What better way to combine all four passions, than with Golfing
Vacations. Golf is a massive industry world-wide and is the sport
with the most complex love-hate relationship of them all. It tests
the mental strength and endurance of men and women alike, as they
battle with both the physical and emotional aspects of the game.
I spend a lot of time seeking out top golfing vacation spots; and
this site allows me to share these with you.
If you have a favorite location or golf holiday experiences, good
or bad, that you would like to share with others, then this is the
place to do it.
This months feature is on golfing guides. When planning a golfing
vacation, the ideal is to not only have all the travel and accomodation
booked, but to have your tee off times booked and course map onhand
before you even arrive. This is where golf course guides become
invaluable.....read more
| Woods Won’t Host Event; He’ll Rest Knee Instead |
| Tiger Woods will not be able to host his AT&T National event this week due to major reconstructive surgery on his left knee.
07/01/2008
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| On Par: New Course Is a Marriage of Ingenuity and Nature |
| The Pound Ridge Golf Club, the first course in New York State designed by Pete and Alice Dye, is high-end, public and of championship caliber.
06/30/2008
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| A Veteran Takes a Bow as a Youngster Takes the Title |
| Exit Annika Sorenstam, enter Inbee Park, the teenager from South Korea who withstood withering pressure to win the United States Open on Sunday.
06/30/2008
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| Wie Tries to Rebuild Her Game and Her Fame |
| Michelle Wie has battled a wrist injury and drama in her professional relationships. She has also gone through more caddies than most pros have drivers.
06/28/2008
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| Beating the Odds in Life, and at the U.S. Open |
| Stacy Lewis, a professional golfer for just 19 days, is neither surprised nor particularly nervous about leading the United States Women’s Open after three rounds.
06/28/2008
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| Golf Notebook: Winner of ’41 Masters to Join Hall of Fame |
| Forty years after he died, Craig Wood has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame by earning the minimum 65 percent of the vote.
06/28/2008
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| Not in Lead, Sorenstam Is Still Star of Open |
| Playing in her last U.S. Open, Annika Sorenstam is five shots back of the 19-year-old clubhouse leader, Angela Park.
06/28/2008
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| At Open, Some Stars Struggle on Deceptively Soft Greens |
| Soggy greens resulted in multiple low scores in the first round of the United States Women’s Open.
06/27/2008
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| Sorenstam Welcomes All Aboard at the Open |
| Nearly 500 fans followed Annika Sorenstam through a practice round at the United States Women’s Open on Wednesday.
06/26/2008
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| Woods Has Successful Surgery |
| Surgery to repair a torn ligament in Tiger Woods’s left knee was successful and the prognosis is for a full recovery, according to one of Woods’s doctors.
06/25/2008
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| Notebook: There’s Lots of Rough at Women’s Open, but the Greens Get Most of the Attention |
| As was the case with the men’s Open, the women’s will play longer than any previous women’s Open course. Yet the greens, rather than the length and the rough, will likely pose the biggest challenge.
06/24/2008
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| Mediate Gets a Greeting That’s Fit for a Champion |
| The 19-hole playoff in San Diego between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate cast the sport’s giant against one of its jolly journeymen.
06/24/2008
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| On Par: Loosen Up, You’ve Got a Friend on the First Tee |
| The golf starter or caddie master is like a concierge of golf and as such can provide a gateway to a great day.
06/23/2008
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| This Time, Cink Beats the Field, Not Himself |
| Stewart Cink’s victory on Sunday at the Travelers Championship marked his first on the PGA Tour since 2004.
06/23/2008
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| Keeping Faith, Ochoa Takes Magical Tour |
| Lorena Ochoa, the top-ranked female player in the world, could be the hybrid that rescues golf in the absence of the men’s No. 1, Tiger Woods.
06/23/2008
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| On a Forgiving Course, Cink Relaxes and Thrives |
| Stewart Cink, who is at 15-under-par 195 heading into the final round, is in the lead of the Travelers Championship after 54 holes.
06/22/2008
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| When Walking the Course Is a Courageous Act |
| D. J. Gregory, a 30-year-old man with cerebral palsy, has walked every hole of every PGA Tour event this year, including the Masters in April and the United States Open.
06/22/2008
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| Golf Notebook: Sorenstam Is Ready for Life After the Tour |
| Annika Sorenstam will play in her final United States Women’s Open this week at Interlachen, but her involvement with the United States Golf Association will not end there.
06/21/2008
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| Golf Roundup: Cink Shakes Rough Start to Take Lead in Travelers |
| Stewart Cink made two long eagle putts in a six-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of the defending champion, Hunter Mahan, and two others at the Traveler Championship.
06/21/2008
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| Miller Is Sorry for Comments About Mediate |
| NBC’s lead golf analyst apologized Friday for comments that appeared to reflect negatively on the Italian heritage of Rocco Mediate.
06/21/2008
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| Wagner Shoots Almost as Well as He Played |
| The TPC River Highlands did not give Johnson Wagner much of a challenge in the Travelers Championship when he shot a six-under-par 64, leaving him tied for the first-round lead.
06/20/2008
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| Woods to Have Knee Surgery, Ending His Season |
| Tiger Woods will have surgery to repair a torn ligament, an injury he has been dealing with for the last 10 months.
06/19/2008
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| How Big Is ‘Tiger Effect’? Networks Will Soon Learn |
| Disappointment among network executives and sponsors was palpable after the news that Tiger Woods will be gone from golf for the rest of the year.
06/19/2008
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| U.S. Open: After 19 Extra Holes, Woods Captures U.S. Open |
| Tiger Woods outlasted Rocco Mediate on Monday, beating him in sudden death in what he called “probably the greatest tournament I’ve ever had.”
06/18/2008
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| A Knee Injury That Makes the Golf World Wince |
| Tiger Woods said he would be taking off an indeterminate amount of time from competitive golf to evaluate the condition of the knee.
06/17/2008
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| Vital Signs: Hazards: Golf Carts Get Around, and Injuries Rise |
| The number of people hurt in golf carts doubled between 1990 and 2006, a new report suggests.
06/16/2008
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| 30 Seconds: With Stewart Cink |
| Stewart Cink is playing some of the best golf of his career and is third in the FedEx Cup regular-season rankings with only Phil Mickelson and the sidelined Tiger Woods in front of him.
06/28/2008
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| Phoenix Journal: Nice Spot to Eat After Golf, but Women Are Barred |
| The Phoenix Country Club’s policy of forbidding women in a center of power dining has resulted in a bitter dispute.
06/28/2008
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| Swingers |
| Carl Hiaasen’s memoir of returning to golf after 32 years; Leigh Montville’s biography of a thief turned celebrity golfer; and Dan Jenkins’s novel about a sportswriter covering the L.P.G.A.
06/27/2008
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| States of Great: His Majesty: It’s Good to Be Immortal |
| Just breathing his air and sharing his sun make us more complete. Tiger Woods is the consolation for our mortality.
06/12/2008
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| Daddy’s Little Phenoms |
| Two junior golfers, one man’s lofty master plan.
03/01/2008
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| Hey, Swinger |
| The world is your mulligan! Play’s guide to bigger clubs, fancier carts, high-dollar pros, becalming courses and other ways to keep up in today’s ever-immoderate game.
03/02/2008
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