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Turner Hill’s dynamic legacy and deep roots in the majestic history of the Rice Estate is just the beginning ofwhat’s to come. Whether it is enjoying a round of golf on one of the finest golf courses in New England,

admiring our historic mansion clubhouse or enjoying the ambiance and flavor of our upscale restaurants, we areenthusiastically committed to providing our members with the highest quality service.

In 1898, noted turn of the century architect, William Rantoul was commissioned by Charles Goodnough andAnn Proctor Rice of Boston to build a grand home. ere they would raise their children and entertain their

family and friends. An extensive tour of Europe's historic castles and manors provided the Rices and Mr.Rantoul with the exquisite vision and inspiration that you will find while visiting Turner Hill. Completed in

1903, the mansion boasts plaster hand-molded ceilings, vivid wall friezes, gleaming oak hardwood floors, hand-carved paneling, doors and stairways.

As e Mansion sits humbly on its pedestal, please join us in remembering the past, by honoring the future.rough the always friendly environment, open doors, and limitless opportunities that Turner Hill creates,

we can be assured that the honorable legacy started by the Rice family is being carried out and continued on adaily basis by the member owned Golf Club at Turner Hill.

Turner Hill. A priceless investment unlike any other!

A guaranteed return of dividends in treasured family memories, new friends, fun and entertainment.

Contact Informatione Golf Club at Turner Hill3 Manor House LaneIpswich, MA 01938978.356.7070 www.turnerhill.com

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We look forward once again to bringing you all the bestin New England golf at the start of our third year. This yearour editorial focus will be directed toward the “New EnglandGolf Life” and all the things that surround the game. We willstill provide the same great coverage at all levels of the gameand just a bit more.

Our new feature “New England Golf Life” will provide our readers with a monthly look each month atsome of New England’s best places to live, work, and playthe game. We will offer a bit of history and a profile from agolf prospective of what life is like in different regionsthroughout New England.

Thank you for reading and please let us know yourthoughts as always. Lets make it a great year, and one to remember in 2010. So dust off those clubs, get out to yourlocal practice facility and prepare for a great season. The greatest thing about golf is also true about life, you get back what you put into it. Let the games begin.

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e first U.S. Amateur Championship and thefirst U.S. Open held in 1895 at Newport C.C. got itall started in the City By e Sea, Newport. Over thenext 115 years the East Bay of Rhode Island becamehome to some of the greatest private and public golfcourses in the world.

If you love golf then living in the East Bay is asclose to golf heaven as you can ever get in New Eng-land. Mild winters offer playing conditions that stretchout to nearly 9 months of the year with plenty of wintergolf at many facilities year round. e region offers anunmatched quality of life with some of the finest seasidehomes, fantastic beaches and unlimited choices to someof the world’s best dining and entertainment.

e East Bay is home to 10 small cities and townsthat capture the essence of history and charm that dates

back to the original colonies. Communities like New-port, Bristol and Providence are at the heart of thisbeautiful region. In a 20-mile stretch you can play 15great golf courses designed by the best of the best, Don-ald Ross, Geoffrey Cornish, Arthur Hill, Drew Rogers,Donald Steel, A.W.Tillinghast, Willie Park Jr. e EastBay oozes golf history with some of the most challeng-ing courses you will find anywhere.

So lets start out at the mouth of the bay at eNewport C.C. Surrounded by the mansions of the 12-mile drive. e club sits as a stately reminder of a timein history that marked opulence and style. Newport isa private club with a very rich history. e Club hashosted numerous U.S. Amateur Championships as wellas U.S. Opens. Just minutes away is Newport NationalG.C. one of the finest public golf facilities in New Eng-

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narragansett Bay is new england’s largest estuary with over 400 miles of coastline. there are over 30 islands throughout the bay,the largest being aquidneck island. the east side of the bay is home to some of the finest golf courses in new england with a rich history

dating back to the very beginning of golf in america.

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land. Arthur Hills and Drew Rogers designed this mas-terpiece along the Sakonnet Passage of NarragansettBay overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It offers breath-taking views of the bay and feels like the coast of Irelandinstead of Rhode Island.

As you make your way north on Aquidneck Islandyou will find another exquisite private course in Wanu-mentonomy G.C. which looks to the bay. West and lessthan a driver away Green Valley Country Club is a semiprivate gem in Middletown. Just minutes up the roadis e Carnegie Abbey Club, one of the most exclusiveprivate golf course communities built anywhere in thenortheast. e course, residences and amenities of thiswaterfront mecca spare no expense in creating the per-fect oasis of unprecedented luxury. Just a few miles asthe crow flies in Portsmouth is Montaup C.C. this bay-side semi private course offers some of the most spec-tacular views in the region.

Across the bay in a very small and rural locationsits Sakonnet G.C. a great seaside Donald Ross designjust minutes from Ross’ summer retreat home in LittleCompton. On the north end of the Bay in Barrington,R.I. you will find Rhode Island C.C. a great and his-toric private club that played host to 4 USGA Cham-pionships and is home to the CVS Caremark Charity

Classic each year hosted by PGA Tour Players BradFaxon and Billy Andrade. is course is a Donald Rosscreation built in 1911 with its final 4 finishing holesalongside Narragansett Bay.

As you travel up the bay the courses are just asmagnificent with another great Donald Ross designbuilt in 1901, Metacomet C.C., one of the East Baysfinest private courses. Just over the R.I. line SwanseaC.C., one of the regions best Cornish designs, is a greatfacility as well.

As we venture closer to the city of Providence thereis Agawam Hunt in Rumford, another great privateclub built in 1897, and e Wannamoisett C.C. stillanother Ross design in 1914 where the 1931 PGAChampionship was played and yearly host the presti-gious Northeast Amateur each year.

e East Bay of Rhode island will offer you someof the best golf choices in the country. Living here withall the region has to offer is truly very special. From mil-lion dollar estates and country club homes to moder-ately priced residences from $200,000 and less fit a verybroad range of lifestyles. e Bay, ocean beaches, greatparks, the golf, restaurants and cultural attractionsmake this region a New England gem.

