Courtesy: Play Golf America The game of recreational golf is in trouble in North America. And there are a number of reasons to make that statement. First of all, the number of recreational rounds...
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A Typical Mansion at Mission Hills Here's a question for you: where is the world's largest golf resort? North Carolina? South Carolina? Arizona? Spain? Dubai? Texas? The answer may surprise...
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2006 Ryder Cup, K Club, Ireland Courtesy: K Club It took awhile to count the money but Ireland was a big winner at last year's Ryder Cup. According to Ryder Cup director, Richard Hills, the...
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Courtesy: BBC Sport I see that Nick Faldo has thrown his hat into the ring and is joining the Champions Tour this summer. Faldo's first foray with the old farts will take place at Muirfield for...
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Courtesy: Predator Ridge, British Columbia The beauty of golf is that it is played virtually everywhere in the world. That affords the traveling golfer plenty of opportunities to see some majestic...
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Courtesy: Canadian Golf Academy I never compare myself to a professional golfer. To do so would simply be silly. But today I am going to do just that, up to a point. As I had said in a post the......
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Courtesy: Golf Digest It is and likely always will be the amateur golfer's Holy Grail: more distance off the tee. As golfers everywhere know only too well, that is easier said than done. Why?...
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Wyndandsea Project, Ucluelet, British Columbia Jack Nicklaus doesn't play much golf anymore. It's a shame that the greatest player to tee it up has hung it up, seemingly for good. Apparently,...
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Hallelujah! I have hit balls for the first time this golf season! I headed out to a range near me on Friday afternoon, the temperature climbing into the 70s F or low 20s C - take your pick, it was......
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Nike World HQ, Beaverton, Oregon I received an email on Thursday from David Dawsey, patent lawyer and creator of Golf-Patents.com golf blog. I interviewed David recently on patent filings in the golf...
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Courtesy: ImageWire Two of golf's veteran champions were finally elected to the Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Now, I can never figure out how some sports figures get right into their respective...
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The weather forecast has finally improved. And I may just be able to get outside this weekend and hit balls for the first time this spring. There's always high anticipation when I hit that initial...
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Courtesy: BBC Three British Open titles and two Masters wins. That's a superb golf career by even the highest of standards. To win twice on the treacherous Augusta National at the peak of its...
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Courtesy: Reuters If DNA contains character traits as well as physical traits, then India may produce the next great international golfer. Lost in the media hubbub of the 2007 Masters was the presence...
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In my recent interview with patent lawyer and golfer, David Dawsey, he talked about the patents that had been filed by ball makers like Callaway and Bridgestone. If you have looked at his site, you...
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Golf is very much an "individual" game. It's often played as golfer against golf course. That truly reflects the nature of golf - a game played one shot at a time over terrain designed...
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Big Bad Sumo2 The golf consumer is "thumbing the nose" at Nike. It has been several weeks since the clubmaker announced it was recalling its new Sumo2 Square Head drivers because of...
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The outcome of golf tournaments - particularly the majors - is hugely important to a lot of people. It's important not just to the winner or the caddy who gets a share of the prize money or the...
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Seve Ballesteros Courtesy: BBC Lost in the noise and the rush to glory on Sunday at the Masters were the fallen, those who had failed to make the cut or had completely lost their way over the final...
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Coco Beach Golf and Country Club For all the time that Chi Chi Rodriguez played the PGA Tour, he must have longed for a sanctioned tournament in his home country of Puerto Rico. Well, now he's got...
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Courtesy: AFP/Getty Images What is the measure of a true champion? Good question and it's being asked in different ways this week. Zach Johnson, Masters Champion. It does have an odd ring to it...
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Thai Muang Golf Club, Phuket, Thailand The Masters is over for another year; the first major of the season, done. And it was a good one. As much as it is the first major, the Masters has always...
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