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I'm in Scottsdale at the moment, but all the dreary wet weather outside my window at home has me dreaming of golf. No not Hawaii or Palm Springs or even Scottsdale. I'm talking about Ireland. I really shouldn't equate rain with Irish golf. My overseas friends will kill me (or at least quit fee…

The word is that by the end of this week a design team will be chosen for the yet-to-built golf course for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Now that's still four years away, but considering golf hasn't been an Olympic sport since 1904, whoever gets the job will be designing a course that will p…

There have been almost as many memorable stories told about the 19th Hole as there have about the other 18 combined. In case you aren't familiar with the term, the 19th Hole refers to the clubhouse bar, where wins are celebrated, losses are consoled, and every shot, good and bad, is relived in vivi…

On a recent California golf trip, noting the baggage fees to bring my clubs would be $75 for three legs and I would only be playing a couple of rounds, I opted for rental clubs at the golf courses. Ever since the airlines went nuts and decided charging to check bags (except for Southwest and Jet Bl…

LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaii -- Thanks to the PGA Tour's Hyundai Tournament of Champions, we've seen the 660-yard 18th hole on the Kapalua Plantation Course from every angle. Severely downhill and usually downwind, even hackers can hit their tee shot 300 yards. The fairway is so wide you can swing as…

Not since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door at the Castle Church in Wittenberg has such a polemic developed around a statement of purpose. Robert Trent Jones II, golf course architect based in Palo Alto, California (and one of the finalists for the Olympic course in Brazil) issued what…

One of the most memorable vistas in lovely Savannah, Georgia is from the apex of the Talmadge Bridge, which arcs high above the Savannah River, connecting Georgia and South Carolina. As you head north across the bridge, the verdant fairways of the Club at Savannah Harbor come into view far below, a…

GALGORM, County Antrim, N. Ireland -- As my check-in day for Galgorm Resort & Spa neared, I was having a look over the resort's web site and noticed that, in addition to golf at nearby Galgorm Castle Golf Club, guests can take a 10-minute drive to Carnview Farms Clay Target Shooting Complex. It'…

Well, there it was, big as day. If you wanted to know why, ultimately, Tiger Woods decided to end his working relationship with his now-former caddie Steve Williams, the reason was in plain view during a virtually unprecedented live tv interview of the winning golfer's caddie on the 18th green afte…