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Rules
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09.28.08A Study of Contrasts: Golf vs. PoliticsI lay awake, wide eyed, in the middle of the night, watching the CNN review of the recent presidential debate. As I am prone to do – not so much because the program did not hold my rapt attention – my thoughts turned to golf. On golf and politics, I reflected; and how, if all politicians respected their positions as much as avid, devoted golfers respect our beloved game, we’d most likely be much better off, all around. For example, no one signs their scorecard at the end of a tournament without a lot of thought and care. ...
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06.12.08Virtually Certain: Golf is a Difficult GameFor me, individual stroke play golf tournaments border on cruel and unusual punishment. At any given moment in a stroke play event, as a golfer, I face the unknown. Although I am fairly competent on the course, I am not what one would call a steady, down the middle player. Even when I am playing well, I never know when I might release a swing that's pushes me over the edge into the land of doubles and triples, or worse. I wish that I could bring the relaxed feeling I have during informal afternoon rounds and friendly matches to ...
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02.29.08Developing a Taste for the RulesIt's getting to be that time of year. With a new season of golf on the horizon - already begun in southern climes - it's time to snuggle up with the new 2008-2009 version of the Rules of Golf and stock up on those thirty four rules, three appendixes and volumes of decisions. Yup, the new Rules are spiced up with all kinds of new goodies. Here's a tip: if the Rules themselves aren't holding your interest, try reading the "Comparison of Principal Changes: 2004 v. 2008." It highlights all the new verbiage and language ...
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11.07.07Is That a REAL Indelible Index?There it is: in black and white with a dash of red and blue, a mass of digits and dates and scores. It is a tiny snippet, less than the size of a deck of cards, covered with ciphers, that reduces your entire golf season to a single, calculated figure. It’s your year-end handicap card. Many golfers lucky enough to live where year round golf weather is a given may not be aware of the seasonality of our handicap index up here in the north. Due to the change of seasons, most golf clubs north of ...
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04.28.07Disorderly ConductThis past Thursday brought the opening day of, not just one, but two, of my favorite yearly golf adventures. Both provided more entertainment than I could possibly have anticipated. The day dawned damp and foggy and in the low thirties but with the promise of a gorgeous day ahead. The rumblings I heard came, thankfully, not from the skies but from my husband’s side of the room. Each spring, for five consecutive Thursdays, I head out to play Spring Teams and leave my husband home to tend to daily business. One would think, after cycling through ...
