Episode 208: Quiet, Please
4/27/202638 min
It's been a fast and noisy start to the 2026 golf season. So, today we're offering a change of pace. Last year, TGJ Editor Tom Coyne escaped to the woods of New York to ruminate on what golf has given him. A week later, he emerged with the foundation of a new book. His words, paired with primary photography from Kohjiro Kinno and Christian Hafer, make up Quiet, Please—a 250-page, large-format hardcover book from The Golfer's Journal. It is, in every way, the opposite of your feed. In this episode, Coyne reflects on the creative process and reads a selection of passages that celebrate the stillness and beauty this game provides—if you listen closely. Find a peaceful spot, pour yourself something dark, and settle in. You deserve this.
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First 90 secondsTom Coyne· Host0:00
Find a peaceful spot, maybe a chair with wide arms or a couch into which you can sink, or an evening patio where you've left your phone inside. Loosen your shoulders, relax your grip, pour yourself something dark, coffee or whiskey, or a steaming cup of tea. Whatever warms your belly, lightens your thoughts, turn down the noise and turn through the pages. Quiet people have the loudest minds. That's what Stephen Hawking believed. One could say the same about golf, a game of tranquil trappings that can blare in our heads. It might all look like a placid stroll, but those of us who hear the course and argue with our game, we know there are conversations out there clamoring for our attention. We can choose to listen to them, or we can notice them and let them pass. We can walk with heads down, distracted, or we can look and learn, leave assessment behind, and be free to feel something rather than judge it. Quiet comes from an old word meaning rest or repose. It references any place that we find peace. The better we become at finding those places, the lighter our days become. For many of us, a golf course is a good spot to start, or maybe a spa or a church, or even a window seat at thirty thousand feet. We can meet quiet in most