Sam Snead's son keeps his father's memory alive by telling stories

Jack Snead is continuing -- and protecting -- a legacy. And what a legacy it is.The 71-year-old's father was Sam Snead, one of golf's biggest names, and the namesake of the Oak Grill & Tavern located at Lely Resort in Naples.That is one of several locations around the country, with the first opening in Hot Springs, Virginia. The Lely location opened in March 2012 after the original Naples restaurant -- just south of Tiburon Golf Club on Vanderbilt Beach Road -- had operated since December
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A Golfer’s Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the greenNot a golfer was stirring, not even one seen.The golf gloves were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that a tee time soon would be theirs.Little duffers were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of birdies danced in their heads.My friend in her visor, and I in my cap,Had just stored our clubs for a long winter’s nap.With the course frozen over and no one about,I was walking alone when I heard someone shout.Away down the tenth
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You can win a $2.6 million mansion with a three-hole golf course for just $14. Yes, there's a catch

While rising house prices against the backdrop of stagnant salaries is becoming a genuine crisis across the globe, golfers have always battled exorbitant costs to play the game they love. But for prospective home-buying hackers, good news: the property of your dreams can be had for...well, less than a large bucket of range balls. Yes, there's a catch. A British man is selling off his $2.6 million mansion -- which comes with his Rolls Royce, pool, gym, fully-stocked wine cellar and a three-hole
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Two Skills For Great Putting One for long putts, one inside five feet

Being a great putter doesn't mean you're rolling in bombs all day. Sure, that would be nice, but quality putting is about distance control from long range and precise aim on the short ones.From inside five feet, the biggest problem I see is a careless routine. It drives me crazy when golfers step up to a putt and plop their feet into place before thinking about where to aim the putter. Essentially, their feet have already dictated their aim. A better routine is to aim the putterface very
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Tiger Woods follows Rickie Fowler’s final-round 61 with 2018 majors pledge

• Woods claim partly overshadows Fowler’s Hero World Challenge triumph • Sky on verge of securing new Masters deal after fending off BT Even Rickie Fowler’s stunning closing round of 61, which claimed the Hero World Challenge by four shots, was not enough to switch the narrative. Even Tiger Woods’s Sunday 68, meaning three sub-70 rounds out of four, failed to be as significant as what came later.Woods, in the immediate aftermath of his first completed tournament in 12 months, declared his
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10 Greatest golfers of all time

Any list that dives into the "greatest" at anything is sure to spark a debate.Who's on the list and at what number? That's fine, even healthy, in fact. Ranking lists are, after all, a subjective matter.When it comes to a list ranking the greatest golfers of all time, there are so many factors that come into play. Things like number of PGA Tour wins, winning streaks, longevity and -- most importantly -- major victories.With that, here's my list of the 10 greatest golfers of all time.10. Byron
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Give the Gift of Golf

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10 Greatest golfers of all time

Any list that dives into the "greatest" at anything is sure to spark a debate.Who's on the list and at what number? That's fine, even healthy, in fact. Ranking lists are, after all, a subjective matter.When it comes to a list ranking the greatest golfers of all time, there are so many factors that come into play. Things like number of PGA Tour wins, winning streaks, longevity and -- most importantly -- major victories.With that, here's my list of the 10 greatest golfers of all time.10. Byron
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Give the Gift of Golf

2 Green Fees Cart included -  $79.00valid Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursday after 11:00amexcluding Holidays------------------------2 Green Fees cart included -   $95.00Weekdays anytime & after 1:00pm on Weekends & Holidays-------------------------2 Green Fees cart included -     $110.00valid anytimetaxes extraAll above passes must be used by August 15th, 2018call 905-335-6181 to orderor click here for online store
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Erin Walker on the ups and downs of life as a PGA Tour wife

A lot of people have this assumption we just shop and go to the spa," laughs Erin Walker, wife of two-time US Ryder Cup star Jimmy Walker.Erin is a vivacious and often outspoken voice on social media, an acerbic sometime writer in the golf press and the author of a blog called Tour Wife Travels, for several years a travelogue of life on the pro golf circuit.Her Twitter bio reads: "Professional golf watcher. Amateur show jumper. Married to @jimmywalkerPGA. I'm opinionated. He's not." A lively and
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Before Ben Hogan became a legend, he had to break a nine-year winless streak as a pro

Ben Hogan is famously attributed with saying the secret to golf was "in the dirt." Ken Venturi also quoted Hogan as saying, "every day you miss practicing will take you one day longer to be good," which seems a mathematical improbability, but the point is Hogan was arguably the hardest-working player in golf history. Despite this, success took its sweet time, nine years to be exact after he turned pro in 1931.The milestone moment took place 75 years ago this week at the 1940 North and South Open
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Attain Golf Enlightenment: Meet The Real Guru Of Golf

Anyone who has seen "Caddyshack" knows Bill Murray's character, Carl Spackler, is promised total consciousness on his deathbed. Turns out the Dalai Lama isn't a golfer, but another highly influential spiritual leader is. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev's YouTube videos, which mostly take the form of five-minute answers to deep questions, have eclipsed 100 million views. His is a globetrotting schedule—conducting large-scale meditation workshops, building schools, battling deforestation, lecturing for
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Tour Confidential: Are American golf fans out of control?

