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Reader quits golf. Here's why.

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
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Bailouts and Golf Bashing

Those of you who've grown tired of listening to your sport take a beating in the press these days will be interested in Ron Sirak's piece this past weekend based on his interview with Rep....
Monday, 3/9/2009 at 11:47AM
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World Cup: Why?

Golf World reader Ron Dunlap, of Richmond,  wrote what many of you were thinking--if you were thinking of the World Cup at all. It ended last Sunday, by the way. Sweden won and we didn't,...
Friday, 12/5/2008 at 9:35AM
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Private Clubs: Readers Push Back

Golf Digest readers Justin Blair and Andy Jones sent outspoken letters about our just-landed private club package in the October issue. Although we made the case that now was a great time to take advantage...
Tuesday, 9/16/2008 at 3:02PM
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Beginner's Take on the Cost of Golf

We talk a lot in the magazine and on this blog about bringing new players into the game--and the obstacles to keeping them. But we don't hear often from those new golfers themselves. Here's Clinton...
Wednesday, 8/20/2008 at 2:56PM
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Growing the Game cont'd

I got this response to a recent post on the problem that a lot of think the game has: In our focus on competition, score, handicaps--in our seriousness about the game--we've turned off potential casual...
Sunday, 8/17/2008 at 7:43PM
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The Game's Other Bifurcation

Upon hearing the news of the USGA/R&A ruling on grooves, our friend and equipment guru Frank Thomas chimed: "It's the first step toward bifurcation." That is, in Thomas' view, the re-written regulation signals a time...
Thursday, 8/7/2008 at 12:06PM
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Growing the Game cont'd

Dan Goldbeck writes with a very logical question. We, in the golf world, assume that people know what we're talking about when we throw around terms such as "growing the game." It's not always so....
Thursday, 7/10/2008 at 1:32PM
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Growing the Game

Good, thoughtful letter this week from Daniel Phillips of Austin about Matt Rudy's "How Healthy is Our Game" story in the July Golf in the Business Life section. Phillips realizes that time and access are...
Monday, 7/7/2008 at 2:40PM
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Golf without Tiger

Peggy O'Toole takes offense at our dire predictions about Golf without Tiger Woods: Enough with all the hand-wringing already! I really do not expect this email to get published but your recent issue regarding the...
Monday, 6/30/2008 at 4:54AM
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