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Enjoy all Carnegie Abbey has to offer - marina, world-class golf,

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Enjoy beauty and tranquility in this time-less, classic Dutch Colonial situated inthe heart of Rumstick Point. Private twoacres with seaside gardens, sweepinglawns and deep water dock.Only twomiles from one of Rhode Island’s finest

golf courses. $3,900,000

A Wedge AwayNewport C.C. After playing Newport Country

Club you just have to do it up right. In downtown, Irecommend Bowen’s Wharf, e Mooring, Black Pearl ormaybe the Clarke Cook House on Bannister’s Warf. It’s water-front dining at its best in the City By e Sea after a greatround at one of New England’s most enjoyable tracks.

Newport National G.C. You can enjoy a great drinkon the deck overlooking the course at Newport Na-tional, but for great eats and libations take a short rideto K.J’s Pub for fantastic food and drinks and watchsome golf on the tube.

Wanumetonomy, Green Valley, both courses havegreat food and excellent facilities but if you’re in themood for a little Tex/ Mex and margarita’s then a surebet is Tito's Cantina Mexican Grill just minutes away.

Carnegie Abbey Club If you got to play on this spec-tacular Donald Steel designed masterpiece then by allmeans enjoy one the best drinking and dinning experi-ences you will ever have. e food, the views, the at-mosphere is incredible.

Montaup C.C. or Sakonnet e Boathouse Restau-rant is located just a short distance from both coursesand offers excellent drinks and waterfront dining in acasual setting along the Sakonnet River.

Rhode Island Country Club If you are lucky enoughto get to play here then enjoy the entire experience andeat drink and be merry. Just a stones throw away is theTyler Point Grill, which is a local favorite that offersfantastic seafood and pasta dishes.

Metacomet, Wannamoisett, Agawam Hunt All theircourses offer great food and drinks but let’s be real here.You are just minutes from Federal Hill the capitol ofthe world when it comes to the best Italian food any-where. It’s time for some carb loading, take your pickthey’re all great.

Swansea C.C. After a great round at Swansea on oneof my favorite Cornish designs you can take a twominute ride to e Cornerstone Pub for some of thebest in local eats. If you’re looking for waterfront diningand great seafood then the Wharf Tavern in Warren R.I.is a great choice.

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Home on the Courseby Larry Gavrich

e Legends Golf Resort offers a wide range ofreal estate options, from condominiums to private, sin-gle-family enclaves, and with prices ranging from thehigh $200s for homes and from under $90,000 for alot. Golf variety is also second to none on the GrandStrand, with three courses on site and another two goodones -– Heritage Plantation and Oyster Bay -– an easydrive away. Among the most popular with visitinggolfers, e Legends’ Heathland, Moorland and Park-land courses present different panoramas and chal-lenges, but share great conditions, one of the bestpractice facilities on the east coast (some areas arelighted for nighttime practice), and professional servicethat some fully private clubs should envy.

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e Barefoot Resort boasts an eclectic assemblageof courses by some of the game’s best modern designers-- Davis Love III, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio and Greg Nor-man. e layouts are true to the design styles of each.e Norman course’s large fairways dare you to grip itand rip, but well-protected green complexes requireextra effort on the approach shots. Fazio’s cloverleaffairway bunkers stand ready to gobble up slightly erranttee shots, and Pete Dye’s fairway moguls threaten tosend even a good tee shot bounding off to the rough.e Love Course is notable for its sleek design andruins of a plantation home behind the 4th green thatactually come into play and can salvage shots playedbeyond the green.

Barefoot’s 2,300 acres encompasses all styles ofhomes, with high-rise condominiums that begin in the$200s, home sites from the mid $100s and single-fam-ily homes generally from the high $300s.

Real Estate: (866) 901-1698.Golf: (866) 638-4818

Golf buffet at your doorstep in Myrtle BeachWhen New England golfing buddies think about the best places to pig out on golf for a week, Myrtle

Beach, SC, is top of mind. As the east coast’s grandest golf smorgasbord, the Grand Strand, as it’s known, fea-tures 100 good to excellent courses within just 45-minutes of the beach.

Because of an iffy economy and brutal competition among golf clubs in Myrtle Beach, vacationing golferscan now live where they play, and at pension-friendly prices. Home prices along the Grand Strand are at theirlowest in nearly a decade and golf clubs have cut their initiation fees, or dropped them altogether. Beyond golf,most communities in the Myrtle Beach area offer the full range of amenities, including pools, fitness centers,tennis and one of the east coast’s best beaches just minutes away. If you are considering a vacation home or re-tirement home with excellent golf almost literally at your doorstep, consider these two winners in Myrtle Beach.

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To enter e PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, turn lefton Perfect Drive, lined with pin oaks, palmettos andpines. In danger of extinction, tall sand cranes aboundas bald eagles soar, along with magnificent blue herons,white cranes, and egrets. Snowbirds contribute to thestate economy, hoping as all golfers for the grand birdieson the course.

Golfers, not in danger of extinction, flock to ePGA Village. e onsite PGA Historical Center is afantastic golf museum, displaying the Ryder Cup, Don-ald Ross’ 1900’s workbench and much more. Admis-sion is free but the exhibits and trivia are priceless. Agood reminder for all is displayed as Walter Hagen’s tes-timony of ’67: “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’thurry, don’t worry, and be sure to smell the flowersalong the way.”

All three courses at e PGA Village are truly won-derful, starting with the easy Ryder course. Flat like

Florida’s overall terrain, the wide fairways are lined withnicely landscaped homes. e Pete Dye course is morechallenging, with his expected fairway undulations.Everglades or marshland blend with natural cart pathsto frame the course. Depth perception is distorted. Dif-ficulty in determining the best shot placement is a cor-nerstone of Pete Dye designs. Afternoon play onWanamaker was a case of saving the best for last. A gor-geous, intriguing course, with natural water hazards, el-evation and pot bunkers on steroids, Wanamakerresulted in higher scores and bigger thrills. We “wanna”go back for more.

e learning facility is a wonderland of golf. It fea-tures 2 driving ranges with 110 tee boxes, multiplegreens from various time periods, 9 practice bunkerswith distinct varieties of sand, a fine restaurant andgreat golf shop. A morning till 9pm day pass for $25makes this the utopia for golf practice.

