If you're receiving Golf World Monday you'd already know one of Tiger's debut designs might be destined for dust. Or sand.
The digital supplement to Golf World provides this update:
Results for November 2010
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Travel Tuesday: Good Deals On Golf
I did a quick sweep of some of the best resorts in golf that are playable this time of year.
At Pebble Beach they're featuring the “Winter Stay & Play Package.”
It starts at $1,825; offer valid November 21, 2010 - March 31, 2011. It includes:
--Two Nights at The Lodge at Pebble Beach or The Inn at Spanish Bay.
--Two Rounds of golf (one round on Pebble Beach Golf Links, one round on the Links at Spanish Bay or Spyglass Hill).
--$200 Resort Credit per package player redeemable during your stay.
As for Kiawah, Pinehurst, Barton Creek and Bandon Dunes . . .
Snow Delay At Bandon Dunes
I received an e-mail today from Jake Ramirez, subject line: “Sunday at Bandon.”
Ramirez attached this picture of the 18th at the Bandon Dunes course:
And then came another e-mail, the subject line: “This AM.”
Another attached picture, same angle of the 18th green, two days later:
Bottling John Daly
In September I read that John Daly had discovered a John Daly is an Arnold Palmer (lemonade and iced tea) plus some vodka.
Frankly, I was shocked Daly had only recently discovered his name was associated with a specific drink; he seemed flat mad. So mad, in fact, that he commissioned his 78,000 Twitter followers (@PGA_JohnDaly) to alert him to the locations that were using his name without authorization.
Pinehurst No. 2A Gets An A+
Thanks to Twitter follower @hriefs for passing on this article from The Pilot about the renovations at Pinehurst No. 2, which closed yesterday and won’t reopen until March.
The Pilot's Howard Ward is impressed with the changes, writing:
Frankly, I wasn’t too sure that the changes being made to the old Donald Ross creation were going be a hit with golfers.
But after spending an hour riding the course and discussing the changes with Pinehurst manager of golf courses and grounds Bob Farren, I’ve made up my mind.
I like it.
Ward goes on to say that Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw still have some work to do, but that ultimately amateurs and pros will appreciate the restoration. It’s a revealing read with a lot of good quotes from Farren, such as:
“It’s kind of like refurbishing an old house. We’re taking up all the old shag carpet and we’re finding all those beautiful hardwood floors underneath. We’re pulling away layers. It’s hard pulling away 70 years of layers, but we’re finally getting there.”
--Matty G.
Travel Tuesday: Good Deals On Golf
Looking for inexpensive golf in Arizona, Florida, Alabama, or the Carolinas? Here’s another list of sweet savings:
---Through February 22, 2011, the Pinehurst Resort is offering an “Evergreen Golf or Spa Special.” Starting at $199 per person, you get accommodations, breakfast and your choice of two rounds of golf or two select spa treatments. (The other option is one round of golf and one spa treatment.) You should know Pinehurst No 2 closed Nov. 16, and won't reopen until March, but I love No. 4 and No 8. Click here for an entire list of Pinehurst special packages.
For Pasatiempo, Goat And Green Lovers
Pasatiempo, in Santa Cruz, Calif., hired a team of 175-200 goats to clean up more than 11 acres of great golf course.
Will Herb Kohler And Pete Dye Ride Again?
It’s like stumbling upon a bear cub in the woods: You know the mama bear can’t be too far away. Which is about the time you look at your friend and say, “I don’t have to be fast enough to outrun the bear, I just need to be fast enough to outrun you.”
That one never gets old. And the point is, course builder Pete Dye (left) was seen at Sea Island, Ga., a few weeks ago, which tells me Herb Kohler (right) is getting closer to getting involved in the land grab after the resort’s bankruptcy.
Battle Of Backyard Greens: Tiger vs. Smoltz
You know you're rich when . . . you have a golf hole in your backyard. You know filthy really rich when . . . you have backyard golf course.
Now that Tiger's backyard course is done, I offer up the question, which would you rather play?
Tiger's:
Or his buddy, Smoltz's:
My vote is for Smoltz, he has a better baseball field.
--Matty G.
Don't Read This!!! (Pilots Tell All)
“There’s no such thing as a water landing. It’s called crashing into the ocean.” -Pilot, South Carolina
I used to hate to fly. Or, I should say, I used to assume every flight I took would be my last. While en route to the airport I’d call every member of my immediate family, clear up any outstanding disagreements, and I would end the conversations with a heart-felt, “I love you.” (As most of you know by now, I’m a sensitive and sappy cancer.)
It didn’t end with multiple goodbyes. As I boarded the plane, I was always a skin-sack full of bones and anxious energy. While everyone else ignored the request to review the safety guide, I made sure I had a removable seat as a floatation device and that the seat pocket in front of me contained a barf bag. Throughout any flight to what always seemed like Mars and back, I’d grab the armrest of my seat at the slightest brush of turbulence. My stomach was between my ears and the arm of my stranger of a neighbor was pinned down and at the mercy of my pale fingernails.
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