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For Sorenstam, a Busy, Relaxing Retirement

Annika Sorenstam was preparing to fly to New York last week for a series of charity events and a golf outing. She went in search of her golf bag. Annika Sorenstam with her husband, Mike McGee, and their 6-week-old daughter, Ava. “I realized I didn’t ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, International Herald Tribune,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Annika Sorenstam,  PGA,  Karrie Webb

Miller Forgoes Retirement to Take Another Shot at Olympics

A compliant and acquiescent Bode Miller began a new chapter in his capricious career Thursday when he agreed to rejoin the United States Ski Team with hopes of qualifying for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Miller, who raced independently during the two ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Bode Miller,  Larry Probst

Miller Expected to Try for 2010 Olympic Team

The enigmatic ski racer Bode Miller, who split with the United States ski team two years ago to compete on his own, has scheduled a joint news conference with the national team Thursday, when he is expected to announce his intention to rejoin the team ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  22 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Bode Miller

Appraisal: A Diplomat and a Reformer, but an Educator to the Core

Nothing bothered Myles Brand more than the term “dumb jock.” Myles Brand in 2006. He made academic reform an N.C.A.A. priority. “The term dumb jock is factually and culturally inaccurate,” Brand would say, reciting from memory statistics of athletes’ ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  19 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Myles Brand,  Noggin,  Bob Knight,  Miles Davis

On Par: For Spring Success, a Winter Fitness Regimen

Last fall, I noticed that someone had moved all the trees on my home course. That tulip tree next to the dogleg on the third hole? The one I always hooked my drive around to get past the bend? It was now 10 yards farther up the fairway. The big ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, International Herald Tribune,  6 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods

On Par: In Absence of Snow, a Wealth of Golf

BONDVILLE, Vt. As I stood next to the 18th green and looked to my right, I recalled my last visit to the area. Yes, right over there, I had flopped face first, done an unintentional somersault and skidded 30 yards before coming to a stop. With snowless ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, International Herald Tribune,  30 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Robert Trent Jones,  Donald Ross,  Rees Jones

A Good-Old College Try Helps to Restore a Historic Gem and Keeps It Challenging

If you don’t make it all the way to Vermont for your fall golf excursion, you can find one of New England’s historic gems in Williamstown, Mass.: the Taconic Golf Club, owned by Williams College, has recently undergone a sparkling restoration. The club ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, International Herald Tribune,  30 Aug 2009

When on the Green Is as Bad as Being in a Tree

Brigid, Christie and Pat are playing the final hole of their club championship. Brigid pulls her shot from the fairway, and it strikes the cart of the head professional and ricochets 100 yards behind her into thick brush. She deems her ball unplayable, ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, International Herald Tribune,  30 Aug 2009

On Par: At Liberty National, a Course to Match the View

JERSEY CITY A statue had never tended the flagstick for me before, let alone a statue some 300 feet tall and recognized around the world. But I was playing the second hole at Liberty National Golf Club, and there, seemingly close enough to be on the ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Tom Kite,  Barclays,  FedEx,  Reebok

The Best Views of the Barclays

¶There are locations on the front nine that may have better views of New York City, but the best hole for watching golf on the front nine could be the par-5 No. 8. It’s long (between 590 and 610 yards), but the hole winds toward a large ...

From BILL PENNINGTON, The New York Times,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Barclays

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