We all love golf course rankings, but there's quite a bias involved, huh? Host a major championship and you're basically guaranteed a spot on the list. What about the average duffer who's more impressed with the beer list than the slope/rating - or prefers friendliness over the fine, imported lotion in the locker room? Where's our list, hackers? Answer: Right here.
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A tradition in Carson City, Nev., the Divine 9 Road Trip is a party on wheels. Participants play nine courses - such as Genoa Lakes Golf Club and Dayton Valley Golf & Country Club - two holes each, all over the course of 11 hours - plus share laughs, stories and spirits along the way.
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I've been slumming it out on cheap public courses my entire life. At one point, aren't I entitled as a lifelong golfer to finally enjoy the fruits of my suffering on a well conditioned, thoughtfully designed private course from one of the game's premier architects?
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In 2009, the FedEx Cup is the last big event-ish-like thing-y that Tiger Woods can win, his final chance to save his season and possibly golf. If Steve Stricker wins, everything Tiger has accomplished in his career is for naught.
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Like many of you out there, I have long been dazzled by the ability and charisma of Sergio Garcia. I fully bought into the idea that Sergio could be the next Seve Ballesteros and provide Tiger Woods with a generation-long challenge. And I, like many others, was terribly, terribly wrong.
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Forget all the lessons you took from golf pros. Forget the straight left arm, proper posture, head still, full shoulder turn, pronate, supinate, belt buckle to target, complete follow through, right elbow in pocket and the zillion other things some guy charged you $40 a half hour to remember. There are only two lessons you'll need in order to be a good golfer.
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Like it or not, folks, when it comes to golf, us old guys rule. The average age of an avid golfer is in the mid-50s, and 78 percent of that group is male. Here are the top 10 reasons why old timers love the game so damn much ...
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Want to ensure you're never invited to play with the gals? Want to really annoy your golfing buddies? Here are some sure-fire methods to become the person no one wants to be paired with.
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We all have good stories about bad golfers we've known, but if you want the great stories, go to a caddie. I was playing golf at Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas one time, where they pretty much force you to have a caddie. I was glad because the caddie, Mike Tousa, not only helped me lower my score, but told me some great stories.
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Forget all the lessons you took from golf pros. Forget the straight left arm, proper posture, head still, full shoulder turn, pronate, supinate, belt buckle to target, complete follow through, right elbow in pocket and the zillion other things some guy charged you $40 a half hour to remember. There are only two lessons you'll need in order to be a good golfer.
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They were graying, they had enough money to live on a golf course and they were in love. They called out Rush Limbaugh's name as he walked down the fairways, pleaded for autographs the way the others in the crowd screamed for the rock stars.
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Being young, artistic and heterosexual, Miami photographer and tyro duffer Ray Alonso began to view the golf courses he played, with their sensual curves and mounds, through a different lens. He made his musings manifest via the Bare Essence of Golf calendar.
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First of all, to cheat well on the golf course, you must be a good liar. You cannot be one without the other. You must be without ethics, morals or higher principles. The truth may set you free, but lying will get you further in life and golf gambling as long as you’re not caught. It helps if you’re a Republican, but many Democrats are adept as well, i.e. Bill Clinton. Well, Clinton is a bad example, because he got caught. Independents, all high and mighty, don’t lie, but then again, they have absolutely no power in Washington.
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Ray Romano is a hard-core golfer. His borderline-loopy zeal to make the cut in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am became fodder for an hour-long HBO special. What other megastar would put a link to the story he wrote for Golf Digest about breaking 100 at Augusta National near the top of his Web site?
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What many people don't know about Timberlake is how absolutely golf-obsessed he is. This ex-boy bander's a legitimate 6-handicap who plays almost religiously. Girlfriend Cameron Diaz had to take up golf to spend more time with him.
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The hit HBO show Entourage has put journeyman actor Kevin Dillon back on the Hollywood map. BadGolfer.com recently caught up with the avid golfer to discuss his golf game, his show, Winged Foot and Phil Mickelson.
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Yankees legend Reggie Jackson was inside the ropes for Tiger Woods' magical U.S. Open win at Torrey Pines. BadGolfer.com caught up with Mr. October to discuss Woods, Jackson's passion for golf, and George Steinbrenner.
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Professional poker player Daniel Negreanu has always wanted to be a real athlete. Now, with the launch of the High Stakes Golf Tour on ESPN, he and other top gamblers can show off their chops in high stakes competition on a Las Vegas golf course.
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Get Carson Daly off TV and you'll find one of most polite celebrities anywhere. He didn't just play to the fans at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic while the cameras were on or reporters were watching. He charmed the volunteers, particularly the older women, clearly coming off as the celebrity in the field they'd most like their daughter to date.
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