Courtesy: Nate Oxman Raise your hand if you remember Calvin Peete. Peete was the black golfer who had a handful of years on the PGA Tour that were stellar. He had a big toothy grin, a quiet dignity...
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Courtesy: Le Meridien Penina Resort A while ago, I signed up to receive travel e-mails from the New York Times. Basically the Times passes on travel deals without endorsing them; it's junk mail...
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This blog site is "equipped" to permit Google, that omnipresent monetizer of the internet, to place ads on the URL known as eagleparbirdie.com. For the past couple of days, an ad for a...
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Carl Spackler, aka, Bill Murray Hollywood loves golf. They've made a movie or two about it. And Hollywood actors love golf, too. Kevin Costner, James Garner, Jack Lemmon, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby,...
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Westchester Country Club, New York Courtesy: Golflink.com The first of the "playoff" events in the FedEx Cup series is in the bag. Has your pulse stopped racing? A lot was made of Tiger...
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Courtesy: Niagara Parks Commission There are many examples of government involvement in the private sector. There are also many examples where that involvement has not been productive. In Canada,...
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Courtesy: Pole Creek, Colorado I am always moved by examples of human greatness. It's not so much the deeds but the determination that I find so compelling in our species. Determination is the...
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One of my favorite golf bloggers is Kristen Williams. I find her opinions both entertaining and down to earth. Kristen writes a regular column for World Golf.com and her current musings are right on...
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Courtesy: Golf Digest One of the strengths of blogging and the so-called Web 2.0 world is the instant feedback that a blogger can receive and a reader can create in the form of "comments"....
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Christina Kim takes on Royal Mayfair Courtesy: AP Photo There is a fascinating study in contrasts happening right now in Canadian professional golf. Two cases in point, both of which happen to be...
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Courtesy: Golf Magazine Golfers are suckers. We search and search for the Holy Grail of Instruction, stumbling from theory to theory and never seeming to find one that works. Many of us have tried...
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Courtesy: BBC Two popular points of view have clashed in the wake of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Tiger Woods said following his win - his 13th major victory - that his fitness level was...
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Courtesy: North Granite Ridge, Port Sydney, Ontario There are many truths in the game of golf. But one stands out for me today. It's the maxim that you can leave the Big Stick in the bag and still...
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The world of sports is littered with examples of parents who got in the way of their children's successful professional careers. Women's tennis is rife with them. Men's golf has its share...
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Laura Diaz - Courtesy: LET Another golf tour has fallen in line. The Ladies European Golf Tour has announced that, effective next season, an anti-doping policy will be in effect. While the LET has...
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Courtesy: blogs.bootsnall.com The Dog Days of August are upon us. Our swings are in true mid-season form - for better or worse. Our favorite golfers have either won majors or blown up trying to....
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Courtesy: Mike F. Campbell My blogging colleague, patent lawyer David Dawsey, has unearthed another nugget in his daily gold-mining expeditions. David writes Golf-Patents.com in which he documents...
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I received an involuntary lesson in appreciation the other day. My wife and I took my 82 year old father-in-law out to play 9 holes. Bob has been an avid golfer all his life, a former champion at his...
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The Russian Open While the big boys teed it up at Firestone on Sunday for the final round of the latest WGC event, the precursor to next week's final major of the year, the European Tour was...
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Courtesy: Getty Images Well known golf writer, Lorne Rubenstein, wrote a story this week in which he commented about how much touring pros take for granted when it comes to the perks of the job....
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Alessandro Pissilli: A Guilty Golfer? Could Gary Player be right? Are there players who are taking steroids and cheating the game? An Italian golfer, Alessandro Pissilli, has been suspended by the...
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