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Cheering on Phil Mickelson at the Masters this weekend was easy to do. His charisma emanated from all corners of Augusta National Golf Club; the world could feel his warmth. Lefty pulled the golf fans into his world, making sure to smile and greet all as he walked through Amen [...]
Ernie Els’ Caddie Switch Before Masters May Hand Green Jacket to Tiger Woods
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Ernie Els’ arrangement with former NHL player Dan Quinn to carry his bag at this week’s Masters Tournament may very well be his downfall allowing a grimacing, unshaven Tiger Woods to don yet another green jacket.
Els’ plan to give both caddies a chance, and a stake, in his career is [...]
Should golfers searching for a new putter try the Cleveland Classic BRZ?
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Walking through to the rear of the local Golfsmith store, the putting green is surrounded by about a hundred different putters. Every big name and style of putter from Cleveland, Odyssey, Ping including belly putters, flat blades as well as two and three balls.
How many golfers that come upon this [...]
Gran Melia is Puerto Rico’s Shining “Five” Star of the Caribbean
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At a cocktail reception held Friday evening in the lobby of Puerto Rico’s luxurious Gran Melia Resort, we engaged in conversation with General Manager Hendrick Santos. Barry casually mentioned that the hotel staff always has a smile and maintains a pleasant attitude whenever we have been in their presence. Being reasonably well-travelled within [...]
Close to the Action at the Puerto Rico Open
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By looking at the course and grounds of Trump International Golf Course in Puerto Rico, you would never think that there more than a sprinkle has fallen in the past week.
Mark Stevens at PGA Tour HQ relayed that a total of 6.6 inches of rain fell on Thursday. Five inches of rain fell on [...]
John Daly, Chris DiMarco among golfers playing the Puerto Rico Open waiting game
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Today was supposed to be an early start to Day One at the Puerto Rico Open but Mother Nature did not comply. Early rains and a very wet Trump International golf course delayed the resumption of Round One despite all efforts to make the course playable, including a helicopter to [...]
Choices Abound for Golfers in Spain
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A decision to visit Spain for a try at many of their unique golf courses is based primarily on the weather of the region. The diversity of travel from Madrid, where a largely continental Mediterranean clime is sustained, to subtropical conditions in the Canary Islands on to the most beneficial [...]
Tiger Woods in car accident
Written by Black Entertainment USA
It’s always a shame to hear of anyone you know of in a car accident. When you hear about a celebrity or entertainer getting seriously injured it feels as if it were a family member, as so many of us follow the careers and news of these people as much as [...]
Golf, Hotels and Non-Stop Las Vegas Action
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When I first visited Las Vegas in 1994, it was to see if the lights and attractions on the Strip would in any way blind me like a deer in headlights. At that time I did not play golf so the visit was purely for the “glamor” experience: to check [...]
Tiger Woods beat by a kid
Written by Black Entertainment USA
So let’s say that you are at the opening of the first Tiger Woods designed golf course in the U.S. Let’s say that to officially open the course, Tiger hits a drive from the first tee. Then he hits another since the first went to the trees. Now Tiger turns to [...]
Extreme Golf Experiences Around the World
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As the PGA Tour season comes to a close and enters “silly season”, it is up to amateur golfers to decide whether or not to stash their golf clubs in a corner of the garage or to embark upon an extreme experience to an exotic locale. The serious player never [...]
Myrtle Beach deserves a mulligan!
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What makes a golf course destination like Myrtle Beach worthy of a mulligan?
Some may say it is the beauty of the natural surroundings, others conjecture that the challenge is the most important factor when deciding whether or not to revisit a course during a vacation.
One of the most meaningful factors [...]
Will Tiger Woods let the FedEx Cup slip through his fingers?
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Despite the fact that Tiger Woods missed his final putt at the 18th hole of the Barclays, he still made watching the event a nail-biting experience. Instead of fans cheering Woods to victory, however, this time his legion of die-hard followers were holding their breath as easy two-footers became part [...]
