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Junior Golf
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05.28.08Child’s PlayYears ago, hooked up as a single, I once played a round of golf with a gentleman and his young son. The junior golfer held up well for a while, but four hours proved to be much too long a time on the course for his short attention span. The boy literally crawled across the thirteenth green on his hands and knees, apparently more amused with activity of that sort than with the golf game at hand. Things went downhill from there. Too say the least, his antics put me a bit off my game. While that ...
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12.20.06Junior GolfGolfweek.com has a nice "Junior Extra" page and is reaching out to young golfers with their golf blog. It's enjoyable reading but written by staff members. I'm hoping Golf Fore the Good will generate some input from the players themselves. Junior golf gets good but limited coverage on a variety of websites and once in a while you see a photo or two published at the local level. There are also some sites for posting stats for exposure for college scouts. But I'd love to see some user-generated content, something that shows the players actually ...
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12.11.06AJGA announces newest Polo Golf RankingsI seldom suffer regrets in my life (whether from good decision making, which I doubt, or from a lack of conscience). One of the very few is that I didn't learn to play golf at an earlier age. Golf was decidedly not cool in the 70's, nor was it accessible to the average Joe, at least not in my neck of the woods. Even if someone had offered me the opportunity to play I doubt I could have been lured from the glamour of team sports. Had I only known then what I know now... The ability we ...
