Golf As It Should Be Files: Kingarrock

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Nearly two years ago I vowed to profile more of the great, perhaps unsung places in golf and I've failed miserably since that initial post on Santa Anita Golf Course.

But with the holidays looming and the news drying up, it's a nice time to highlight a very special place. It's been an amazing year for me, with stops in Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, Churchill Downs and many other great spots, yet no day brings back fonder memories than a late afternoon round at Kingarrock.

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"The golfer was once the most sought-after pitchman in sports and was the first athlete to earn $1 billion from endorsement agreements."

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I learned something new in the unbylined AP story on Gillette dropping Tiger at year's end when his contract is up.

The golfer was once the most sought-after pitchman in sports and was the first athlete to earn $1 billion from endorsement agreements. However, many corporations cut ties or distanced themselves from Woods after the scandal that broke just over a year ago and dominated headlines for months.

Remember when it used to be widely reported that he was the first athlete to earn a billion, now he's the first to do it on endorsements alone!

NORAD Returns To Defcon 1 After Twitter-Driven Tiger Woods Injury Scare

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And it all started on Twitter and ended with Tiger merely getting a cortisone shot from someone other than Dr. Spaceman. I'm not going to address the Twitter ethics debate that erupted amongst bored golf writers, but let's just say, Shipnuck resorted to pulling Marshall McLuhan out from behind a movie theater cardboard cutout. 
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"'You are only liable for hitting someone if that person [is] in front of you."

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Interesting legal analysis featured near the top of Michael Schmidt's story on the no-fore lawsuit's dismissal:

“What this now means,” said Carl Tobias, a professor of law at the University of Richmond, “is that when you play golf in New York, you are only liable for hitting someone” if that person in front of you.