Lower Your Score With the Help of an iPhone?

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by GolfIsland:: Thu 28 May 2009:: 11:26 am

Your cell phone is not just a phone anymore, and now with the many “apps” on the Apple iPhone, your phone can help you do almost anything, but can it help you get a better score in golf? Maybe! Now you can use your iPhone to read the wind velocity with the Wind Meter application. [...]

Cheyenne Woods – Too soon for Wegmans?

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by GolfIsland:: Tue 26 May 2009:: 11:25 am

Cheyenne Woods, the 18-year-old niece of Tiger Woods, will be playing the Wegmans, which is held in Pittsford, N.Y., from June 25-28 on a sponsor exemption. Cheyenne is currently a freshman at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. After the pressure of playing in nationals in her first year of college golf, we assume Cheyenne [...]

How to Produce a Successful Golf Tournament

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by GolfIsland:: Fri 22 May 2009:: 11:05 pm

Golf tournaments are great ways for charities, schools and other organizations to raise money for their causes, but these tournaments require an enormous amount of preparation. Fear not, help is on the way! The Golf Tournament Association of America (GTAA) will present a FREE educational program that helps these groups take their golf tournament to [...]

Golf Cart Safety

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by GolfIsland:: Wed 20 May 2009:: 8:27 am

Last week we told you about all the fast and furious “souped up” golf carts available on the market these days, so we figured we should discuss golf cart safety this week! Brent Kelley wrote a great blog article about this topic, with these simple words as rule #1:  Don’t act stupid! Most golf cart accidents [...]

Not Your Father’s Golf Cart!

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by GolfIsland:: Sat 16 May 2009:: 7:31 am

Golfers like to express who they are, through their clothing, their clubs, their friends — and apparently their golf carts! Custom golf carts are in high demand, and they just keep getting wilder, with luxury carts comprised of Hummers and Cadillac Escalades with 16″ chrome wheels. A line of “tricked out” golf carts was even [...]

The Golf “Bucket List”

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by GolfIsland:: Thu 14 May 2009:: 7:29 am

What’s a golf “bucket list”? Well, the film The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, told the story of two men who made a list of things they wanted to do before they “kicked the bucket.” Now, a “bucket list” stands for any list of must-do things before you die. What golf course [...]

It’s All in the Genes?

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by GolfIsland:: Wed 6 May 2009:: 10:15 pm

With all the recent press about Cheyenne Woods, Tiger Wood’s niece who is ranked 12th in the NCAA by Golfweek, many have noted that it’s obvious golf is in her DNA. USA Today stated, “She’s got the firm grip and a fluid swing, not to mention the almond-shaped eyes and wide smile of her uncle [...]

Golfers Hit Twitter!

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by GolfIsland:: Sun 3 May 2009:: 10:09 pm

Twitter seems to be everywhere in the news these days — from Ashton Kutcher battling CNN for a million followers to Oprah getting her own Twitter account. Twitter also seems to be helping the golf industry by allowing the PGA to make closer connections with its fans. Eric Soderstrom of GolfWeek.com shared some of his [...]