The United States Golf Association (USGA) did not have a great summer, to say the least. As I wrote a few months ago back in July, after-the-fact rulings nearly derailed two really exciting major championships in the Men’s and Women’s U.S. Open Championships. While I think the USGA means well, I also think that sometimes it […]
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By far, La Paloma Country Club’s most important event of the year is its annual men’s member/guest tournament, the Dove Hunt. La Paloma is Spanish for Dove, and the story goes that when the club was looking for new members back in the day, someone said, “Let’s go hunting for doves!” and the name stuck.
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By far, the most confusing aspect of the game of golf is the Rules. Thank goodness for Dr. Robin Farran. Dr. Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix and is one of the USGA’s top Rules Officials. He helps write and edit the actual rule book. Dr. Farran is also
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Practice like you play. It’s an expression you’ve likely already heard, several times, and from the likes of some of the game’s greatest instructors. Todd Sones is no exception. Todd is a Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, a Golf Channel Academy Lead Coach, and he also serves on the Golf Academy
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One of the coolest things we’ve done since I started working at La Paloma back in May is also one of the accomplishments for which I am the most proud. This fall, we started a junior golf team! The idea came about over the summer when Aaron Quiroga, another one of our Assistant Golf Professionals, and I were discussing
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