Training options are unmatched from a technologicaland personal experience viewpoint. ey say consis-tency is more important than the putting score. Somaybe consistent golf isn’t an oxymoron? e focus ison individual physical capabilities. One goal is to makehips act like whips. Golfers come from near and far toearn a degree or tweak their game. Several internationalgolf teams have attended the program to prepare for the2012 Olympics.

e Hilton Garden Inn serves hot morning beveragesin the lobby. eir Sam Snead restaurant is a great trib-ute to the legendary namesake, including a photo ofSam with Andy Griffith, toting birds after a huntingexpedition. Just 30 minutes from the beach, e PGAVillage is a destination for every true golfer. To vaca-tion, live or to winter, if you ever thought aboutFlorida, now is the time to join the birds.

Florida is for the birds!by Alice and Danny Scott


Where can you take your soul mate for a fun andunique experience? PEI - Prince Edward Island’s Inter-national Couples Golf Festival! Celebrate your passionfor golf, great food and entertainment with couplesfrom all over the world. PEI is one of the top golfingdestinations, recently seen on Golf Channel’s ”BigBreak.” e island is unmatched in scenery and unri-valed in lobster, mussel, and oyster dining.

Nike is the title sponsor for 2010, giving away hisand her golf shoes to the first 100 couples who register.(A $300 value) is is a festival more than a competi-tion with many activities available besides golf. It beginswith a wonderful reception on ursday, July 8th whereyou meet participating couples from around the globe.

Enjoy three rounds of golf on your choice of hostcourses and four nights of luxury accommodations inone of 3 hotel choices. Shuttle service is included to thecourses and 19th hole parties where entertainment,smiles and great service define “Island Hospitality.” egrand finale includes a Lobster feast, golf prizes, woodenspoons, music and friendships that will last a lifetime.

As spring arrives, so does the anticipation of summer.e PEI Couples Festival will be a highlight of ours.Join us in this truly wonderful vacation experience andsign up now, as there will be no mulligan on the freeshoes. Golf PEI will arrange all details of your islandexperience, or you can customize the trip yourself.Check out the Festival at www.golfpei.ca/couples.

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2010 PEI International Couples FestivalJuly 8th-12th 2010by Alice and Danny Scott

Good Looks on the Course


by Elle Brec

e 2010 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, FLhad great energy and remains the world’s most influen-tial golf trade show and the global summit for the golfindustry. It is survival of the fittest, those companiesthat best adapt to the changing conditions, have sur-vived the market, and in turn, come out with better,more innovative products. e clothing from years pastis no longer going to cut it in this new day and age.We are bored of wearing the same golf clothing that wehave for years. We want new looks and feels that usecutting edge technology and don’t necessarily scream,“golf course only.” Playing golf is part of a lifestyle andapparel needs to create synergies with this lifestyle.

Highlights of the show included leaders such as RonMcPherson, President and CEO of Antigua of Peoria,AZ, who explained to me the innovations of his com-pany. He elaborated on their popular Desert-Dry andDesert Dry-Xtra Lite technologies.

SunIce, a longtime expert and leader in the technicalouterwear industry has a great leader, Mark Fletcher.As president of the Fletcher Leisure Group of Quebec,Canada, Fletcher is dedicated to creating innovative de-signs. Heidi, an expert on three of SunIce’s market-leading fabrics that utilize the technology ofGORE-TEX®, X-Static® and FlexVent®, demonstratedto me the new 2010 Sunice® Outerwear Collection,which showcases golf wear that embodies the perfectfusion of science and fashion-forward style.

Iconic Sport, of San Francisco, CA, founded and de-signed by former NASA engineer, Leslie Chow, is po-sitioned for upscale golfers, emphasizing sophisticatedstyle along with performance enhancement. With de-grees from both MIT and Stanford, Chow is an avidmulti-sport athlete with a passion for luxury perform-ance wear.

Fairway & Greene, EP Pro and Zero Restrictionmake up Summit Golf Brands, and President and CEOAndy Bell is another great leader in the industry. Fair-way & Greene is widely acknowledged as the best inthe high-end green-grass apparel market. The com-pany tastefully blends classic looks with moderntrends in order to capture a feeling that is as new asit is wearable.

In numerous interviews, many of the Presidents,CEOs, and Founders had the most extensive knowl-edge of their products and what differentiates theircompanies from others. ey are not on some pedestal,they roll up their sleeves and significantly contribute tothe success of the company.

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Golf CourseSpreading out below the mansion is the pretty park-

land-style 18-hole golf course. When I first played it afew years ago, it was pretty rough. Today it's a courseof a different color. Designed in 1926 by Wayne Stilesand John Van Kleek, the course received a major $1million renovation in 1993 vastly improving the con-ditions and layout.

Easily walkable with gentle ups and downs, it's not along track at 6,204 yards, but several elevated greensmay require adding a club or two to reach them.

e 60-acre Cranwell Golf School with its indoorlearning center, the largest in the northeast, offers thelatest in instructional facilities and equipment.

Spa at Cranwelle 35,000 square foot Spa at Cranwell is a wow

with 16 treatment rooms, Spa Café, Spa Suites withfireplaces and saunas along with a 5,000-square-footFitness Center with a 60-foot indoor lap pool. Fiftyspa services range from soothing massages to exotic"body envelopment experiences" using seaweed andthermal clay. e Hot Stone Massage delivers a doublewhammy combining deep penetrating heat of warmedsmooth stones with warm oil and aromatherapy. Alsopopular is the Deep Tissue Massage with Moist Heat,perfect to sooth sore muscles.

A Chip AwayMinutes away is the Tanglewood Music Center, the

summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestrasince 1937. After golf, as the sun sets over the BerkshireHills, bring a picnic and some folding chair, find a pieceof real estate on the lawn, and relax as music ofBeethoven, Strauss, Mozart and other classic composersfills the night air. Seats also available in "e Shed."Lawn tickets $9 to $21; Shed from $20. www.bso.org

Golf PackageUnlimited Golf Package from $190 per person in-

cludes accommodations, one day unlimited golf withcart, range balls, $20 dining credit and full use of Spa.