GOLF.com conducts a weekly roundtable with writers from Sports Illustrated and GOLF Magazine. Check in every Sunday night for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors and join the conversation by tweeting us @golf_com.1. Marc Leishman's wife, Audrey, wrote a blog post criticizing American fans for the way they treated International players at the Presidents Cup. She said she was "thankful my boys weren't there to see the way people were treating their daddy." Rory McIlroy also had a
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Here are your 15 best stories of emotional outbursts, temper tantrums and breakdowns on the golf course

On Monday, we asked you to share some of the horror stories you have witnessed on a golf course. The Golf Digest community answered this Bat Signal and answered with vigor. We received more than 500 emails, Facebook comments and tweets on the subject. The response was heartwarming. The tales, not so much. So, SO many club throws. A big, sincere thank you to all those that took the time to share. Here are the best (worst?) anecdotes on golf meltdowns:There's nothing sweeter than a child's
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Little known facts about the World Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Tuesday night is the culmination of the trip down memory lane for the members of the World Golf Hall of Fame Class of 2017, when Lorena Ochoa, Meg Mallon, Davis Love III and Ian Woosnam, along with the late British journalist Henry Longhurst, are formally inducted during a ceremony in New York City. Since learning that they were swelling the Hall of Fame ranks to 155 honorees last October, each living member of the class has gotten to retell the highlights of their careers. While their accolades
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PGA Tour implementing more comprehensive gambling policy for 2018

The PGA Tour will be implementing a more comprehensive gambling policy for 2018. On Monday, the tour announced the creation of a new Integrity Program, which will go into effect Jan. 1. Betting by players on PGA Tour events has long been prohibited, but the new program will extend to virtually anyone related to tournaments. This includes players' support teams, tournament staff and volunteers, as well as all PGA Tour staff and policy-board members. According to a press release issued by the
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Greg Norman: All I Know About Winning in Golf, Business and Life

The trek to Greg Norman's getaway in northwest Colorado is a roundabout one. The retreat is tucked away in a remote, evergreen-covered corner of this rugged state, an area so isolated that GPS is little help. An unmarked dirt road runs from the highway to his front door, uncoiling like the rattlesnakes that lurk in the brush. Driving for some 30 minutes, you feel lost. Definitely lost. Then his Rocky Mountain Xanadu appears: a 14,000-square-foot "cabin," two miles of fly-fishing nirvana, and
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Here are your 15 best stories of emotional outbursts, temper tantrums and breakdowns on the golf course

On Monday, we asked you to share some of the horror stories you have witnessed on a golf course. The Golf Digest community answered this Bat Signal and answered with vigor.We received more than 500 emails, Facebook comments and tweets on the subject. The response was heartwarming. The tales, not so much. So, SO many club throws.A big, sincere thank you to all those that took the time to share. Here are the best (worst?) anecdotes on golf meltdowns:There's nothing sweeter than a child's
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Best Golf Story Ever

One of my favorite sports writers, Bill Simmons at ESPN.com, recently wrote a column that included a funny section on how everybody loves to tell a fantasy football war story, but no one wants to listen to them. It struck me that this is EXACTLY the same in golf. At the conclusion of every round, we sit together, each of us desperate to explain how the forces of nature and other golfers conspired together to rob us of a stroke (or three or four), pretending to listen to the others and hoping
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Glen Campbell, the Rhinestone Cowboy, was an avid golfer who helped restore prestige to the Los Angeles Open

The Los Angeles Open in 1971 was languishing, notwithstanding its long history that included chapters on Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, the latter of whom earned his first professional check in the tournament, $33.33, in 1962.Then Glen Campbell stepped in.An extraordinarily successful entertainer whose roots were in country music, the Rhinestone Cowboy, as he later was known, became the host of the tournament, rechristened the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open, and helped
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Local Golfers to Watch today

