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Golf Features, Travel Stories, & Opinions

Golf and the City

A look at the great munis of New York City and their quixotic history. The August 2007 cover story of The Met Golfer.

On the Rocks

Golf and real estate: is the honeymoon over? The July 2007 cover story of Golf Business.

Stephen Potter: Oracle of Gamesmanship

A profile of one of golf's greatest humorists, from Links: The Best of Golf (September, 2002).

A Different Kind of Round

Playing post-9/11, from Golfonline (September, 2001).

A Case Full Of Variables

Why, deserving as he is, Casey Martin should not win his appeal, from golf.com, October 2000.

Q-and-A with Frank Hannigan

The outspoken broadcast personality and former executive director of the USGA talks about equipment, golf and the environment, and USGA politics.

Q-and-A with Curt Sampson

A candid golf.com chat with writer and buddy Curt Sampson, celebrating his British Open book.

RTJ2 in clover

An interview with golf architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., on the occasion of the opening of his 199th design, the Raven at Sandestin.

Palmer puts fame and game into perspective

Arnold Palmer agonistes. (golf.com, January, 2000)

Wailea Golf

A look at the Wailea Golf Resort, new home of the Senior Skins game.

Let This Golfer Overcome His Handicap

What's wrong with the ruling in the Casey Martin suit. From Newsday's Viewpoints section. (February, 1998).

Putt for Peace

Golf, war, peace, and the sensation. From Newsday's Viewpoints section. (June, 1997).

Hi-Tech Tour

The players on today's PGA Tour are getting wired, bit-by-bit. From Golf (January, 1997).

Caddie Tales

Delectable bits of caddie gossip... with mustard. The more you know about golf, the more you'll dig this. From Golf (May, 1994).

Who's In Charge Here? Or, Be Like Mike

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?

It's Time for Team Golf

We Want Match Play! Make'em fight their way onto the Ryder Cup team. From the September 9, 1994 Golf World

Weiskopf Gets His Due

Getting wise to Weiskopf, on the occasion of his Open win.

Lee Trevino -- By the Numbers

Reprinted from the December, 1994 Golf: a quick "digital" look at Trevino's career.

Senior Senor: SuperMex in Clover

A profile of Lee Trevino, with the old warrior looking back -- and forward.



Instruction

Choose the Right Short Iron

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.

Emotions

For and against, in the words of Ballesteros, Irwin, Floyd, and Elkington. From Golf Illustrated.

Term Limits

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.

Course and Effects

How Atlantic Golf Club learned to love nature (June 1991).

Organic GC

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

Sleeping Giant

Golf in Northern Ireland, from The Met Golfer, June 2003

Island Golf: The Dominican Republic's Casa de Campo

From the late, lamented Maximum Golf, February 2001

Adirondack Golf

A quick guide to playing in the Lake Placid region of upstate New York, from golf.com.

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

Wailea Golf

Playing the Maui resort courses, from golf.com.

Golf Vacations Off the Beaten Cart Path

Tips on finding an out-of--the-way golf holiday. From Investor's Business Daily.

Other Sports

Ducks by Any Other Name

Fun names for Long Island's new minor-league club. Reprinted from Newsday's Viewpoints section. (October, 1998)

Head Case

If you wear a motorcycle helmet, why doesn't everybody? From Newsday's Viewpoints section. (September, 1998)

Trust No One

Hate a World Series, demand baseball's anti-trust exemption be revoked. (October, 1997)

When Sports Lions are Tabbies

Hideki Irabu? "Yankee Go Home"?! -- Or, how baseball discovered niche marketing. Reprinted from Newsday's Viewpoints section. (August, 1997).

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