The match is live.
Andy Walker has won four national championships — one as a player, three as a coach. At his peak, the only African American golfer ranked ahead of him was Tiger Woods.
So when we teed it up at The Pearl at Kalauao — 6 a.m., no warm-up, every putt breaking toward Pearl Harbor — I did what any self-respecting amateur would do: I took five shots a side.
This is SHOT FOR SHOT, our new match series. A real match with real needle — and inside it, five Cheat Codes you can take straight to your own Saturday game:
Stay on Offense — why "first and 40" beats the perfect layup
Never Fade Into the Wind — the Trevino rule
Which Side of the Tee? — the biggest myth in golf
Ball Below Your Feet — what everyone who shoots 90 gets backwards
Bogey Is a Good Miss — how 15s turn into 9s
And stick around for the ending. What Andy's building next — the Charlie Sifford Academy — is the best thing in this video. Much more on that soon.
Forward this to the buddy in your foursome who thinks extra shots make it fair.