Insider KnowledgeUpon looking up at the carved cherry wood ceiling

in Cranwell's circular dining room , President WilliamMcKinley was so impressed he had it replicated in theOval Office of the White House.

Information: www.cranwell.com

The Skins Gameby Katharine Dyson

For a grand resort experience where the golf course and spa are within a wedge shot from the front entrancetry Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club. Sitting atop a crest in the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts,the imposing brick mansion is an elegant, refined grand dame from the gilded age (circa 1884).

Such an imposing hotel might hint at being a tad pretentious. It isn't. From the reservations clerk to the waitstaff in the Wyndhurst and Music Room restaurants, they could not be more friendly or helpful. Gotta love that.Much of the food served is grown locally on family farms and their wine list is extensive from the expensive to anAdelsheim Pinot Gris from Oregon ($33) or Cranwell's Private Label Cab ($28). Be sure to save room for theirClassic Crème Brulee. It's sinful.

At Sloane's Tavern adjacent to the Pro Shop, build your own sandwich or go big with a Sloane Cowboy Steakaccompanied by a micro-brewed beer or a glass of wine (from $7 a glass). Book one of the 114 rooms or suites inthe hotel, restored cottages, duplex townhouses or the carriage house, all are very different, some with fireplaces, somewith whirlpool. Rates from $205 per room including use of the spa.

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-Granite Links Named-

Course of the Year

GRANITE LINKS GOLF CLUB AT QUARRY HILLSTHE TAVERN AT GRANITE LINKS GOLF CLUB

On Thursday, February 11, 2010, at the National Golf CourseOwners Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, GraniteLinks Golf Club was recognized as winner of the organization’s“2010 Course of the Year” for the New England region.

The Course of the Year Award honors member clubs thatdemonstrate excellence across four criteria:

• Exceptional quality of the course,• Exceptional management,• Outstanding contribution to its community, and• Significant contribution to the game.


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Local New England teaching pro, JOHNMICHAEL SARACENO has written a new book en-titled Tempo, Heartbeat of the Golf swing. In his book,the author draws from years of teaching experience toprovide the reader with a formula to enable him to addthe "missing link" of tempo to their respective swings.

Any golfer who has ever flailed at a golf ball can ap-preciate the need for better timing in his or her swing.In fact tempo seems to be the one common denomi-nator of all the touring pros. Fred Couples, for example,is a human metronome, who despite turning fifty, stillbombs the ball with the best.

Steiner's book Munie is about the author's experi-ences at a North Carolina Municipal course somewherealong "tobacco road." Despite a lack of background inthe game of golf, Bobby has determined much in hissearch to learn the game. Reading between the lines,Bobby's mission is not generously endowed with finan-cial backing. He's not Playing Pinehurst No. 2 and get-ting lessons from Butch Harmon and David Ledbetter.Instead, his path to excellence involves playing the localmunicipal course and getting his instruction fromwhatever sources are available.

e book is actually quite unique. Instead of boringyou with a typical instruction manual filled with golfpsychology jargon, author Bob Skura has literally takena 'novel' approach to explaining the mental golf skillsthat can lower your scores by writing How GreatGolfers ink as a fictional story. e book merges theperformances of the world's greatest golfers with thefindings of the world's premier psychologists in such away that you, as a reader, feel like one of the participat-ing characters.

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Welcome to the 2010 National Golf Expo!

is has been a long winter for us, so we areextremely excited that spring is just around thecorner. As we begin the month of March we alsolook forward to the start of the new golf sea-son. This year’s Expo brings many opportuni-ties for New England’s golfers to get ready tohit the course.

Shop a selection of your favorite retailers.Sample the newest products. Plan a golf vaca-tion to a new destination or an old favorite. eGolf Expo is your resource to try the newestequipment, shop the best bargains, learn the latesttips, and simply enjoy an entertaining day out.

Be sure to stop by our all new Fitness Pavilionto learn fitness tips and try some training aidsthat will help get you in the best shape for theseason! Don’t miss the indoor driving rangewhere you can loosen up that swing, and whileyou’re at it get some personalized tips from the“NEPGA Tune Up With a Pro”. We’ve alsobrought back three of your favorite golf pros-Karen Palacios-Jansen, Frank omas, and EricLastowka. Check the seminar schedule and stop byone of their presentations to learn from the best.

is is just our third year at the Seaport WorldTrade Center and we’re thrilled to be back. isspectacular location in South Boston providesthe perfect atmosphere to get us all is the mood forwarmer weather and the exciting golf season ahead!

ank you for attending the National GolfExpo. Enjoy your visit and please feel free to sendyour comments and thoughts about the show!

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Friday, March 5, 2010

1:30 – 2:00 Karen Palacios-Jansen "Cure Your Slice" 2:30 – 3:00 Cleveland Golf “Scoring Clinic – Understanding Loft and Bounce” 3:30 – 4:00 Frank omas “Technology, Club Selection and Putting” 4:30 – 5:00 Karen Palacios Jansen "Increase Flexibility: Increase Distance-Golf Specific Stretches” 5:30 – 6:00 Cleveland Golf "Scoring Clinic – Which Loft Should You Use”

Saturday, March 6, 2010

10:30 – 11:00 Cleveland Golf “Scoring Clinic – Make the Club Work for You”11:15 – 11:45 Eric Lastowka “Improve Balance – Improve Power”12:00 – 12:30 Karen Palacios-Jansen “e New Golf Swing for Women”12:45 – 1:15 Frank omas “How Technology Can Help Your Game” 1:30 – 2:00 Eric Lastowka “Build a Bigger Swing”2:15 – 2:45 Karen Palacios-Jansen “Shape Up Your Body – Improve Your Golf Game-Golf Specific Exercises” 3:00 – 3:30 Cleveland Golf "Scoring Clinic – How Many Wedges Should You Carry”3:45 – 4:15 Frank omas “How to Improve Your Putting” 4:30 – 5:00 Karen Palacios-Jansen “How to Practice to Groove a Consistent Swing” 5:00 – 5:15 Eric Lastowka “How to Hit a Driver Better”

Sunday, March 7, 2010

11:00 – 11:30 Karen Palacios Jansen "Cure Your Slice"11:45 – 12:15 Frank omas “How Technology Can Help Your Game”12:30 – 1:00 Cleveland Golf “Scoring Clinic - Which Wedge is Right for You" 1:15 – 1:45 Karen Palacios Jansen "e New Golf Swing for Women" 2:00 – 2:30 Frank omas "How to Improve Your Putting " 2:45 – 3:15 Cleveland Golf "Scoring Clinic - e Wedge is Your Friend" 3:30 – 4:00 Karen Palacios Jansen "Increase Flexibility: Increase Distance – Golf Specific Stretches"

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National Golf Expo Exhibitors 2010


Billy Andrade, PGA (RI) Billy has had a few difficult years and hastraded the driver for a microphone andtaken a position with the Golf Channelin broadcasting for 10 PGA Tour Events

and 5 Champions Tour events in the tower and out onthe course at 2010 events.

