Answers to “Time to get in Golf Mode” Quiz
1. a/d, b/c, c/a and d/b 2. a/d, b/a, c/b and d/c
View ArticleLeaping Leprechauns — weather and golf records are falling right and left.
Weather guru Paul Douglas says we might see 80 degrees this weekend. It was 73 on Wednesday and he thinks we may see six days with temps above 70 this month (the old record was five days in 1910)!...
View ArticleAre Ye Teeing it Forward?
Imagine the starter at St. Andrews addressing groups of nervous yet eager golfer-tourists at the famed Old Course’s very broad, very exposed and very public first tee (spectators of all stripes linger...
View ArticleAnchors Away: Golf’s Governors Pull Plug on Anchoring the Club
The R&A and the USGA (the game’s governing bodies) today announced a proposed rules change that prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke. In a global news conference televised by the Golf...
View ArticleMinnesota Golf Bids Farewell to Two Champs
It’s always a bit sad and sweet when figures important to golf in Minnesota pass from the world of the living. The sadness, beyond the obvious loss for the families and friends involved, comes with the...
View ArticleDid Masters’ officials do right by Decision 33-7/4.5?
In assessing Tiger Woods a two-stroke penalty (for breach of Rule 26-1) rather than a DQ for signing an incorrect score card, did Masters tournament officials correctly invoke their right to waive a DQ...
View ArticleNational Golf Day
In honor of National Golf Day (April 16), and despite the fact that golf is temporarily on hold pending a change in Mother Nature’s current stance on spring, we are extolling a few of the economic,...
View ArticleMN Golfer Magazine Snags Gold Award
MGA’s own publication, Minnesota Golfer magazine, brought home a gold award Nov. 13 at the 18th Annual MMPA Excellence Awards. The Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association shindig, put on at...
View ArticleWhat are the odds?!
Exceptional golf shots are in the news lately. The husband and wife duo of Janet and Tony Blundy recently scored back-to-back aces at the same hole at Meadows Ledge Golf Course, Grand Ledge, Mich. The...
View ArticleBunker Mentality
Bunkers are more than just sand-filled holes in the ground, just ask the turf scientists with the USGA’s Green Section. The Green Section is 95 years old, and has been delivering on its mission of...
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