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30 Jul, 2004 10:23 am
Augusta, Ga., commissioners have approved a $120,000 settlement with an activist who argued that the city had improperly kept protesters at a
distance during the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club last year. The commissioners voted Thursday to settle
after the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rehear the case. A three-judge panel had previously ruled that the city
3 Apr, 2007 3:33 am
... pros hit the rock pile in preparation for the tournament. And the NY Times chimes in with this profile on new Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne. Finally, Golf Digest has its typically thorough preview of the tournament here. But the prestige of The Masters is simply a signal for Scottish golf writer John Huggan to tweak the controversial changes that have been made to the hallowed course over the past several years: In what is ...
10 Apr, 2008 6:41 pm
... plug but really, check it out) with a dispatch about an inhouse lawyer who started a drive to get golf equipment to boys in Uganda. Daniel
Frommer (pictured right) is a 36-year-old lawyer ... also told Mr. Frommer that many boys there love golf but have almost no access to
clubs and balls. Mr. Frommer set out to do ... archives by Rosman - the tale of how she secured a chance for her stepfather to play at the Augusta National Golf Club, home
of the Masters tournament. Enjoy the Masters and have a great ...
30 Mar, 2007 3:01 am
... is the top 10: Pine Valley Shinnecock Hills Augusta National Cypress Point Club Oakmont CC Pebble Beach Golf Links Merion G.C. (East Course) Winged ... Downs CC (Michigan) Only two Texas
courses made the top 100, Dallas National Golf Club at 59
and the venerable Colonial in Ft. Worth at no. 80. Given the number ... Golf Digest Top 100 each year. But it's hard to quibble with the vast
majority of the Golf Digest selections. Here are the six new courses in the top 100, along with the designer: Lost Dunes ...
15 Apr, 2004 9:03 pm
In Thursday's federal courts roundup, the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the city of Augusta, Georgia illegally restricted
a protest at last year's Masters Golf Tournament. The National Council of Women's Organizations
attempted to picket in protest of the golf club's all male membership policies. Citing security
concerns, local officials forced the protesters to move a half
4 Apr, 2007 2:01 pm
... ; Connolly litigator was the USGA's GC prior to Nelson. A member of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Vardaman is a scratch
golfer and one of the country's top senior ... players. Billy Payne: Last year Payne was tapped as the sixth chairman of the Augusta
National Golf Club, replacing Hootie Johnson. A decade ago
Payne presided over ... and resort development," which includes ski mountains, marinas, and, yup, golf courses. Despite the above list, Ridley
told us last year that when it comes ...
19 Feb, 2008 11:46 am
... , and the golf world-perhaps, indeed, the world-awaits the outcome. Augusta National Golf Club, home to the upcoming (April) Masters, also bars women.
At least, it has no women members; women ... football, I don't think she'd win. But it's harder to say that about golf." What does this teach
us about employment law? Not much. There are no statutes (at least, none that I know of) prohibiting golf clubs and courses from
discriminating against women members or players. (Whether the U.S. Constitution ...
15 Apr 11:01 pm
... happened to someone else), but that didn't stop Jack from taking his family to Augusta National
Golf Club last week for the Masters, where Burke is a former champion (1956). John Garrity provides
this fine article on Burke's Augusta National visit (H/T Geoff Shackelford), which includes the
following hilarious and typically Burkean ... . "He's got about 14 curlicues in his backswing, and then he sticks the club straight up in the
air with no wrist cock. Anyway, he asked Jackie for a lesson ...
13 Apr 10:11 am
... golf tournament over the weekend. Some readers may know that golf legend Bobby Jones founded /
created the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters tournament. But did you know that Bobby Jones also was a lawyer? He attended law school at Emory University in the 1920's. He ... s
sister school in Scotland, the University of St. Andrews (the third oldest university in the English-speaking world, founded in 1413). Golf
fans will appreciate that St. Andrews is also known as "the home of golf ...
20 Mar, 2008 7:18 pm
COUNTRY CLUB DEMOCRATS? "The Democratic nomination process is becoming more exclusive than Augusta
National Golf Club."
