Archives for: August 2008
Aug
28
According to LPGA Commissioner Bivens, the recently-announced mandate that all players learn English within two years of joining the tour is intended to ensure that players can better interact with sponsors and media.
As a former English as a foreign/… more »
Aug
26
It's always fun to watch for the inevitable onslaught of press releases that follow each and every tournament of the PGA Tour schedule. In fact, they follow most events on the PGA, European, LPGA, and Nationwide Tours, too. And though I may be atypical i… more »
Aug
21
Despite being open to play for just over a month, The Castle Course at St. Andrews is already proving to be a big draw in its own right.
St. Andrews Links Trust, overseers of the Links Courses at St. Andrews, including The Old Course, reports that in… more »
Aug
17
We here in the WorldGolf.com universe pride ourselves at being ahead of the curve. We visit the newest courses, and test the latest golf equipment from manufacturers that don't get ink from mainstream paper publications. Our shorter editorial lag and mor… more »
Aug
14
Until today, I had endeavored mightily to avoid writing anything about an already over-hyped 2008 Summer Olympics", but my dwindling patience have been finally ripped asunder. And I must beg, of all that is holy (and even the unholy programmers at NBC):… more »
Aug
11
When I first received the press release announcing Dixon Golf's new green golf balls, I thought to myself: "Geez, I've got enough trouble finding the white ones."
But then I realized I had been misled by the rampant polysemy in English, and that Dixon… more »
Aug
05
One result of an equipment company signing an endorsement deal with a PGA Tour player or LPGA Tour player – heck, any tour player – is usually an increase in the price of the equipment.
Ya gotta pay for that endorsement contract somehow.
On the… more »


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