The Year in Tiger Woods - As We Reported it

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2010 was clearly an interesting one for golf writers. It was a year that displayed, like never before, the divergent appetites for news about Tiger Woods.

Early in the beleaguered champion's "annus horribilis",  golf media outlets... large and small... formulated their strategies.

There were those who saw it as the perfect time for a segue into TMZ territory...

"Only Two Things" - 2010: The Year in Golf & Sex

Back in early June we aired our first episode of "Only Two Things".

Our inspiration was one of golf's most popular quotes: 

"Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them."    

Our formula was a half hour review of the week in golf, followed by a half hour discussion of a "Mars/Venus" topic of the day .  Over the ensuing weeks we covered some controversial topics..

Bunker Boost at Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

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When the world’s top golfers convene at Abu Dhabi Golf Club for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship next month, they'll be greeted by five unique new bunkers on The National Course.
      
The bunkers, which protect holes 2, 5, 6, 13 and 17,  feature the kind of steep faces and well-defined lips that will require players to adapt their games and "think long and hard about club selection.”

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Thank You !

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Just a quick post to wish all of our readers a Happy Holiday season!

We'll be around over the next couple of days,  maybe we'll even be able to finish our video message,  but in case we don't we wanted to make sure we said thanks,  many thanks, to our readers here at "Golf Girl's Diary", our listeners on "Only Two Things" and our social network followers.  ~ May you... and yours... enjoy this

Abu Dhabi Golf Championship & Other Cool Things

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The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship is tees off a month from now and already it's clear that “Everybody wants to win this championship".  Motivations however, are varied.  

Ian Poulter has vengeance to extract, Martin Kaymer has a trophy to defend and two contrasting Irishmen are focused on an Irish win in the desert.  Oh, and all four 2010 major winners will be there intent on making a

Mercedes-Benz USA & The Twitter-Fueled Tweet Race

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It's the world's first Twitter-fueled race... a remarkable road rally where four pairs of contestants are selected to drive specially equipped Mercedes Benzes to Dallas, the site of Super Bowl XLV.  And the thing is, each duo is competing for a pair of Mercedes Benz 2012 C-Class Coupes and a pair of tickets to the big game. 

How over-the-top awesome does that sound?

You're probably

Fairways Magazine Highlights Golf Poster Design

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On this side of the Atlantic, the idea of choosing "a favorite golf poster" probably hasn't occurred to many of us.  In fact, most of the golfers I spoke to  yesterday at the holiday party for our "Fun, Fast and Friendly League" were a bit puzzled by the term "golf poster".

No one seemed to know exactly what I meant.  Some immediately thought of golf movies, and a heated debate about various

Golf's Most Inspiring: The Manuel De Los Santos Story

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When I first heard of Manuel de Los Santos, it occurred to me that his inspiring story would make an excellent movie.  The narrative - of a young man whose life was altered by a horrific accident - was was so moving, and the message, so uplifting, it seemed... made for Hollywood. 

I wrote about the young Dominican back then as he played at St Andrews in the Dunhill Links Championship ...

Only Two Things - Sexy Scrambles Gals Can Enjoy

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In early October... right around the same time the Ryder Cup was taking place at at a rain soaked Celtic Manor...  Jordan and I spent a glorious Autumnal afternoon at historic Dellwood Country Club.

We were there for The New York Playboy Scramble. Part of what Playboy Golf calls the the nation's hottest golf tournament.  Our day at Dellwood had been postponed from earlier in the summer due to

Pablo Martin: Dunhill Defense & Race to Dubai Redux

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Pablo Martin 2009/2010
Alfred Dunhill Championship
Exactly one year ago upon winning the 2009/2010 Alfred Dunhill Championship, Pablo Martin proudly cradled the regal looking bronze leopard trophy.

His down to the wire, one-stroke victory over Charl Schwartzel at Leopard Creek Country Club  had earned him the impressive trophy and made him the first golfer to win on the European tour as

The Dubai Ladies Masters and "golf in DUBAi"

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Always a fun tournament to watch, The Dubai Ladies Masters turned five this year.  To that end I've chosen five of the many awesome stories to come out of the LET's 2010 season ending event.

Iben Tinning - As far as career endings go, they don't get better than Iben Tinning's win yesterday at the the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. A 20-foot birdie on the final hole allowed the her to win what

Musings of a Golf Newbie - Golf ≠ Boring

.By Jordan FarrI resisted learning golf for years because of a preconceived notion. It's a notion that's rather widespread, but... I eventually found out... totally erroneous. It's the notion that golf is boring.If you google "golf is boring" you'll come up with aproximately 160,000 results. There are Facebook groups and YouTube videos entitled "Golf is Boring". Yes, I'm afraid it's a pretty

Only Two Things - The Golf Date vs Dinner & a Movie

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It's often said that the best way to judge some one's character is on the golf course.

Generally the adage refers to business situations but why not apply it when you feel you might want to get serious about a prospective mate?  That's the premise behind today's popular online golf dating sites.

If you've been in a committed relationship for awhile,  you may not even be aware such sites exist

Musings of a Golf Newbie - The Old & New

.By Jordan FarrWe all love change... don't we?Well, maybe not when it's just change for the sake of change, but there's something to be said for "keeping up with the times".Golf... more than many other sports... sometimes struggles with this concept. A small but vocal group of traditionalists would prefer to see the game played the way it was a century ago... and they're not particularly

Chevron World Challenge Sets the Stage for True Tiger Woods Rivalries in 2011

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 Rivalries take sports to the next level.

They light competitive fires in athletes and inspire passion in fans.  And for quite a few years, golf didn't have any rivalries.  No real ones anyway.

Golf had Tiger Woods, one player so dominant it seemed no one would ever step up to challenge him. Those whose job it was to write about golf, lamented the lack of a worthy adversary... and latched

LPGA Championship - Cristie Kerr's Pivotal Round

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Preparing to tee off momentarily in the final round of the LPGA Tour Championship, Cristie Kerr has more at stake than anyone in Orlando today.

Trailing leader Amy Yang by three strokes she's within striking distance of becoming the first American in 16 years to win the Rolex Player of the Year,  a lifelong dream she's worked unrelentingly to achieve.  In order to unseat points leader Yani

石川遼 - Ryo Redemption at the Nippon Series JT Cup

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It's going to be an ultra-exciting weekend as third round action begins tomorrow at the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.


The tournament... and the top spot on the Japan Golf Tour money list... will be decided over the next two days, and Ryo Ishikawa, currently second in the money rankings, must win Sunday at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club, in order to overcome Korea's Kim Kyung-tae and become Japan

Tiger Woods' Tournament gets Geosocial with Foursquare

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I've been a Foursquare aficionado since the early days... that's about a year ago... and my 8 mayorships currently include a country club, a golf course and a golf performance center.  Oh, and I've unlocked 23 badges.

The the thing I love about Foursquare is the competition... the game... But it's actually much more than a game.

For... those who don't know... Foursquare

Only Two Things - Of Bosoms, Bellies & Love Handles

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"Do boobs get in the way?"...  "Are my boobs ruining my swing?"... "How is a woman with large boobs supposed to swing a golf club?"

Here at Golf Girl Media we get a ton of mail about boobs. And that's not surprising really, when you consider the strategic position they occupy on the female (and in some cases, male) body.

In the mid-nineties, outspoken golf analyst, Ben Wright was quoted as