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Trump Stays the Course in Golf

Lord of All He Surveys: Trump on a Course Inspection Flyover

He built his reputation filling city skylines with luxury condos, but Donald Trump has a passion for golf development that may prove more enduring. Front and center is a controversial linksland project in the dunes of Aberdeen, Scotland

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Famous Quote at the PGA Show

From Stan Ross, golf store owner, upon entering the hall: “The PGA Merchandise Show… what a monument to overcapacity.”

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The Elites Meet Everyman at Bethpage

Culturally speaking, is American golf a publinks sort of game or does it still belong to the privileged? U.S. Opens at Bethpage Black help answer that question.

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The Amazing Carnoustie Oakmont Connection

Once previously, back in Ben Hogan’s magical, three-major campaign of 1953, the British Open and the U.S. Open were staged, respectively, at Carnoustie and Oakmont. Those two venues dominated the golf calendar again in 2007, and fittingly so, given the historical ties that bind them.