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Tim McDonald Tim McDonald

Flawed intelligence: George Bush and giving up golf

Thursday May 15, 2008 | 11:15 AM
Talk about flawed intelligence. I?m referring to George Bush?s I.Q., not the baloney he and his cronies cooked up to wage war on Iraq. Bush says he gave up golf to show solidarity with the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even ...
William K. Wolfrum William K. Wolfrum

Will Dot Wong join Annika Sorenstam, Justine Henin in retirement?

Wednesday May 14, 2008 | 11:04 PM
On consecutive days, two of the world?s top female athletes have decided to call it quits. First, Annika Sorenstam announced that 2008 would be her final year, and today world No. 1 women?s tennis player Justine Henin announced her tennis ...
Dot Wong Dot Wong

Annika Sorenstam to retire at season's end

Wednesday May 14, 2008 | 02:53 PM
Annika Sorenstam said Tuesday she is retiring from professional golf at the end of this season. The 37-year-old Swede, who said she?d been thinking about retiring ?for a while,? has won 72 LPGA Tour titles in her career. The Dubai ...
Jennifer Mario Jennifer Mario

Annika Sorenstam says: no more golf for me, thanks, I'm done

Tuesday May 13, 2008 | 02:02 PM
Big news in the golf world: Annika Sorenstam announced this afternoon that she?s planning to ?step away from competitive golf? after this season. Wow and wow. Sorenstam has achieved pretty much every honor known to pro golf. The Hall of Famer ...
Golf with Shanks Golf with Shanks

Annika Sorenstam Will Retire at the End of 2008 Season

Tuesday May 13, 2008 | 01:18 PM
Well, I?ll be. The Associated press is reporting that Annika Sorenstam is calling it quits at the end of this golf year to pursue business interests and, more importantly to start her own family. Go figure. Just as she appears ...
Brandon Tucker Brandon Tucker

Hidden links gem alert: Church Course at St. Enodoc Golf Club in Southwest England

Monday May 12, 2008 | 11:14 PM
PADSTOW, CORWALL - Unless you are well versed in the countless links gems of the British Isles, or are an avid reader of GolfEurope.com, where architect Tom Doak listed St. Enodoc among his top five ?undiscovered? links, you?ve probably never ...
Chris Baldwin Chris Baldwin

Vancouver Island's Fisherman's Wharf kicks San Francisco's horrid Fisherman Wharf's butt

Monday May 12, 2008 | 09:40 PM
Fisherman?s Wharf in San Francisco is one of the worst tourist monstrosities of all time. The world famous Fisherman?s Wharf manages to pull off the difficult task of combing garish rip-off tourist trinkets and outrageous prices at really bad supposedly ...
Kiel Christianson Kiel Christianson

Paul Goydos almost wins one for the rest of us

Sunday May 11, 2008 | 07:56 PM
Paul Goydos is 42 years old, and a portly 5?9?, 190 lbs. He hits sort of a cut shot (i.e, a controlled slice), not terribly far, but extremely reliable. He putts with one of those huge, ugly mallet putters ? ...
Ron Mon Ron Mon

News Bulletin: Players Championship replaces Masters as Major Championship

Friday May 9, 2008 | 02:30 PM
It seems that the folks at Sawgrass are not averse to low scores, unlike their neighbors to the (barely) north. Forget Augusta National; they had their 70 years as a major?there?s more drama on the final 3 at TPC, ...
The Wisdom Of Solomon The Wisdom Of Solomon

Your Best Summer Golf Ever!

Friday May 9, 2008 | 01:10 PM
Do you want to have your best summer of Golf ever? Then repeat after me ? say it out loud so it means more than just it saying to yourself: ?Going ahead from this day forward ? I solemnly swear to ...
The Vagabond Golfer The Vagabond Golfer

No more PGA Tour Perks for Craig

Tuesday May 6, 2008 | 09:04 AM
24 of the first 28 winners of the Players Championhip were also Major winners. From Jack Nicklaus in 1974, through Tiger Woods in 2001. These include a passel of current or future Hall-of-Famers named Floyd, Trevino, Norman, Price, Couples, Sutton ...
Budget Golf by Cheap Bastard Budget Golf by Cheap Bastard

Golf Vancouver, B.C., because Canada is the nicest part of the U.S.

Wednesday April 23, 2008 | 10:08 AM
The Cheap Bastard doesn?t spend much time up north. Especially not after that seal clubbing incident. But sometimes even yours truly needs to get out of his comfort zone - and let me tell you it a true Zone of ...
Golf Gear News Golf Gear News

Golf Gear News #44 - Odds of Tiger Winning US Open, Get a Tax Deduction, Black Ops Golf Psychology and Clubmaxx Golf Bags Interview

Tuesday April 22, 2008 | 11:54 PM
Listen to podcast Golf Gear News #44. Interview with the Guru: Clubmaxxgolfbags.com. The Newstand: Odds of Woods Winning the US Open, and Get a Tax Deduction for Playing Golf. Golf of the Weird: Black Ops Golf Psychology. Our new Golf Gear News ...
Karen Palacios-Jansen Karen Palacios-Jansen

Trevor Immelman's Masters win no fluke

Tuesday April 15, 2008 | 05:56 AM
It may seem like a fluke that Trevor Immelman won the Master?s, but it just didn?t happen by accident ? I was talking with some friends of mine about the Master?s and one of them said to me ?who is this ...
Balls Out Blog Balls Out Blog

