Nurtured by the El Yunque National Rain Forest and blanketed by warm ocean breezes and bright sunshine, Trump
International’s two golf courses are an integral part of a complete tropical destination.
Tom Kite attempts to score his third win in five years at the Boeing Classic in Seattle later this summer. This is my entry for the benefit of Mr. Kite. Tom Kite is a grinder. Has been for a long time. Even now, every week he plays on the Champions Tour ...<< MORE >>
As I sit here on a wonderfully cool Saturday evening in Tallahassee, FL, a breeze works its way across a small back porch of a condo a good friend of mine owns, I have realized sometimes your hopes and dreams as a parent, in fact, can come true. One of mine ...<< MORE >>
Appearing in the 2009 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Magazine
By Jim Chiaffredo
It was 50 years ago when Ben Hogan won his fifth Colonial National Invitational. It was also his last professional victory. Up to that point in his storied career Hogan had won 63 times, including nine major championships. When he ...<< MORE >>
For the 2009 Quail Hollow Championship MagazineAnthony Kim: Defending Champion
He’s been called, “fearless,” “cocky” and “arrogant” among other things, but if you take a look at Anthony Kim’s record last year and the talent gap he filled with his flash in the absence of the game’s superstar, you ...<< MORE >>
Nestled mysteriously between lore and tomorrow lies the linksland of North and West Ireland. Silently undiscovered, this part of the Emerald Isle makes for the perfect getaway if you’re looking for perhaps one of the finest experiences in golf anywhere in the world. When you think of Ireland, and especially golf, ...<< MORE >>
For three decades, the Bay Hill Club and Lodge has played host to what is now known as the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. Some of the world’s greatest golfers have passed
through the gates of Bay Hill over the years in homage to the ...
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Last year’s PGA TOUR started nearly the same way as years before. Tiger Woods opens his season in San Diego, probably one of his favorite places on earth, wins the Buick Invitational, the World Golf
Championships—Accenture Match Play Championship and then the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first three starts. ...
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On a recent journey to Atlanta I discovered why Georgia should no longer be called the “Peach State.” Maybe they should try “Police State.”
I was driving nicely on Interstate 75 northbound on a glorious Tuesday morning in late September, just when the trees were beginning to turn and the clay ...<< MORE >>
I love golf. Don’t get me wrong. It pays my bills quite nicely. I’m watching every match for the next three days, hoping no less that my friend Paul Azinger, who I’ve had the pleasure
of covering on and off for the Bradenton Herald for the past 14 or so ...<< MORE >>