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British Open - Making Golf History

by admin on July 18, 2008

The British Open is one of the world’s four major tournaments—with the Masters Tournament, the U.S. Open, and the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Championship—and the oldest continually run championship in the sport.
The British Open is a unique event and is of great importance to professionals and amateur golfers alike, as well as to fans of [...]

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U.S. Open Golf History

by admin on June 13, 2008

Beginning in 1895 as almost an afterthought to the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Open golf tournament is now one of golf’s four majors, and one of the most storied tournaments in the world.
The United States Golf Association holds the tournament, which is held on some of the top-rated and most well-respected golf courses around the [...]

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Must Have Luxury Gifts for Golf Lovers

by admin on April 23, 2008

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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High-Tech Golf Swing

by admin on March 19, 2008

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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The Amazing Tiger Woods, Who Can Stop Him?

by admin on February 25, 2008

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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Top Winter Golf Resorts

by admin on December 7, 2007

 
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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Is Adam Scott The Next Great Golfer?

by admin on October 20, 2007

Adam Scott, the happy-go-lucky 26-year-old Australian with the gorgeous swing, insists that deep within his being lurks a ruthless competitor. Even if watching him after a blown putt or a shanked drive is like watching someone studying a painting in a museum—his apparent placidity, the almost unnerving even keel, he says, is misleading. Full article

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Golf never hurt so good

by admin on October 20, 2007

It’s 7:15 p.m. on Monday, April 23. I might be the happiest I’ve ever felt on any given  golf course. Not because my tee shot soared straight and true down the middle of Littlestone Golf Club’s 498-yard, par-5 18th hole, but because the finishing line of my 72-hole golf marathon was in sight. Full article

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“Four”! Try a Cruise Ship Golf Simulator

by admin on October 19, 2007

 
It’s been almost 20 years since hitting golf balls into the ocean was banned. For golf junkies with the urge to play, it’s the next best thing. Using real balls and clubs, plastic grass, electronic sensors and a video screen, the simulators combine the feel of playing golf with the visuals of a live P.G.A. [...]

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