11 May, 2008 11:01 pm
... the tooth in recent years. In a misguided effort to modernize the course, Augusta National
unleashed a supremely mediocre architect to modify one of the best and most original golf designs ever. The changes to the course have been
horrendous on a number of ... by no-names and an angry Tiger Woods suggest otherwise. Meanwhile, The Players takes place at the Tournament Players Club (TPC), a course that is also very difficult, but still manages to identify the best golfers and be fun. The trademark ...
9 Apr, 2008 11:01 pm
... golfers who never won the Masters and this interesting hole-by-hole analysis of how the changes to Augusta National's back nine have altered the shot-making options that course ... harder for the golfer to post a good score. This may salve the egos of present-day
club leaders, but re-reading this column's opening quote, and considering ... during the 2005 awards ceremony. Culture shock -- John Daly on
the Augusta National driving range. A golfing Zimbabwe (see also here) and a salute to the
King. A fellow ...
5 Apr, 2007 3:47 am
... Georgia. Golf Digest's John Hawkins does his usual fine job of handicapping the field and, somewhat surprisingly, doesn't think that Tiger
Woods ... Bobby Jones, the legendary founder of Augusta National and the Masters Tournament, holding
court as the host of cabin festivities. This show is a slice of golf history and a classic piece ... Arnie at the end. In February, Nantz
premiered the finished product at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles. Bel-Air members attended, along with Palmer and Venturi, ...
1 Apr, 2008 11:01 pm
... Open (1899) and the Canadian Open (1904). This is the third Houston Open to be played on the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf
Club and the sixth event overall at Redstone, which hosted its first three Houston Opens on the club's ... The Woodlands' TPC Course after the 2002 tournament. Although the Houston Golf Association promotes the
tournament with players by grooming Redstone's Tournament Course in a manner similar to Augusta National, the Tournament Course is actually a flat-land course that ...
4 Jun, 2007 3:15 am
... Course as the fifth most overrated course in the U.S.: Champions was founded as an Augusta National-style retreat 50 years ago by Texas golf legends Jimmy Demaret and Jackie Burke, but the only thing this
Ralph Plummer design shares with its Georgia counterpart is that Tiger Woods ... hazards. At least Burke and his Champions members can take solace in the fact that Augusta National, Pebble Beach, the Country Club, and Pinehurst No. 2,
among others, also made the list.
28 Mar 11:01 pm
... the Western Open (1899) and the Canadian Open (1904). This is the fourth Houston Open to be played on the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club and the seventh event overall at Redstone, which hosted its first three Houston Opens on the
club's ... pre-Masters date was the right one. The Houston Golf Association has done a good job of
promoting the tournament with Tour players by grooming the Tournament Course in a manner similar to Augusta National, but the course is actually a flat-land course ...
20 May 2:11 pm
... Spackler, played in the movie by Bill Murray, is the slightly deranged - and possibly delusional - groundskeeper at the Bushwood country club. Second: The scene Dixon is referring to is one in which Spackler is fantasizing about winning the Master's golf tournament. In the scene, Spackler swings a golf club three times,
imagining each is a shot on the 18th hole at Augusta National (he holes out in three, of course).
With each swing, Spackler also destroys a flower. ...
24 Jun 8:30 am
Last week I had the opportunity to get out of the office and enjoy an afternoon playing golf. I was invited to play in the Lampeter-Strasburg
Football Booster Club Golf Tournament at Meadia Heights and it was a great event that supported a
worthy cause. During the dinner that ... event. For all of our readers who are golfers, check out this interesting video of a shot made by Vijay Singh during a practice round on the
16th hole at Augusta National. Is it skill or luck - I'll let you be the judge.
4 Apr 11:01 pm
... few observations from my annual trek to the Shell Houston Open at the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club: As I've noted on a number of occasions, the Tournament Course has a reasonable number of ... year-old Norman and the 49 year-old Couples remain
marvelous drivers of the golf ball. They remain amazingly long and accurate. Geoff Ogilvy is now ... putt well. I can't imagine that he feels
much confidence going into Augusta National next week. While strolling over to the driving range, I
had a nice ...
30 Mar, 2007 3:15 am
It may not be Augusta National or even one of America's top 100 golf courses, but the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club looked
pretty darn good on television yesterday during the first round of the Shell Houston Open. In fact, the aerial shots looked downright gorgeous. Inasmuch as Redstone is not a subdivision
course, there are no homes lining the fairways to detract from the overall appearance. Moreover, Redstone has bountiful trees, ponds and marshes ...
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