Brad Faxon, PGA (RI)Brad has played in 5 events already thisseason the Sony, Bob Hope, NorthernTrust, AT&T and e Mayakoba . Hemade his first cut last week in Mexico at

the Mayakoba and finished tied for 55th. He will beworking hard to get his game to the next level.

Brett Quigley, PGA (RI)Brett has had a solid start to his 2010season making 4 0f 5 cuts right out ofthe gate. He finished 71 on the moneylist in 2009 with $1,412,780 in earn-

ings. Count on more of the same Brett has been a con-sistent performer with a solid game.

Kevin Johnson, PGA (MA)After a great year on the Nationwidetour with victories at the Rex HospitalOpen and e Knoxville Open Kevinfinished up 2009 at 13th on the Nation-

wide Tour Money list earning over $250,000. 2010 ishis rookie year on the PGA Tour and 5 events he hasmade 2 cuts and over $35,000.

Fran Quinn, PGA (MA)Fran had a great season on the Nation-wide Tour in 2009 with a win at the Al-bertsons Boise Open. He finished theyear 25th on the Nationwide Tour

Money list and moved up to the PGA Tour. In 2010he has already had a top 25 finish at the Mayakoba witha tie for 23rd.

Tim Petrovic, PGA (MA)Tim has had a slow start this year notmaking a cut in the 5 events. In 2009 hehad a great year with 6 top 10 finishesand 10 in the top 25 earning him over$1,5000.000 in tour earnings for the

year finishing 89th on the Tour Money List.

James Driscoll, PGA (MA)Jim has full status on the PGA Tour aftera great year in 2009 that earned himover $800,000. Finishing 112 on themoney list. He has played in 3 eventsthus far in the 2010 season and has

made 1 cut in the Farmers Insurance Open.

J.J. Henry, PGA (CT)In 28 events played in 2009 J.J. wassharp, making 22 cuts and posting 3 topten finishes, and 7 in the top 25 for$1,161,641 finishing 83rd on themoney list. He has played 4 events this

year and made 2 cuts. Look for J.J. to have anothergreat year.

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Anna Grzebien, LPGA (RI)In 2009 Anna played in 20 events in herrookie season and made 14 cuts. Shehad a career best 13th place finish at theCVS Pharmacy/ LPGA Challenge andfinished the season 64th on the money

list. Look for a strong year from Anna in 2010

Liz Janangelo, LPGA (CT)After a year on the Duramed FuturesTour finishing 18th on the money listLiz is back on the LPGA Tour. She shot1 over in the final round of Q school atthe LPGA International Club carding a

16th place tie in the LPGA Q School final. Good luckthis year Liz.

Dana Quigley, Champions (MA)In 2009 Dana played in 12 events.His 8-year streak came to a halt at theSenior British Open when a nagginghip injury forced him out. His streakof 264 in a row may be hard to ever

reach again for anyone in the game. He has playedin just 2 events in 2010 thus far

Allen Doyle, Champions (RI)Allen played in 21 events on theChampion Tour in 2009, he had 4top 25 finishes and his best for theyear was t20 at the Liberty Mutual

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Trevor Murphy, Nationwide (VT)Trevor is a rookie on the NationwideTour in 2010 after a t78 finish in Q-School. He has played 2 events in 2010thus far with his best finish being t10 atthe Moonah Classic. He ranks 16th in

Money Leaders on the Nationwide Tour.

Rob Oppenheim, Nationwide (MA)Rob is a rookie with full status on theNationwide Tour in 2010 after a t64 fin-ish in Q-School. He has played in 2events thus far in 2010 with his best fin-ish of t23 coming at the Michael Hill

New Zealand Open. Rob is currently 37th on themoney list.

Geoff Sisk, Nationwide (MA)Geoff has held status on both the PGATour and Nationwide Tours throughouthis career. In 2009 he made 16 of 26cuts finishing 66th on the money listwith $93,899 in official earnings. His

first event in 2010 is the Panama Claro Championship,which was in progress when this issue went to press.

Justin Peters, Nationwide (MA)Justin is a rookie on the Nationwide Tourin 2010 with partial status via the 2009Q-School tournament. He has notplayed in an event thus far in 2010 butlook for him to take advantage of every

opportunity he gets. Most notably he won the first everBig Break on the Golf Channel.

Brad Adamonis, Nationwide (RI)Brad has a few events in 2010 that he hasa medical exemption for on e PGATour from 2009. If in any of these eventshe finished close to the top he could re-gain his card for this year. He has played

into both e Farmers and AT&T but missed the cutin both. He will be playing limited PGA Events but hasfull status on Nationwide Tour.

Patrick Sheehan, Nationwide (RI)Patrick played 15 events of e PGATour and 13 on e Nationwide Tourwith a win in Athens Georgia and totalwinnings on the year of over $440,000.Patrick has full status on the Nationwide

Tour and missed the cut in his first two events.

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Students typically seek out a Golf Professional whois an excellent player, thinking they can teach them howto swing the club. Or, conversely, a professional who isa good player will hold themselves out as a teachingprofessional. Oh if it were that simple.

Over the past 30 years, I have had the good fortuneto meet with and pick the brains of some of the bestand most well-known teaching professionals andTOUR players in the game. Whenever I’ve gotten themto talk about the swing, they’ve generally agreed thatteaching is about communication and not necessarilythe ability to play the game itself.

