Editorial

Michael C. Thorpe is an artist and athlete best-known for his quilts. He played college basketball at Emerson College at has shown art in galleries and museums across the US and world. Michael's art has become a fixture in Whim's "Free Golf" putting green installations in NYC. "Whim Water Bugs"...

Growing up in Buffalo I didn’t play a ton of golf. I played about the same amount or less as any other sport -- hockey, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, squash, etc.  I don’t remember my first time going to the “Golf Dome” now formally called the Paddock Chevrolet Golf Dome...

  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...

"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...