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Required Reading

May 26, 2007 | 5 Comments

There are enough golf books and books on golf to make a library. We would advise you to stay away from instructional books (not that the authors don’t know what they are talking about but the fact that they can’t see you, and why you do what you do, makes reading them; harmful to your [...]

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Michelle Wie is a phenomenon. She is an extraordinary talent, very mature for her age and by all accounts a very intelligent young lady. She has never won a tournament of significance. Wie, has just accepted an invitation to play October’s Samsung World Championship at Bighorn Golf Club. The Samsung is an invitation only event [...]

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Fantastic Four

May 18, 2007 | 8 Comments

You have an opportunity to play with any other three people; living or deceased. Who would your “dream foursome” be? To get things started, your writer would put forth: King Arthur Mahatmar Ghandi Walter Hagen

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A Rivalry?

May 14, 2007 | 7 Comments

The golf world would like nothing better than a rivalry. Someone who will step up and challenge Tiger on a consistent basis. Palmer and Nicklaus almost had it but truth be told, as great as Arnold Palmer was, Jack Nicklaus, pretty much owned him. No; what we would really like is a 1980′s Laker/Celtic, knock-down, [...]

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Greatness

May 7, 2007 | 5 Comments

Only icons can truly understand other icons. The pro-am pairing at the Wachovia last week that had Michael Jordan paired with Tiger Woods, was fascinating on many fronts. If there is anybody on the planet that understands what it would be like to be Tiger Woods, it is Jordan. Conversely, if anybody knows what it [...]

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ONE LINERS

May 3, 2007 | 5 Comments

Golf has given us some great characters over the years and been the scenery for some of the best one-liners, known to man. I thought that I might share some of my personal favorites with you, but we really want to hear about your favorites! As a young adult (and the adult part of that [...]

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