I received in the mail today a Christmas card sent annually by Tom Doak at Renaissance Golf Design. No Santa or wreaths or reindeer on the cover of this year’s card. There’s a picture instead of the famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. Why? Because Renaissance Golf is one of eight f Full Story

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Portland, Oregon is the self-proclaimed microbrewery capital of America, with dozens of breweries and pubs sprinkled throughout the city and its environs. Less well-known is the state’s reputation as a producer of superb wines, which have grown in stature with each vintage. California's Napa and Sonoma Full Story

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  Just in time for Easter, Passover and whatever the Druids and pagans were celebrating at this time of year is a very sp
• The Legacy of Laurance Rockefeller
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• An Officer and a Gentleman at the Helm
  The worlds of Hollywood and hospitality rarely conjoin, but there is the occasional exception. Actor Richard Gere

Just in time for Easter, Passover and whatever the Druids and pagans were celebrating at this time of year is a very special edition, a tour de force entitled simply, Golf. Produced by UK-based Wonderland Publications, this handmade 18-chapter, 140-page tome, put forth as a “Gutenberg Style Bible of Gol Full Story

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• TaylorMade Staffer Edoardo Molinari Captures Johnnie Walker Championship
  The way he’s swinging, he could be winning with a bag of broomsticks, but TaylorMade tour staff pro Edoardo Molinari
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