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The Sports Archives – That Good, Old Game Of Golf!

Golf is a great game that has been played for many years by many people in all kinds of crazy settings, so, here we’ve accumulated some pretty cool facts you may not know about this seriously...

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The Sports Archives – Basic Golfing Etiquette For First Time Golfers!

1. teeing ground 2. water hazard 3. rough 4. out of bounds 5. sand bunker 6. water hazard 7. fairway 8. putting green 9. flagstick 10. hole When it comes to starting anything for the first time, there...

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The Sports Archives – The 5 Most Gorgeous Country Clubs In America!

In the US, there are a number of beautiful country clubs. If you want to explore those clubs which are the best of the best, check out these five locations: 1. Firestone Country Club Originally opened...

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The Sports Archives – 5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Richmond, Virginia...

When you think of going on a golf retreat, you probably think of the Meccas of the American golf world: Pebble Beach or Augusta, just to name a couple.  If you’re looking for some place that can...

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The Sports Archives – Finishing Strong: Las Vegas Golf Courses With...

Whether you’re an amateur golfer or you can hang with the pros, you know that sometimes you’re golfing for the sake of a leisurely afternoon, and sometimes you’re golfing because you crave the...

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The Sports Archives – 3 Popular Sports Bettered By Artificial Grass!

Originally introduced in 1966, artificial grass has changed the lives of many sports players across the globe, which is not bad for a product less than fifty years old. By being used to create high...

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The Sports Archives – Most Expensive Golf Courses In America!

Ranking golf courses can be difficult, but using the price tag is often a great way to differentiate decent courses from excellent ones. The country’s most prestigious and high quality courses are...

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The Sports Archives – The Top Three Golf Comedy Movies Of The Last 20 Years!

* Photo by Eric Schmuttenmaer / CC BY-SA 2.0 Some of the most well-known golf movies released more recently have been dramas, such as The Legend of Baggervance and The Greatest Game Ever Played. But if...

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The Sports Archives – Cactus League Spring Training: An Insider’s Guide!

It’s that time of year again. The boys of summer are putting on their cleats and oiling up their gloves. The sound of the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd is ringing through the air. This …...

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The Sports Archives – Dangers and Hazards that can shut down Golf

Interested in getting involved in golf? Maybe you already play recreationally and want to take your skills to the next level. Golf can easily be described as one of the more laid-back, relaxing sports,...

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The Sports Archives – The Eternal Debate – Attend Sports Events Or Watch them...

Sports fans all over the world are truly spoiled for choice in any given year. The range of major events that occur is simply mind-boggling, and even the most ardent addicts have to miss out...

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The Sports Archives – Four Must-Play Golf Courses!

The game of golf is in many ways unusual among sports, partly because most the most famous venues of all can be visited and played on by the general public. While some courses are open only to private...

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The Sports Archives – Improving Your Golf in the Gym

If you want to get better at golf then there are various options available to you – the most obvious of which is to practice and perhaps to get lessons to help improve your technique and make it more...

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The Sports Archives – Top Five Sporting Scandals!

Holyfield-Tyson: Ear biting The two had been fighting dirty, with both parties complaining that the other had engaged in illegal moves and head butting. In the third round, Mike Tyson sank his teeth...

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The Sports Archives – What’s Inside the Golf Course: Traps, Bunkers and the...

What makes a golf game challenging? It is not the golf clubs or the golf balls; it is actually the golf course itself. The design of the golf course can mean the difference between a par even score or...

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The Sports Archives – Ways to Improve Your Golf Swing!

Playing golf looks simple enough: position yourself, take a swing at the ball and move on. However, it is really not that easy. Unlike any other sport, golf follows a unique scoring system – the lower...

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The Sports Archives – The Rise And Rise Of Graeme McDowell

Graeme McDowell has enjoyed a whirlwind last two years. Success at the 2010 US Open – the first time a Northern Irishman has achieved the feat – has propelled the 32-year-old to golfing stardom and...

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The Sports Archives – Tiger Woods Timeline Part 1: 1975 – 2001

Probably one of the most esteemed professional golfers to ever walk the planet, Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods is certainly a sporting force to be reckoned with; having spent more than six hundred weeks as the...

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The Sports Archives – Tiger Woods Timeline Part 2: 2002 – 2012

Part 2 of the Timeline of Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods is continued here in this article. The Tiger Woods Timeline is presented in two parts. This is Part 2 of the timeline for years 2002 to 2012.  Click here...

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The Sports Archives – 5 Things You May Not Know About Masters Champion Bubba...

Since winning the Masters back in April at Augusta, Bubba Watson has seen interest in him throughout the world grow significantly. Since donning the famous Green Jacket, a lot of attention has been...

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The Sports Archives – Why You Should Watch the British Open

There are so many reasons why any golf fan should watch the British Open every year. To be honest, any person who considers himself to be a golf fan should be ashamed if he does not watch at least the...

