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| Ottawa Citizen 5 Best Golf Trails December 2009 Click here
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| ClubLink Golf Column - Margaret Swaine Comments |
| Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden? Not Anymore! Click
here to read more |
| Muscle Myths for Mrs. And Miss Click
here to read more |
| One Size Does Not Fit All! Click
here to read more |
| Check Your Own Pace of Play Before Pointing Fingers Click
here to read more |
| Stephen Ames Partners with Wolf Blass Click
here to read more |
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| ScoreGolf Links for Women |
| Vino Vitals Annual 2008 Click here
to read more |
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| Teeing it up in the Vineyard |
| 5 Best Places to tee it up in a Vineyard Click
here to read more |
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| Fariways Lifestyle |
| Sonoma
Mission Inn & more |
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| Golfing Ireland's
Western Shores |
| On my first trip to Ireland I chickened out on my pre-booked
golf game. Travelling with a friend who was a beginner golfer, we both got
cold feet and it wasn't just because of the rain. Ireland is known for its
famous golf courses and I'd heard players there seriously frown on hackers.
At that stage in my life boasting neither a carded handicap nor a score
below 100, I feared embarrassment. (National Post September 1, 2007) Click
here to read more |
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| Golf in the Gulf |
| It's not just Tiger Woods hitting golf balls off the heli-pad
at the self proclaimed "seven star" Burj Al Arab hotel that's
drawn attention to Gulf in the Emirates. Nor long hitters Ian Poulter and
Paul Casey's attempt to break the world's longest drive record by smacking
balls from the wing of an Etihad Boeing 767 at the Abu Dhabi airport. Or
even Woods' win at the Dubai Desert Classic this year, broadcast to 500
million homes by 40 television channels. It's that the golf experience itself
is both excellent and exotic. (ScoreGolf Magazine, June 2006) Click
here to read more |
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| Dubai Golf |
| You know golf in the Gulf has made it mark when over nine
million hits were recorded on the official website of the Dubai Desert Classic
this year. At this 17th annual event held at the Emirates Golf Club February
2-5, world number one Tiger Woods won against defending champion Ernie Els.
Golf, the game, also scored a big win in Dubai. (Privilege Magazine April
2006) Click here to read more |
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| Golf and Spa Resorts of South
Florida |
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"I'm in the sun a lot and I'd go for a facial. Every little bit
helps," said Tim Collins, Director of Golf at The Breakers in Palm
Beach. At the swank Flagler Steakhouse overlooking the resort's Ocean
Course from above the pro shop, we were immersed in an animated discussion
about the twinning of golf and spa. Collins was being challenged by public
relations manager Margee Adelsperger, about the male acceptance of treatments
other than massages. He won the point. While women are the major spa goers
and men play more golf, the numbers are changing. Male spa visits are
trending up just as the number of women golfers is increasing. (World
of Women's Golf Magazine, Spring 2004) Click
here to read more
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| Peggy Kirk Bell |
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Unbeknownst to her, Peggy Kirk Bell, one of America’s best-known
and admired golf celebrities has been my golf guide for years. I’ve
been using “Women’s Golf” an instructional video that
features her and several other LPGA “teacher of the year”
award winners for years to brush up on my golf after every long Canadian
winter. (World of Women's Golf Magazine) Click
here to read more
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| North Carolina's Heartland |
| “Our nickname is tees, trees and PhD’s,” says Martin
Armes, Director of Communications for Raleigh’s visitors bureau.
This moniker pretty much describes the whole of North Carolina’s heartland
area, where I’m spending a week, to a tee. We’re driving along
tree lined roads to meet with Peggy Kirk Bell who’s America’s
first lady of golf, a charter member of the LPGA and multi-championship
title holder at her lodge and golf club Pine Needles. (World of Women's
Golf) Click here to read more |
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| Golf in the DR |
| The DR, located on the eastern part of Hispaniola Island shared with Haiti,
is the oldest European settlement in America. While tourists have know it
as a cheap spot to vacation in the sun, lately it has achieved a more lofty
reputation. With nine championship golf courses, several more under construction
and others in planning, the Dominican Republic is set on establishing itself
as a premier golfing vacation destination, as well as host for major tournaments
in the Caribbean. Click here to read more |
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| ClubLink Newslink Wine 1 -
"After hitting the little white ball, treat yourself to some red" |
| After a good game of golf on a hot day there's nothing better
than a cool one - either beer or white wine. With a meal however many of
us turn to red. Red wines match best with the meats and BBQ fare ubiquitous
at charity golf tournaments and mixed members days. Summer heat is a factor
though so I prefer and recommend reds that have mellow tannins with ripe
berry notes. (Spring 2007 ClubLink NewsLink) Click
here to read more |
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| ClubLink NewsLink
Professional Profile - "Glen Abbey's Courtney Billing takes a direct
approach to teaching" |
| Courtney Billing calculates she has given over 3,000 golf
lessons but hasn't yet met a person she couldn't help improve their game.
