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19th Hole: Member for a Day
Moorpark CC sits at that happy junction between public and private. It’s swank enough for its well-heeled members, but casual enough to attract your average Freddie Foot-Joy for 18 holes and a cold...
View ArticleIgnorance Is Not Bliss
As the golf world gets ready to digest the most significant changes to the Rules of Golf in 34 years, we are sure to hear the following piece of advice: Properly understood, the Rules are a golfer’s...
View ArticleCharging Bruin: Devon Bling Shows He Belongs at U.S. Amateur
Devon Bling had only modest goals when he arrived at Pebble Beach in mid-August to play in his first U.S. Amateur Championship. The sophomore from UCLA simply wanted to get through two rounds of stroke...
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Play Fast And Have Fun: Rancho Park Golf Club
Similar to the city of Los Angeles itself, the Rancho Park Golf Club is a spiderweb of different demographics. Young, old, professional, blue collar, student … you name it. If they golf, breathe and...
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Kids, Having Fun Out There?
KIDS AND GOLF. It’s a winning formula. Those of us who love the game enough to actually read golf publications likely were smitten at a young age. Why not? Golf is a game for a lifetime. It reflects...
View ArticleFirst Cut – Equal Pay: It’s The Right Thing To Do
Women golfers are being slow-played in compensation. Male and female golfers aren’t paid equally, noteven close, a practice that used to be par for the course in sports and so many industries. But the...
View ArticleA Dead Zone Comes Alive: Fun and Cool Is The Next Big Thing In Golf
Pity the poor driving range, especially at resort and public facilities. Well used from early morning through mid- afternoon, it often sits forlornly the rest of the day. Call it the Dead Zone, drawing...
View ArticleModernizing The Rules: Behind-the-Scenes
FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, the USGA and R&A have worked together on a major refurbishment of the Rules of Golf. Recognizing that it had been over 30 years since the last major revision, in 1984, both...
View ArticleThe Business Of Golf: Changes Ahead For The FedEx Cup Playoffs
The tinkering continues with the FedEx Cup playoffs. Actually, what recently happened was more like rolling up a new piece of blank paper in the typewriter. For the sake of golf and golfers, that’s a...
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The Gilded One: Eldorado CC
NOT MANY COUNTRY CLUBS can boast of hosting a Ryder Cup, having multiple U.S. presidents as honorary members — including one who was a part-time resident — and seeing its course appear on a Sports...
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