Golf Features, Travel Stories, &
Opinions
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- A look at the great munis of New York City and their quixotic history. The August 2007 cover story of The Met Golfer.
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- Golf and real estate: is the honeymoon over? The July 2007 cover story of Golf Business.
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- A profile of one of golf's greatest humorists, from Links: The Best of Golf (September, 2002).
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- Playing post-9/11, from Golfonline (September, 2001).
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- Why, deserving as he is, Casey Martin should not win his
appeal, from golf.com, October
2000.
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- The outspoken broadcast personality and former executive
director of the USGA talks about equipment, golf and the
environment, and USGA politics.
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- A candid golf.com chat with
writer and buddy Curt Sampson, celebrating his British Open
book.
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- An interview with golf architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., on
the occasion of the opening of his 199th design,
the Raven at Sandestin.
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- Arnold Palmer agonistes. (golf.com, January, 2000)
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- A look at the Wailea Golf Resort, new home of the Senior Skins
game.
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- What's wrong with the ruling in the Casey Martin suit. From
Newsday's Viewpoints section. (February, 1998).
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- Golf, war, peace, and the sensation. From
Newsday's Viewpoints section. (June, 1997).
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- The players on today's PGA Tour are getting wired, bit-by-bit.
From Golf (January, 1997).
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- Delectable bits of caddie gossip... with mustard. The more you
know about golf, the more you'll dig this. From Golf (May,
1994).
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- Everybody seems to wants a say in the rules -- the USGA, the
PGA Tour, your buddy who likes to roll'em over. Do we need any of
them?
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- We Want Match Play! Make'em fight their way onto the Ryder Cup
team. From the September 9, 1994 Golf World
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- Getting wise to Weiskopf, on the occasion of his Open win.
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- Reprinted from the December, 1994 Golf: a quick "digital" look
at Trevino's career.
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- A profile of Lee Trevino, with the old warrior looking back --
and forward.
Instruction
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- It's windy, you've got a shot to an uphill green, and the
ball's below your feet. HELP! A handbook on club selection.
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- For and against, in the words of Ballesteros, Irwin, Floyd, and
Elkington. From Golf Illustrated.
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- What the $%^& are those golf teachers talking about?
Golf and the Environment
These columns, which began in Golf Illustrated in 1991,
represent the first golf media coverage of the sometimes uneasy
relationship between the golfing industry and the environment.
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- How Atlantic Golf Club learned to love nature (June 1991).
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- What are the alternatives to conventional management of golf
courses? An old-timer who's been "chemical-free" for three decades
talks about ancient methods of greenskeeping -- as a new course in
Squaw Valley looks at using these methods to ensure compliance with
local concerns (January 1992).
Golf Travel
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Golf in Northern Ireland, from The Met Golfer, June 2003
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From the late, lamented Maximum Golf, February 2001
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- A quick guide to playing in the Lake Placid region of upstate
New York, from golf.com.
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Big Island Golf
- Your guide to golfing the Kohala Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, in two parts: Mauna Kea and Hapuna, and Mauna Lani
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- Playing the Maui resort courses, from golf.com.
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- Tips on finding an out-of--the-way golf holiday. From
Investor's Business Daily.
Other Sports
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- Fun names for Long Island's new minor-league club. Reprinted
from Newsday's Viewpoints section. (October, 1998)
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- If you wear a motorcycle helmet, why doesn't everybody? From
Newsday's Viewpoints section. (September, 1998)
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- Hate a World Series, demand baseball's anti-trust exemption be revoked.
(October, 1997)
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- Hideki Irabu? "Yankee Go Home"?! -- Or, how baseball discovered
niche marketing. Reprinted from Newsday's Viewpoints
section. (August, 1997).
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