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    Shameless real estate shill David Lereah is trading in his cheerleader's uniform for a business suit.  The chief economist for the National Association of Realtors will become an executive VP with...

    When was the last time we read about a professional golfer drinking and driving his car into a tree?  The baddest boy the PGA tour can offer is John Daly, whose flaws seemed to give the tour a more...

    I met this morning with the folks at Fox Computer Systems, a web design firm that helps me with this site.  The goal of the meeting was to discuss ways to make the site more meaningful for those...

    I wish I had a dime for every time I have seen the following overheated words and phrases (or their relatives) in advertisements for golf course communities:     "Setting a new standard..." When...

    I have heard it time and again in the last year.  People who have retired to Florida and other warm climates have decided they can't stand the heat.  These bounce backs, or half backs as they are...

    The New York Times' web site has posted an interesting article about the global demand for designer golf courses.  The upshot of the article is that the US, UK and other golf rich nations are...

Fans lucky enough to secure a seat behind the 17th will have a great view of the hole and the James River at Kingsmill Resort's River Course.       The River Course at Kingsmill is everything you would...

  Yesterday I noted that I have lost significant distance off the tee since last year, maybe 20 yards, and I am about one club shorter with my irons.  I know it is the lack of shoulder turn, the result largely...

    Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, SC, has been in the news lately for its five-year, $500,000 renovation program to restore the community's Jack Nicklaus Signature Course to a top ranking among...

    Golf Digest has just published its annual list of "America's 100 Greatest" golf courses a week after we received this year's Zagat's survey of "America's Top Golf Courses."  There are two...

    January clearly is not the best month for golf equipment sales.  It is still a few months before the season starts up north and a few weeks before the big golf show season begins with the...

    Yesterday's trip to the mailbox was eventful.  The new Zagat guide to America's Top Golf Courses arrived.  We were pleased to see a few old friends rated near the top of the list of the nation's best...