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Golf courses can be best and worst neighbors

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Twelve years ago Paul Kolinsky found the perfect lot to build a new home in east Orange County. Quiet street. Great schools. A two-story home with a spacious floor plan. But the real selling point, the reason Kolinsky paid a premium for his lot in EastWood, speaks for itself. “Here,” he said, gesturing toward large […]

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Golf With Night Vision Goggles and Guide Latest Luxury Hotel Offering

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In what might be a first, one luxury hotel is offering guests the opportunity to not only golf at night, but, with the help of night vision goggles, observe the wildlife not seen in the light of day. Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo in Guanacaste limits the availability on its eco-friendly course […]

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Grow The Game Central launches first grant offering

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To show our support of the national program PlayGolf Week that is happening in Australia 17-23 November 2014, Grow The Game Central is offering an AU$500 grant to one initiative in Australia. (T/C apply) Grow the Game Central was launched in September 2014 with an aim to create a world-wide community of like-minded people banding together […]

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Setting a course for life: For Bob York, golf is all about the kids

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KINGSPORT — For Bob York, golf is all about the kids. The Colonial Heights Middle School golf team in particular. Eleven years ago, York noticed middle school golf scores in the newspaper, but never saw anything from Colonial Heights Middle School. “My grandson Nick was playing golf but Colonial Heights didn’t have a team,” York […]

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Golf is NOT dead

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I play a dying sport and don’t even know it? Hmmm. This is the sort of silliness one hears periodically. Truth is, golf is fine. What really happened is that the Tiger Woods boom era came to an end, as it inevitably would. The economic collapse did not help. There is no doubt that course […]

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Shark Bites: “Isn’t it a shame that golf is not like the ATP”

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Two decades after floating the idea of a World Tour for golf, GREG NORMAN believes it’s still a relevant concept and that the sport he once dominated – spending 331 weeks as No. 1 – should follow the lead set by the ATP. Greg, two decades ago, you were very supportive of the creation of a World […]

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African-American golfer works to recruit more girls, minorities to the game

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Growing up, Maulana Dotch hated the game of golf. As a freshman and sophomore at Irving High School, she was the only female on the golf team. She also was the only African-American. She felt alone. “I didn’t dwell on it, but you do notice. Playing an individual sport, I learned early on that you […]

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Make golf lessons work for your game

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There are many reasons why golfers seek out instruction. For instance, they may want to be able to hit the ball farther, straighter and more consistent. Does that sound familiar? On the other hand, why do most golfers choose not take golf lessons? That’s right. There are more golfers playing the game right now who […]

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Growing the Game at a Better Pace

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Last month, the Metropolitan Golf Association in New York hosted a forum about public golf at Bethpage State Park. This location is an obvious choice, because this is one of the busiest public golf courses in the nation. The discussion centered on economic and environmental sustainability solutions. That’s a fancy way to say, “How can […]

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Golfing Executives Provides Golf Networking Platform for High-Level…

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A new online golf network for senior executives and business owners is striving to create a global community united by a love of golf. Golfing Executives is the world’s premier golf network for senior business executives and business owners. Their goal is to create a community of like-minded individuals who share a passion for both […]

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