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Has Golf Lost Its Way With Proposed Rollback?
Course architect Tom Marzolf, a senior designer with the Fazio Design Group and former ASGCA president, believes the USGA/R&A golf ball proposal is a…
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A Beam Who Makes Gin — Well, Bourbon, Too
Steve Beam, 63, a seventh-generation descendant of the Jim Beam founder, is finding his niche in the spirits industry with Limestone Branch Distillery…
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Yeti Makes Being Hot Cool
Cooler manufacturer happily hosts the inaugural Heat Strokes Open on an Austin, Texas, day when the temperature — and par — was a sizzling 103.
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Kenny Perry Puts Golf in Rearview Mirror
A member of four Presidents Cup teams trades in clubs for cars in retirement years
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The Granddaddy of Member-Guests
Each May, Desert Mountain’s three-week stretch of tournaments in Scottsdale, Arizona, is not just a test of golfers' skill, but the staff's logistical…
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USGA Finally Finds Route to Alaska
+ Poll: Should PGA Tour follow LIV Golf lead on player contracts?
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Female Agronomists' Major Moment
Thirty female turfgrass specialists from around the country are volunteering at this week's U.S. Women's Open in Southern Pines, N.C.
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