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by Chris Henry on January 31, 2007
Courtesy: Bell Bay, Nova Scotia Golf is a huge business around the world. That may come as no surprise when you fork over 30 or 40 bucks for a box of balls or a grand on some new irons. But......
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Courtesy: Golf Industry Online The dream of every serious golfer is to make a pilgrimage to the home of the game: Scotland. And once there, of course, to play on some true Scottish courses, perhaps...
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by Chris Henry on January 29, 2007
Courtesy: Jeff Gross/Getty Images Brandt Snedeker didn't win the Buick Open on Sunday. Tiger did. And Snedeker's finest moment at the Buick was in round one when he fired an incredible 11...
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by Chris Henry on January 28, 2007
Courtesy: UCLA Bruins The Big Show is well and truly underway. Tiger Woods is back in action. He's in his first tournament of the season at the Buick Invitational and the media have cranked up...
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Courtesy: Paradise Canyon G&CC Ever heard of Lethbridge, Alberta? Well, Lethbridge is in the heart of cowboy Country in Canada's west. Alberta is nestled between British Columbia to the west...
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by Chris Henry on January 26, 2007
Courtesy: BBC Sport There's a fun website out of the UK that's worth a look, if for no other reason but for its cutting humor. It's called Golf Punk Online. And that gives you a clue......
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Courtesy: Jazz Golf So, your kid is hooked on golf; he or she has been to a really good junior camp (see yesterday's post) and now it's time to buy some clubs. Where do you begin? Kids are not...
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Courtesy: Canadian golf academy, PEI. My wife and I played a quick nine holes late one sunny Sunday afternoon back in September. We were paired up with a father and his son, who was about 12. Dad...
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Courtesy: Golf Town There are some words and phrases these days that are becoming increasingly significant in our vocabularies. In the world of golf, there is perhaps one phrase that says it all:...
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Golf is a level playing field. It's probably the only sport on the planet where someone who's a billionaire and someone who's unemployed can compete on even terms, their professions and...
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Courtesy: GolfRewind.com Got that Momentus yet? Take a look at yesterday's post, if you're wondering what I'm talking about! Today, we'll continue the conversation about swing aids by...
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Courtesy: Momentus Golf There's one thing that I, you and hundreds of manufacturers around the world have discovered about ourselves. We'll buy anything that might have half a chance of...
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by Chris Henry on January 19, 2007
Courtesy: ESPN A couple of topics from the pro tours, today. First, let's re-visit a post from the other day on Michelle Wie. I ranted about how she was ruining her game by continually trying to...
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Courtesy: Canadian golf academy The first thing I did when I took up golf some 26 years ago was to make a critical error in judgment. I thought I could learn the golf swing from a book. It was all......
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Courtesy: Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday I remember a great golfing road trip two buddies and I took way back in 1985. One of us had won the use of a rental car for a week at our corporate golf...
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Courtesy: Jazz Golf I decided to upgrade my driver two years ago and bring it in line with modern technology. You don't want to know what I had been using before but it was VERY OLD. Anyway, as...
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Courtesy: Golfindustryonline.com Golf is not an easy game to play. We all know that. It's an on-going battle to get length off the tee and keep the ball in the fairway at the same time. But when...
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Courtesy: Radium Resort One photo doesn't do this post justice. It's Radium Resort in British Columbia on Canada's west coast. And it's the latest installment from eagleparbirdie.com...
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by Chris Henry on January 13, 2007
Courtesy: AP Michelle Wie struggled in the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday and had to claw and fight to a closing 78. She struggled in round two and finished with 76. She missed the...
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Courtesy: Camp Olympia There's a practice facility I sometimes go to early in the golf season. It's one of those facilities that have plenty of mats. There's a handy 12 hole (!) course...
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Courtesy: Bret Douglas/LPGA Many years ago, I was a member at a club north of Toronto. One day, on the eve of the Canadian Open which was still being held each year at Glen Abbey, a bunch of us...
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Photo: Courtesy Wooden Sticks The closest most of us will come to playing Augusta National is on a golf simulator somewhere. But how many of us hackers have longed to walk down the 13th fairway at...
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