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Arnie & Jack
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Golf Dads
By Curt Sampson


The Long Drive Bible
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Golf: The Mental Game
by Tom Dorsel, Ph.D.


This Week's Golf Column:
Dual biography shows both sides of titanic rivals
October 3, 2008

Truly phenomenal peak performers are different from the rest of us, but no two of them are necessarily alike.

That’s the primary lesson to be learned from Arnie and Jack, a fascinating double biography of Palmer and Nicklaus, by Ian O’Connor (Houghton Mifflin; $26 SRP). More..

Recent Columns:
Time to look at the stats

September 26, 2008

There is a good article in the October issue of Golf Digest magazine that should be helpful to Cape Region golfers. More..

Allen connection works again--for a new team
September 19, 2008

This year’s edition of the George Washington College Invitational Golf Tournament had the same winner as last year, but with a different squad. More..

The Second Lesson
September 12, 2008

The path toward improving one’s golf game is not as straightforward as one might like. With enough effort, however, there should be some unmistakable signs of progress. More..

A round at The Peninsula
September 5, 2008

I think the way the four of us played the thirteenth hole at The Peninsula Golf and Country Club was perhaps the best single example of what it was like to play this challenging Jack Nicklaus Signature layout. More..

National golf fundraiser has Cape Region participants
August 29, 2008

During the Labor Day Weekend holidays, many Cape Region golfers will take part in a national fundraiser involving golf and our nation’s military families. You might want to join them. More..

Scott Allen converting to Quakerdom--sort of
August 22, 2008

Scott Allen has a pair of very proud parents.

The long-time head golf coach for George Washington University, who has brought college golf to the Cape Region for the last several years, has been named as the Director of Golf for the University of Pennsylvania. More..

Practice makes closer to perfect
August 15, 2008

I think my non-golf-playing spouse may have helped inspire my recent attempts to fix my golf swing by finally taking some golf lessons, as described in last week’s column. More..

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