Two local Burlington golfers are in the running in two separate PGA Tour events this weekend. Blair Hamilton is currently at -14 being tied for second on a MacKenzie Tour event in Ottawa.Michael Gligic is playing in a Web.com tournament in Knoxville and is sitting at -10.Good luck gentlemen we will be watching.
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After PGA win, let Thomas-Spieth rivalry begin

A month ago Justin Thomas swigged beer from the Claret Jug won at the British Open by his good friend, Jordan Spieth. On Sunday, by winning the PGA Championship, Thomas joined Spieth as the youngest winners of a major currently on Tour, both of them just 24 years old.And just maybe a rivalry for the ages has been born, one that could go a long way toward filling the void left by Tiger Woods' disappearance from golf.With his three majors already, Spieth is the golden boy of his sport, a young
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The History of The PGA Championship

The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship or U.S. PGA outside of the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four major championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, played in mid-August on the third weekend prior to Labor Day weekend. (It was rescheduled for 2016 to late July to accommodate golf's return to the Olympics.) It is an official money event on
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Jhonattan Vegas defends RBC Canadian Open title in playoff over Charley Hoffman

For the second straight year, Jhonattan Vegas entered the final round of the RBC Canadian Open needing a low score to even bring winning into consideration. He did it in 2016 with a final-round eight-under 64 at Glen Abbey Golf Course, and repeated the feat on Sunday, posting a seven-under 65 that was enough to get into a sudden-death playoff against Charley Hoffman, which he won with a birdie on the first playoff hole.Vegas, 32, began the day three shots off the lead but quickly closed that gap
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History of The Canadian Open

The Canadian Open (French: L'Omnium Canadien) is a professional golf tournament in Canada, first played 113 years ago in 1904. It is organized by the Royal Canadian Golf Association / Golf Canada. Played annually continuously since then, except for some years during World War I and World War II, the Canadian Open is the third oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA Tour, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open.Tournament As a national open, and especially as the most accessible
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Louise Solheim, who gave Ping's iconic putter the name Anser, has died

Louise Solheim, the wife of the late Ping Golf founder Karsten Solheim and by choice a silent partner in the family business, died on Saturday. She was 99.“Our mother preferred working behind the scenes,” their son Allan D. Solheim said in a news release. “Karsten’s tinkering with putter designs in our garage began as a hobby, but it quickly turned into a thriving business. From the beginning, my mother assumed the administrative side of the business, allowing Karsten to focus on club
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Equipment tampering controversy raised by European Tour players following Open de France

A bizarre story is emerging from the European Tour, as players at last week's Open de France are claiming their equipment was tampered with at Le Golf National outside of Paris.Bernd Wiesberger first raised the issue, taking to Facebook on Friday to say his driver's settings -- as well as the big sticks of other players -- were changed overnight:It appears it wasn't an isolated incident, as Duncan Stewart told the U.K.'s Bunkered.com he was also a victim of the sabotage.“I asked one of the
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Jordan Spieth hit an insane bunker shot to win the Travelers Championship and went berserk with his caddy

Jordan Spieth on Sunday won his second PGA Tour event of the season in dramatic fashion.During a playoff with Daniel Berger at the Travelers Championship, on the 19th hole, Spieth found himself in a bunker near the hole.Spieth proceeded to hit almost a perfect shot out of the bunker and holed it to win the tournament.Almost as epic as the shot was his celebration, as he chest-bumped his caddy and chucked his wedge.Afterward, Spieth said of the shot, "For the bunker shot to go in, that was
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Brooks Koepka, US Open Champion.

Brooks Koepka (born May 3, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Ranked inside the top 25 in the Official World Golf Ranking, he chose a different route than other young Americans to get mainstay status on the PGA Tour, by starting his career on the European Challenge Tour and eventually the European Tour.He played collegiate golf at Florida State University.Koepka claimed his first major championship by winning the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills.[1] [2]  Early years
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The United States Open Championship

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. It is staged by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in mid-June, scheduled so that, if there are no weather delays, the final round is played on the third Sunday, which is Father's Day. The U.S. Open is staged at a
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Graham and Ruby DeLaet – A love story

Although “love” is a term more associated with tennis than professional golf, there will be a lot of Valentine’s Day cards being exchanged this week on the PGA Tour.While we can’t overlook wonderful long-term relationships like Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, who will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary this year, there is a remarkable love story much closer to home for Canadians: Graham and Ruby DeLaet.Married in 2008, the couple met when Graham, from Weyburn, Sask., was attending Boise State
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Gary Player insists that they've got the career senior major count all wrong

