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Multi-tasking Golf Fashion Innovation: Skirt + Tight = Skite
Skirt + Tight = SkiteIt's a simple concept. A classic "why didn't I think of that?" idea.But I didn't, Mary Jane Parrish did. The enterprising Florida tennis-player-turned-sportswear-designer invented the Skite, a one-piece, multi-tasking skirt/t...
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Momoko Ueda: Pearly Gates Golf Girl Wins Mizuno Classic
Momoko Ueda 2011 Mizuno Classic Photo: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Like other uplifting golf stories of the past weekend Momoko Ueda's emotional win at the Mizuno Classic was eclipsed by what's now known in polite circles as the "William's Flap". Blame the golf media or the social networks... or human nature... for...
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Golf Apparel & Accessories: The Asia/America Disparity – Part 2
A couple of weeks ago a lively Linkedin discussion broke out concerning global preferences in golf attire. The topic was launched by Dennis Allen of Back Nine, the new multi-media golf lifestyle and entertainment network.
He posted this: "Golf fashion - is it boring in the USA or is it just me?"
The thing is, Dennis has...
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Golf Apparel & Accessories: The Asia/America Disparity – Part 1
I've often marveled at the sheer variety of golf apparel and accessories available in Japan... not to mention the unabashed whimsicality of many their designs. You may have seen my musings on the subject right here a time or two....
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Earth Day ShoutOut: The Awesome Golf Refugees
Happy Earth Day!
Golf... as I wrote earlier in the week... is a lot greener than most casual observers realize. Organizations and initiatives to reduce golf’s environmental impact are multiplying... and they're creating a golf culture focused on ...
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Earth Day Shoutout: The Awesome Golf Refugees
Happy Earth Day!Golf... as I wrote earlier in the week... is a lot greener than most casual observers realize. Organizations and initiatives to reduce golf’s environmental impact are multiplying... and they're creating a golf culture focused o...
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Rugged Ryo Returns – 米国に石川遼を返します
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Did you ever think you'd see Ryo Ishikawa in a lumberjack shirt?
Neither did I, but that's just what he was wearing yesterday, layered under a black puffer vest. The scene was Narita Airport and Ryo was enroute to the USA... where he'll be pla...
Of Turtlenecks and Polo Shirts – the 2010 British Open
It's a look that's been around forever, but I've certainly never see so much of it... at least not in one place. I'm talking about the "short-sleeved-polo shirt-over-a-long sleeved-undershirt" look.In the past, at the Open Championship... and other events where the weather was blustery... a more traditional sweater-over-a-polo-shirt, (possibly topped by a wind shirt or...
Golf Just Got Sexier – Poodle at the Tenerife Ladies Open
There's no shortage of sizzle in Tenerife this weekend. The ruggedly beautiful Spanish Island... which lies off the coast of Africa... has long been a popular tourist destination for Northern Europeans in search of sunshine, and for the past several da...
Shannon Hall, Birdy & Grace Golf Woman of the Year
She's a real woman with a passion for golf, and that's just what golf apparel company Birdy & Grace was looking for when they set out to find their Golf Woman of the Year. Shannon Hall is a full-time registered nurse, she's also a wife and a mom and does tons of volunteer work. ...
