When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Here I had it all set up for a nice post on Kingarrock to man the top of the blog for the holiday weekend, but NO! You had to go for the quintessential take-out-the-trash, Friday news dump of all-time Friday news dumps (AP writer on vacation, Christmas Eve, golf publications not printing for two weeks, etc...).
The only revenge I could concoct was this silly poll question.
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.
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!
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.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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