Courses
If you haven't played golf in Texas you're missing out on courses that have been home to some of the best players on Tour.
I found this article by Mike Palmer on
Liberty National Golf Club and thought you might enjoy it.
"When we hopped out of the golf cart on the second tee, we took in one of the most spectacular views on a golf course I've ever seen – the Statue of Liberty stood right behind the pin. Beyond that, the entire Manhattan skyline.
That's when my friend, David Galland, turned to me and said: "It's just another sign that we're in the declining days of the Empire."
You see, David's had a theory for years that America's extravagances and over-the-top spending are similar to what happened in Rome 1,600 years ago.
It's hard to argue ...
Anytime you play golf in November in New England you consider it an immense gift from the golf gods. And yesterday I and a few friends played the
Crumpin Fox Golf Club on just about a glorious golf day as could be found (temps in lower 70's).
You can see from some of the pics I included that there are not many leaves left on the trees - almost all have fallen. Just a bleak reminder of what's around the corner for us Northern folks - namely that white powdery stuff (and I'm not talking about drugs!)
I DO love this course. It's ...
So my brother is heading on a honeymoon in Spain. I am a wee bit jealous as Spain is, strangely, one of the few countries I have not visited in Europe - why, I'm not exactly sure.
One of my favorites artists, Picasso, of course hails from Spain and my first stop would probably be the
Museu Picasso in Barcelona . I have visited the
Picasso Museum in Paris - and it was just fabulous.
So besides the Picasso museum and a tour of the incredible
Antoni Gaudi architecture in Barcelona - I would HAVE to get in some golf.
One destination that I have heard great things about from my ...
As many of you know my other passion is art and I just love looking at it, producing it and writing about it and now creating DVDs on it. I actually recently completed an DVD called,
An Introductory Guide to Oil Painting Tools and Supplies which was a ton of fun to create, script, shoot, edit and design packaging - yup, all by me.
And when it comes to golf course art - there after seems to be a lot more bad than good. So I was quite surprised when I was made aware of a young golf course architect named ...
The plan is to head out to Vegas soon for a little gambling, R & R, golf and my wife HAS to see
Barry Manilow so the trip is now in the queue.
I have been to Vegas a number of times - mostly to trade shows with former companies I worked with. But I always loved the beauty, weather and energy of the place. I mean, in 10 minutes you can escape the hustle and bustle in be in the desert - not bad.
I am looking to play a few courses while there including:
TPC Las Vegas (see photo above): Here's the description:
There's a reason TPC Las Vegas has ...
2009 President's Cup
October 6-11 at
Harding Park Golf Course located in San Francisco, CA
See
course flyover
Here are the matches and how they unfold for the next few days.
Thursday, October 8 - Foursome Matches
Friday, October 9 - Four-ball Matches
Saturday, October 10 - Foursome Matches, Four-ball Matches
Sunday, October 11 - Singles Matches, Closing Ceremonies following completion of play
TV Times:
GOLF CHANNEL
Thursday: 3pm & 8:30pm
Friday: 2pm & 8:30pm
NBC
Saturday: 11am - 9pm
Sunday: 12pm - 6pm
All Times ET
U.S. TEAM
Captain: Fred Couples
Assistant Captain: Jay Haas
1. Tiger Woods
2. Phil Mickelson
3. Steve Stricker
4. Kenny Perry
5. Zach Johnson
6. Stewart Cink
7. Sean O'Hair
8. im Furyk
9. Anthony Kim
10. Justin Leonard
Captain's Picks
Lucas Glover
Hunter Mahan
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Captain: ...
I'll know fate has been exceptionally kind to me should I find myself once again on Cruden Bay's first tee.
Talk to private golf club owners and you'll see that many are having problems, namely not enough members to support their clubs. Why? Because their old members are dying off and are not being replaced by younger ones.
Add to this that there are lots of new courses being built every year, but the golf population is not growing. Every year as many golfers leave the game as take it up.
At some point in the past private golf was more affordable. Golfers got on waiting lists to get into the private clubs. When you've got waiting lists, free market thinking says you can go ahead and raise prices. Times have changed.
Now many ...
I have had a relationship with Sweden now going on 20 years. Actually, my GolfDash partner, John, was my boss way back then and sent me to Stockholm as kind of a "work exchange" program. Since that time I have made a number of good friends there and a few really close ones.
I would say I have been there now going on 7-8 different occasions - from when I was a young bachelor to bringing over my wife and family a few years back.
So I have always kept my eye on Swedish golf and there seem to be so many top golfers coming from such a tiny country whose population is ...
