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Golfers are passionate about their beloved game.  What do you get the golfer who has everything?  A gift certificate or case of golf balls just won’t cut it.
Take a closer look at six luxury gifts for golfers.  Full article

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The Masters Tournament is one of the two majors that has a permanent home.  The Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, USA, plays host to the annual golf competition that’s rich in history and tradition.
Bob Jones and Clifford Roberts purchased the Fruitlands Nurseries in 1931, and with the help of golf architect “supremo”, Alister Mackenzie, turned the turf [...]

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For the past decade, golf has been in the middle of a technology “Golden Age”, thanks to graphite shafts, titanium drivers, and golf balls with multiple personalities. Oh, what a difference they made. The ball launched higher and farther and depending on the club, spun hardly at all or like the dickens.
The was depressing for [...]

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Tiger Woods is on an amazing roll these days. He is thoroughly dominated the PGA tour with win after win.  What’s left as a goal, to win every tournament he plays? Tiger is off to a perfect start in 2008 after another victory, beating Stewart Cink in the $8 million Accenture Match Play Championship.
The margin of his [...]

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In just the past two decades, luxury suites and other premium seating for football, basketball, baseball, hockey, etc… have transformed the way sports franchises make money and build venues.
   
Luxury suites, often incorrectly referred to as “sky boxes,” are exclusive, enclosed areas within a sports venue that offer the latest amenities and top of the [...]

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We can all recall our favorite Super Bowl commercials, whether they happened last year or ten years ago. Apple’s original Mac commercial was amazing. How about the classic Budweiser horse football, or the Fed-Ex “Cast Away” ads?
The Times is reporting today that this year’s crop of crazy expensive Super Bowl ads is going to be [...]

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Avid golfers know that it’s a challenge to play 18 holes during Winter, without braving the unpredictable elements of Mother Nature.  Fret no more.  As luck would have it, some of the U.S.’s finest golf resorts lie south of the winter golf border.   Several golf travel experts offered Forbes Traveler their top 10 picks.
From the northernmost [...]

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Marion Jones has been the queen of women’s sprinting.  She racked up three Olympic gold medals and five total medals at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Australia.  The U.S. Olympic team once named her the “the world’s fastest mom.”
Well, she won’t be running any longer as she announced her retirement after pleading guilty to [...]

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Joe Torre was offered a one-year contract with a pay cut, to remain manager of the New York Yankees.  He turned it down, even though it still would have made him the highest paid manager in Major League Baseball.  His legacy of four World Series titles and 12 consecutive years making the playoffs, apparently wasn’t [...]

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