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• Abu Dhabi: Tiger at the HSBC

  Get an eyeful of the Abu Dhabi Golf Club, and you’ll see one of the new international faces of the golf world. Where Augusta was carved from the Azaleas and Pebble Beach from the sea, this showpiece of golf luxury was fashioned out of the desert. Designed by Peter Harradine, and opening in 2000, the …

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• Royalty and Golf: Rank Still Has Privileges

  The world is perceived as growing more democratic each day. So many present day democracies were monarchies one or two centuries ago, and most of the prominent ones that remain have lost their “Off with his head” powers. Few can send troops or declare war unilaterally anymore, but in the game of golf, the mention …

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• Great Asian Golfers: Just theTip of the Iceberg

  For anyone sitting around fretting over the Korean invasion of western golf tours, wake up. You’re taking the small view, and it’s going to bring you an ugly surprise. Good medicine for a case of xenophobic nerves or low level paranoia would be to celebrate global inclusion in this game, which can only make it …

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• Putter Characteristics

  The majority of the golf world uses a traditional putter.  The price for a new putter can range anywhere from $20 to $300.  Many players think an expensive putter is completely out of the question, yet spend up to $500 for a new driver. You typically hit a driver a maximum of fourteen times a …

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• Golf’s Legendary Rivalries: The Great Triumvirate

  Golf has been kind to every generation of gallery members. In the past two decades, we’ve gotten to watch Tiger and Phil, Lorena and Annika, with a stellar surrounding cast each week. My generation got the “Big Three,” and all the spirit that good golf rivalries offer. Every week, it was Arnie, Pennsylvania’s version of …

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• “Slammin’ Sammy” Snead: The Natural

  Samuel Jackson Snead was regarded as a giant for those paying attention to professional golf through the latter half of the twentieth century. The smooth swinger from Ashwood, Virginia logged major accomplishments in five different decades, and could manage things physically in advanced age that would cause many of us to shudder.     Snead’s …

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• Review of Golf Girl FWS2 Petite Golf Clubs

  Golf Girl FWS2 Petite Lady Pink Hybrid Club Set & Cart Bag My niece has just grown out of her junior golf clubs and has asked me to research the Golf Girl FWS2 Petite Lady Pink Hybrid Club Set & Cart Bag. Unlike many of the rest of the family she is slim and petite …

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• 2011 Canadian Open and the Seagram’s Gold Cup

  The Seagram’s Gold Cup and Pat Fletcher As the talented golfers from around the world are arriving to play in the 2011 Canadian Open the Seagram’s Gold Cup has come back to Vancouver. In our family this has been greeted with great excitement. In 1954 my father Pat Fletcher won the Canadian Open and was …

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• Don’t count Rory McIlroy out, just yet!

  It seems the more experienced golfers are on top but will they have the stamina to fight through the weekend weather? It is expected to rain tomorrow and Sunday. It is already freezing out there! Of the guys on top, Lucas Glover is the most dangerous followed by Miguel Angel Jimenez, Martin Kaymer and Charl Schwartzel. …

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• Golf Clubs For Women – Review Ladies Golf Clubs

  Ted Williams, one of baseball’s greatest hitters of all time, once said golf is more difficult than baseball because you have to play your foul balls.  Golf is one of the most challenging sports anyone can take up.  Too often, I see equipment that does not fit an individual’s swing.  While men routinely purchase a …

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