Sentences with phrase «golf as a sport»

Discussing transitioning from golf as a sport to the business side of the game, is Annika Sorenstam, former professional golfer and World Golf Hall of Famer.

Aligi Gardenghi, vice president marketing, Europe, Middle East & Africa for Hilton Worldwide, commented: «We have long championed golf as a sport, both through the excellent facilities available at our properties across the globe and via individual partnerships with industry professionals.

The engaging story is able to engross many players — even those who have no interest in golf as a sport.

He only plays golf as a sport would not represent much of a risk for life insurance.

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As a kid back in his native Florida, he was used to seeing artificially emerald, sprayed - green golf courses and sports fields.

The tournament highlights the appetite in China for golf, which commentators say is driven by the sport being reinstated as an Olympic event to be featured in Rio 2016.

However, Laila Mintas of Sportradar — the official data partner of the NFL, NBA, and NHL among other leagues — also envisions that with a favorable Supreme Court ruling, golf organization will see the same benefits as the other North American sports leagues.

With KPMG stepping up and paying Lewis in full, it could encourage her other sponsors to follow suit, and hopefully lead to it becoming standard practice across the sport of golf, as well as other sports where athletes compete as individual contractors, such as tennis.

But the growth of golf, the growth of all sports as a marketing force boosting the bottom line of multi-billion dollar corporations, owes a debt to «the King».

The forums take place in some of the most exciting cities around the world and often combine the opportunity for exclusive access to sporting or cultural events that we sponsor, such as the HSBC Champions golf tournament.

He enjoys a variety of sports including cycling, triathlon, golf and skiing, as well as travelling with his wife and three adult sons.

Lupo's and its spiedies are annual participants in the Binghampton Spiedie Fest & Balloon Rally, but the company also is a sponsor of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open golf tournament in Endicott, N.Y., and the local Binghampton Mets and Tri-City Valley Cats sports teams, as well as other organizations.

The Japanese have long been big on such Western sports as baseball, golf, bowling and even horse racing (for the past couple of years they have been top bidders at thoroughbred sales in the U.S. and Britain), but now they may have gone one step too far toward sports insanity: they have taken up baton twirling.

In 1937 she began covering golf and writing a «Women in Sports» column for the Times, where she worked — often as the only woman in the sports department — for 35 Sports» column for the Times, where she worked — often as the only woman in the sports department — for 35 sports department — for 35 years.

It is a paradox of sport that sometimes an act that looks difficult and complex, like the golf swing off the tee, actually can be learned, while one that seems elementary, such as putting, can not.

Big names in sport have been used to sell religion, endorsing Jesus much as they would a sneaker or a golf club, but the show - biz approach to Christianity is now losing ground

St. Andrews was the first country club in the U.S. where golf was played, and it was there that it became identified as an upper - class sport.

Rocca emerged from that deep bunker as the most wonderful sport in golf, a man who has the right idea: Compete with laughter and grace, and if you must lose, lose with laughter and grace, and then give away everything in your bag for good measure.

In Japan there is a mob organization called yakuza, which has been known to enter the sports world, most notably to launder money through such enterprises as golf courses.

What gives the book its distinction, however, is that for Mr. Tufts, as for few men, the rules of golf are and have always been «a beautifully balanced code, rich with logic, drama and the traditions of a great sport.»

«I played only contact sports growing up and never gave golf a look,» says Stallings's son Marcus, a 28 - year - old Army satellite communications specialist who was wearing a Baltimore Ravens jersey as he took his drives.

Over the past three seasons, the Foothill High boys golf team has been as consistently good «'' scratch that, dominant «'' as any high school sports program in Northern California.

Kim is a bright, young star from a South Korean nation that lives and dies with golf as much as any other sport.

«I played all sports as a kid and didn't really know that golf was going to be my thing,» Carson said.

McKay did plenty of conventional reporting — he was a mainstay at the big horse races and familiar at major golf events, as well as all those Olympics, and he did earn 13 Emmys — but it was his eagerness to announce every offbeat recreation out there that so affected a certain generation, one slowly being weaned from traditional sports, freed up for the panoply of experience to come.