Gatorade studied Tiger Woods' sweat - Budweiser should study John Daly's

Wednesday March 19, 2008 | 01:10 PM
As Bill Wolfrum blogged at WorldGolf.com, a team of scientists studied Tiger Woods? sweat when creating the formula for the new ?Gatorade Tiger ? a new line of Gatorade Thirst Quencher formulated for Tiger Woods in great-tasting flavors he selected.? With ...
PGA Punter PGA Punter

WGC Accenture Match Play semi-finals: Cink has got to forget he'splaying Tiger

Sunday February 24, 2008 | 07:56 AM
Some research published recently showed that when Tiger Woods is in a competition other players perform worse than when he is not. The suggestion is that his mere presence sows the seeds of failure in their minds. Someone who might ...
Blogger Leaderboard Blogger Leaderboard

A new Las Vegas Golf podcast and some golf girls graduate to Golf for Women

Wednesday February 13, 2008 | 11:40 AM
So much happening on the golf blogosphere radar these days it?s hard to keep up with! Dave Berner has a new podcast that all should take a listen to, and a couple of my favorite ladies in the golf world ...
Beverly Fergusson, LPGA Beverly Fergusson, LPGA

Take your practice to the course and play!

Tuesday January 22, 2008 | 12:58 PM
We all hear about golfers who never practice but we don?t hear much about the player who practices more than they play. A question I often get from my students is ?why do I hit it great on the ...
Dave Marrandette Dave Marrandette

Book review: Andy Brumer's The Poetics of Golf

Monday December 24, 2007 | 07:44 AM
A golf book that is similar to a round of golf at least concerning its interest-provoking quality. That?s the conclusion I reached after reading and then rereading several sections of Andy Brumer?s most recent volume, The Poetics of Golf. ...
Dr. Gary Wiren's Golf Instruction Blog Dr. Gary Wiren's Golf Instruction Blog

Between baby boomers and junior programs , relief's in sight for the golf industry

Monday November 26, 2007 | 03:39 AM
The golf business measured by numbers of players, rounds played, and equipment sold could be generously described as flat. Why the slowdown in the game?s growth and where is it headed? First of all, the good news? ?Baby Boomers? and ...
WorldGolf.com Sweet Spots WorldGolf.com Sweet Spots

Wales emerging among Scotland and Ireland as a golf destination: Sweet spots podcast

Monday September 10, 2007 | 02:09 AM
Click here to listen. Though in the backyard of the more world-renowned Scotland, Ireland and southwest England, Wales is ripe with its own collection of historic links courses, such as Royal Porthcawl, Ashburnham and Royal St. Davids. Since ...
T.R. Massey T.R. Massey

Ernie Els, Andres Romero and other sartorial abominations on the golf course

Tuesday July 31, 2007 | 03:36 AM
I think jeans and jean shorts are terrible for the golf course. Let me add to that cargo shorts. I saw some guys playing recently at an upscale course and they were all wearing rumpled cargo shorts that hung well ...
Spencer Hux Spencer Hux

Verizon Heritage postponed under the pretense of "unsafe" conditions

Sunday April 15, 2007 | 10:22 PM
The forecast in Charleston today called for winds that exceeded even my golf tolerance, leaving me with the perfect opportunity to sit around and watch golf. Turning on a PGA event and seeing flag sticks that are damn near horizontal ...
"Your Name Here" Blog Contest

Another Ryder Cup Titanic for U.S. team

Friday September 29, 2006 | 08:56 AM
Once again the good ship United States slammed into a gigantic iceberg and is now resting at the bottom of the English Channel along with Peter Kessler. The guy found the perfect club but lost the perfect job to Vince ...
  • Hey Ladies: Golf should be fun. Make it so

    We're used to stroke play. We see the pros playing it on TV turning in sub-par rounds. But, hello, we are not pros, nowhere close. Yet we beat ourselves up to come as close as we can to that perfect round. We work hard to break 100, then 90 and 80. Once we have a mind set that we can shoot in the 80s or 90s regularly, we feel defeated, let down, if we don't do it.

  • The Baskin-Robbins of Phoenix meeting space? For business travel, Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak tries to come close

    When it comes to meeting space, Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak is like Baskin-Robbins - there's a different flavor or setting for every group. In addition to some 48,00 square feet of meeting space, the resort also has meeting-planning specialists who handle groups. And one of the best things about using Squaw Peak as your conference base might just be the amenities a vacationing guest enjoys, too.

  • Lowcountry golf comes to life south of Myrtle Beach on the Waccamaw Golf Trail

    Myrtle Beach golfers are raving about the Waccamaw Golf Trail, which brings together a dozen of the top golf courses at the south end of the Grand Strand. Spanning from Murrells Inlet to Pawleys Island, the Trail boasts "an upscale, Lowcountry vibe." Brandon Tucker offers his list of Waccamaw Golf Trail must-plays.

  • An open letter to my husband on Mother's Day

    Dear Honey: We've been married for 11 years now, eight of which I've been a golfer like yourself. Mother's Day is right around the corner. And I think it's time for me to share a little secret with you - I like golf stuff. I really, really like golf stuff. Do you think that this Mother's Day you can forego the roses and just focus on golf stuff?

  • The best of Myrtle Beach golf courses in pictures

    No destination can match the variety and sheer quantity of golf courses quite like Myrtle Beach, S.C. The "Grand Strand" still consists of over 100 golf courses, most of which are public. Here's TravelGolf.com's look at Myrtle Beach golf in pictures.

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