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Driving (Not Flying) To Myrtle
I travel a lot (understatement). I used to be terrible at it. I'd break into cold sweats and throw a death-grip on my innocent armrest (or the arm of the person next to me) at the mention of turbulence. Over...
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Ambush Gets Ink In Alabama
As I sit here watching golf again on Sunday (thanks to Tiger), I'm going through entries this week for the next Ambush. I'll post some finalists in a few days. Last week Ian Thompson wrote a column in the Birmingham...
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Trip Planners To Pinehurst
You can't say Golf Digest isn't doing its part to spread the love in this shoulder-slouching, rock-kicking economy.We've just launched another essay contest, and this one will allow six winners to stay and play at a U.S. Open venue this...
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Obama Endorses Travel
A story I wrote for the upcoming issue of Golf World...It has been a tough couple of months for the golf resort and travel business, which has gotten caught in the backdraft of the economic downturn and the high-profile embarrassment...
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Birmingham's Barber Motorsports
The Away Game in the April issue of Golf Digest is about my trip to Birmingham, Ala. I stayed and played at Ross Bridge--a big hotel with a bigger golf course. I also did 36 holes at Oxmoor Valley and...
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Pine Needles Recovering From Fire
Life at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. is as good as it can be expected, considering they’re recovering from a fire.On Sunday evening, at about 8 o’clock, a fire broke out in the clubhouse at...
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Introducing Pine Lakes C.C.
"Thank you for calling the Granddaddy . . ." That's how they answer the phone at the new Pine Lakes Country Club. This isn't exactly The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but...
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Greatest Walk In Golf . . .
If Pebble Beach is so beautiful it's often referred to by some as "God's pocket," then Cypress Point is a Grayson Tighe Serpentine Stone fountain pen ($5,500) perfectly placed in the good Lord's pocket protector. Back in June I wrote...
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Gills And Thrills In Gulf Shores
I recently received this e-mail from Craig Watson of Skippack, Penn.: Our group is traveling down to Gulf Shores, Ala. at the end of March and we have an empty golf day....
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Maiden Voyage On Virgin
I think you know by now, I usually fly American Airlines. I have Platinum status (over 50,000 miles in one year), which allows me to board early and get regular upgrades. I'm also a member of the American Airlines Admirals...
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