Marriott and Bag Boy getting pushy promoting walking for health

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Having spent a good part of the winter in Florida, I continue to wonder why, in this day of an increasingly overweight population from youngsters to seniors, more people don't walk when they play golf. This is especially true in places like Florida where… more »

Women's Golf Month a good time to mentor new golfers: one-shot events just don't work

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June is Women's Golf Month. Although you need no excuse, this can be a time you get serious about encouraging someone to take up the game. How many times has someone said to you, "I'd really like to get into it, but I never seem to find the time."Ti… more »

Golfing with sports legends in St. Kitts where NFL greats like Bruce Smith come to "give back" to kids in need

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Spending the past couple of days playing golf at the Royal St. Kitts Golf Club, hanging at the pool of the St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino, and dancing on the beach to one of best bands in the Caribbean, was enormously enhanced by a g… more »

What would happen if Government controlled golf?

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The government has opted to control health care, the auto and insurance industries, banking and student loans. What would happen if government decided to take over the golf industry? For starters, one pro at a fancy club in Naples (who didn't want to… more »

What makes the Masters so special? Is it bigger than Tiger?

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Where else in the world do so many top stars of any game come together to compete in the same place, the same time of year, year after year? It has the smallest field (about 90 players) of any major and being able to attend it is on every golfer's bucket… more »

Just when bad economy hit the golf industry, then came the deep freeze and monsoons

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The wicked weather gods have been dogging my trail since January. When I reported to the starter at Kingsmill Resort in Virginia, the guy was shivering in his ski jacket, knit cap and gloves. He looked at me like I was nuts. Which I was, but I would only… more »

B&Bs like the Granville Queen Inn in Edenton, N.C. can provide the perfect golf getaway: just don't tell the guys

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Recently I stayed and played golf in a place I had never heard of. In fact one of my golfing friends said, "Never heard of Edenton, where in NC is that?" And she lives in the state. Perhaps that's why I enjoyed it so much. Edenton, North Carolina, has… more »

Jim Furyk's Transitions Championship at Innisbrook win makes you wonder

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 After watching Jim Furyk drop putt after putt, finally taking the Transitions Championship on Innisbrook's tough Copperhead course, you've got to wonder: will Golf Pride come out with a new "upside down" putter grip?Will instructors embrace the lopp… more »

Tipping Points for Golfers

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There is something wonderfully indulgent in having someone else clean and polish your shoes. This is a service offered in more pricey clubs, but often the guy doing the job is located in the men's locker room. I had been told I too would get this service… more »

Golf only sport where conscience and sense of fair play are the referees and umpires. Just ask McDowell.

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    When Apolo Anton Ohno crossed the finish line in the 500-meter short track speed skating finals in Vancouver, he and everyone else thought he had won the Silver Medal. Not so fast. During the final seconds of the race, Ohno made a smooth move t… more »

LPGA's Kerr stymied by red ants in Singapore while Miyazato drives home a win

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 If you watched LPGA's HSBC Women's Championship Tournament in Singapore this past weekend, is there any doubt there was some incredible drama here? It came right down to the last three holes with Ai Miyazato, Japan's 5'2" dynamo, going head-to-head wi… more »

Obama advised to swing through, stay centered

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 It’s well known President Obama is a talented basketball player. What many may not know is he also plays golf.Like William Howard Taft, the first U.S. president to play golf, Wilson, Harding, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, the Bushes and… more »

Caddie Chat: Ochoa's former looper, David Brooker, gets off to strong start on the bag of Suzann Pettersen

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It was the Women’s British Open, 2007 at St. Andrews, the final hole. Sinking her last putt for her first majors' win, Lorena Ochoa ran to David Brooker and jumped up to give her lanky caddy a monster hug. It was a very sweet victory.Anyone watching th… more »

Dye's Ocean Course on Kiawah Island can one of the best golf days in your life if you humble down and play the right tee.

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I just finished playing Pete Dye's remarkable Ocean Course on Kiawah Island near Charleston, SC. If someone told me I could play but one course in the country for the rest of my life, this would be it. (Providing I had bags of money). I would not cho… more »

Golf fashions return to classics, kind of like comfort food in hard times

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Hard to believe women once played in long skirts anchored by belts. Talk about handicaps. Since those days in the late 1800s, fashions have happily eased up. Indeed for the pros,  ladies golf fashions may be even more comfortable than the men's. After al… more »
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