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Nine hole golf grows in popularity
However, as people get less active they are often unable to continue playing the complete game. With this in mind, Betty Bisdee decided some 10 years ago to introduce Honda Nine Hole Golf (as it was known in those days) to the Temuka Golf Club. From an initial enthusiastic group of ten women, the nine hole section has grown to around 39 members (16 men and 23 women). (08/07) MoreYou may also like
Shaving Strokes and Integrity
The New York Times | 14/07/08 
Environmental scientists should spend more time at golf courses examining the brains of players. Because I have noticed that something in the green grass, ... More
Mike Souchak; his 60 score was PGA record for 22 years
Boston.com | 14/07/08
Mike Souchak, a professional golfer who set a PGA Tour record for lowest 72-hole score in 1955 that stood for 46 years, died July 10 in the Clearwater, ... More
Golf course damaged by weedkiller
BBC | 14/07/08
Eleven of the 18 holes at Haywards Heath Golf Club were mistakenly treated with heavy-duty weedkiller, which has scorched the grass.
The club has apologised ... More
Golf 'ruining our green and pleasant land'
Telegraph | 08/07/08
The spread of golf courses threatens Britain's traditional landscapes, a report from the leading conservation authority will warn this week.
The sport's ... More
'Rubbish' golfer hits hole-in-one
BBC | 08/07/08
Occasional golfer Allan Errington, 43, was averaging seven shots a hole while playing at a staff event.
But he hit a perfect shot on the par three 9th ... More
American Michelle Wie on the road back to a cloudy pro golf future
The Canadian Press | 30/06/08
Even in some of her lowest moments in golf, Michelle Wie never had so little to gain.
She had to return to Interlachen at dawn Saturday to play one ... More
A slice of life - Golf gadgets offer a stark reminder
The Scotsman | 30/06/08
OVERCOME recently by an inexplicable desire to tidy up the old homestead, I found myself in the room which, for reasons long forgotten, has become the ... More
Park In-bee Becomes Youngest Winner of US Women's Open
Korea Times | 30/06/08
A 19-year-old South Korean golfer won the U.S. Women's Open with a 2-under 71 Sunday, becoming the youngest player to win one of the biggest titles in ... More
Winner of '41 Masters to Join Hall of Fame
The New York Times | 30/06/08
He was the first of only five players to win the Masters and United States Open in the same year. He was the first player to lose all four majors in extra ... More
Famous holes offer up $1 million prize
Reuters | 30/06/08
The PGA Tour unveiled a new competition on Wednesday that will see golfers challenge the game's most celebrated holes with the winner receiving $1 million ... More
Poa to the People
Newsweek | 30/06/08
Please let me teach you the spiritual significance of poa grass. Agronomists call it Poa annua L. Golfers have more profane names for poa when its afternoon ... More
Utah's goofiest golf holes: They leave some T'd off
The Salt Lake Tribune | 23/06/08
The drive goes past the silo, off the cliff, across the racetrack, over the waterfall, around the corner, over the trees, up the hill and onto the green.
... More
Woods seals thrilling US Open win
BBC | 16/06/08
Two-time champion Woods took an instant lead after Mediate, ranked 158, bogeyed the first though he soon lost it after the 45-year-old's birdie at the ... More
Mediate, Golf's Everyman, Greets Major Chance With a Chuckle
The New York Times | 16/06/08
The United States Open playoff between Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods on Monday will not be match play, but as an 18-hole, head-to-head contest, there is ... More
Wide Open finale for golf's odd couple: Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate
New York Daily News | 16/06/08
And so here we go this morning, another 18 holes with Tiger Woods, with his bum knee, with his grimaces, with his 911 theatrics, and with a new, goofy ... More
Tiger Woods' mental game is also unmatched
Los Angeles Times | 09/06/08
The instructions are straight from the book on Pebble Beach Golf Links on how to play the sixth hole: "The optimum placement for the tee shot is left ... More
Paul Azinger gives edge to 2002 sand shot over Memorial winner
The Canadian Press | 01/06/08
They are two of the greatest sand shots in golf history. Paul Azinger has a hard time deciding which was better.
