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Joseph LaMagna
All Articles by Joseph LaMagna
9/27/23
What to Watch For at the Ryder Cup
Course management at Marco Simone
9/13/23
NEWSLETTER
Incentivizing Stars To Show Up
How can the PGA Tour ensure top players show up to their events?
9/13/23
NEWSLETTER
What to Watch For at the Fortinet Championship
Brendon Todd and why players should want to be in Napa this week
8/23/23
NEWSLETTER
What to Watch For at the Tour Championship
The faults of the Ryder Cup points system
8/21/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Viktor Hovland, 61, No Asterisk Necessary
Analyzing the rise of the 2023 BMW champion
8/16/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
What to Watch for at the BMW Championship
The mismatch between driving distance and fairway width at Olympia Fields
8/14/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Winning in Memphis
The PGA Tour playoff system deserves better than TPC Southwind
8/08/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
What to Watch For at the FedEx St. Jude Championship
Hideki Matsuyama’s struggle to stay in the playoff picture
8/07/23
NEWSLETTER
No Checks + No Balances = No Cuts
Lamenting the loss of a midway cut in the 2024 PGA Tour Schedule's series of signature or elevated events
8/02/23
NEWSLETTER
What to Watch For at the Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club’s unique test off the tee
7/26/23
NEWSLETTER
What to Watch For at the 3M Open
Justin Thomas on the edge
7/23/23
NEWSLETTER
This One’s for You, MegaCorp
Lasting impressions of the 2023 Champion Golfer of the Year
7/19/23
NEWSLETTER
What to Watch For at the Open Championship
Rory McIlroy's course management
7/16/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Rollback Is Meaningless Without Enforcement
Rolling back technology would be great, but how will it be enforced?
7/14/23
NEWSLETTER
Moving Backwards
Rory's persimmon exhibition in Scotland further demonstrates the equipment over-simplification in golf
7/12/23
NEWSLETTER
What to Watch For at the Scottish Open
Wind, short rough, and Jordan Spieth
7/03/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Showing Flashes
A look at Ludvig Aberg's as a prospect
6/21/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Revisionist History
Rory McIlroy made some mistakes at LACC, but his game plan wasn't one of them
6/19/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Still Searching
Rory McIlroy came up short at LACC, but his approach was better than events past
6/08/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Why I Underestimated Scottie Scheffler
The world's No. 1 golfer, the world's best basketball player, and the perils of the "eye test"
6/01/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Crime & Punishment: How Muirfield Village Illustrates an Oak Hill Flaw
Muirfield Village may not be your cup of tea, but it excels in some areas that make it stand out on the PGA Tour
5/22/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Kicking Field Goals and Crooked Goalposts
A review of the test that faced players at Oak Hill
5/16/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Chipping Away: Viktor Hovland’s Extreme Skill and Glaring Deficiency
The majors are an up-close exam of Hovland's superior skills and persistent weakness
5/09/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
The Empty Space Where the Big Golfer Used to Be
Thoughts on Bryson DeChambeau’s absence from mainstream pro golf
5/01/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Golf Courses as Products of Culture
A different way of understanding golf courses and how we feel about them
4/24/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Lessons I Learned from Caddying
4/21/23
NEWSLETTER
A Parade in Adelaide
Two events this week prove that the competitive spirit of professional golf is sometimes not the top priority.
4/13/23
ARCHITECTURE
The Air Up There
In today's professional game, it often takes an aerial obstacle to test the world's best players
4/05/23
ARCHITECTURE
The Strategic Test of No. 5 at Augusta National
An analysis of an underrated hole at the Masters venue
3/30/23
ARCHITECTURE
TPC San Antonio Is Good, Actually
Why the venue of the Valero Texas Open is an excellent test of PGA Tour golf
3/23/23
ARCHITECTURE
In Praise of the Fairway Bunker
The opener in Austin exhibits the strategy and cost a fairway bunker can impose on a player at the WGC Match Play
3/14/23
ARCHITECTURE
Humility As Strategy
How Scottie Scheffler’s mindset informs his smart tactical approach
3/06/23
ARCHITECTURE
Solver Golf
The trouble with Bay Hill
3/02/23
ARCHITECTURE
You’re Still Away
Asymmetrical risk and what makes a great short par 4
2/18/23
ARCHITECTURE
Full Swing Thoughts Episode 6: Finau, Morikawa, and the series stall
A synopsis of episode six featuring a powerful Tony Finau portrait
2/17/23
ARCHITECTURE
Full Swing Thoughts Episode 5: DJ bails for LIV and Fitzy breaks through
Episode five contrasts two very different personalities with momentous 2022 summers
2/16/23
ARCHITECTURE
Full Swing Thoughts Episode 4: The ‘Imposter’ Joel Dahmen
Does the Netflix golf show shine best during the episode about the least "star" character?
2/01/23
COMPETITIVE GOLF
See You Never
The PGA Tour needs more match play, and the Tour Championship needs a better format, so...
10/07/22
COMPETITIVE GOLF
The Most Reliable Way for a Professional Golfer to Improve
How can Sungjae Im get better?
8/02/22
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Work Your Way Backwards
On the PGA Tour’s continued failure to build a proper schedule
5/31/22
ARCHITECTURE
A Defense of Muirfield Village
Why the Jack Nicklaus-designed host of the Memorial Tournament is an elite ball-striking test
5/17/22
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Jordan Spieth Is Closing the Distance
Spieth's chase for the career slam at the PGA will be aided by an improved weapon
4/14/22
ARCHITECTURE
Bringing Risk and Reward Back to the PGA Tour
A clever design tactic that creates strategic balance in modern professional golf
3/08/22
ARCHITECTURE
TPC Sawgrass Isn’t Completely Random—It’s Just Different
How Pete Dye’s Stadium Course stands out among PGA Tour venues
2/17/22
COMPETITIVE GOLF
Why No. 10 at Riviera Is So Fun to Watch
It’s rare that tee-shot positioning matters on the PGA Tour, but the 10th hole at Riviera Country Club is a rarity
1/27/22
COMPETITIVE GOLF
The Evolution of Cameron Smith
How the Aussie star has turned himself into a top-10 player
1/13/22
COMPETITIVE GOLF
The 2022 PGA Tour Live All-Stars
Three players with underrated skill sets