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THE FULL CIRCLE
Traci Aldridge is one of the most beautiful human beings I have ever known and this is her story. Traci had her first kidney transplant 13 years ago. After the transplant she wanted to ‘give back’ so became a nurse whose specialty was post-op care for transplant patients. In that role she met Lynn Spradley […]
OH MY
It was perhaps the most anticipated Masters tournament in modern history and we were not disappointed. The grand old lady that is Augusta National was never more beautiful. Beauty, however can beguile even the most seasoned warrior. It was a perfect desert sky at night and all the stars came out to play. Thursday’s opening […]
A Sensational Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup was a riveting spectacle of pure golf. The bi-annual competition between Europe and the USA produced some of the best competitive golf of the year, and the players put on a show for the ages. Perhaps the most poignant aspect of this event is that none of the players get paid to […]
The Ying and Yang
Y.E. Yang did more than just win The PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club today, he proved that the invincible Tiger Woods, is a mortal after all. Tiger Woods had up until today, never lost the lead of a Major Championship, after holding the over-night 3rd. round lead. He was a perfect 14 out […]
Courage
We have known Chris Bassett for 6 years. Chris is a passionate golfer, who is both a student of the game and who represents all that is grand in this maddening pursuit. Courage is an over-used word (like ‘great’). We often call a golfer courageous because they sink a 4 foot putt on the final […]
The 70th
Tiger Woods recorded his 70th PGA Tour win today at the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone. It may be that we have come to expect the unimaginable to be the norm, for this incredible athlete, but make no mistake, what he is accomplishing is epic. There are sports records that defy reality. Ones that are so […]
The Greatest Game
The Open Championship at Turnberry was so much more than just a golf tournament. It was magical. A quixotic blend of ecstasy and agony that were simultaneously addictive. Stewart Cink’s name will deservedly be engraved on the Claret Jug; but Tom Watson won our hearts and it is he who will be indelibly etched in […]
Turning Back Time at Turnberry
‘Father Time’ stands not still, but is rewound. Tom Watson is continuing to defy every conceivable reason why a 59 year old man “can’t” do something. After 54 holes of the ‘Open” Championship Watson leads golf’s oldest Major Championship. After a superlative opening round of 5-under par, 65, we thought to ourselves “Wow, isn’t that […]
Waryan Tops Golf Digest List
Congratulations to Bird Golf’s, Craig Waryan, for being named as the #1 Teacher in Minnesota, by Golf Digest magazine. Craig has been a regular member of the Top Ten in Golf Digest’s annual ranking of teachers by state, but this is his first time as #1. Of course, all of the students who have had […]
The Slipper Almost Fit
It would be remiss not to first congratulate, the winner of the 2009 US Open, Lucas Glover. Glover played in the final group for the last 36 holes (over three days) of Golf’s most difficult Major Championship and handled himself and his game perfectly. This quiet, softly spoken, gentlemen from South Carolina outlasted a star […]
Cinderella at Bethpage Black
After 36 holes at the 2009, US Open at Bethpage Black, the annual US Open, “Cinderella Story”, finds itself being written Except that this is no Cinderella. This man is the only player in the last 15 years who has truly challenged the dominance of one, Tiger Woods. He was the #1 player in the […]
You Never Stop Learning
We have just had the privilege of working with an extraordinary person. Someone who came to our golf school to improve their game, and by doing so, taught and inspired, us. “Twink” Carothers is 85 years young. Mrs. Carothers is a keen golfer who has played for over 20 years, and regularly plays once a […]
