Forget Greg Norman holding the 54-hole lead at the British Open at age 53 having practiced almost as little as John Daly. The biggest upset of this golf season without Tiger Woods is Charles Barkley spending a week in Lake ...
Michelle Wie may very well be suffering from multiple personality disorders ? she?s definitely suffering delusions of grandeur ? but I say it?s time to point the finger elsewhere, if only from Wie fatigue.
Let?s say, for example, that you get ...
In many parts of the United States, Canada and Europe, you?re halfway through your summer Golf Season. You might only have a few months of good golf weather remaining until your golf clubs are put-a-way in the basement, garage or ...
Michelle Wie has worked her way back onto the PGA Tour. The teen, who utterly ruined her game the last few years by playing against the men, has announced that she has accepted a sponsor?s exemption to the 2008 Legends ...
Watching the commercials during this year?s British Open ? or any televised golf tournament, actually ? you?d think there are only two brands of golf balls: Titleist and Nike.
There are all sorts of balls on the market, though, that conform ...
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Padraig Harrington came out the victor this week at the British Open, the third major winner of the year with an injury to do so, hiding under the radar of many who thought he could not win ...
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In this week?s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com?s Brandon Tucker about golf in Germany.
?People always say that it?s more elitist over there. I didn?t see that so much,? Tucker says. ?The ...
Padraig Harrington successfully defended his British Open title Sunday, finishing with a 1-under 69 to defeat Ian Poulter by four shots. Harrington thwarted a historical victory by Greg Norman, who led by two strokes going into the final round. Norman ...
That title blows chunks, I do admit. However, I have your attention, so read on.
Nationwide Tour?When does it ever come first? Today it does! Over the last four years, it has taken $196K, $193K, $178K, and $189K ...
The British Open is drawing all the attention this weekend, so golf fans can be forgiven for missing what was a pretty major story at the LPGA State Farm Classic. Once again, Michelle Wie found herself disqualified.
Her error this ...
Maybe Tiger should sit out more majors.
Okay, not really. But c?mon, this leaderboard at Royal Birkdale is one of the most intriguing in years. Just when you thought this year?s U.S. Open was the greatest sports event in the ...
The final course I played during vacation was Aberdeen CC in Longs, SC, about ten minutes drive west out of North Myrtle Beach. Once called Buck Creek back in the day, this course has seen improvement since I last played ...
Played a very worthwhile muni, in the downtrodden Catskill Mountains of New York, of all places, that was an extremely pleasant surprise. Tarry Brae in the village of Loch Sheldrake is well-conditioned, with lots ...
This is the video of a great moment - not caught on tape. I shot this May 31 at
the Duke University Golf Course which is right behind the Washington Duke
Inn. I was there for the Duke Celebrity Golf Classic, ...
It is with much sadness that I report the news that TravelGolf.com blogger Cheap Bastard has apparently perished, after the boat he was traveling on to Zimbabwe was attacked by pirates.
Cheap Bastard, whose real name was Percy Ramirez-Epstein, reportedly stowed ...
Remember when you were younger one of your parents said ?Get up off your butt and do something. Hard work never killed anyone.? Well, according to the Japanese, it has.
According to the Aichi Labor Bureau in ...
The Cheap Bastard is in a pickle. A really big pickle (obviously). After years of giving of myself, management now wants more. ?Where are the great deals you promised,? they asked. ?Why don?t you post more,? they scream. ?If we ...
Summertime, for golfers, should evoke thoughts of rounds of golf and reading on golf. There is, as you undoubtedly know, a seemingly endless parade of golf literature which presents us with the formidable task of sorting out the good ...
I watched an old replay of a match of Byron Nelson and Gene Littler on the Shell?s Wonderful World of Golf on the Golf Channel the other day. They were playing at the prestigious Pine Valley Golf Club in S. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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On the Divine Nine Road Trip you play two holes at nine different golf courses in one 12-hour-plus day. You travel between the courses on a 16-person shuttle bus full of other golfers like you - and one hunking big cooler stuffed with plenty of beverages to keep everyone "properly hydrated."
It's only 350 miles long and Canada's second smallest province but - in addition to gorgeous natural wonders such as huge inland seas ringed by soaring mountains and whales breaching in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - Nova Scotia has great golf courses, Tim McDonald writes.
If the high desert boomtown of Bend, Oregon isn't on your golf radar yet, it's sure to get your attention this year thanks to the addition July 26 of yet another new stunning golf course: Tetherow Golf Club.
North Carolina has the Appalachian Mountains and the Piedmont Plateau, but if it's island golf you're looking for, it has more than its share of that as well. Bald Head Island Country Club, Nags Head Golf Links and Currituck Golf Club are just a few of the excellent choices for island golf in North Carolina, National Golf Editor Tim McDonald writes.
William Bradley made his name at Vu, the hip, inventive Scottsdale restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch - a resort geared around its 27 holes of semi private golf. Now, Bradley has Addison at the Grand Del Mar, a new luxury spot trying to capitalize on the fact that it's the only Tom Fazio design in San Diego.
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