Archives for: January 2008
The golf-rich are getting richer in Cabo San Lucas
Monday January 28, 2008 | 01:34:50 pm 325 words, 7083 views
The three questions I’m asked most often:
1) Why don’t you have a real job?
2) Considering how much time you spend on the golf course, shouldn’t you be a better player?
3) What’s the best destination in the world?
Answering the first two questions might incriminate me, but I’m happy to respond to the third, and in a word, the answer is Cabo.
The reason is simple: Perfect weather. I love playing in Scotland and Ireland, but one must pack a steamer trunk full of sweaters, Gore-Tex and waterproofs to be adequately prepared. Conversely, Cabo San Lucas, on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja ...
New and decidely different at the PGA Show
Sunday January 20, 2008 | 01:00:55 pm 556 words, 5493 views
It ain’t what it used to be. Orlando’s PGA Show has dwindled a bit over the years, hurt by a continued soft golf economy, and hampered by the absence of some of golf’s marquee names. (Titleist, Taylor-Made and Ping make up a “Big Three” of recent abandonment, opting to use the millions of dollars it takes to have the appropriate presence at The Show and divert the resources to other areas of their respective operations.)
But what The Show will always have in spades are dreamers—entrepreneurial types, inventors, little guys with a hopefully big idea. Here’s a quick ...
The Vagabond Golfer
by Joel Zuckerman
Joel Zuckerman, a.k.a. the Vagabond Golfer, has been called "one of the most respected and sought-after golf writers in the Southeast." His golf stories have appeared in more than 100 publications and his books include "Golf in the Lowcountry, "Golf Charms of Charleston," "Misfits on the Links" and the recently-released "A Hacker's Humiliations." He is also in demand as a public speaker. Joel was honored to be selected by the Dye family themselves to write the authorized celebration of Pete Dye's great courses around the world. His next book, "Pete Dye Golf Courses - 50 Years of Inspired Design,"will be released in September, 2008. Visit www.vagabondgolfer.com for more information.
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