In 1993 at the Memorial, where he will ... More
Being blind is no handicap to this golfer
American-Republican | 01/06/08
When John Casolo hits a golf ball he usually smacks it straight and true down the middle of a fairway. On the 12th hole at Western Hills last week he used ... More
Recovery Central
Golf Digest | 26/05/08
Another memorable shot, and another victory, for Phil Mickelson's impressive ledger.
Not the 9-foot birdie putt on the final hole that gave him a one-stroke ... More
No runaway favourite at The Open
Chickendinner | 14/07/08
For the first time since Tiger Woods picked up a golf club, there is no overwhelming favourite for a golf major. Gone, for a few months at least, are the ... More
Golf course damaged by weedkiller
BBC | 14/07/08
Eleven of the 18 holes at Haywards Heath Golf Club were mistakenly treated with heavy-duty weedkiller, which has scorched the grass.
The club has apologised ... More
'Rubbish' golfer hits hole-in-one
BBC | 08/07/08
Occasional golfer Allan Errington, 43, was averaging seven shots a hole while playing at a staff event.
But he hit a perfect shot on the par three 9th ... More
Without Tiger, Fantasy Golf Gets Interesting
Wall Street Journal | 30/06/08
I've always tolerated the game of golf. I even learned to enjoy it ... especially once my 21st birthday passed. I play Tiger Woods Golf on my Wii, I own ... More
Deciphering your golf tips
Los Angeles Times | 30/06/08
A former PGA Tour player turned club pro once told me: "The game of golf is easy. It's the teachers who make it hard."
And to a great extent, he ... More
Sir Sean voices support for Scottish golf
Aberdeen Press and Journal | 23/06/08
Scotland's best-known star of the big screen was in the north-east yesterday to publicise a new film that will be used to promote the nation's golfing ... More
Nadal dreams of green grass...of golf course
AFP | 16/06/08
Rafael Nadal will swap the Wimbledon practice courts for a few days of golf with his friends back home in Spain as he tries to relax ahead of his latest ... More
Woman Wants To Legalize Golf Carts On Streets
wcco.com | 16/06/08
The golf carts parked outside the Willmar club where Ardel Stiles sometimes goes to dine with her husband gave her an idea: Why not make them legal on ... More
US Sikhs accuse golf magazine of slandering religion
Thaindian News | 01/06/08
US Sikhs have accused the Golf Digest of slandering their religion by doctoring an image of their fifth guru in an article in the May issue of the magazine. ... More
Booze claims of sacked St Andrews official
Timesonline | 01/06/08
A former secretary of one of Scotland's most prestigious golf clubs, sacked for improper conduct after he got drunk at a social event, has hit back at ... More
Economy takes a toll on the tee
Union Leader | 01/06/08
Manchester golfer Ed Kinney plays about 80 rounds a year, most often at Derryfield Country Club, where he's a longtime member. But he typically plays ... More
Haas' PGA victory not a pretty picture
Syracuse Online, | 26/05/08
If that was art, if the 69th Senior PGA Championship was about portraits or landscapes or even bowls of fruit, it belonged not on the other side of some ... More
Solidarity is way off course
Sunday Herald | 19/05/08
GOLF AND WAR HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH each other. More golf doesn't mean less war, more war doesn't mean ... More
Golf has its own holey row as editor presses me on new rule
The Independent | 19/05/08
At clubs throughout the country, the better golfers are suffering from the new edict that in matchplay the lower handicapper must now give the full difference ... More
Counterfeit Golf Equipment Supplier Sentenced to Jail
NewsBlaze | 05/05/08
The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group (the "Group", comprised of Acushnet Company, Callaway Golf, Cleveland Golf, Nike Golf, ... More
A swift round at the virtual golf bar
The Guardian | 05/05/08
Cries of "Nice shot!" greet the satisfying ping of club against ball as Takashi Ochiai gets his round off to a perfect start. His opponents' magnanimity ... More
Camilo Villegas
Golfweek | 05/05/08
Camilo Villegas is so ripped, the veins in his forearms bulge when he addresses the ball. His clothes are so hip, tight and colorful, you might figure ... More
Rallying round the flagstick
The Seattle Times | 05/05/08
On the third tee, a group of a dozen volunteers, including Gail Price, 88, a World War II veteran, is ignoring the pelting rain and laying new turf.
In ... More
The Star | 28/04/08 
If you receive a call offering to buy your golf club membership at double or even triple its value for a “small” processing fee, be wary. It could be ... Read