The Modern Gentleman's Blog

Casey Martin last made a US Open appearance in 1998, right here at the Olympic Club. In the years since then, Martin won a widely heralded Supreme Court case against the PGA Tour, and took a job as golf coach at the University of Oregon. But Martin wasn’t the only Duck on the green Wednesday morning. [...]

There are a lot of names floating around the US Open today — Woods, Mickelson, defending champ Rory McIlroy, and the youngest competitor the Open has ever seen, Andy Zhang (14!). The guy we’re excited to see is Bill Haas. He’s always one of the best-looking guys on the course, and it may have something [...]

We were perusing this fresh run-down on Matt Cain‘s perfect game, when we found this item, buried deep in the AP story: “Cain’s day had already been a success. He was granted permission from general manager Brian Sabean to hit one drive into McCovey Cove alongside U.S. Open golfer Dustin Johnson before the game to [...]

San Francisco’s Olympic Club hosts the US Open this week, and if history is any indication, it’s going to be an unpredictable and extremely difficult course for the contestants. Forbes magazine notes, “The U.S. Open has been contested at The Olympic Club 4 times previously (1955, 1966, 1987, 1998), and only 4 golfers total across those 4 tournaments finished the tournament [...]

Peter Millar’s new Element4 line makes attiring yourself for nasty weather simple. Each garment provides one main type of protection, indicated by the key word on the label: wicking, warmth, wind, or water. Layer your clothes based on the words you’ll need. San Francisco in February? Reach for warmth and water (and wind, too, which [...]

As you may have noticed, we are slowly starting to introduce more video to our website. We are probably 3 years late to this, but better late than never. If you go to our page describing Peter Millar’s Microfiber Jacket today, all you’ll read is:  "Peter Millar’s Microfiber Blouson Jacket features button cuffs, a partial [...]