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The Sports Archives – Top 10 Best Golf Courses in the World

With approximately 32,000 golf courses worldwide how could we possibly pick 10 of the best? Well the unfortunate news is we don’t have time (or the money) to play all thirty-two thousand so we have had...

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The Sports Archives – Knickerbocker Glory!

Teamed with ‘knickerbocker’ shorts, usually held up by a belt of differing widths, early footballers would wear thick leather football boots and long, woolly socks with shin pads which could be tucked...

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The Sports Archives – Golf and The Olympics: A History!

Despite national recognition, and being one of the oldest sports around, golf has also failed to receive the national recognition it deserves – at least that’s what enthusiasts have been saying for...

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The Sports Archives – The Evolution of the Golf Club!

The Evolution of the Golf Club The golf club, now a sophisticated piece of metal, has a much cruder past than one might think. While machines and years of engineering have made them into a solid and...

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The Sports Archives – Some Less Active Sports to Try Out!

Playing a sport is a great way to get some exercise, to improve a range of skills from control to spatial awareness, and to give yourself a brilliant hobby to improve yourself in and to pass the time....

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The Sports Archives – Cowley Strong In Junior Open!

England’s Gabriella Cowley of West Essex recovered from trouble on several occasions in this year’s Junior Open and finished a strong third place. The tournament is a biennial event that coincides with...

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The Sports Archives – Where are the Best Golfers in the World From?

The Best Golfers in the World are From . . .? Which country produces the best golfers? In order to get to the bottom of this question let’s take a look at the world rankings over the last 6 years. …...

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The Sports Archives – Lefty Nefty: Left Handers in the Golf World!

There aren’t a whole lot of left-handers in the world of professional golf. Maybe this shouldn’t be too surprising when we consider that only about ten percent of the world population is left-handed....

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The Sports Archives – 10 of the Most Frustrating Things in Golf!

Golf consistently makes the list as one of the most frustrating sports out there. So many things go into golf that make it so challenging, and for most of us it’s a love-hate that we can never seem to...

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The Sports Archives – Do Male Or Female Golfers Make More Money?

The divide between male and female athletics can be almost insurmountable in some sports. For example, it is doubtful that a woman will ever play even a minute in the National Basketball League even...

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The Sports Archives – Top Ten Female International Golfers!

The sport of golf has evolved rapidly in the last several decades. This is especially true for the world of women’s golf. The trend currently dominating headlines for women’s golf is the sudden...

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The Sports Archives – Choosing A Set Of Golf Clubs

Playing golf is a sport that demands skill, yet one which can be helped enormously by the type of clubs you use. Every golfer has an armoury in their bag, which can make all the difference between a...

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The Sports Archives – The Allure Of Augusta!

The Augusta Golf Club has a rich history, dating back to 1931 when the land in Georgia was purchased. Originally a fruit orchard, the area boasted many unique natural features. The founders of the...

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The Sports Archives – The History Of Golf In America!

  Golf is an increasingly popular international sport. Golf originated in the United Kingdom but, despite golf’s rich tradition in Britain and Ireland, for most of the 20th century it was the Americans...

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The Sports Archives – Tiger Woods: History As A Golfer!

Sometimes it seems like Tiger Woods was born holding a golf club in his hands. This is not too far of a stretch. Ever since he was a child, Woods played golf with his father. And by the time he …...

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The Sports Archives – Masters 2013 – Four Tough Competitors That Fell To Adam...

Spring is here, and for many of us that only means one thing: the Masters. And with the PGA tour heating up long before the weather, we are sure to be in for a real treat come April. Betting has …...

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The Sports Archives – Tips On Perfecting Your Golf Swing!

There may be no such thing as the perfectly maneuvered golf swing that works for everyone, but all swings contain some common fundamentals. The basics for a good golf swing all include posture, setup,...

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The Sports Archives – Rory McIlroy: History As A Golfer!

Claiming he hit his first golf ball when he was two years old, Rory McIlroy has surprised PGA fans everywhere. In 2005, he won the West Ireland Championship and the Irish Close Championships. He was...

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The Sports Archives – Jason Dufner: History As A Golfer!

Jason Dufner found his love for golf at the young age of 14 when he moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It soon became a major part of his life as he practiced his skills and played for St. Thomas...

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The Sports Archives – 3 Golf Apps That Will Change Your Swing Forever!

How many of us enjoy a nice game of golf…on the computer? Well it is a fact that over 50% of active golfers also have a penchant for swinging their way to a perfect round whilst sat in the comfort …...

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The Sports Archives – No Women Allowed!

We are in the 21st century and have numerous laws to ensure equality for women. It is all too easy to think that we have arrived at a period in history when the female of our species has finally...

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The Sports Archives – Why Golf Is Quickly Becoming A Popular Female Sport

Although some people may associate golfing with men, golf is an incredibly popular sport among women. In the United States, there are millions of women taking to the golf course each and every year....

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