The PGA Championship History Exhibit, “A History of the Season’s Final Major,” is now open in Edina, Minnesota. The exhibit, which officially opened on June 9, pays tribute to past winners (all the way back to 1916) and to its newest Champion , Padraig Harrington.
Some of Harrington’s memorabilia is already featured in the [...]
Twenty years ago, Doug Weaver, a Hilton Head Island resident, made history at the 1989 U.S. Open, becoming one of four golfers known as the “Four Aces.”
Weaver finished the tournament in a tie for 69th and only pocketed a meager $4,099, but he became part of US Open history that day when he [...]
Planet Jack, a two-part Golf Channel special, follows Hall-of-Famer Jack Nicklaus on a 12-day, eight-country, 25,000-mile journey as he visits several of his golf courses currently in development around the world.
The first part of the special will cover golf course projects in Japan, South Korea, India and China. Nicklaus makes a special trip to China’s [...]
The Armchair Golf Blog recently posted “A Guide to ‘Women-Friendly’ Golf Facilities” with information about the Executive Women’s Golf Association (EWGA).
The association offers a program for golf facilities to earn an official designation as a women-friendly facility. There are certain criteria, based on playability and customer experience, that a facility must meet in order [...]
Golf.com has ranked the the 10 hardest holes you can play in the United States. The shortest on the list is only 137 yards, and the longest is 595 yards. Florida leads the list, with 4 holes in the top 10, and California is second, boasting 2 holes in the top 10. [...]
Tradition National Golf Course, located near Hilton Head Island, and designed by Tommy Fazio, was recently reviewed by Lisa Allen of Worldgolf.com.
Allen thought the most scenic par 3 was the No. 3 hole, and that the No. 7 hole, a signature hole, was “gorgeous”.
She had these tips for future players of the course:
-On No. [...]
Golf has been long viewed as a sport that is played mostly by the older generation, but Waggleroom.com is reporting that is not necessarily the case.
Blogger Ryan Ballengee says that according to the National Golf Foundation, at the end of 2008, nearly half (45%) of 26.2 million golfers in the United States, were younger [...]
On Saturday, 28 golfers competed in the Touchstone Energy Million Dollar Hole-in-One Shootout at Old South Golf Links. Jon Piccione, a Hilton Head Island amateur golfer, won the contest but not the million dollars.
Piccione, swinging a 6-iron, knocked the ball to 12 feet, 7 inches, which was good enough to win the Shootout and [...]
