We’re outta here! After 16 long months, 31 of us (from 17 different states) graduated from the Golf Academy of America – Phoenix with a degree in Golf Complex Operations and Management. It’s a degree in the game of golf, the business of golf, and the technology of golf, but I like to think of […]
Argentina’s Roberto De Vicenzo was all set to battle Bob Goalby in an 18-hole playoff at the 1968 Masters when he got the news that he’d signed an incorrect score card. What’s worse, De Vicenzo, who’d won the Open Championship the year before, was celebrating his 45th birthday that Sunday at Augusta. As noted USGA Rules
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This week marks the final few days we’ll be wandering the halls of the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix. Our 16-month journey is almost over, but for those of us who elected to take a full course load in this our 4th and final semester (and at times have regretted our decision), we have nine final exams.
You have to be able to control the trajectory and spin of your golf ball in order to score effectively. The Masters last week at Augusta National was a perfect example. Those guys had to control their trajectory and spin around the greens just to get the ball to finish close to the hole. But how
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When shares of Under Armour stock plummeted more than five percent on Monday, several media outlets were quick to blame the dip on Jordan Spieth’s Masters collapse. In reality, the two events are mostly unrelated. As Fortune reported, “It would be easy to connect the two events: a big, rising star athlete runs into trouble, potentially hurting the
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