Can Michelle Wie win without team support?
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Michelle Wie really wanted all of the “judges” who convinced themselves that she isn’t all that great a golfer to see her in all of her glory at the Solheim Cup, and with three and a half out of a possible four points to her credit. She really shut down [...]
Will Tiger Woods be too old to take Olympic gold? Also Harrington on Woods and John Daly limps off course again
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A word within almost every sports column in the United States is that Tiger Woods ‘choked’ and gave up a 54-hole lead at the PGA Championship to the golfer who stood in 110th position before the Sunday start, Y.E. Yang. Did Tiger choke or only prove that he is human [...]
La Manga Club: Golf and Travel in Sunny Spain
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“I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.”
Excerpt from “Beauty”, a poem by John Edward Masefield, English poet laureate
Following in the same vein as my recent interest in playing golf at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, [...]
Tiger Woods tips on hitting the mud ball, Solheim Team wild about Wie, 18 holes in only an hour and are WNBA fans interested in golf?
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Does Tiger Woods’ victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational portend another major failure this week at the PGA Championship?
Although Woods put on a clinic this week, he may just as easily fail in his bid to win a single major tournament this season. Reuters mentioned that Tiger “sent out an ominous [...]
Michelle Wie takes rightful place on Solheim Cup team. Also, How many Buicks does Tiger Woods need, throw your ball at the tee and Forsgate CC
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Michelle Wie has overcome yet another obstacle on the yellow-brick-road to greatness with her selection onto the Solheim Cup team. The question is, will she assist her fellow teammates or will heatstroke prevail, forcing Beth Daniel to place her on the sidelines?
Wie has been given exemptions and handouts by the [...]
Tiger Woods: more than just a winning golfer
Written by Black Entertainment USA
I was thinking about Tiger Woods win Sunday at the Bridgestone Open. It’s not the fact that he now has 70 career wins and 14 majors that impressed me. It isn’t the fact that he has been rated the number 1 player in the world longer and more consistently than any [...]
Michelle Wie climbs to mediocrity, Tiger Woods says ‘keep it down’, and world golf attractions
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Michelle Wie is being “considered” as a possible U.S. Solheim Cup golfer but is it in the team’s best interest to have her on their side?
After a disappointing bid to gain points at the Evian Masters where she could only muster a tie for 23rd place, Wie appears to be [...]
Ailsa Golf Course at Turnberry Resort, a British Open legend
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The 2009 British Open is now in the books and golfers are looking forward to the PGA Championship, which is hurried along in order to make more room in the schedule to accomodate the $10 million Fed Ex Cup.
The season is going by way too fast for this lover of [...]
LPGA joins the Navy, Bivens walks the plank.
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After LPGA golfers signed a petition rallying for the resignation of Carolyn Bivens with a show of “no confidence”, the Tour is now searching for a permanent replacement.
Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis and Morgan Pressel were among fifteen golfers concerned about issues facing the LPGA including a loss of [...]
Golfing in Australia just got longer
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Over the years golf courses around the world have extended their grounds to counter the improvements of technology, and golfers like Tiger Woods and John Daly. It’s something that has become commonplace, and by now almost everyone has already made their changes. Except for one course in Australia, where the concept [...]
Could Tiger Woods’ win at ATT foretell problems at the British Open?
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Tiger Woods has made it a habit to win two weeks before a major tournament this season. He won Palmer’s, Nicklaus’ and his own event in this fashion and, because of this, fans are waiting to see if this streak will cause him to falter during the third major of [...]
Tiger loses twice in NY, the LPGA needs Woods versus Wie and handy golf rules to keep in your bag.
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Tiger Woods was defeated at Bethpage Black not once but twice in one month! The first loss came at the 2009 U.S. Open where Woods’ putter let him down. Lucas Glover, a relative “apprentice” on the PGA Tour, defeated the top brass there and Tiger probably needed to convince himself [...]