The thirty-year-old Billing who recently joined ClubLink as a senior teaching
professional seems too young to have taught so much. (Spring 2007 ClubLink
NewsLink) Click here to read
more |
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| ClubLink NewsLink Wine
2 - "The Shark's devotion to perfection" |
| Greg Norman continues to expand his vinous empire with ever
more successful vintages. His first wine labels from Australia were launched
back in the late nineties as a joint venture between Great White Shark Enterprises
and Beringer Blass Wine Estates. (Fall 2007 ClubLink NewsLink) Click
here to read more |
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| ClubLink NewsLink
Wine 3 - "For this winter California reds get warm reviews" |
| Every spring when the Wine Institute of California holds their
annual Wine Fair tour that crosses Canada golf club managers came out in
force. Wine agents in the know say California wines are big on the golf
courses. They are the "go to" wine. (Winter 2007 ClubLink NewsLink)
Click here to read more |
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| WIne and Golf LInks Life |
| It's no surprise to me that golf, a game awash in affluence, would link
the greats on the PGA Tour with the finesse in the bottle. I'm certain I'm
not alone in harbouring both a strong love for wine and for golf. I may
however be the only one to switch club membership (from ClubLink's King
Riding to King Valley) because of the wine list. Okay I exaggerate a bit.
The latter's course is pretty spectacular but all the more reason to enjoy
the après game view with a fine tipple. (ScoreGolf, May 2005) Click
here to read more |
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| Vintage Golf #2 |
| Last column I talked about golf pros with links to wineries. But the reverse
hold true too. Some winery owners have such a love of golf they'll pony
up big money to support the game by backing tournaments, backing their winery
onto a golf course or even turning some of their acreage into links. In
1999, at VinExpo which is an enormous biannual wine show held in Bordeaux
that attracts all the players in wine, I experienced how the French do it.
When they hold a golf tournament in wine country, they take the 19th hole
pleasures with them throughout the prior 18. There were wine stations at
tee boxes dotted throughout the Pessac Golf Course. I joined winery owners
in vying for wine prizes all given out at the awards reception which naturally
featured tables full of wines for tasting. (ScoreGolf, June 2005) Click
here to read more |
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| Vintage Golf #3 |
| Fine wine and dining was in great form during the Telus Skins Game in
Whistler this July. Bearfoot Bistro was sabering open champagne bottles,
Après featured a cooking class with Chef Eric Vernice in his kitchen
and The Fifty Two 80 Bistro at the Four Seasons offered fresh market seafood
paired with a boutique collection of British Columbia wines. So après
press conference on the first day of the Skins I had to pose the question
to golf legend Jack Nicklaus. "What do you think of your fellow players
getting involved in the wine business?" The answer, "I suppose
they're doing well but I don't drink the stuff myself." Click
here to read more |
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| Vintage Golf #4 |
| Today as I struggled along with my playing partners to make par on at
least some holes of the first game of the season, I realized our conversation
centred on two themes. The number one topic of course was our golf game
and how long it would take to find our swing after the winter hiatus. The
other was food, restaurants and who would be in the kitchen at our respective
golf clubs. The calibre of the 19th hole matters to most club members. (ScoreGolf,
May 2006) Click here to read more |
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| Vintage Golf#5 |
| Greg Norman has delivered another slice of the good life with his California
Estates wines launched in Canada this spring. Norman's drive for excellence
has proven true in a number of successful off-links endeavours. His first
wine enterprise was a joint venture of Great White Shark Enterprises and
Beringer Blass Wine Estates which produced a fine line of Australian wines.
Following on that triumph is his latest collection from prized Californian
vineyards in Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Lake Country and North Coast. (ScoreGolf,
June 2006) Click here to read more |
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