I have never met Jack Nicklaus. Most of us haven't although a colleague of mine, Robert Thompson, interviewed The Golden Bear at one of his latest golf design projects in British Columbia. From...
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Courtesy: getty images The smell of money is a powerful scent and more and more golfers are sniffing the winds carrying that scent out of the Middle East. World number 17, Luke Donald, has become the...
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by Chris Henry on December 29, 2007
Courtesy; getty images At what age in a golfer's career is he or she most confident? This may seem like an odd question to pose but don't we often equate confidence with youth in the same way...
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The Big Day is nearly here. Everyone has checked his or her list twice and has fingers crossed. scotland on sunday newspaper has published its list of wishes for golfdom and it's a cute one. Give...
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by Chris Henry on December 23, 2007
English golfer, Justin Rose, who has recently earned the honor of being Europe's number one golfer now has his sites set on catching and surpassing Tiger Woods as world number one. However,...
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by Chris Henry on December 21, 2007
One golfer who will be glad to see the back of 2007 is Michelle Wie. The past year has been an unmitigated disaster, two giant steps back. Her game was nowhere because she rushed two wrist injuries...
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Courtesy: Golf Digest 2007 winds down and the conclusion of another year often leads to reflection. As I look back on the year, the first for eagleparbirdie.com, and consider all that has been...
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Donald Trump's Scottish golf project (or is it fiasco?) has taken yet another turn. You'll recall that the Scottish Parliament stepped in after the local infrastructure committee of the...
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by Chris Henry on December 17, 2007
Courtesy: AP Tiger Woods wins again. Is this a surprise? Of course not. It would be a surprise if he didn't win. Here's a man who has been world number one for so long that most of us...
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by Chris Henry on December 17, 2007
Courtesy: Toya Golf Club, Warsaw The European Tour has announced that Poland will once again be on the pro golf map. The Tour's Challenge Tour - their equivalent of the Nationwide Tour in the U.S....
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by Chris Henry on December 15, 2007
I often receive emails asking me to promote one thing or another and, just as often, I discard them. Occasionally, a gem lands in my inbox and results in a good story, such as my recent interview...
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by Chris Henry on December 14, 2007
Courtesy: Golf Digest Frank Chirkinian has been inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame for his efforts in the game of golf. Who is Frank Chirkinian? A touring pro no one has ever heard of? Anything...
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by Chris Henry on December 12, 2007
Courtesy: AP It was the kind of remark that PGA Commissioner, Tim Finchem, must have nightmares about when he imagines a worst case scenario for his FedEx Cup. Tiger Woods, fresh of his latest pga...
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The Dunes of Aberdeenshire Martin Ford has been fired, the first and probably not the last casualty in the Trump Scotland golf controversy. Ford was head of the planning committee for Aberdeenshire...
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Courtesy: Royal Melbourne Golf Club What happens when you hand a hickory-shafted wooden head club to a modern-day tour pro? One thing that happens is the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of how...
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by Chris Henry on December 09, 2007
There is a good piece in today's guardian newspaper in Great Britain on the challenge facing the European Tour Player's Committee in the wake of the announced Dubai World Championship, the...
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by Chris Henry on December 07, 2007
Courtesy: Augusta.com Someone opened a window at Augusta National and a breath of fresh air is sweeping down the stuffy corridors. the masters committee announced this week several changes to next...
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My, my, what a surprise. The Scottish parliament has wrestled the massive Trump golf project out of the hands of the local Aberdeenshire Council whose planning committee rejected the proposal nearly...
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Courtesy: Western Gailes, Scotland We've been on a wee bit of a Scottish thing lately thanks to The Donald. I came across this story in the Scotsman newspaper written by Sam Torrance....
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by Chris Henry on December 05, 2007
Boo Weekley: Nationwide Grad with a Winning Edge The Nationwide Tour has released its report detailing the 2007 golf season. And it's a pretty interesting read. There should be no question in...
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Courtesy: PA Here's one more post on Donald Trump's star-crossed project to build what he calls "the greatest links golf courses in Scotland as part of a golf development that will become...
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by Chris Henry on December 03, 2007
Those who have written off David Duval may need to rethink their positions. Duval went through hell and back from about 2002 until the present. First, it was vertigo, then relationship problems. But...
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