The Week That Was, november 27, 2011

china Illegal Activities ContinueMoratoriums be damned: The first of four planned 18-hole golf courses at a big resort community in Yunnan Province is scheduled to open in early 2012. That's the word from Troon Golf, which has been tapped to manage the...

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worth reading California Dreaming

I don't have to tell anyone who's landed on this blog that the golf business in the United States is in a world of hurt these days.The reason, in large part, is that golf communities -- the main driver of golf development in recent decades -- have become...

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scotland If You Build It . . .

Several months ago, a historic track once described as “the remotest of the remote links courses” found new owners who intend to make it the centerpiece of “one of Scotland’s premier golf destinations.”I’m talking about Machrie Golf Links, an 18-hole,...

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The Week That Was, november 20, 2011

bhutan Adding to the Happiness QuotientThe people of Bhutan have been given the right happiness -- it's decreed in the national constitution -- but exactly how happy can they be without access to single 18-hole golf course?The situation could soon be...

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Shameless Self-Promotion, november 2011

What makes the world go round?Mind you, I'm not wondering about gravitational forces in the cosmos. I'm focused on things that are happening right here on earth, particularly the many pursuits that motivate a man to get up every morning, pour himself...

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