As golf season ends and the colder weather rolls in, the golf game that you worked so hard on perfecting this year will start to dwindle. However, for the price of a few tee times, Golf Launchpad, an advanced golf simulator that you can plug into your PC or Mac, has been touted as a top-notch way to keep your game sharp and to play some of the world’s best courses with your own clubs 365 days a year.
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Family, friends and fans are watching closely as golf legend Seve Ballesteros recovers from a second brain tumor surgery. Ballesteros underwent a first brain operation earlier in the week. However, as doctors were determining the severity of the tumor before any further treatment, complications continued which forced him into a second operation in Madrid’s La Paz hospital.
Ballesteros was initially admitted to the hospital more than a week ago after feeling dizzy and faint.
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Phil Mickelson holds a Screen Actors Guild card, which he needed last night when he appeared on HBO’s Entourage. Mickelson is a self-touted fan of the show and its star, Jeremy Piven. The episode is based around Piven challenging a movie executive to a game of golf for a part in an upcoming film. Mickelson plays the golf instructor of Piven’s opponent.
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“An ailing knee couldn’t stop Tiger Woods from winning the 2008 U.S. Open, and it hasn’t slowed his golf course design career, either. Woods announced yesterday that Tiger Woods Design is building an 18-hole private course on the tip of a jagged peninsula near the Mexican resort town of Ensenada, about 65 miles south of San Diego…”
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Seve Ballesteros was admitted to a hospital yesterday after feeling dizzy and fainting. The 51-year old Spaniard was taken to La Paz hospital after briefly losing consciousness.
Ballesteros won the British Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and the U.S. Masters in 1980 and 1983. He also played an inspiring role in the Ryder Cup, winning 20 points from 37 matches.
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For those of you a little down that the golf season is over, or if you just like mysteries and golf, check out Cut Shot by John Corrigan.
Jack Austin has played golf on the Tour for ten years and has never won a tournament, but he has done well enough to stay on the Tour and make pretty good money. He is living every golfer’s dream - having a great time doing something he loves. However, out of nowhere Jacks world comes crashing down around him. He is about to become involved in a Mafia-run underworld that has invaded the PGA.
