During a sunny late afternoon in June, Bob Holfelder of Amherst has arranged two games of lawn bowling with six of his friends on a square plot of soft, golf-green grass near the Easter basket at ...

WHEN I ARRIVED at Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club on Beacon Hill, I was concerned to see there were gutters at the end of the square, low-cropped lawn that serves as the alleys for lawn bowling. I am ...

California weather has long attracted out-of-state visitors looking to spend time outdoors. They flock to the golden coast to surf, bike and rock climb and, as it happens, “play bowls.” More than 300 ...

Tucked behind Witter Pool in Mission Park, members of the Spokane Lawn Bowling Club congregate over a pile of colorful spheres. They watch anxiously as one member crouches down, pulls out a ...

If you’ve driven past the Laguna Beach Lawn Bowling Club on Cliff Drive recently, you may have noted the slightly browned greens — thinking, perhaps, that this was the club’s sacrifice during the ...

Brian O'Byrne rolls his bowl toward the jack. Their lawn bowling rink has lights so they can play at night. Essex County Lawn Bowling Club has been around Watsessing Park since the early 1920's. They ...

SEATTLE — Beacon Hill is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Seattle. It's also home to the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club, a club serving lawn bowling enthusiasts since 1942. Team Evening got ...

The afternoon sun is drying out the rink, it’s the last end of the match, and the jack is surrounded. What do you do? Heave and hope to cut your losses, or use your bias to bowl your way to victory?