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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Reeling Land Resource goes to British Open
I did not intend to do a follow-up story on yesterday's article about Land Resource and its Grey Rock development (see below), which closed operations and laid off its 25 employees last week. The...
Pete Dye is no Karl Litten
I read the name Karl Litten for the first time yesterday, while researching an article about golf courses in the Asheville, NC area. It seems Mr. Litten designed the local Broadmoor Golf Links. ...
No Trump: Ginn matches Donald in ego, but will he too rise again?
My email inbox gave off the odor of desperation Tuesday. A note from a sales representative for the Reunion Resort near Orlando had fire sale written all over it. "...prices for the Villas at...
Feeding the hand that bites me
Those who decide at the last minute to fly north to south in the U.S. have two choices -- a rock and a hard place. I could not make the 15-hour drive to South Carolina with my family on Monday...
Rolling along: Greens almost as flawless as they are treacherous at New Haven CC
The single best green that I have ever putted on is at the New Haven Country Club in Connecticut. And it isn't even on the course. It is the practice green, a perfect circular piece of sculpted...
Pinnacle: Championship community, awful web site
This week's Ladies PGA tournament, The Northwest Arkansas Proctor & Gamble Beauty Championship, ended yesterday with a victory for Seon Hwa Lee, who birdied the par 5 18th hole for a one-stroke...
Buyer's agreements serve mutual interests
Last night my wife and I were invited to our friends' home for dinner. We brought along a bottle of champagne to toast their purchase the other day of a second home at The Landings, a 4,500-acre...
Seoul sisters: Can American women golfers challenge Koreans in professional golf?
I write this as I watch the televised women's tennis finals from Wimbledon. It is a proud day for the Williams family and for American tennis fans who may have begun to wonder if the country's...
Alabama overall tax burden lightest in south
The Oxmoor Valley Ridge course (par 4 3rd hole shown), part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail, is just a few miles from the interesting and sophisticated city of Birmingham. Alabama imposes the second lowest...
Final observations about Scotland...finally
Golf courses in Scotland are considered essentially public land. On every course we played, including the Old Course at St. Andrews, we saw people walking their dogs, often across fairways. They...
Depression: Business section leaves me in a funk
The business section of my hometown paper, the Hartford Courant, has shrunk over time to a mere few pages of news. Today's four pages are rife with nothing but bad news for Connecticut residents...
Hidden treasure: Best rural restaurant in Scotland is out there in location and prices
Note to readers: Just a few more days of articles about Scotland, I promise (I need to amortize the exorbitant cost of the trip). Then we will return to discussions of golf real estate and related...