This is a touchy one. The Men's Grill, that bastion that exists at many clubs... it's often a bar/casual dining establishment... it may involve cigars and/or cards and/or a big screen TV or two. The common denominator however is that women are not permitted inside. Sometimes they're given their own "room" sometimes not, either way though the "Men Only" room is off limits to the "fairer sex"...
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My slowly-recovering back prevents me from playing, caddying, or even attending the pro-ams at the Futures Tour's Alliance Bank Golf Classic this week in Syracuse, but I do plan to be walking Drumlins East Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'll be sure to...
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Pretty boilerplate pre-tournament interview clips from the Women's British Open interviews with Ai Miyazato and Cristie Kerr until about the 2:45 mark:A female reporter asked Miyazato about how she decides when to ask her translator for help in intervi...
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There's certainly a lot at stake in the Women's British Open's return to Royal Birkdale this week. Given the way the Rolex Rankings work, the WBO will have a huge influence on who ends the season #1 in the world of women's golf. And when the hottest ...
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Sometimes I do rankings, as in my Best of the LPGA and Top Young Guns lists, that evaluate performance over a single season or over a career, respectively. But when I break down the LPGA according to numbers of wins, as I do in posts you can get to vi...
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Just up this morning is a column I've written on a potential trend in golf: 18-hole clubs selling off a few holes for development and running a shortened layout of just 12-14 holes. Ever since I began thinking about this article, I consider some city&a...
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True or False: A ball lies in a part of a tree overhanging a water hazard. The ball is in the water hazard? (Answer below) The R&A have recently launched their official Rules of Golf iPhone application. It's free and available for the iPhone, iPad ...
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So that's what I'm looking for. They used to call them "Sunday bags", but now I hear people referring to them as "range bags". I want something like the one in the illustration at left. These over-the-shoulder appear to have been popular at the Home of Golf in bygone years, as illustrated in the charming vintage poster at left. I'm looking for something light... something that accommodates
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You'd think they were Saratoga Springs' version of buddha. Horse art is everywhere in Saratoga Springs, from statues downtown and at golf courses, to paintings in our hotel room. It's easy to see what the lifeline of this small college and horse town i...
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With a little over three months till the tournament's startup date, I'm having increasingly strong doubts this tournament will be played. With every day that passes, I think my view is well justified. First of all the tournament is listed as TBA on the...
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This post is a follow-up to yesterday's rundown of where the LPGA's various races--for money-list title, for Player of the Year, and for the Vare Trophy (for lowest scoring average)--stand. And an update of my speculations from 3 months ago on who has...
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Look out! There's a crazy guy behind you!It first appeared that Richard S. Johnson's Scandinavian Masters win on Sunday would be marred with the appearance of a crazy man jumping on him after rolling in a 30 foot putt to win by a shot.It turne...
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I'm always sad to see the Evian Masters end. Falling as it does in late July, I tend associate the end of the tournament with the beginning of the end of summer. I know we still have a month or more left but the days are already getting shorter and sub...
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Ji-Yai Shin outduelling Morgan Pressel, Morgan Pressel, Na Yeon Choi, Lexi Thompson, and Suzann Pettersen on Sunday at the Evian Masters means that it's time to update my June ranking of the best players on the LPGA with 7 or more wins, ordered by my t...
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Futures Tour rookie Jenny Shin won The International at Concord today, going 69-67-69 to finish at -11. But guess who roared from behind to almost take her 2nd FT title in a row? None other than Tiffany Joh, who fired a bogey-free 65 in the final rou...
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The LPGA has just updated its money list and here's what it looks like at the top as we head toward the LPGA's final major of 2010, the Women's British Open:1. Ji-Yai Shin $1.17M (1 win in 11 starts)2. Suzann Pettersen $1.05M (0 wins in 11 starts)3. ...
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