I turn 50 tomorrow. I'm handling it better.

I've given a gift to myself and written a column - I compare each hole of Pinehurst No. 2 to a Bruce Springsteen song.

Will post it tomorrow.

A teaser:

My kid is wonderful and is trying to make it in a world that is impossibly hard. And I am very proud of that. And so I am very proud that she was cast in a show featured at the New York Theatre Festival:

Congratulations, Internet. We have a new meme thanks to dejected, middle-finger saluting, Mich Ultra-holding Alabama fan.

@joeposnanski.com Have you done this before? What are the 10 greatest month-long stretches in history?

When pitchers and catchers report, you wear your Sho Cubs Sho shirt.

Obviously.

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Yeah, this is not surprising at all.

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On Pinehurst No. 2, really, where else would my ball and I be when BeReal went off?

I love Love LOVE this company. Thank you, all. Merry Christmas to me! @obviousshirts.bsky.social

This guy, who gave us 15 amazing years, will always be the World's Greatest Barkley:

On a beautiful fall morning in Pinehurst, thinking back on when the U.S. Open was here - and about to leave - and the place that always remains:

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