Golf

Swinging in the Rain

October - November 2011

Top Gear for the Wet Season IDEA PRO A12 HYBRID Adams Golf’s newest tour caliber hybrid features a hotter face designed for improved playability, a sole optimized with a steel skid plate and flush-mounted weight screw aimed at reducing turf interaction. adamsgolf.com HENRY-GRIFFITTS O2-1 IRONS The successor to the RDH3 Iron Series, this OS-1 series…

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Clubbing It

August - September 2011

Hot Gear to Drive You Into Fall

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The Roll of a Lifetime

August - September 2011

Art Imitates Life at Pebble Beach Photography By Joann Dost Pebble beach Golf links hasn’t only been the site of golfing history. The course has served as a set for films such as National Velvet, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and Rebecca. And, upon stepping to the first tee for the first time at Pebble…

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Keep It Moving

June - July 2011

Neither Rain, Nor Wind, Sunshine, Weight, or Distance Will Keep You From Your Appointed Golf Gounds

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Jack is Back!

June - July 2011

YOU TAKE YOUR HISTORICAL FIRSTS WHERE YOU CAN. It was 1988, and a couple of months before the Kiele course was due to open at the just-opened Kauai Lagoons Resort I scored an invite to preview the course. This was a big deal because Kiele was the first new golf course built in Hawai’i in…

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Favorite Fairways: Reflections on the Reservation

April - May 2011

By Joe Passov ON A BREEZY DESERT DAY IN EARLY DECEMBER 2006, Ben Crenshaw is tromping around the second green at We-KoPa Golf Club’s Saguaro course with a furrowed brow. It’s Gentle Ben’s first trip around the finished version of a new course he has designed with partner Bill Coore and he’s spotted something-a tiny…

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Favorite Fairways: The Many Moods of San Francisco’s Harding Park

February - March 2011

IT IS NOT WITHOUT IRONY that I say the 18th tee at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco is a place so special you could linger for eternity there. In fact, the ashes of more than one departed golfer have been lovingly spread about the teeing ground, which resides on a hilltop above Lake…

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Swing for the Stars

February - March 2011

Golf Gear with Celeb Cache DUNNING COOLMAX SLIM FIT GINGHAM WOVENS You might see two-time Kona Hawaii Ironman champion Craig Alexander around town sporting these old school-cool patterned sport shirts, available in long- and short-sleeve versions. They have a ’60s-inspired slim fit, lots of modern fabric tech and require no ironing. * $98; dunningsportswear.com ADIDAS…

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Ageless Wonder

December - January 2011

O’ahu-based Pro Strokes His Way to the Big Show Dave Eichelberger won four PGA Tour and Six Champions Tour Titles, including the 1999 U.S. Senior Open. His victory in September’s Aloha Section PGA Professional Championship was still a little surprising, as it’s not every 67-year-old who shoots his age in the final round to win…

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Favorite Fairways: Finding Zen at Hualalai’s 17th Hole

December - January 2011

The 17th at Hualalai is that rarest of golf holes – one where you don’t mind having to wait while the group ahead of you plays through. Seated on the teak bench set just back of the tee, it’s easy to absorb the splendor here at one of the world’s greatest golf holes. You’ll hardly…

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