Editorial

  Whim: Tell me about your relationship to sports JG: I grew up playing everything, I was actually in a youth golf league amongst other sports. Golf was a big part of growing up, my dad golfed a lot. So, I would be on the cart with him in charity...

"WHIM NAISMITH" 2021 Sculpture 41.05705679901831, -72.449447121225 Location: Peconic, NY Spray painted peach basket, bamboo tree trunk, and cotton sheet 145 yards from tee box to target 25’ flag height Whim Naismith gets its name from the late Jim Naismith, a Canadian man who invented basketball by hanging a modified (cut...

There are various ways to influence people to get on the golf course, for many beginners the offering of driving a golf cart can be enticing enough to get a new player to try. Whim wanted to look for the origins of the golf cart and understand it’s lineage. The...

"In the art world I thought I knew, no one would publicly admit to an interest in golf, least of all a young painter who was just making his name." That sentiment was shared by famous painter and artist, Jonas Wood, yet despite those feelings, Wood painted the course where...

Heidi Kim is a friend of Whim Golf, she also happens to own a dry cleaning shop in Chicago, IL. Her store supports the local Lincoln Park neighborhood, keeping dress shirts clean and pants hemmed to the correct length for the patrons who frequent her facility. It was hard to...