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Public Courses Worth Flying Across the Country For

Bethpage Black posts a warning sign at the first tee for a reason. Pick the golf trip that fits the game you actually have.

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Roots Music Isn't a Costume

Del McCoury sang with Bill Monroe in 1963. Billy Strings learned Doc Watson songs from his dad. The line is unbroken, and you can join it.

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The American Biopics Actually Worth Your Saturday Night

Thirteen real lives on film, with runtimes, ratings, the content concerns named plainly, and which ones the kids can actually sit through.

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The Golf Rules That Actually Come Up on a Saturday Morning

Three minutes to find it, knee height to drop it, and the free relief you keep leaving on the table. The ten situations that decide your score.

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Johnny Cash Never Served Time in Prison

The straight version: the pills that nearly killed him, the gospel records nobody bought, and the four months between June's funeral and his own.

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Old Movies Grandparents and Grandkids Can Actually Finish

A working plan for the couch: which classics hold a seven-year-old, which ones need a warning first, and the fifteen-minute trick that beats black-and-white resistance.

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Golf After Sixty Without Wrecking Your Back

You didn't lose 30 yards to age alone. Most of it is turn, tee box and a driver that's two degrees too strong.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

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How to Take Your Family to a Concert and Actually Enjoy It

Ear muffs, curfew math, and the kind of shows that work with a seven-year-old in tow. Plus the mistake most dads make at the merch table.

GuideMovies & TVSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Father and Son Movies That Actually Hit Hard

Twelve films about fathers and sons worth a Saturday night, with the content concerns named up front and the right age for each.

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GuideGolfRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Play Twice the Golf on Half the Money

Twilight rates, prior-generation clubs and the nine-hole habit will get you on the course more often than any new driver ever will.

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Build a Home Stereo That Actually Sings for Under $1,000

Spend it in the right order, put the speakers in the right place, and a thousand dollars buys you a system you'll keep for twenty years.

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Build a Home Theater Your Family Will Actually Use

Spend the first four hundred dollars on sound, not screen size, and three other decisions that separate a real movie room from a pile of boxes.

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The Golf Ball You Should Be Playing If You Shoot 95

Urethane, ionomer, compression, Costco boxes and the two-sleeve test that tells you what your own short game actually wants.

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Clean Music a Teenager Will Actually Turn Up

The playlist loses the second you call it clean. Here's what to play instead, artist by artist, and how to get it past a fifteen-year-old.

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Old TV Shows That Still Work on Modern Kids

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How to Play the Hole After the Triple Bogey

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GuideMusicDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Turn a Story Into a Song Without Losing the Story

The craft behind a three-minute country, gospel or bluegrass song, from the one-sentence test to the line you'll have to cut.

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Survival Films Worth Pausing to Talk About With Your Kids

What one man can do, another can do — and a handful of adventure movies that actually teach it, with the content concerns named up front.

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