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Editor in Chief Jerry Tarde has received a slew of mail on the Golf Digest on the March package on the treatment of women, in which we sent editor Pete Finch and LPGA pro Kim...

Sunday, 2/12/2012 at 11:27AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Golf Digest,; Kim Hall,; Pete Finch,; golf,; treatment of women

As you know, Golf World invites readers to contribute a snappy comment for one item in the Front 9 list each week. GW feeds the straight line; readers contribute the punchline, which we publish. We've...

Thursday, 2/9/2012 at 6:07PM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: 16th hole tpc scottsdale,; golf world,; phoenix open,; waste management open

Magazines / Editors' Blog

Besides attracting more fans (on site) than any other tournament in history, the Waste Management Phoenix Open last week also produced a wonderful story of rebound resurrection on the part of Kyle Stanley. More than...

Thursday, 2/9/2012 at 9:41AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: 16th hole,; Golf World,; Phoenix Open,; Thunderbirds,; Waste Management Open

Magazines / Editors' Blog

Golf Digest's March report by Peter Finch with Kim Hall on the treatment of women in golf, both on the course and in the golf shop, has quickly generated reader response. These two early letters...

Tuesday, 2/7/2012 at 9:35AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Golf Digest,; discrimination in golf,; golf,; kim hall,; peter finch

Magazines / Editors' Blog

We've had lots of mail about the propriety or legality of long and belly putters. It's clear now that like it or not, more and more golfers, pro and amateur alike, are adopting them. Will...

Sunday, 2/5/2012 at 9:40AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: golf,; golf digest,; golf equipment,; hot to putt with belly putter,; new york times

Magazines / Editors' Blog

The Golf World cover never ceases to be a subject of debate. But 2012 covers seem peculiarly controversial. We've received a ton of mail on our choices already, some relating to our Sophie Gustafson cover,...

Thursday, 2/2/2012 at 9:49AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Bill Clinton,; Golf World,; Humana Challenge,; LPGA,; golf

Magazines / Editors' Blog

You are fond of complaining here that we overdo our coverage of Tiger Woods. Golf World got just such a letter this week, claiming that it was becoming "Tiger World." Okay, a new poll out...

Thursday, 1/26/2012 at 9:14AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Golf World,; Tiger Woods,; Turnkey Sports,; golf,; golf coverage

Magazines / Editors' Blog

Golf Digest's newest feature, the Hungover Caddy column, seems to have no fence-sitters. You love it. You hate it. Max Adler is responsible for the column each month, but it's HC, with his sardonic takes...

Tuesday, 1/24/2012 at 9:29AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Evans Scholars,; Hungover Caddy,; Max Adler,; golf

Magazines / Editors' Blog

It's been way too common this year, on twitter, on the web, in our magazines, that we hear about another course closing. It's especially sad when that course has played an important role in the...

Saturday, 1/21/2012 at 9:54AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Julius Boros,; PGA Championship,; Pecan Valley Golf Club,; course closings,; golf

Magazines / Editors' Blog

We don't get many of these letters. Those who write us are, for the most part, wedded to the game, addicted in some cases, obsessed with getting better. Not reader Dean Wilson, who, by the...

Wednesday, 1/18/2012 at 9:28AM

Posted by Bob Carney