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by Chris Henry on February 28, 2008
Courtesy: India Times Remember Arjun Atwal? He's the Indian golfer who showed his talent for the game in 2006 on the PGA Tour. In fact, he was the first Indian golfer to ever qualify for the PGA...
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What constitutes a hard core golfer today? The guy or gal willing to play in a downpour? The weekend duffer who drives two hours to play a track he hasn't experienced before but has heard about?...
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by Chris Henry on February 25, 2008
Courtesy: CBS Sports What can you say? What CAN you say? Tiger Woods is as close to golf perfection as any human being can possibly come. His feats are reaching the point where golf writers are simply...
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by Chris Henry on February 23, 2008
Courtesy: GolfWeek It's Saturday evening in the Eastern Time Zone, the eve of the World Golf Championship finale. Tiger Woods has just won his semi-final nail-biter against the defending champion,...
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by Chris Henry on February 22, 2008
Monty: Back to Back Wins Courtesy: Reuters Gilagolf. In the Malay language, it apparently means "golf crazy". Gilagolf is also a new golf blog. It's the work of Stevie Heong and his...
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by Chris Henry on February 21, 2008
The Gallery at Dove Mountain, Tucson. Home of the WGC Tucson, Arizona hosts the first event in the World Golf Championships series which saw round one yesterday. This is when tour players take a...
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Nickent Manufacturing has become the latest club maker to join the interchangeable shaft revolution, the new technology that took the PGA Merchandise Show by storm last month. Thanks to a rule change...
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Courtesy: Greg Hand It's now the halfway point in February. Only four weeks until Spring. Another eight weeks until Spring really arrives in the snowy North. Golf is back on network TV with...
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Courtesy: Today'sGolfer.co.uk I watched most of round three of the Northern Trust Open - formerly the Nissan Open - on television yesterday afternoon. My first thought was "uh oh, another...
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Courtesy: Hookedongolfblog.com The science of metallurgy has taken golf equipment forward in leaps and bounds in the past 10 years. The use of titanium and other even stranger sounding metals,...
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by Chris Henry on February 14, 2008
Courtesy: Reuters The PGA Tour Players Advisory Council has expressed its deep concerns over the new cut rule implemented this season. Many players are angry with the rule which essentially says you...
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The par-5 9th at Kissimmee Bay There is a good reason that The Golf Channel is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. When the staff aren't working, they can play the game at any of literally dozens...
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I've just returned from a short, 4-day golf break in Florida. For a Canadian struggling through a very snowy winter where I am re-evaluating global warming as just a theory after all, it was a...
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The latest chapter in Donald Trump's enormous Scottish golf resort project has been written and the conclusion doesn't seem in sight. Trump and his minions appeared before an all-party...
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Courtesy: Wente Vineyards One of the most beautiful places in the world to play golf - at least in my mind - is the Monterey Peninsula. Frankly, any place in that part of California is great, whether...
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Shannon Golf Club Golf courses and airports don't get along very well. It's about the noise, frankly. Although that raucous crowd at the FBR Open in Phoenix last SuperBowl weekend could rival...
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We have grown used to golfers who can nut the ball 300+ yards off the tee at will. And most of us know from our own experience with club fitters or just from listening to the commentators that...
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Courtesy: Today's Golfer The women's professional golf game has truly gone global. And it has been the LPGA Tour's salvation. LPGA players are starting to pull in some decent sponsorship...
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Airline travel these days is a lot like having someone stick a fork in your eye. It's expensive and cut-rate at the same time; you pay hefty taxes on top of your ticket price and you have to...
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by Chris Henry on February 04, 2008
Courtesy: CBS News Tiger Woods won again on Sunday in a storming, come-from-behind charge. Granted, he put himself in that position with some sloppy play midway through his round. Phil Mickelson...
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Courtesy: Land-Mar It's a principle in the business world that out of confusion and uncertainty comes opportunity. The recent economic upheaval in the United States due to the sub-prime mortgage...
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Courtesy: shop-safe.com On New Year's Day I wrote that the internet was opening up yet another avenue for golfers: the online video golf lesson. I questioned the true value of such an experience...
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