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The idea to build a golf course on top of a dormant volcano next to a game preserve was absurd, but Sol Kerzner, a South African hotelier, had a plan. “The first helicopter flight with Sol Kerzner into the vast open bushveld was interesting,” Gary Player said about the plan to build his namesake golf […] More
Gary Player did not win as many majors as Jack Nicklaus or win over the masses like Arnold Palmer, but he still has had a lasting impact on the game. Player, 84, of South Africa, won the first of his nine major titles, the 1959 British Open, at the age of 23, and the last, […] More
Tiger Woods named himself to the United States Presidents Cup team on Thursday, a decision as predictable as Christmas carols in radio rotation before Thanksgiving. Woods, the American team captain, had four discretionary picks to complete his 12-player team. Along with the man in the mirror, Woods chose Tony Finau, who will make his Presidents […] More
The Race to Dubai, the European Tour’s season-long competition that comprises 47 tournaments in 31 countries, is approaching the finish line. Which is why the Turkish Airlines Open is important. It provides the professionals their second-to-last chance to collect points heading into Dubai. Their final opportunity will come this month at the Nedbank Golf Challenge […] More
Colin Montgomerie was one of the greatest players on the European Tour. He won the Ryder Cup with Europe six times as a player and once, in 2010, as the captain. Montgomerie, of Scotland, is also a renowned course designer, putting his stamp on courses in Britain, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Far […] More
After a three-year absence, the Turkish Airlines Open has returned to the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course in Belek, which first staged the tournament in 2013. This year, many big names will be chasing a first prize of $2 million, from a $7 million pot. When Colin Montgomerie began designing the Montgomerie Maxx Royal on Turkey’s […] More
Tiger Woods was 6 years old the first time he crossed paths with Sam Snead, who played a two-hole exhibition in Southern California with Woods and said afterward, “If the kid doesn’t burn out, he’ll be the greatest golfer the world has ever seen.” Thirty-seven years later, Woods again found himself in Snead’s company. At […] More
INZAI, JAPAN — Yasuo Shiina left his home in Tokyo at dawn Thursday to get a spot at the 10th tee of the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, about 90 minutes away. Shiina plays a round or so a month and watches lots of golf on television. But he has never seen the likes of […] More
