Sentences with phrase «than golf is»

The only thing that Tiger Woods likes more than golf is probably... money.

Let's face it, football is not really an Olympic sport any more than golf is, it's not a priority and is a second class competition in the world of football.

At just shy of 39 grand, the Golf R Cabriolet is around # 7000 more than the Golf R hatchback, which now that mk7 Golf production is at full strength, is no longer sold.

Coming about a year later than the Golf R, the Focus RS will be available only in a 5 - door body style with a 2.3 L EcoBoost 4 - cyl.

Hottest Golf GTI yet will offer more power than the Golf R; could knock the Civic Type R from its Nurburgring perch

There are certainly faster hatches and less expensive hatches, but none of them compare to well - balanced, outrageously fun Golf R. I still can't fault anyone outside of The Cult for choosing a $ 26,000 Subaru Impreza WRX over a Golf R. Objectively the WRX makes a lot more sense than a Golf R, but I've never met a VW fanboy that let logic dictate a purchase.

Other than a Golf R Estate.

There's no word on whether Honda will offer any lower or higher trim levels at this point, but right now, the base price is $ 2,220 less than a Focus RS; $ 1,700 less than a Golf R with a manual; and $ 2,180 less than a WRX STI.

That's 31 hp less than the Golf R in U.S. spec, which sits atop the Golf hill and produces 292 hp and 280 lb - ft of torque.

The BMW M140i's boot is a competitive size, however — its 360 - litre loadbay is 20 litres larger than a Golf R's.

But this time, VW sent me a regular Golf TSI SEL, a luxurious hatchback without all the high - performance hype — and it's 25 % cheaper than the Golf R, even though it's loaded with options.

That's # 825 less than a Golf R, and the UK market was the first to get it, because the previous car was really popular there.

- * Turbo 2.0 - liter four - cylinder - * 300 horsepower - * 280 pound - feet of torque - * DSG automatic transmission - * 0 to 62 mph in 5.9 seconds - * Top speed of 155 mph - * Slower than the Golf R

It's a raw experience, making the WRX STi feel faster than a Golf R, even if it isn't in reality.

Not exact matches

«I've maintained for a very long time that this kind of myth about more business being done on the golf course than anywhere else isn't a myth.»

You do need to be a better than average golfer to develop a reputation as a golf coach.

Less than a year ago, King — the executive that doubled sales of the company's TaylorMade - Adidas Golf business in the span of a decade — was appointed president of the company's North America business.

He was groomed from an early age to play golf, and was often younger than his competition, and the only person of color on the field.

For instance, there are different personalities and temperaments in poker and basketball than there are in golfing and yachting.

An estimated six million Canadians play golf each year — that's more participants than any other recreational activity in the country, including hockey.

The only thing better than hitting a hole - in - one on the golf course is hitting one off your 200 - foot megayacht.

This year's Masters, which generally garners more betting than any other golf tournament on the PGA tour, is estimated to surpass $ 12 million in Nevada, which would be a record.

In the golf example, a hypothetical man wearing a red bow tie at a black - tie gala was deemed to be better at golf than his sartorial - normative peers.

Tiger Woods is more valuable as an endorser than he is as a player, Angel Ilagan, Bridgestone Golf CEO, told CNBC on Friday.

Whether it's baseball or golf... the looser you are, the further the thing goes, because it's a lot easier to whip around a string than a stick.

In an interview, he laughed while claiming that he's spent more than $ 350,000 on golf clubs — and those were just the receipts he could find — so sinking $ 12 million (so far) into a club manufacturer is par for the course.

Anderson told «Mad Money» host Jim Cramer that Topgolf's customer breakdown is 40 percent golfers and 60 percent non-golfers (or people who play fewer than eight rounds of golf per year).

Many times, suppliers look for opportunities to say thank you for your business, and this is a better choice than junkets and golf games.

«If you think that he just happened to be at the airport... he was talking about golf and grandchildren... but if I talk about them for more than about nine or 10 seconds... after that, what are you going to say?»

There were more than 500 golf courses in China in 2013, according to state media reports, with up to 400,000 regular players.

To help inspire my fellow golf - lovers who spend more time in the office than on the course, here are 10 quotes about golf that can easily be applied to corporate life.

The extraordinary growth of the business of golf these last 15 years, he argued, was almost entirely down to the hype around Woods (and to the incredible way he validated it, beginning with his first green jacket in 1997 just months after he turned pro, and continuing across more than a decade of dominance).

HOW TO DEAL: The golf course is often called the outdoor boardroom, but Post says that's less about sealing deals than «establishing relationships that you can build business on from there.»

That's more important than golf.

Some clever golf gluttons have tried to interest their kids in golf, in order to justify a weekend round while still getting parental points, but fathers these days are more likely to be taking their children to various sporting activities than taking part in their own.

Whether you're selling golf gear or cigar cutters, you know way more about your products than any customer could ever hope to.

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As you can imagine, getting your golf buddy to link to you and you, in turn, linking back isn't as useful to the search engine users than an industry resource site linking to your site, because it is relevant and useful for that link to be only one way.

This year's tournament was again held at The Ritz - Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes where a more than full field of 152 golfers enjoyed a unique on - course experience that included foot golf, golf ball cannon and speed play novelty holes, food trucks and on - course entertainment by trick shot specialist Brett Cleverdon followed by a celebration luGolf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes where a more than full field of 152 golfers enjoyed a unique on - course experience that included foot golf, golf ball cannon and speed play novelty holes, food trucks and on - course entertainment by trick shot specialist Brett Cleverdon followed by a celebration lugolf, golf ball cannon and speed play novelty holes, food trucks and on - course entertainment by trick shot specialist Brett Cleverdon followed by a celebration lugolf ball cannon and speed play novelty holes, food trucks and on - course entertainment by trick shot specialist Brett Cleverdon followed by a celebration lunch.

This year's tournament was again held at The Ritz - Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes where more than a full field of 39 teams, 85 percent of them returning from the previous year, sold out in a few, short weeks.

Golf terms creep into their daily conversation, and they have elevated the game to something more than what it actually is.

People pray for their golf - score, so you would think their prayers during tornados and hurricanes would be much more earnest and heart - felt, yet christians have no more ability to survive natural disaters than the general population.

I know about golf, I know the balls used in golf are smaller than the balls used in baseball.

He's accomplished nothing other than work on his golf swing and blame others for his failings.

Powers knows that more clergy are lost to the golf course or a second round of drinks than are tempted by a parishioner's bed.

For most Americans, religion is probably more like golf or football than anything else: an activity that happens mostly on the weekends, that may arouse strong passions, but that is very much a matter of personal taste.

Our main aim should be to «keep the faith» as we finish the race rather than simply fading into the background or spending our final years playing golf in Acapulco.

Other fathers slip away into a premature obsolescence, a retirement that is nothing more than irresponsibility in golf shoes.

Sitting on 15 acres of rolling parkland, with an adjacent golf course, The Westin Prince is just minutes from downtown Toronto and within five miles of more than two dozen major corporations including Kraft, Sunoco, IBM, McDonald's and SAP.

Less than half of Troon's 270 global golf destinations have their own restaurants, some of which are managed by Troon's resort partners.