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Jan 13, 2025 | 
golftrips.com | Mike Bailey
A large scoreboard looms off to the left of the green and fairway on the 18th on the Mystic Rock Course at Nemacolin, Pennsylvania's premier luxury golf resort destination. It serves as a reminder that for a few years some of the best players in the world made their way down that fairway during the 84 Lumber Classic, a PGA Tour event that was played there from 2003 to 2006.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
traveldreamsmagazine.com | Mike Bailey |Tim Cotroneo
By Mike BaileyA large scoreboard looms off to the left of the green and fairway on the 18th on the Mystic Rock Course at Nemacolin, Pennsylvania’s premier luxury golf resort destination. It serves as a reminder that for a few years some of the best players in the world made their way down that fairway during the 84 Lumber Classic, a PGA Tour event that was played there from 2003 to 2006.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
otlgolf.com | Mike Bailey
Sometimes the most important thing you can do in life is simply answer the call. McKayla Holmes is glad she did. It was just a couple of years or so ago, and Holmes was fresh out of college, trying to figure out what to do in life. One day, she had just gotten out of the shower when she noticed she had a call from a number with a 480 area code. In fact, she accidentally called the number back, then hung up. But then the phone rang again. It was the same number.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
golflink.com | Mike Bailey
If you've never been to Houston, you probably think it's just about oil and gas, no zoning laws, and urban sprawl. And while we certainly have those elements here in Houston, there's a lot more to the nation's fourth-largest city. As a Houston resident here for nearly 35 years, I can attest that Houston is one of the most diverse places in the country, a melting pot with all sorts of culture.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich |Mike Bailey |Jason Deegan
On Wednesday, the USGA and R&A jointly announced four revisions to the World Handicapping System for 2024. Three of the changes are decidedly subtle alterations to existing rules and procedures used to generate accurate handicaps, but one of them should have an immediate impact on golfers as soon as it takes effect on January 1, 2024.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
newengland.golf | Mike Bailey
By MIKE BAILEYEL DORADO, Arkansas – Arkansas might not be the first state that comes to mind when you think of great golf destinations, but not only can the golf there be quite good, but this is the perfect time of year to check it out, too, with ideal fall temperatures and spectacular color changes.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
progolfweekly.com | Mike Bailey
There’s nothing like links golf. It’s a different game, played more on the ground, using the angles and the wind to help steer the ball to the ultimate goal, the hole. This kind of golf, of course, is abundant in Scotland or Ireland, but if you don’t want to make a trip across the pond (or simply can’t), go west my friends, northwest to be more specific, to the southern coast of Oregon on the Pacific Ocean.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
golfpass.com | Jason Deegan |Tim Gavrich |Mike Bailey
BODEGA BAY, Calif. - It doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand that anything in California with Pacific Ocean views will cost more, whether it's a restaurant, resort, house or round of golf. The green fees at oceanfront courses such as Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Pelican Hill and others can break the bank for most golfers, costing at least $300 or more for a single tee time. Savvy golfers can find other more affordable courses with ocean views up and down the California coast.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
golfpass.com | Tim Gavrich |Jason Deegan |Mike Bailey
"Have some ****ing class, Gavrich!"The late-Saturday dustup between caddie Joe LaCava, Rory McIlroy and members of both 2023 Ryder Cup teams stirred a favorite golf memory from my own thoroughly mediocre playing career. The above reprimand came from a fellow high school golfer circa 2007. My team had played incredibly that spring day, beating three higher-touted members from our conference - including this salty guy's squad - and shooting our lowest combined score in school history.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
golfpass.com | Jason Deegan |Tim Gavrich |Mike Bailey
SPARKS, Nev. - Once again, it's the courses I play that aren't ranked by the big golf publications that impress me the most. When golfers seek out information on the "best golf courses in Nevada", Las Vegas dominates every list. The Red Hawk Golf and Resort outside Reno is nowhere to be found, even shockingly absent from our Golfers' Choice 2022 list.
