Last Thursday, veteran golf architect Jerry Matthews was the guest of honor at a golf event at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich., whose course he had expanded to 18 holes nearly three ...

Perhaps. But also a window into the golfing soul. Not to get all Shivas Irons on you, but Jerry’s quest is a microcosm of the golf experience playing out in real time: the challenge, the ...

Jack Berry, legendary Michigan golf writer, had a nickname for famed architect Jerry Matthews. He called him our state's "Johnny Appleseed." Matthews, after all, spread his seeds of golf-course ...