(April 12, 2017) Any golf course operator or professional in the U.S. would tell you that the Masters signals the advent of a new golf season. Just as spring itself…
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Masters 2017: Tiger Woods Tweets Congratulations to Sergio Garcia on his Victory
by Debert Cookby Debert CookNo matter the year’s long feud reportedly between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, a complicated matter that erupted during the Players Championship of 2013, Woods is still showing himself to…
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As of April 10, 2017 Rank First Last Previous Rank 2017 Cumulative Points Previous Cumulative Points Masters Tournament Points 1 Dustin JOHNSON 1 1660.000 1660.000 0.000 2 Matt KUCHAR 15…
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Get ready for National Golf Day! Attendees WE ARE GOLF, a coalition of golf’s leading organizations, will host its 10th annual National Golf Day on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 on Capitol…
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History of the Nomads, An exclusive African American Golf Organization
by Debert Cookby Debert CookThe Nomads are one of the most exclusive golf clubs in America. There are just 70 members, who meet once a year in July. They have no official club home…
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(By John Perry) –Bay Hill is a 7,419 yard par-72 Championship Course that is in impeccable shape. The purse is $8.7 million, one of the richest on the PGA…
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(by Pete McDaniel) I’ve recounted the final round of the 1997 Masters many times, and I never tire of it. Yes, that round. The one of such historical resonance that…
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Wake-Robin Golf Club – The Oldest African American Women’s Golf Club in the United States
by Debert Cookby Debert CookThe genesis of the Wake-Robin Golf Club can be told through members like Elizabeth McNeal. McNeal, 98, grew up amid seven siblings in Grindstone, Pennsylvania, where her father worked as…
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Tiger Woods Confirms There Will Be No Masters Rounds For Him This Year
by Debert Cookby Debert CookApril 1, 2017 BY AAGD STAFF It’s official. On Friday, Tiger Woods announced that he will not play in next week’s Masters, citing that he is still on the road…
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Bill Spiller, an African American golfer to admire. Born in Tishomingo, OK, Spiller moved to Tulsa as a nine-year-old to live with his father where he quickly learned the drawbacks…
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Several Summer Junior Camps Offered by Golf Channel Academy & US Sports Camps
by Debert Cookby Debert CookOrlando, Fla. – Golf Channel Academy (GCA) has teamed with US Sports Camps, Inc. (USSC), the nation’s largest operator of junior sports camps, to bring GCA-branded junior camps to a…
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By Pete McDaniel As I strode past the various playpens on either side of Aisle 2900 at my 23rd PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, the bright-eyed newcomers to golf -industry…