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/ 1 December 2006
Not since Tom Wolfe called John Updike a pile of old bones has the United States literary scene witnessed such a catfight, writes Lawrence Donegan.
After a nine-week absence from professional golf, during which his status as the man-to-beat at Major championships has been challenged by Phil Mickelson, he was the best man at his caddie’s wedding and he buried his beloved father, Tiger Woods is back. But it was a close-run thing.
If Hootie Johnson, the chairperson of the Augusta National golf club, did not already know that the wholesale changes to the most familiar golf course in the world were unpopular with those who have to play it at the Masters this week, he knows now.
It can safely be assumed that Jack Nicklaus did not grow up with a burning ambition to win the Telus Skins Game, a made-for-television marketing event disguised as a Canadian golf tournament, but put a club in the hands the greatest player of all time and he just cannot help himself.
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/ 20 February 2004
About 10% of those who play golf worldwide are women. This is a favourite statitistic of the men who have controlled the sport for decades. This week Laura Davies became the first woman to play on the European men’s tour. But can golf shed its sexist image?