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Bangkok voted World’s Best City for travel, and golf in Thailand is just that good too

July 28, 2010
By Brandon

We recently published a news item on HawaiiGolf.com about the Hawaiian Island of Kauai being ranked the No. 2 island to visit in the world, according to Travel & Leisure's Reader Poll.One other result in the poll worth noting is that Bangkok wa...
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Sweetwood Golf Follow-Up: Arrival of the Putter

July 28, 2010
By Ron Mon

Special, gift-bearing holidays can come in July, I swear. One with great anticipation came a few weeks back, before my great Virginia golf junket, when a putter from Sweetwood Luxury Golf arrived on my doorstep. Sweetwood makes three series of putters ...
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Every city – like my home in Austin – has a golf course that could be better off with fewer holes

July 27, 2010
By Brandon

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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Play golf, drink cheap and hit the race track in upstate New York’s Saratoga Springs

July 26, 2010
By Brandon

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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Sneak peak at Predator Ridge Golf Resort’s new Ridge course in the Okanagan Valley

July 23, 2010
By Brandon

VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- I can count all the brand new golf courses I'll be visiting on one half of one hand this year. There aren't many. But I did visit one this week: Predator Ridge's new Ridge course in British Columbia's golf-loaded Okanagan&am...
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Play all four of Ocean Ridge Plantation’s ‘Big Cats’ near Myrtle Beach for $285 including lodging this summer

July 20, 2010
By Brandon

Some travelers to Myrtle Beach like to hit every corner of the Grand Strand on their golf vacation, from Brunswick County to Pawleys Island. Other groups understandably like to keep it centric to one resort, and Ocean Ridge Plantation is one of your&am...
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Bizarre 2010 Open Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews makes Muirfield in 2013 more appetizing

July 19, 2010
By Brandon

I expected a long-baller to win the 2010 Open Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews. More specifically, a long-baller with a hot putter. Guys like Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, J.B. Holmes, even Bubba Watson had a chance in my book...
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Open Championship Irony

July 17, 2010
By Ron Mon

Rickie Fowler opens with 79 and makes the cut; Oliver Wilson opens with 68 and misses the weekend. Largest positive turnaround...Fowler, from 79 to 67 (12 to the good.) Largest negative turnaround...Ryan Moore, from 70 to 84 (14 to the bad.) I ...
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One question for Rory McIlroy…

July 16, 2010
By Ron Mon

Does the wind not blow at Holywood Golf Club?
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Compare Tiger Woods to Walter Hagen, not Jack Nicklaus

July 14, 2010
By Kiel Christianson

I've been asked dozens of times over the past several months about Tiger Woods, and for the most part, I've kept as tight-lipped as el Tigre himself. But now that he's getting pressed by the British media, and looking more unappealingly petulant than e...
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