Like the less vigorous but equally absurd pursuit known as golf, the sport of mountain running began in Scotland.

At one of golf's most important events of the year — played without its biggest superstar in a sport struggling to attract younger audiences — the turf is getting as much media attention as the golfers.

Substance abuse occurs in golf as in other sports, and a policy to combat such abuse is of no value if it isn't enforced.

Additionally, Dr. Preston serves as a Titleist Performance Institute professional golf performance physician, Dr. Michlitsch is board certified on both Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Dr. Pecci is the founder and former director of sports medicine fellowship at Boston Medical Center University and the former director of sports medicine at Boston University, and Dr. Bader has a special interest in knee, hip and shoulder arthroscopy as well as joint preservSports Medicine, Dr. Pecci is the founder and former director of sports medicine fellowship at Boston Medical Center University and the former director of sports medicine at Boston University, and Dr. Bader has a special interest in knee, hip and shoulder arthroscopy as well as joint preservsports medicine fellowship at Boston Medical Center University and the former director of sports medicine at Boston University, and Dr. Bader has a special interest in knee, hip and shoulder arthroscopy as well as joint preservsports medicine at Boston University, and Dr. Bader has a special interest in knee, hip and shoulder arthroscopy as well as joint preservation.

That remark referred to a now - infamous Sports Illustrated poll in which their PGA Tour peers anonymously ranked Fowler and Poulter as the most overrated players in golf (they tied, both receiving 24 percent of the vote).

Another flatters golf as «a sport forever enduring and unchanged» — somehow forgetting that if golf hadn't changed a little, Tiger Woods wouldn't have played in the last Masters.

This week, however, golf will become top of mind in the sports world as Tiger Woods returns to the PGA Tour following another full year off recuperating from back surgery.

If you play a predominantly one - sided sport such as tennis, golf, or baseball you probably have developed muscle imbalances due to the nature of your sport.

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This means more than 15 million homes can enjoy a full day of unrivalled live sport from Sky Sports, including football from the Sky Bet Championship, Scottish Premiership and Eredivisie as well as England Test cricket, golf from Europe and the USA, rugby union and ATP tennis.

Our goal is to make the game of golf as accessible for youngsters as other youth sports such as baseball, basketball, football and soccer.

This space will be used for multiple athletic programs such as: tot sports, indoor soccer, archery, golf lessons, athletic camps, birthday parties and more.

Start Smart offers a general sports program as well as individual sports programs for baseball, basketball, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer and tennis.

Children can compete in sports such as baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, tennis — and even disc golf.

Along with traditional youth sports like baseball and basketball, the children living on Tinker Air Force Base have the opportunity to experience such physical activities as kayaking, golf and cheerleading.

Sassy Onesies has assembled one of the internet's best collections of the hottest baby onesie styles, including top celebrity picks, such as the «I'm Told I Like Golf» Onesie that Tiger Woods's daughter, Sam Woods, has been sporting.

The institute offers competitive team sports, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball and quadriplegic rugby; and recreational sports such as rock climbing, sailing, scuba diving, snow and water skiing, and golf.

The company also owns and operates Golf Galaxy and Field & Stream specialty stores, as well as Dick's Team Sports HQ, an «all - in - one» youth sports digital platform offering free league management services, it Sports HQ, an «all - in - one» youth sports digital platform offering free league management services, it sports digital platform offering free league management services, it added.

«While participant numbers in many traditional team and individual sports such as golf, basketball and racket sports seem to have declined over the past decade, participant numbers in extreme sports have surged, making it a multi-million dollar industry.»

That being said, my purpose for writing you has nothing to do with golf or any other sport but addresses the topic of perception itself as it relates to what people perceive to be true.

Attending sports events such as golf tournaments can be frustrating when the view is blocked by taller spectators.

«All you have to do is look at the profit margins for any popular, high - tech sports such as golf and tennis,» says Pearsall.

Murphy admits that hockey science is a small niche when compared to more popular North American sports such as golf and basketball.

Quick, power movements of the upper body used in sports such as baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, etc..