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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....
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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...
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- Golf's Issues: A Rant (cont'd)
- In case you missed it, here is Kiter's response to yesterday's rant about the industry's ability to grow the game, from someone who worked on one of those Mom and Pop courses I referred to:...
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- Golf's Issues: A rant
- Allow me a rant. I spent the weekend in Montauk, New York, at the tip of Long Island, where there's a beautiful public course called Montauk Downs. It's a 1928 Robert Trent Jones design draped...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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- Suggestion for Billy Payne
- Lots of comment this morning about players being uncomfortable at the Masters this year. Geoff Shackelford talks about it today in our Dateline Augusta, quoting players and writers. This comfort thing is mostly related to...
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- Bill Fields for President of Golf
- Bill Fields has won lots of support for his run for the presidency of golf. Two of latest supporters are Ohio reader Larry Nagy and highly-respected PGA professional Mike Hebron, of Long Island: From Larry:...
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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...