In order to be an effective teacher of the golf swing,there are issues far more important that need to be ad-dressed by a teaching pro than being able to shoot lightsout every time he or she picks up a club and hits it 3000miles (a bit of an over exaggeration here). As I often sayto clients, “It’s up to me to understand the dynamics ofthe different swing methods. en help you the wayyou process.” In short, a good teaching professionalneeds to know how you think in order to help you withyour swing. Why? Well, the way you approach the golfswing is generally a reflection of the way you approachsports and life in general.

Here are some things you might consider whensearching for that perfect teaching professional:

Going in, know that you are probably going to take2 or 3 lessons from as many instructors before you canmake an informed decision on which one can benefityou most. Generally speaking and as a rule of thumb,I tell clients to take a lesson from a person a friendthinks is “THE BEST,” one that you’ve seen at the local

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If you want to play better golf, you need to under-stand your golf swing. An effective communicator ofswing dynamics that talks the way you understand orprocess is your greatest golf ally. Take your time.

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- If you hear, “Ohno!” at the Olympics, you arewatching an odd skater/ballroom dancer. Ifyou hear, “Ohno!” in golf, you are about toget hit by my opening tee shot.

- U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn could compete in ashort skirt.

- ere are no plaid shirts like the ones wornby the U.S. snowboarders. In golf, plaid iswhere it’s supposed to be, on Jack Nicklaus’spants at the ’86 Masters.

- ere is no one named Apolo, unless youcount Carl Weathers (aka Apollo Creed) asex-PGA pro Chubbs Peterson in “HappyGilmore.”

- When you say, “Wie!” in golf, you are ap-plauding a skilled and sexy golfer. When yousay, “Wie!” in the Olympics, you probablyjust leaped off a cliff from which most peoplewould need a rescue helicopter.

- Good shooting in golf means you won thetournament. Good shooting at the Olympicsmeans you won the Biathlon … and killed aninnocent Canadian elk.

- U.S. skier Lacy Schnoor could compete in ashort skirt.

- A Golf Pro-Am has Bill Murray and GeorgeLopez in Izod. An Olympics Pro-Am hasCharles Barkley in Spandex. Ouch!

- ere are no blizzards in golf, unless ofcourse, Dairy Queen decides to become asponsor. en, we’ll all be knee-deep in DillyBars, and what’s wrong with that?

- I can think of maybe three things I’d ratherdo than play golf. I can think of maybe 3000things I’d rather do than the WinterOlympics, including: root canal, acolonoscopy, and doing the lambada with themale contestants on “e Biggest Loser.”

- In golf, Lefty is the nickname for the secondbest player in the world, not the nickname ofsome Norwegian skier who had his right armsevered by the branch of a Canadian bluespruce.

- U.S. figure skater Tanith Belbin could com-pete in a short skirt.

- Wait a minute, Belbin already does competein a short skirt. How about this one. U.S. fig-ure skater Tanith Belbin could compete in ashort skirt alongside Natalie Gulbis.

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Having spent most of February watching the Winter Olympics, I ammore ready than ever for a trip to the links. Here then, are a few reasonswhy golf completely trumps the Winter Games.

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granite links golf club — honored asthe 2010 course of the Year for the new

england region By the ngcoa

As part of the 2010 National Golf Course OwnersAssociation (NGCOA) Annual Conference in SanDiego this February, Granite Links Golf Club washonored as the winner of the organization’s "2010Course of the Year" for the New England region.e Quincy-based club was recognized for demon-

strating excellence across four criteria — exceptionalquality of the course, exceptional management, out-standing contribution to its community and significantcontribution to the game.

annika sorenstam announced as 2010annual Banquet honoree

Annika Sorenstam, winner of 10LPGA major championships, will bethe guest speaker and honored with the15th Francis Ouimet Award for Life-long Contributions to Golf at the Fran-cis Ouimet Scholarship Fund’s 61stAnnual Banquet. LPGA Commis-sioner Emeritus Charles S. “Charlie”Mechem, Jr. will serve as Master ofCeremonies. e banquet will be heldMonday, May 10, 2010 at the BostonMarriott Copley Place Hotel.

segregansett country club's rich gagnon receives the 2010

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Congratulations to Richard Gagnon, head superin-tendent at Segregansett Country Club, who was re-cently awarded the 2010 Excellence in GovernmentRelations (EGR) Award from the Golf Course Super-intendents Association of America (GCSAA).

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Highlighting the program of events will be dy-namic keynote speaker Henry DeLozier from GlobalGolf Advisors.

Where: Andover Country Club (Andover, Massachusetts)

When: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (including the Networking Reception)

Jim fitzroy of Presidents golf coursenamed the 74th President of the

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e Bay State's own Jim Fitzroy (shown right) wasrecognized for his outstanding and long-time service tothe game of golf by being elected as 74th president ofthe Golf Course Superintendents Association of Amer-ica (GCSAA).

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a total of 10 mga member clubs will beopening their doors to competitors andwill be hosting a Usga qualifier in 2010

Here is a complete list of USGA qualifying sites.

U.S. Open Local Qualifying: May 10 – Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow;May 11 – Metacomet Country Club, E. Providence,RI; May 12 – Pinehills Golf Club, Plymouth

U.S. Amateur Public Links Qualifying: June 22 – Juniper Hill Golf Course, Northboro; June23 – Bretwood Golf Course, Keene, NH

U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying: June 23 – Atkinson Resort & Country Club, Atkinson, NH

U.S. Senior Open Qualifying: June 30 – orny Lea Golf Club, Brockton

U.S. Amateur Qualifying: July 27 – Boston Golf Club, Hingham: July 27 – Po-towomut Golf Club, Warwick, RI; August 10 – An-dover Country Club. Andover; August 10 –Crestview Country Club, Agawam

U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifying: August 23 – Framingham Country Club, Framing-ham; September 7 – Longmeadow Country Club,Longmeadow

U.S. Senior Amateur Qualifying:September 7 – e International, Bolton

Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship: Ipswich Country Club & Golf Club at Turner Hill,Ipswich; May 10-11, 2010 Eligibility: Combined 6.0Handicap Index; Entry Close Date: April 8, 2010 at5:00 p.m.

