Twenty years ago on Saturday, Arnold Palmer flipped a ceremonial switch to launch a risky venture that cynics saw as an easy punch line. The Golf Channel? Tennis magazine mocked the idea as ”24 hours of chubby guys in bad clothes speaking in jargon that only they understand.” Rick Reilly, in his column for Sports […]
IN JUST over a year, 16-year-old Leverett Chua has slashed his golf handicap from a respectable 21 to a resounding 0.8. Even better, he was mentored by Singapore’s top professional golfer Mardan Mamat – and he did not have to fork out thousands of dollars in green fees and graphite drivers. The St Gabriel’s Secondary […]
Thanks to the success of players like Arjun Atwal and Jeev Milkha Singh, who have made a name for themselves in the international arena, golf is becoming popular in India. Golf is about hitting shots around a course through the least number of strokes/shots. In other words, it is a precision club-and-ball game in which […]
The Orangeburg Homeboys Golf Outing Association in conjunction with the South Carolina Junior Golf Association made history Monday when the organizations kicked off the inaugural Orangeburg Youth Golf Program at Mellichamp Elementary School. The program is the first of its kind to be installed in The T&D Region. OHGO, a golfing association dedicated to service, […]
You will never see me kicking a soccer ball on a golf course. For the life of me, I don’t understand how that’s supposed to get someone interested in playing golf. Will hitting 9 irons on a soccer field increase interest in soccer? Somewhere, there’s a disconnect. I’m not saying everything in golf is perfect. […]
Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog in the Dominican Republic has been confirmed as the host venue for the 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), organizers announced today during the inaugural staging of the championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The LAAC, which is being played at Pilar Golf this week, is scheduled for January […]
Thanks to the success of players like Arjun Atwal and Jeev Milkha Singh, who have made a name for themselves in the international arena, golf is becoming popular in India. Golf is about hitting shots around a course through the least number of strokes/shots. In other words, it is a precision club-and-ball game in which […]
Oscar Cadenhead etched his name into golf’s record books when he triumphed in the inaugural Faldo Series New Zealand Championship. Playing off a handicap of +2.4, the big-hitting Cadenhead proved too powerful for his rivals, sauntering to a six-stroke success at the Clearwater Golf Club in Christchurch. Following rounds of 72 and 71, Cadenhead underlined his […]
Joyce Wilcox, academy director at Cobblestone Golf Course, has been named a Master Kids Teacher after earning her third consecutive Top 50 Kids Teachers Award from the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation. Since 2008, U.S. Kids Golf has named Master Kids Teachers to honor instructors for their ongoing efforts in growing the game of golf among […]
In his senior year at Rhode Island’s Bryant University, Kris Hart decided to forgo his final season on the varsity golf team to focus on academics. After leaving the team, Hart played little golf at school, a game he cherished, because it was too expensive and inconvenient for a college student. Realizing he was not […]
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