"Golf clubs getting some use, snowmobiles are not"

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Snowmobilers' frustration is golf's gain reports Scott Seroka of KARE 11 in Minneapolis where the lack of snowcover means golf is an option just days before Christmas.

Turns out we found an industry that didn't mind the proverbial lack of snow on the ground. "We'll do an 11 o'clock shotgun on Sunday," Riverwood Head Golf Pro Steve Fessler said. "The temps sound good. The phone's been ringing off the hook, so we're kind of excited."

Almost 100 golfers hit the links on Tuesday and Wednesday at the course. 
Down the street at Pro Power Sports in Ramsey, business was good, but the mood could be a little better. "The cup is half full. We're waiting for the snow to arrive and we know it will," Michael Kamrad said. "It's lurking in Canada right now, knocking on the border door."

Let's go to the videotape...

"Muscle memory for golf isn't lost in Alzheimer's patients"

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Lisa M. Krieger files a story both uplifting (Alheimer patients enjoying golf) and depressing (dementia won't help you get rid of you deadly in-up-and-over move). Besides reporting on what researchers have found, she tells the story of Deep Cliff pro Gerry Benton who works with elders suffering from the various cruel diseases.
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