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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Quote of the Day: Does this mean Howard Stern on golf coverage?
"We can...come up with cooler, more advanced products that will satisfy [subscribers] more." --- Mel Karmazin, Sirius Satellite chief executive, predicting consumer benefits from the proposed merger...
Amelia Island and north of Jacksonville
We will be visiting Osprey Cove (Georgia), North Hampton and Queens Harbour (north of Jacksonville, FL) and Amelia Island the first week of March and selected communities north of Myrtle Beach later...
Fairway Phillistines: Clutter on private courses appeals to artless
Tom Fazio is one of our favorite designers, but it seems some of his otherwise sleek layouts are marred by too much fairway detritus. We played the fine Porters Neck in Wilmington, NC last month. At 100...
What a lot: Paying for serenity
Photo by L. Gavrich Some of us are old enough (or skeptical enough) to have figured out that what seems too good to be true usually is. Yesterday I received an email listing for a beautiful piece of...
Designer value: Gary is a Player, but Jack reigns supreme
We came across an interesting three-year old study that proposes that Jack Nicklaus golf courses are the most valuable of all. We doubt that has changed over time, based on our own observations of...
Cheaper than the Motel 6, with golf thrown in
When we attended the Live South trade show in Connecticut last weekend, we met two pleasant young agents representing Pine Ridge Plantation, a brand new community in Edgefield, SC. They were...
CEO plays poorly on, off course
Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally took a beating yesterday in the Detroit Free Pressand elsewhere for having putted while Ford burns. Five days before Ford announced a mind-boggling loss of $12.7...
Quote of the day: David, just shut up and things may get better
"When we get the figures for the spring, I expect to see a discernible improvement in both sales and prices." -- David Lereah, chief hypemaster (er, economist) for the National Association of...
Richardson (maybe) over Dodd by less than a stroke, over Giuliani by four; add to our list and we'll
Former minor league baseball player Bill Richardson may be the best golfer in the running for President in 2008, according to the few handicaps for Presidential wannabes that we could find published...
Southeast led the nation in increased rounds last year
Despite a reduction in the number of rounds played in Myrtle Beach, SC, last year, the southeast U.S. led the nation in play compared with 2005, according to the National Golf Foundation"s "Regional...
Find your best place: Two online resources are fun, but lack nuance
FindYourSpot.com and BestPlaces.net purport to help you find the retirement or second-home location that best suits your preferences. These are good resources as far as they go, which is to say they go...
Golf becomes desired amenity again; prices flat as inventories rise; other notes from Live South
We reported in yesterday's post about the vibe at the Live South show in Greenwich, CT (the show ends at 5 p.m. today, Sunday). Here are a few additional notes we took during our tour of the show:...