Sep
30
'Red, white and blue are good, reasonable colors. Red and white are pretty straight forward while the "blue" can be toned down a bit and still be blue. Good colors I've always thought for designers to work with providing they get the proportions right. J… more »
Sep
29
Celtic Manor's Twenty Ten created with Ryder Cup in mind, not typical of Welsh golf courses
Send feedback »After three routs by the Europeans, finally the Americans came out on top at the last Ryder Cup match at Valhalla on our soil. Now we’re in a real dog fight as we look to the 38th Ryder Cup taking place this weekend at Celtic Manor in Wales.Followin… more »
Sep
12
It's a fact: Golf courses making effort to be "women friendly" improve their bottom line
3 feedbacks »I continue to crank away at the same old saw, singing the same tune, marching the march. Now a new study funded by the Little Family Foundation and conducted by the National Golf Course Owners Association, backs up what many of us have known for years: a… more »
Sep
01
Empowering women to "master the "business" game of golf from the Boardroom to the Course
1 feedback »Why is it that 900,000 women enter the game of golf each year making it the fastest growing segment of new golfers in the market…. yet about the same number give up on it in the same period? Two organizations are trying to change all this: The EWGA (Exec… more »
Aug
16
We all know what happened. Just as we were relishing the thought of an exciting three-way playoff in the PGA Championship, Dustin Johnson was slapped with a two stroke penalty, one that would be debated by the folks at Golf Central and in the blogs… more »
Aug
12
As time for the 38th Ryder Cup (Oct. 1-3) closes in, the selection of who will play on the American team becomes a horse race. Who will Captain Corey Pavin pick for his 12 good men? September 7 is the date when Pavin names his four "wild card picks.… more »
Jul
28
Summer is in full swing in the Finger Lakes region which likes smack in Central New York, an area with more than 11 glacial-cut lakes and dramatic gorges. But there is another piece of water of great importance here, The Erie Canal.If you have a pas… more »
Jul
25
New dates and tickets for charity are win, wins for Turning Stone's upcoming PGA Tour event
Send feedback »Atunyote Golf Club designed by Tom Fazio, one of the most graceful, well manicured courses on the PGA event schedule, is the venue for the 2010 Turning Stone Resort Championship, Aug. 2-8. "The late summer dates are a welcome change from the fall slo… more »
Jul
14
Seneca Nation's Hickory Stick Golf Course brings new RT Jones Jr. public track to Niagara Falls
1 feedback »Western New York State has another star attraction almost within earshot of the thundering waters of Niagara Falls: the $25 million Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course. One of the few new daily fee courses to open in the country this year, the track is set… more »
Jul
11
LPGA players who smile more are good for the game. Take Paula Creamer new U.S. Women's Open Champ
4 feedbacks »It's easy for those of us who play the game to forget that for the pros, it is their paycheck that is on the line when they miss that putt or hit that drive. Golf for them is serious business. Still there are players who just seem to have a better ti… more »
Jul
08
What's the Big Deal about women being allowed to play in male-dominated golf tournaments?
3 feedbacks »In 2007 Elaine Joyce, 45, a software designer from Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, successfully sued the town of Dennis along with its two town-owned golf courses, Dennis Pines and Dennis Highlands. She claimed the town discriminated against her on the bas… more »
Jul
03
There are a lot of things out there these days to make the spikes rise up on the back of your neck. Some relief from the gloom and doom would be nice. So here we go: my Top 5 Absolutely Off-the-Wall Golf Gifts to Keep you Laughing in Tough Times.” Pe… more »
Jun
15
What do Suzy Whaley, a top LPGA Teaching and Club Professional and Babe Didrikson Zaharias, perhaps the greatest golfer of all time have in common? Answer: They are the only two women to ever qualify to play in a PGA tour event. In 2002, Whaley lande… more »
May
31
I just returned from Naples, Fl and Scottsdale, Arizona and I'm more confused than usual. I understand that rates plunge after the snow birds go home. I understand that in today's economic slump…a slump is a slump, that courses are scrambling to haul in… more »
May
24
At the recent ING (International Network of Golf) conference in Pinehurst, NC, a panel of women golfers talked about the importance of women in the golf industry. Surprisingly, many of the questions came from men where the reasons women play continues to… more »
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