Massachusetts Open Championship: Wellesley Country Club, Wellesley; June 21-23, 2010Eligibility: 2.4 Handicap Index; Entry Close Date:April 22, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

connecticut golf news/march 2010

As they scramble to generate income in a brutal econ-omy, private golf clubs in the state are announcing dealsto attract new members. One of the most aggressiveoffers is at Farmington Woods in Farmington, wherethe club is waiving initiation fees for 2010. Dues forfull-family golf (a couple plus any children under 23)are $5,382 for the year for a non-resident of the sur-rounding community, and $4,682 for residents. eshort, but tricky, course was designed by DesmondMuirhead and opened in 1970.

A two-man championship at Black Hall Golf Clubis the first event of the 2010 golf season on the Con-necticut State Golf Association’s calendar. e eventhonors longtime state amateur player Bill Hermanson,a member of Black Hall. More information athttp://www.csgalinks.org/tournaments/2010/Two-Man_Championship/Two-Man_Team_Champi-onship.asp

In the teeth of winter, local golfers can play the her-alded Pete Dye classic Teeth of the Dog in the Domini-can Republic, without the hassle of airport wait timesor peak season prices. Bethany’s Fore Seasons GolfClub offers 17 “virtual” golf courses for play year roundat $15 for 18 holes. e 25,000-square-foot indoor fa-cility includes a putting green, chipping area, two sandtraps and a driving range. e club is at 28 Old AmityRoad, Bethany. For information and reservations, call203-393-0800 or go to www.foreseasonsgolfclub.com.

Bruce Wilson has retired as president and executivedirector of First Tee of Connecticut. David Polk, for-mer VP of marketing and community relations forHartford Hospital, will succeed Wilson.

e Fairchild-Wheeler Golf Course in Fairfield isamong a group of six sites being considered for a newstate facility for juvenile girls. e state originally pro-posed locating the new facility in a residential area ofBridgeport. After complaints from local property own-ers, Bridgeport city officials suggested the alternatives.A decision is pending.

Stupid golf tricks According to the HartfordCourant, a 68-year old Orange man hung onto a treeon a cliff above the Housatonic River, waiting for res-cuers after he slipped while looking for golf balls atGreat River Golf Course. He had a cellphone and wasable to phone a friend, who in turn called rescuers.After the man was saved, Orange police issued him aticket for trespassing in an amount equal to a few dozenbrand new Titleist Pro Vs.


e reason the Harmon Club is prospering is two-fold. Cavicchi and his staff are top-notch instructors,and the club has evolved into one of the premier localgolf facilities – both indoors and outdoors – as a pro-totype for golfers who are intent on taking their skillsto a higher level.

e 100-acre facility has it all: a par-35, nine-holeregulation course, a nine-hole short course for chipsand wedges, an 18-hole putting course, a bunker com-plex with different types of sand, a grass driving rangecut to two fairways with target greens, a 12-stationheated driving range with synthetic turf for the wintermonths, plus a private lesson area.

It also features a learning center for video swinganalysis and launch-monitor equipment technology forsuperior club fitting, as well as a 5,500 square-foot fit-ness center staffed by trained professionals who havedeveloped golf-specific training exercises. A well-stockedpro shop and restaurant completes the package.

When it comes to golf instruction, there's nowhereelse Cavicchi would rather be than the Harmon Club.

"I'm in a good place,"said Cavicchi. "Having the fa-cilities to work on various aspects of the game allowsme to do what I want to do."

"People always have questions, and I'm their eyes andears," added Cavicchi. "We're trying to understandwhere they're at and get a sense of what's happeningwith their game. ey're trying to improve and tryingto retool. e lessons most golfers are striving for are:(1.) scoring better and lowering their handicap, (2.) strik-ing the ball and working the ball around the course bet-ter, and (3.) improving their short game and putting."

Cavicchi says that golf lessons are for every player ofevery age. He likes to compare the instructor-golfer sce-nario with that of a doctor-patient relationship (youmay feel fine, but you should still get a physical exameach year to determine your health status).

"e Harmon Club is a very non-threatening environment," said Cavicchi. "Juniors, seniors, women– everyone shares the same objective and common interest. ey all want to get better."

Bob DiCesare is the golf writer for e Enterprise inBrockton, MA, and he is also a member of the International Network of Golf.

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Yes, but Tiger’s brand loses some of its stripee face of Golf ’s Patron Saint is everywhere, yet he

has only one public appearance since crashing his SUVoutside his Windemere, Fla. mansion on anksgivingnight after an explosive argument with wife, ElinNordegren, the gold-digging Swedish nanny who cameto the US in search of fortune and fame, and now hasboth beyond her wildest dreams.

From nanny to trophy wife, Elin Nordegren’s life goalis complete. On October 5, 2004, she captured andmarried Tiger Woods, the global legend and the mostrevered athlete on the planet. Let’s set the recordstraight: Mrs. Woods has had nothing to do with Mr.Woods’ 64 worldwide wins, 56 PGA Tour victories, 14major championships, 10-time Player of the Year andAP Athlete of the Decade honors. And that’s from just2000-2009!

It appears Elin Nordegren, Team Tiger and the mediaare especially focused on the $99 million he earned in2008, and the estimated $90 million he pulled downin 2009. If Tiger Woods was a public company on WallStreet, he would rank in the Fortune 100, since somany rely on his unprecedented ability to generatehuge wealth, and profit, for himself and those who dobusiness with him.

Since that fateful dust-up with Elin on November 26Tiger has been ripped, trashed, lampooned and ha-rassed in all sectors of life. e greatest rainmaker insports history is getting lambasted harshly by slackerswho don’t know a bogey from a Kettle One martini.When you’re the most recognizable athlete on theplanet, what’s wrong with having a girlfriend or two orthree? It’s lonely when you’re on the road 25 weeks.When curvy, silicone-chested beauties throw themselvesat you at every turn, who could resist the temptation?

