Not exact matches
I admit, it is unusual for a Tour
pro to go on a
golf vacation, but I thought, Maybe this was just another first in a year of firsts: The previous August I had gotten my first — and up to this point, my only — Tour victory, and I had just played in my first Masters,
where I was the first - round leader.
The IPGL is being formed, says White, because: 1) many
pro golfers would welcome a permanent base with guaranteed income, a retirement plan, limited travel and opportunities for «star status» in an adopted community (e.g., Ron Santo is from Seattle, but Chicago is
where his name sells pizza); 2) most
golf fans never see live
golf competition except on television, and even on TV they are increasingly unable to identify with the players because of the abundance of faceless — meaning what's the name of the guy who won this week?
More than 30 years after his last visit, the
golf -
pro son of a renowned lepidopterist returns to the Mexican jungle,
where he first learned the game, to pay final homage to his father
Now, locked up in Taft,
where the earliest he can be released is April 2011, Atwater has had all the time in the world to answer the most vexing of questions: Why would a fugitive play in a
pro golf tournament?
But Potter's win is an awesome story and one that's possible in
pro golf,
where every player is absurdly good and the margins on a given day between world No. 1 and mini-tour legend can be nil.
Play
where the
pros play at Southern California's Torrey Pines
Golf Course.