There’s a good chance Bernhard Langer will win the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship on Sunday. If he does, he’ll officially pass Jack Nicklaus for most career majors on the PGA Tour Champions.It would also give Langer 32 career senior victories. At a very youthful 59, he has a chance to surpass Hale Irwin’s long-considered unsurpassable career win record of 45.But as to the major record, there will be a dissenting voice, one familiar for its clipped syllables and fervent conviction. It will
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Lexi Thompson defies demons, wins Kingsmill Championship in dominant fashion

At the Kingsmill Championship, there were no angry viewers writing in to ruin things for Lexi Thompson. The 22-year-old led by three stroke going into the final round at Kingsmill Resort’s River Course in Williamsburg, Va., and after a bogey-free 65 on Sunday, she won the title by a comfortable five strokes over In Gee Chun and nine strokes over third-place finisher Angela Stanford. In winning her eighth career LPGA title, Thompson's victory was especially sweet in that it comes after she lost
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Ian Poulter blasts back at Brandel Chamblee after accusation he did not try to win Players Championship: 'It's clearly very easy sitting on your a***'

-  Ian Poulter finished second in the prestigious Players Championship -  It was a welcome return to form after a tough year for the Englishman -  But US TV analyst Brandel Chamblee was critical of his tactics in the final round -  Chamblee claimed 'he clearly did not play to win... and he didn't.' There was a bitter twist at the end of Ian Poulter's positive week at the Players Championship after he became involved in a row with a US TV analyst.The Golf Channel's Brandel Chamblee accused
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The 11 Craziest Things About John Daly, Golf's Real-Life 'Wild Thing

Here's why Daly has been golf's most outrageous character for decades...Everyone’s favorite funny pants-wearing, cigarette-smoking, personal life-destroying golfer is back in the news this week. And no, John Daly is not dead. The 50-year-old known variously as “Wild Thing” and “Long John” recently appeared on the Dan Le Batard Show and told a story that began with him winning $55,000 at a casino and ended with him losing $55,000 out of a car window while fighting with his wife. I won like 55
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Johnny Miller's Bold Fashion Claim to Fame

The white belt is golf's most polarizing piece of fashion. So much so that two governing rules for wearing it have developed.1. Wearing one off a golf course is strictly prohibited (OK, so I made that up, but c'mon)2. The Law of 35The second one comes from Golf Digest's Mr. Style Marty Hackel, who always says you shouldn't wear a white belt if you are over the age of 35 or have a waistline over 35. (Side note: This rule may have been, um, stretched to keep me within the parameters.)Why are we
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LPGA Tour - For the Love of Caddieing

On the LPGA Tour, a small band of devoted loopers live a thrilling, nomadic existence requiring perseverance, imagination and supportive familiesSome are household names among golf fans. Mike (Fluff) Cowan—and his walrus mustache—comes to mind. A few struck it rich, such as Steve Williams in his 13 years with Tiger Woods, and Jim (Bones) Mackay, who has worked with Phil Mickelson since 1992. But those are the exceptions, and they work on the PGA Tour. Among caddies, they are the haves.The
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Mother's Day Brunch - Joins Us To Celebrate This Great Day

Sunday May 14th, is Mother's Day, join us for aMother's Day Brunch.Call now to make a reservation, 905-335-6181.
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How far do average golfers really hit it? New distance data will surprise you.

What constitutes a long drive? For most golfers, they turn to the TV for context. Sadly, the bombs produced by Dustin Johnson and Jason Day aren't realistic standards (even for most pros). Moreover, despite the advances in technology and fitness, 300 yards remains a desired and hallowed target, mainly for one reason: most golfers can't come close to sniffing that distance.Conversely, we continue to hear that escalating distance is becoming a problem, to the point where the USGA is starting to
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Top 10 Masters I Can Remember

There's nothing better than settling in on Sunday afternoon and watching the back nine of The Masters.  My first memory of the Masters was 1986, and I'm so glad this was my first memory.  Funny thing, I don't recall watching Bernhard Langer in 1985 but can remember the day vividly in 1986. So for that reason, this list is my Top 10 Masters from 1986 to 2016.  Over the last few years I've enjoyed The Masters but for some reason I feel it's lacked excitement with the exception of Bubba Watson's
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Augusta National chairman Billy Payne is always the most interesting person in the room

[This story originally appeared in Sports Illustrated Golf+ in April 2016.]Some months ago my boss (or one of them) assigned me an interesting story for this issue: Jeff Knox, the amateur golfer and Augusta National member who often plays as a marker on Masters weekends. He has given interviews after some of his rounds, and my best guess was that if Knox wanted to do the story -- and if Billy Payne, the club's chairman since 2006, gave his approval -- it would happen. I wrote to Knox, and he
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Their One Shining Moment