History shows that powerful politicians and athleticshave extramarital affairs: from John F Kennedy to BillClinton, from Carl Yastrzemski to Michael Jordan. Sowhat’s the big deal with Tiger having a few post-golfrendezvous’ from an outstanding selection of bimbos?All, I’m sure, with fine intentions of helping Tiger breakJack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors. Makes me wonderif Tiger is on his way to break another (unofficial)record held by basketball’s Wilt Chamberlain, who

claims to have slept with 10,000 women! Impressive, but probably unattainable, even by Tiger

standards! Tiger’s only 34, and in his prime, but willhave to step it up a bit; only 19 bimbos have publicclaims to sleeping with the golf icon, all who have beenpaid to say “I slept with Tiger.”

Will Tiger recover? Yes, Tiger will recover nicely.Tiger might have to scrape by on $40 million this year,instead of $90 million. I predict Tiger will be in thefinal pairing at Augusta on Sunday afternoon April 11;that he will be wearing a fifth Green Jacket later thatday; and that a record worldwide TV audience will bewatching the Masters golf tournament. Reminder,Tiger is in his prime!

Life, as Tiger Woods used to know it, has changedover the past few months. Woods’ was once the con-summate salesman; smiling from ear to ear, hawkingeverything from razor blades to SUVs. ese days hisface conjures up images of late-night spins and spin-outs, hurtling golf clubs, wives scorned and mistressescoming out of the woodwork. Given the soap opera-like publicity, Woods’ brand is significantly tarnishedamong advertisers. A public figure of his magnitudecan’t portray himself in an impeccable, squeaky-clean wayfor so long, only to plunge into sordid, sleazy affairs.

December was a bad month for Team Tiger, whowon six times last year, and earned $10.5 million com-ing back from major reconstructive knee surgery. Con-sulting firm Accenture, Buick, AT & T and Gatoradedropped Tiger Woods – and Tag Heuer, Nike and EASports have put him on ice because of his tarnished rep-utation. Tiger, despite his indiscretions, is not the onlysports institution suddenly starving for sponsorshipdollars. Corporate marketers are antagonistic towardsports endorsements since drug cheating, thuggery andsleaze have taken their toll in all pro sports.

We are talking about the greatest golf talent ever! ismuch, at least, hasn’t changed!

Tom Gorman, a member of the Golf Writers Associ-ation of America, International Network of Golf andGolf Travel Writers of America, is a Boston-based free-lance golf writer.

q. Can Tiger recover?by Tom Gorman


Now there will always be the "what if" for TigerArnold Palmer remains the most beloved golfer of all

time, Jack Nicklaus the most revered and it would behard to argue against Ben Hogan being regarded as themost respected player of his time.

It’s also a safe bet that while Tiger Woods may stillgain the title of “Greatest Golfer of All Time” he willnever again be beloved, revered or respected.

e “aura” that Tiger Woods projected since he firstburst upon the scene back in 1994, when he ralliedfrom six-down to beat Trip Kuehne and win the first ofhis three consecutive U.S. Amateur championships, hasvanished and is gone forever.

In fact there’s a better chance of Elin returning fromher island than Tiger recovering his good name, the onethat so many corporations coveted and were willing todole out millions to be linked to their products.

e old saying that you only get one chance to makea good first impression is certainly true, but it’s just asmuch a fact that you have an entire lifetime to screwup badly enough to wipe out all the good things youmay have accomplished, at least in the court of publicopinion. at’s Tiger x 7 or how many other formerlovers had come storming out of the Woods since thiscolumn was filed.

My grandfather once told me that the only thing aman takes with him from this earth is his reputation.So while Woods’ obituary may well include his havingwon more major golf tournaments than anyone else inhistory, it will also prominently include his sordid sex-ual escapades, his fall from public grace and who knowswhat else?

He will be remembered in a similar way as RichardNixon in that no matter how many tournaments hewins in the future, how many records he sets, there’s al-ways going to be the “yeah, but” factor hanging aroundhis neck.

is debate revolves around the question: Can Tigercome back?

Depends on what you expect. As a golfer? Certainly.His physical gifts didn’t vanish, although since golf isas much a mental endeavor as it is proper swing me-

chanics, he could lose that special intangible thatseemed to ooze from his very pores whenever the pres-sure was at its greatest.

We know from history that athletes have been ableto put less-than-acceptable behavior behind them andonce again have been embraced by their sport’s fan base.

Koby Bryant is a very recent example of a forgivingpublic. Magic Johnson admitted he cheated on his wifefor years when he announced being HIV positive andtoday is very visible promoting causes and products.

Closer to home fans still cheered Wade Boggs afterit was disclosed that he had a seven-plus year dalliancewith Margo Adams.

But we expected more from Tiger, because he pro-moted that clean cut All American image. He wasstrong, athletic, good looking and the perfect rolemodel.

Why, it has been argued, hasn’t fellow golfer JohnDaly been crucified for his sins? Why the double stan-dard?

Well maybe it’s that Daly never pretended to be any-thing more than a red necked slob with the moral fiberof a skid row bum.

Tiger’s image as ‘Mr. Perfect’ was carefully cultivated,groomed and then refined and last anksgiving wefound out it was all the human equivalent of fool’s gold.His entire public life had been one lengthy April Foolsjoke.

Fans will still applaud Tiger if he entertains them onthe course, if he wins tournaments and more impor-tantly if he wins majors.

Some will still bellow ‘You da man!’, but they willnever again love, revere or respect him as a person.

at is as gone as the hickory shaft.

e ‘yeah but’ will always be there.

Tim Geary is a Rhode Island based freelance writerwith over 35 years of experience. He contributes regu-larly to several publications.

q. Can Tiger recover?by Tim Geary


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$329Per Person*

• Two Rounds of Golf• One Night Stay at

The Saratoga Hilton• Breakfast• Gift Pack & More *Available for groups of two or more.

Double occupancy. Sunday night stays only July 22-September 6. Includes sales and other taxes.

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 7 DAYS A WEEK

$329Per Person*

• Two Rounds of Golf• One Night Stay at

The Saratoga Hilton• Breakfast• Gift Pack & More *Available for groups of two or more.

Double occupancy. Sunday night stays only July 22-September 6. Includes sales and other taxes.

SARATOGA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB

518-583-GOLF (4653), Ext. 616 • www.golfsaratoga.com

ENTER TO WIN

A GOLF WEEKEND FOR TWO

New for 2010–Package Available for Sunday Night Stay During Track Season

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New England Golf Monthly - March 2010

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