need to be a distinct category of 'golf shoes' anymore?
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October 7, 2024
Just three months after its annual Prime Days sale, the e-commerce giant is back with more discounted merchandise, including some appealing offers for golfers.
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October 6, 2024
The final design of a particular architect functions as a sort of memorial as well as a golf course. Such is the case with the PGA Tour's newest venue, Black Desert, in Utah.
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October 3, 2024
From Florida up through the Carolinas, many golf courses have suffered varying degrees of damage from late September's storm.
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October 1, 2024
They're longer than 'executive' or 'short' courses, but offer plenty of challenge and variety.
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September 30, 2024
We compiled some of the most well-known statues in the game of golf, paying tribute to golfers like Palmer, Nicklaus, Jones, Hogan and many more.
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September 25, 2024
New golf balls, snazzy 'golf' shoes, a new golf game and more highlight this month's golf product picks slate.
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September 22, 2024
The oldest golf club in North America greets the American and International teams with a midcentury-modern parkland course whose closing stretch is tuned for match-play drama.
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September 20, 2024
The hit GolfPass series is back; here are the tips you need to watch first.
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September 17, 2024
It takes village to raise a golfer.
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September 16, 2024
Ill-fitting, garish kids' golf clothes are so out-of-style. These brands put just as much thought into their junior lines as the big names do.
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September 15, 2024
Four venerable championships, and the links golf courses that host them, anchor some of the best Ireland golf vacation itineraries.
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September 11, 2024
These golf courses that opened in 1924 include publicly accessible gems designed by Donald Ross and other Golden Age architects.
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September 11, 2024
One of the world's greatest courses hosts the DP World Tour for the first time in nine years. Stream the action on GolfPass this weekend.
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September 9, 2024
In the battle between the newest Open Championship layout and the perennial world-top-10 course, every golfer wins.
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September 9, 2024
Golf course news & notes: September, 2024.
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September 4, 2024
Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will team up against Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in December in Sin City.
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September 3, 2024
A new event in southwestern Utah raises philosophical questions the PGA Tour will eventually need to confront.
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August 29, 2024
An hour northeast of Atlanta, this mature, picturesque property serves couples and buddy groups well.
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August 29, 2024
The decade is almost half-over, and has produced some of America's - and the world's - most engaging golf courses.
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August 28, 2024
A new PXG putter, new adidas shoes, stylish new grips and more highlight this month's slate of most interesting new golf products.
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August 21, 2024
In 'The Swing Lab,' Devan Bonebrake analyzes the swings of some of the world's greatest golfers in order to help you play your best.
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August 20, 2024
Operation 36, an onboarding method detailed in GolfPass' new series with Rory McIlroy, helps new golfers develop their short game and build confidence.
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August 12, 2024
Golf course news and notes: August, 2024.
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August 11, 2024
Golf imagery has been used in popular music for decades.
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August 7, 2024
The Scottsdale-based brand's latest release combines the thinnest iron face in golf with more reactive inner materials to deliver better distance and feel than any previous generation of irons.
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August 7, 2024
Latest release from Bob Parsons' golf equipment company promises consistency and high spin in three different grinds.
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August 6, 2024
The game is running hotter than ever in recent years. Does it need to slow down in order to find itself?
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July 31, 2024
We share insider golf travel tips about the Sweetens Cove Road Show, Idaho and more in our latest 'Secrets' column.
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July 29, 2024
Are you playing so much that your golf accessories are wearing down? We share some replacement options in this month's roundup.
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July 24, 2024
Beginning at Oregon's Bandon Dunes and continuing in Wisconsin, Colorado and Texas, the vision of Mike Keiser and his family has shaped how (and why) golfers travel for a quarter-century.
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July 24, 2024
After a hiatus of more than a century, men's and women's golf is back in the Games.
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July 22, 2024
Golf's greatest reality TV show gets an update, as told by some of its darlings.
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July 16, 2024
Let Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and more Champion Golfers of the Year guide you to lower scores at home and abroad.
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July 14, 2024
Golf course news & notes: July, 2024.
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July 9, 2024
Pebble Beach, last week's PGA Tour host venue, is one of the best-known places in golf. Here are 16 lesser-known facts and observations.
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July 8, 2024
We share what's in our golf bags. Maybe our choices will influence yours.
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July 8, 2024
From April's USDGA Championship to July's U.S. Adaptive Open, increased support for golfers with different abilities is one of the best things about the game.
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July 3, 2024
With his PXG golf equipment and Scottsdale National Golf Club, the Baltimore-bred Marine and billionaire's fresh ideas have helped jolt golf out of complacency over the last decade.
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July 1, 2024
With a little bit of planning and discipline, surviving searing desert heat could make for a memorable and very affordable trip.
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July 1, 2024
Are you doing your patriotic duty - i.e. playing golf - this Fourth of July? Here are six golf courses where when you play, you'll feel extra-American.
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June 25, 2024
We test it all from golf headwear to underwear, plus new irons, polos, flasks, whiskey, bug spray and more.
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June 20, 2024
If not a major championship, you might at least be able to win your next friendly match thanks to advice from Martin Hall, Jim McLean and Aimee Cho.
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June 20, 2024
Golf course news & notes: June, 2024.