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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Graduation advice
We celebrate our son Tim's high school graduation today, so I am taking a day off from golf. It seems appropriate to offer the best advice to graduates I have read, a piece written almost 10 years...
Housing numbers' repeat ugly performance, but there's a silver lining for those heading South
The news in the last two days has not been good for those looking to sell their homes. But for those looking to sell and then buy something else, especially a new home from one of the major...
Horses for courses
In the rush to provide more amenities than the next community, some developers are appealing to horse owners who also like to swing clubs. No, we aren't talking about polo players, but rather...
Westies finish 3rd of 24 teams
As I wrote earlier, today was the big season-ending tournament for New England prep schools (only 24 competed, one less than planned), the Kingswood-Oxford Invitational. My son Tim's Westminster team...
Westminster golfers try to close the deal
There will be no regular post today. I am off to watch the Westminster School golf team compete against 25 other New England schools in the season-ending Kingswood-Oxford Invitational. All five scores...
Your editor, the matchmaker
True story. I thought I was meeting my friend and former colleague Alden for a cup of coffee this morning, something we try to do every three months or so. Instead, Alden showed up with Annette, whom I...
Why we love the game
I could never hope to hit a 95 mph rising fastball. Or move a 300 pound lineman out of the way in football. Or beat a pro basketball player in a game of one on one (if he was really trying). There is...
Favored architects command a price
Fazio's fairways at Champion Hills keep homes and OB stakes at bay. For the last week, we ran a poll to ascertain our readers' favorite golf course architects. Albeit with only a few votes cast, the...
Expensive homes taking longer to sell
We are hearing from real estate agents that homes at the top of the market are lingering longer on the MLS (multiple listing service) and fetching a smaller percentage of their asking prices than...
Immigration reform and golf
Immigration reform is all over the news pages, and it occurs to me that there might be only one degree of separation between the resolution of the immigration issue and the future of golf in...
Stop and smell the grasses
The fastest players at my club in Connecticut fight for the earliest rounds. I never like to be the first off the tee at 7 a.m. unless I am playing by myself. Then I can stay comfortably ahead of...
When Tiger loses does golf win or lose?
We are beginning to wonder whether Tiger Woods is good for golf. Certainly, one can argue that when someone emerges as the best of his time or maybe ever, that is a good thing for a sport. Tiger...