Category: PGA

A Vacation on Kiawah Island

I hadn’t ever thought of vacationing at Kiawah Island, but now I can’t wait to go back!

2012 PGA Championship LogoMany people aren’t aware of the fact that Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course hosted the 1991 Ryder Cup mere months after it opened. Check out Google Earth and go back to aerial photos from 1989 and you won’t even see the beginnings of a golf course. Yet less than two years later the site hosted the “War by the Shore” that really set the modern-day Ryder Cup as the most hotly contested, emotional, nationalistic event in golf.

Since 1991, the Ocean Course has played host to several local PGA events, a senior PGA Championship or two, and this week, will host the strongest field in golf in “Glory’s Last Shot” – the 2012 PGA Championship will play over the 18 seaside holes off the south-eastern coast of South Carolina, 45 minutes from Charleston.

I was able to spend a few days with my family vacationing on this exclusive, semi-private island. We played some golf, we lounged in the pools, and we boogie-boarded in the ocean.

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2012 British Open Final Round Chat

Join us for a live chat about the 2012 British Open from Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s!

Can Adam Scott hold off the challengers to win his first major? Can Tiger Woods mount an improbably comeback to capture his 15th? Or will someone else sneak in and snag the victory?

2012 U.S. Open Final Round Chat

Join us for a live chat about the 2012 U.S. Open from Olympic Club!

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2012 U.S. Open at Olympic: Top 18 Facts and Observations from My Week Inside the Ropes

I was able to spend the practice rounds inside the ropes, watching the best players in the world. Here are my most interesting insights.

The 112th U.S. Open returns to The Olympic Club in San Francisco this week. The Olympic Club is America’s oldest athletic and social club, established in 1860. With 5,000 active members competing in 19 sports, it is the home of many national and international champions.

Small, undulating greens, tight fairways, fairways that slope opposite of the hole’s dogleg direction, severe elevation, and lengthened holes make The Olympic Club’s Lake Course a brutal test for the golfers. Add deep rough, wind and possible fog and the players will be challenged from all sides.

2012 U.S. Open Tiger 18

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2012 Masters Tournament Final Round Live Chat

Peter Hanson leads, but can he hold off Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, and a lot more at -4 and -3? Tune in and join us to talk about it as it happens.

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2011 Presidents Cup Singles Matches Live Chat

The U.S. goes into the singles matches with a commanding 13-9 lead. Will they hold on for the victory? Will it be a blowout?

Read our live chat that took place during the singles matches of the 2011 Presidents Cup from Royal Melbourne in Australia as the U.S. team wins 19-15.

2011 PGA Championship Final Round Chat

Join us for a final-round chat during the 2011 PGA Championship from Atlanta Athletic Club in John’s Creek, Georgia.

2011 British Open Final Round Live Chat

Join us as we discuss – LIVE – the final round of the 2011 British Open. Who will win? Will he be waring all orange?

2011 U.S. Open Final Round Chat

Join us as we chat about what may very well be the snoozefest of the year: a run-away win in a first major for Rory McIlroy.