From the day it opened, Shadow Creek in Las Vegas has been regarded with a sense of awe and wonder. How could a brilliant golf course, considered to be among the best in the world, be located on a patch of barren desert land? Tom Fazio recently sat down with Jack Sheehan to discuss the challenge and pleasure of building Shadow Creek. He also put into perspective what the creation of the course meant to the state of modern course design.
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It's been a long, cold, flu-bitten winter, and many mothers spent it nursing their children and spouses back to health. Time for mom to take a little "me" time and reward herself with sun and fun on the links. Here are a few suggestions of ways to bring golfing moms everywhere a little joy on Mother's Day, May 11.
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Payne Stewart Golf Club is still being built in Branson, Mo., due to be finished sometime in the fall, and it is being routed through some ruggedly beautiful terrain. But you can see from the contours and outlines that it will indeed be a special place worthy of the revered golfer.
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Susan Choi's refreshingly joyful golf attitude is featured prominently in Big Break Kaanapali. In a golf world of cold-hearted killer stares, Choi jumps up and down after good shots, smiles like you don't get charged for every grin, just genuinely seems happy to be playing. The only amateur among this season's contestants, the 23-year-old Choi took anything but the typical phenom track to Kaanapali.
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The Landings on Skidaway Island, a golf community that takes up 4,500 of the island's 6,500 acres, is a golfer's paradise to anyone looking for a laid-back, golf-intense retreat in a gorgeous setting. All of the six courses are very good - not a dud among them - with similarities like tree-lined fairways and beautiful marsh views, Tim McDonald writes.
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