The prevailing silence is broken only when the occasional passing cyclist, or one of the green golf buggies used to service the estate, overtakes at modest speed.
Check in: Yes, kids love the pool, the giant chess game, even the putt-putt golf green, but lush landscaping, a location to die for (the motel is maybe 10 steps from the beach), and 54 large guest suites with low-key nautical decor and mini kitchens make the grown-ups giddy too.
The 37-year-old was two shots adrift of overnight leader Woods but kept his cool to card 70 to the American's 75 to win by three on the final green at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Another house, which Mr. Ferraro calls the "golf-and-tennis suite, " has sage-green beadboard in the hallways and golf artifacts, including a display case tracing the history of the golf ball.
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He strode into the room in a green golf shirt, khakis and tasseled loafers.
Who can forget the look on Greg Norman's face as he walked off the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club on Apr. 14, 1996?
Monday's action was very nearly over almost before it began as two golf balls moved on the green due to strong gusts but the wind subsided and play continued the rest of the day.
Rolling the ball across the green, hopefully into the hole, is still what golf comes down to.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon have correctly determined that, if the US is to project power in remote regions of the world, American forces must move out of their huge and comfortable golf-green garrisons at home and in foreign lands that served well during the Cold War, and into Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the Philippines.
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The finals, broadcast on Golf Channel, will take place on Augusta's 18th green on the Sunday before the Masters each year.
Ian Poulter said he used his umbrella to shield the wind so he could mark his ball on the green, but when the umbrella moved, so did his golf ball.
And golfers will want to take advantage of unlimited green fees at the nearby nine-hole golf club to try to make parrrrr.
Sorenstam, 35, who is chasing a fifth win in this event, carded five birdies on the front nine and three more coming in as she played almost perfect golf from tee to green.
"Surely, by now, visions of dogwoods and azaleas are dancing in your head and you can almost taste the pimento cheese sandwiches, " Golf Pride says in promoting its new, limited-edition, green-and-white grips.
Its leafy green head is usually 1-2 inches in diameter, roughly the size of a golf ball, but each sprout packs a potent punch of contrasting flavors.
There are also tennis courts on the property and, glory be, not a tee or green in sight--though you do maneuver the hilly terrain on battery-operated golf carts.
The simplest solution is a good golf-specific GPS that will show the course in detail and provide accurate yardages to both the green and to trouble and lay-up locations.
Their cabin is part of a community that dates to 1927 called the Sedgewood Club, a private club with 80 homes, a nine-hole golf course, a practice green, two tennis courts, a pro shop, and a lake club set on 250 acres with two private lakes.
James Green, 18, was caught driving a Volkswagen Golf at 116mph on a 40mph road in the Black Country last July.
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Wearing golf's second most famous green jacket, Robson's delivery never changes - "On the tee, Iain Pyman!"
Watson paused several times to compose himself before allowing that out of respect for Augusta National and the traditions of the Masters, he didn't involve the green jacket in any of his free-spirited antics, like playing barefoot, or in the famous Golf Boys videos he does with fellow pros Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan.
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