Have you ever watched golf with a group of people who haven’t really watched or played golf before? Or even a single person? This past week I sat down with some of my buddies and watched the RBC Canadian Open. I have never laughed so hard in my life at some of the comments they...
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PART 4: How To Engage Millennial Golfers
This is part 4 of a series of articles written by the GOLF 20/20 Ambassadors highlighting ways for the golf industry to engage with 18 to 34-year-olds and promote the game to millennial golfers. Read the rest of the series.
According to the National Golf Foundation, the participation rate among...
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An Affair That Wasn’t Love At First Sight
Summer 2006. El Gouna, Egypt. I would have never suspected that a free lesson at a local golf course would change my life forever. It was the first time I had ever been to a golf course and learned rules as well as the basics of the game. Honestly, it wasn't love at first sight – I...
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Golf Fascinates, Angers and Teaches. Golf Is My Life.
There is something about the game of golf that no one will ever understand until they actually step out onto the course and hit that little ball into a tiny hole. It seems silly, but there is nothing like it. I grew up swinging the golf club out in the front yard with clubs that...
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From “Golf Was” to “Golf Is”
Golf was the first sport I picked up at the age of five, when I hit plastic clubs in my grandparent’s front yard. Golf was the summer clinic where I learned how to drive, chip and putt better than the boys with cooties. Golf was the junior tournaments I competed in and sometimes won at...
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Umass Lowell Students Raise Money for Haiti Project
Every Civil Engineering student at Umass Lowell must take a Senior Capstone class in order to graduate. Capstone normally entails a group of students working together to complete a design project that encompasses all of the aspects and skills they have learned throughout their engineering schooling. It's a year-long class that everyone dreads taking because...
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Two Different College Golfers, One Love for Golf
As a follow-up story to Cormac Kelly’s blog post on caddying as a summer job, I wanted to share about my experiences as a caddy this summer and what I learned about the similarities between different types of college golfers.
I had the unique privilege of caddying in the 2014 Curtis Cup for
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PART 3: How To Engage Millennial Golfers
This is part 3 of a series of articles written by the GOLF 20/20 Ambassadors highlighting ways for the golf industry to engage with 18 to 34-year-olds and promote the game to millennial golfers. Read the rest of the series.
If you ask a baby boomer -- the greatest...
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PART 2: How to Engage Millennial Golfers
This is part 2 of a series of articles written by the GOLF 20/20 Ambassadors highlighting ways for the golf industry to engage with 18 to 34-year-olds and promote the game to millennial golfers. Read the rest of the series.
Members of the millennial generation -- people...
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No Cell Phones at the US Open?
Recently I had the good fortune of attending the US Open at Pinehurst. A friend of mine from Boston flew down and we purchased gallery tickets for Saturday and Sunday. I was hoping for another epic 2nd place finish from Phil Mickelson and my buddy was just happy to get out of...