After playing the three courses at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort twice each, I've created a nine-hole honor roll. Some are here because of the scenery, others their design ingenuity and others are because they drove me nuts. But they make for the most memorable holes of my trip, so be sure to look out for them when you book your Bandon trip.
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You can cite all the negatives you care to come up with about The Masters and Augusta National Golf Club and its old-fogey leadership. You can call them misogynistic, sexist and elitist. I wouldn't give you a strong argument. But I absolutely admire the way they have held the fort against the relentless and all-encompassing commercialism of our times.
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Greg Norman returns to competition this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The businessman seems to have a hand in everything, including golf course design at new tracks like Blue Shark in the Bahamas. But all anyone wants to know about Norman these days is his engagement to tennis icon Chris Evert.
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From Phil Mickelson's "Wet dream" comment at the U.S. Open to marveling at No. 9 on Royal Country Down and battling Oakmont Country Club, golf travel writer Brandon Tucker lists his "Best of 2007 Awards."
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PGA Tour star John Daly's newest signature golf course, Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino, is the newest addition to California golf.
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