The Waste Management Phoenix Open isn’t only about golf, and that’s why it’s good for the game.
(The Zinburger girls are advertising "cold beer.")Since the 1937, the Thunderbirds, an original extension of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, have been using this annual golf tournament to raise close to $80 million for more than 250 local charities. There are over 300 life members of the Thunderbirds, and there are always 55 active members, of which there is a Tournament Chairman. No active members are over the age of 45, which forces healthy change, fresh leadership, and a steady growth of momentum.
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2. More important, you can play golf that week on one of my favorite little courses, Pacific Grove Golf Links, for a non-exorbitant fee. The course, whose back nine was laid about Pebble Beach architect Jack Neville and which runs right alongside Monterey Bay, has weekday tee times for as little as $29 and, at most, $57 per player. You read that right. 
Got a phone call on Friday the 13th of January from Alice Dye, who was concerned about my bad back and wanted to know if I was going have an operation. 
Ballyneal Golf & Hunt Club, a Tom Doak design that Golf Digest ranks among the best in Colorado, officially opened in late 2006--just before the Great Recession. 
Thus, for the first time, I’m publicly disagreeing with my friends and magazine colleagues that 
He Wants to do What?!
Everyone’s looking forward. So positive and so trendy—to openly discuss resolutions. I’ve started yoga, I’m seeing a therapist and I’m determined to hit a draw. Body, soul and swing. But before I moved on, I spent time looking back. Prior to purging a year’s worth of iPhone images—my greatest season of golf and travel—
