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by Chris Henry on November 30, 2007
Monty in Full Stride There's a clever line in Kenny Rogers' old hit, The Gambler, which goes something like this: "...know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em"....
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The Par 3, 15th at Cypress Point. Courtesy: caddybytes.com Tuesday, January 10th, 1956. It's the week of Bing Crosby's annual Clambake, well before the days when Crosby's famous...
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The northern climes of North America and Europe are fast being enveloped in another winter season, the anathema of all golfers. I have long been of the position that a golfer in a climate with a...
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Courtesy: Trump Golf Michael Forbes was no one in particular until The Donald blew into his part of the world (see yesterday's post). Trump is planning a massive and massively expensive golf...
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Courtesy: WireImage.com In 1983, Burt Lancaster starred in a film called Local Hero. It was about an oil tycoon who wanted to buy a Scottish fishing village in order to exploit the offshore oil in...
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by Chris Henry on November 23, 2007
Olazabal Course, Mission Hills, Shenzhen, China The global golf media was a-twitter yesterday after round one of the World Cup of Golf in China. That's because the American duo of Boo Weekley and...
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Tim Finchem has reacted to the European Tour's announcement of its own version of the FedEx Cup. Finchem says the newly minted Dubai World Championship, with its purse of 10 million dollars is...
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by Chris Henry on November 21, 2007
Courtesy: Jumeirah Golf Estates The European Tour honchos, always looking to keep up with the Jones's, have decided to create their own version of the FedEx Cup. Like the PGA, the European PGA...
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My father-in-law passed away last night. Bob loved golf; he loved playing it, watching it, talking about it. He loved the camaraderie that the game brings. He loved the thrill the game can supply; he...
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Andrew Coltart's Average Driving Distance: 268 Yards It has become an ongoing issue in professional golf: length off the tee. For some golfers, usually the top money earners, distance with the...
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by Chris Henry on November 14, 2007
Curtis Strange, Hubert Green: Inducted Last April, Curtis Strange and Hubert Green were finally elected to the Golf Hall of Fame. It was a long time coming for two fine golfers with track records...
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by Chris Henry on November 13, 2007
There was a time, 75 years ago or thereabouts, that golf was a simple game. The best golfers were amateurs, men of class and leisure, who played for the pure joy of competing to win. To win what?...
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Courtesy: Frank Thomas The golf guru, Frank Thomas, provides another of his famous "doses of reality" in his latest Q and A with readers in Frankly Golf. A guy writes in to complain that...
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by Chris Henry on November 10, 2007
Phil Promotes Olympic Golf Golf at the Olympics is an enticing proposition, one that heated up again - at least a little - when Phil Mickelson chimed in from Shanghai. Lefty is playing at the HSBC...
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Courtesy: golfworld.com In 2006, LPGA veteran Betsy King traveled to Africa to see first hand how AIDS was destroying a continent. One of the countries she visited was Rwanda. As you should recall,...
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The athlete, amateur or professional, is often revered in our world. A cricketer from Pakistan, a footballer from Spain, a race driver from Charlotte or a golfer from the hills of Virginia - all hold...
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by Chris Henry on November 06, 2007
Courtesy: Sheshan International Golf Club The 2006/2007 European Tour came to an end last Sunday when Justin Rose captured the Volvo Masters and with it, the European Order of Merit. The 2007/2008...
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Courtesy: Edward Keating/golf.com Mini-putt tournaments are to golf tournaments what model railways are to the full-sized steel tracks and diesel locomotives. They are tiny Mini-Me versions of the...
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by Chris Henry on November 04, 2007
Courtesy: Pbase/Nina The Royal and Ancient released a number of rules changes this past week. I don't think they did it intentionally but their announcement fell on Hallowe'en. The changes are...
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by Chris Henry on November 03, 2007
Courtesy: BBC World class professional golfers have very busy schedules. The closer the golfer is to the top 10 - or to world number one - the busier the schedule. And that necessitates planning...
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by Chris Henry on November 02, 2007
There is one thing that journalists everywhere love and that's a good story. Now, a good story can be a bad story. And often that's what constitutes a good story. If you're a little...
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Ernie's In Synch Courtesy: Golf Digest I have come to the conclusion that the golf swing is like religion - there is one that is perfect for each of us. What happens when you realize that there...
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