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
The first reports are in on Golf Digest's W-I-D-E Open at Pine Needles. Scores were low, play was fast and a good time was had by all. But reading the account of Pete Finch and the tough feedback from the peanut gallery on the comments page has me wondering if we need to use this is an example of what fast green speeds have done to slow down and frustrate golfers.
Good news...the remote and otherworldly The Machrie is open for play while they look for a buyer, reports Anthony Pioppi.Beth Kassab in the Orlando Sentinel as Tiger played for "Albany" instead of Isleworth this year in the Excess Classic.
"We held him in really high regard," said Vic Miesel, who specializes in luxury home sales in the Windermere area at Maingate Real Estate. "The luster of his fame has definitely worn off on a lot of people."
Woods didn't say just how quickly he'll leave the luxury lakefront subdivision just outside of Windermere, but the soon-to-be distance will be underscored today when Woods will play for an "away" team on what has long been his home turf.
Woods will represent Albany, a lavish golf and yacht club set to open later this year in the Bahamas, at the Tavistock Cup, which kicks off today at Isleworth. The Tavistock Group's latest development, in which Woods is an investor, is a new addition to the annual golf exhibition.
"There are really four groups of people that we believe will be part of the process -- we think it will be a robust process," Fortune Brands Chief Executive Officer Bruce Carbonari said on Monday at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicago.
He expects interest from multinational companies, which could include rivals such as Nike Inc (NKE.N) or Adidas (ADSGn.DE), private equity firms, Asian or Middle Eastern sovereign investors and high net-worth individuals.
"This is a very unusual asset. There's people out there who have a real passion for the game," Carbonari said. He declined to say whether the company had received actual bids from these players.
You have to assume though that a "high net-worth individual" has submitted a bid since round 1 ended Friday. Who could it be?
Thanks to reader Jordan for noticing the appearance of Golf Digest's Augusta National Change Tracker, which debuted on the iPad and is now viewable online.
Jordan notes: "The trees look like a disease that is slowly taking over the place."
And she said that before watching them helicopter in to the Tavistock Cup as Japan could use a few extra helicopters to help in the rescue of tsunami victims.
John Huggan quotes Catriona Matthew in this week's Golf World Monday talking about men on the professional side losing their edge.
Nick Watney won according to Doug Ferguson, who mercifully is paid to cover this stuff while Steve Elling tells us about the laugh line luggage looper Chad Reynolds uses to help his man Watney get the win.Rex Hoggard sums up the highlights of George O'Grady and Tim Finchem's numbing Sunday Commissioner's press conference.
Thankfully, they may be dull but the ridiculous idea to further reward the world top 50 with a worldwide exemption appears to be going nowhere:
If Jeff Overton and Anthony Kim can whiz around in two hours and six minutes like they did Sunday, then by golly I will do my best to DVR through the commercials, plugs and needless coverage of Tiger's round in much less time. But for those of you opting to watch live...
Jeff Rude writes about the leaders even noticing the small crowds at Doral and asks...
Why the small crowd on such a perfect day? Well, part of the answer was in the question;
it was a perfect day in Miami, and there’s an ocean a few miles away. It’s a big weekend for NCAA basketball conference tournaments. Woods isn’t in contention.
Might ticket prices be a reason? Yes, tickets cost $50 at the gate Saturday. But daily tickets bought before March 1 were as low as $20 daily and $90 for the week.
$50 is of course ridiculous for a walk-up price in a town where there is plenty to do. That price point backfired dreadfully last year in Los Angeles, another town where there are plenty of cheaper alternatives.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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