Golfers often saying playing in the Masters is the highlight of their careers. Particularly if they only get to do it once David Feherty likened it to “stepping into a Salvador Dali painting.”  Robert Wrenn called it “the proverbial dream come true.”“It was magical, mystical, everything you thought it would be,” Brian Bateman said.Using a more modern vernacular, Kyle Stanley simply said, “it was probably one of the most awesome things ever.”The Masters is art and music and laughter and mystique,
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5 Worst Scandals in Pro Golf History

When discussing pro golf, we tend to limit our focus to the greatness of Jordan Spieth or the surprising amount money made by caddies. But these are merely things that take place on the course. It might surprise you to learn that, despite golf priding itself on class and etiquette, the sport is far from squeaky clean. As we’ve seen in the past, the worst pro golf scandals can come out of nowhere.Despite making $931,000 on a stock he purchased thanks to an insider trading tip from sports gambler
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Marc Leishman's win a family affair, two years after wife Audrey nearly died

ORLANDO — Arnold Palmer wasn’t waiting behind the 18th green at Bay Hill to congratulate Marc Leishman after he won on Sunday. The 33-year-old Aussie didn’t mind settling for a hug from his wife and their two young boys instead.The first Arnold Palmer Invitational without the tournament’s namesake, who passed away at 87 last September, was emotional for many. No one perhaps more so than Leishman.Two years ago, almost to the week, Leishman’s wife, Audrey, nearly died from toxic-shock syndrome, a
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AS THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL PREPARES FOR LIFE AFTER ARNIE, THE QUESTION OF PLAYER SUPPORT LINGERS

Four years ago, Arnold Palmer joked that he was going to break Rory McIlroy’s arm if he didn’t come play in his tournament at Bay Hill. In 2015, McIlroy honored the request, playing in the namesake’s Invitational for the first time. He returned last year, too.When McIlroy shows up for this year’s tournament in two weeks, there will be a sizable void left by Palmer, who passed away from heart complications last September at the age of 87.“I played the last couple of years because I knew it might
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Arnold Palmer memorabilia to be showcased at various tournaments, beginning with Arnold Palmer Invitational

Arnold Palmer with his long-time assistant Doc Giffin in Palmer's office in Latrobe, Pa.  When Arnold Palmer died of heart complications in September, he left behind, among many things, large stacks of items and memorabilia on his desks in Latrobe, Pa., and Orlando that he had yet to autograph. Though 87 years old and more than 40 years removed from his last PGA Tour title, requests for a piece of the legendary golfer barely had waned.Perhaps not surprisingly, interest in memorabilia associated
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Pesticides & The Canadian Golf Industry

With the recent focus from the CBC documentary "Dad and the Dandelions", this is a good opportunity for the golf industry to remind you the public of how effective our environmental stewardship actually is.The following key messages, are distributed by the National Allied Golf Association partners, support consistent‎ dialogue with golfers, media, government, environmentalist and any other stakeholders. The intent is to align all of our messaging for consistent representation of the facts. The
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Darren Clarke Joining Tiger Woods, Graeme McDowell in the Bar Business

By Joel Beall Darren Clarke is familiar with libation work. He told Golf Digest's John Huggan in 2008 that the only job he's ever had was at a bar called The Inn in the Park, in his hometown of Dungannon, Northern Ireland. He's never been shy to enjoy the spirits himself, as evidenced in his famous Open Championship press conference when he told the assembled media that, "I've had a few beers." Experiences that will suit him well in his next endeavor: owning a pub.On Twitter Sunday, the Ryder
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Was Langer Handed Win at Mitsubishi After Wind Nixes Final Round

 By Associated PressKAILUA-KONA, Hawaii - Bernhard Langer was declared the winner of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship after strong winds blowing across the Hualalai golf course halted the tournament on Saturday.''I know a lot of people are disappointed, but I'm not,'' Langer said.It was Langer's 30th victory on the PGA Tour Champions, moving him into second place on the career list behind Hale Irwin, who has 45 wins on the senior circuit. Langer became the first person to win this event
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Rory McIlroy honored as one of 2016's 10 best-mannered people. Really

By Mike Stachura Not Jordan Spieth. Not Rickie Fowler. Not even Lydia Ko. Heck, not even LeBron James or Peyton Manning. No, among those bastions of excellence and fair play, only Rory McIlroy has been named to the list of the “Ten Best-Mannered People” by the National League of Junior Cotillions.“The selections are made based on each person’s commitment to honor, dignity, and mannerly conduct,” said NJLC president Charles Winters. “We feel these ten individuals have distinguished themselves
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