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Archives for: January 2008

The golf-rich are getting richer in Cabo San Lucas

Monday January 28, 2008 | 01:34:50 pm 325 words, 7672 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, 6163 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 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" by Golfer's Guide Magazine. 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," "A Hacker's Humiliations" and his latest, "Pete Dye Golf Courses - 50 Years of Visionary Design." The Dye family selected Joel to write the book and it was honored as the 2008 Book of the Year by the International Network of Golf. Visit www.vagabondgolfer.com for more information.