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The Golf Stream
News from all over the world.
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Rules Of The Game
Do you think you know the rules? Time for a pop quiz.
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Garcias Are "The Backbone" Of Spanish Golf
By Fedor Gogolev
Whom does Russia hope for in professional golf? The 2nd Russian Winter Golf Cup'2005 gave the answer to this question.
The event for the second time was organized by The Russian Golf Association (RGA) and took place on Mallorca Island, Spain. Last year's winner of The 1st TransTeleCom Russian Winter Golf Cup'2004 by Sobinbank Sebastian Garcia defended his title. The young Spaniard, 24, is going to become a pro this autumn and to try himself on The Spanish Tour. As for the Russian young promising golfers, unfortunately, they
didn't get an opportunity to compete on the two championship courses on Mallorca - Santa Ponsa I and Santa Ponsa II (the European Tour tournament Balearic Open was being held there six times). Some of the best Russian young golfers, for example, Andrey Pavlov and Nikolay Afanasiev, could have been a good match for Sebastian Garcia. But a week before the Winter Cup'2005 the RGA made a decision to focus at the Olympic Games 2012 and give a chance to today's teenagers. A total of over 110 golfers from 10 countries participated in the event.
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News Of The Russian Golf Association
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The Golf Digest 50
By Ron Sirak
The second annual Golf Digest ranking of the PGA Tour's top money earners - on and off the course - say that the rich are getting richer despite all the adversities. The year 2004 - so-called disappointing year for Tiger - gave him more than $6.37 million in prize money and $83 million off-course income. His $89.37 tops the Golf Digest 50.
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My Shot
By Guy Yocom
The interview features Curtis Strange - a former shoe salesman, two-time U.S. Open Champion - who has just joined the Champions Tour. He exposes some irritating moments of gamesmanship a few players use on course; speaks about his macho friends and the proudest moment of his career.
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The Truth About Tiger
By Jaime Diaz
Why did the most powerful and influential player in history of golf decide to change his technique? I improve, therefore I am. Tiger tried to explain his decision by his willing to become more consistent and better golfer and to get his own swing to be completely satisfied with.
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Moment In The Sun
By Pete McDaniel
Ian Baker-Finch was a major-championship winner and one of the best players in the world before he survived one of the great collapses in golf history.
In the 1991 he won British Open at Birkdale. But then he encountered the problem a lot of great golfers go through. The lucky ones find a way to come out of a dramatic slump, and they continue competing on Tour. As for Finchy, after missing 32 cuts in a row on the PGA Tour from 1994-'97, he made up his mind to step away from competition - but not the game - and he switched to some television work. Today, Ian Baker-Finch, 44, is a golf commentator for ABC-TV.
Finchy's trying to comprehend the reasons of a decline that happens to many great golfers. It starts with breaking of your own standard of performance caused by either an injury or a flow in the technique. Then you lose the trust in yourself, and, consequently, you lose the ability to play well, descending into an inevitable abyss: the bigger the event, the more tension, the higher score.
Ian Baker-Finch is not a "never was", he is proud of having his moment in the sun. He has found his fulfillment as a golf analyst on TV, and he hopes to compete on the Champions Tour when he gets to 50.
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Tour Review
By Alexey Nikolov
The most exciting news of the period under review is Tiger Woods' regaining a No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He was supplanted as No.1 by Vijay Singh, who had been the best player for six months. In the Ford Championship at Doral Tiger Woods outlasted Phil Mickelson in a titanic battle and returned to No.1 player in the world.
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Special Edition: "Kazakhstan to Golf Digest"
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The Sea, Palms and Sand
By Fedor Gogolev
Dubai is one of the best and fantastic "convalescent golf resorts". Convalescence, or recovering, from the longing for bright sunshine, emerald-green grass and a good golf. Those who were lucky to escape from chilly and slushy Moscow on the eve of the Christmas'2004, went to the coast of Persian Gulf to participate in Dubai Travel Cup'2004.
Golf Digest (Russia) appreciates the help of Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing and "Alerce" Russian travel bureau for organizing the golf event in Dubai.
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Hong Kong - The Bay Of Spicy, The Coast Of Dragons
By Elizabeth Pivovarova
Prior to the arrival of the British, Hong Kong was a small fishing community and a haven for pirates and European travelers - the Portuguese were the first ones to come to that territory in the South China Sea in the 16th century. In 1898 Britain acquired Hong Kong on a 99-year lease and reached the agreement that after that period the Chinese territory would revert back to the authority of China. During that century Hong Kong became one of the most rich and beautiful cities of the world.
As a golf destination, Hong Kong is a very attractive place in the South East Asia. There are good reasons to assume that the real originators of golf were the Chinese. Chuiwan, or Chinese golf, was a game enjoyed by male and female, rich and poor alike. The Book of Chuiwan, written in 1282 by "Old Man Ning Zhi", gives us all the more reason to trace the relationship between chuiwan and modern golf.
This wonderful and breathtaking trip to Hong Kong was arranged by Aeroflot Russian Airlines to promote a new up-level service for Moscow-Hong Kong-Moscow business class travelers.
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Johny Miller Talks Golf
It's time to tweak the AT&T Pro-Am; the peril of gloom and doom.
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