Is Woods's return bad for the PGA Tour?

From The Wall Street Journal: Tiger Woods is golf's moneymaker. The PGA Tour, CBS, Augusta National, everyone associated with the Masters is breathing a huge sigh of relief that Woods is returning for the year's first major. But Woods's return may be the worst possible thing for the PGA Tour in the long run. Certainly, hundreds of golfers can thank Tiger for driving up purses and making sure that even the relatively mediocre are living quite comfortably. But Woods's dominance is a clear sign of the superstar effect which causes opponents to concede, rather than rise to the occasion when...

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Travelin' Joe's Map of South Carolina Golf Courses

Our travel expert has spent a lot of time in South Carolina. Here is his guide to the best golf courses in Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Hilton Head. Choose a point on the map below and zoom in to begin exploring his favorite golf courses.


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Ask Travelin' Joe: Where to Play in Palm Desert

Dear Joe, My family is headed to Palm Desert, Calif., over Christmas. My brothers and I, ages 26-32, are average weekend golfers who would like to play two or three rounds. Our price range is $60-$150. Any suggestions on courses with good views that will leave us with a few bucks for a beer at the 19th hole? -- Patrick Read, Baltimore, Md. Ah, yes -- the golf-beer balance is a delicate one, indeed. I hope you like PBR, because you'll only have a buck or two left after your Saturday round at La Quinta Resort & Club's Mountain course ($139-$189 in December; 760-564-7610, laquintaresort.com). But it will taste great after you duel with a back nine that boasts the reachable par-5 15th -- its green curled into a mountain cove -- and the downhill par-3 16th, a forced carry to a sliver of green hemmed in by rocky desert scrub. To save enough cash for the imported stuff, try the region's best bargain, Escena Golf Club ($60-$105; 760-778-2737, escenagolf.com), a six-year-old Nicklaus Design effort near the Palm Springs Airport. There are wide fairways and bunkers that a 15-handicapper can escape, with just enough water to keep things interesting. The middle-ground pricewise is Marriott's Desert Springs ($135 in December, $79 after 2 pm; 760-341-2211, desertspringsresort.com), whose Palm and Valley courses won't "wow" you with design innovation but will knock you over with scenery, from waterscapes to towering palms to mountain views.


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Cobra AMP Driver

Rickie Fowler's influence on Cobra-Puma Golf is undeniable. While rumors swirl that Fowler is joining Cobra's Tour staff, nothing official has been released yet. However, Puma's apparel line is already awash with Fowler's favorite colors, and now even the accent colors on Cobra's latest clubs are getting the Rickie treatment.   But if you look past the orange highlights on the new AMP (Advanced Material Placement) driver, you'll see an innovative approach to customization. Instead of an adjustable weight system, Cobra has manufactured the drivers with the weight and center of gravity in different locations for each loft. Cobra Golf Cobra AMP Driver   "It's all about moving weight inside the head, strategically, to position the center of gravity very precisely,” says Tom Preece, Cobra Golf's vice president of research and development . “So it's really about pre-customizing the driver based on a player’s clubhead speed."   Like last season's S3 drivers, the sweet spot of the AMP drivers does not make a circular pattern around the middle of the face. Instead, it's elliptical, moving from the low heel to the high toe area because that's where Cobra's researchers found that golfers mis-hit drives most often.   "We've actually maximized ball speeds for shots that miss the center of the club face in this elliptical pattern," says Preece.   Using a torque wrench, the AMP’s face angle can be adjusted to one of three positions: neutral, two degrees closed or two degrees open. Cobra is also offering a draw version that has a built-in offset. According to Cobra, the face on the draw version should close more easily on your downswing to diminish slices.   Both AMP drivers, which should start arriving in pro shops around Feb. 15, will come standard with an Aldila RIP Speed Tuned shaft and should cost about $299.
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Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and the World 2011

Our 15th biennial edition of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and the World celebrates consistency and tradition, with the top 12 courses on our World list retaining their 2009 rankings. Pine Valley repeated as No. 1, actually widening its lead over runner-up Cypress Point. Other stalwarts advanced with the help of inspired renovations. Pinehurst No. 2 snuck into the U.S. top 10 thanks to a bold restoration that dramatically altered its look and playability. And Los Angeles Country Club's North course climbed 13 spots on our World list following a brilliant retro reworking of greens, bunkers, width and strategy. Further down the World list a handful of newcomers make their debuts, including a quartet of seaside layouts that span the globe: Castle Stuart in Scotland, Diamante in Mexico, Old Macdonald in Oregon and Barnbougle Lost Farm in Australia. What other designs made the cut in the game's most respected course rankings? Click on the links below to find out. Top 100 Courses in the U.S. | Top 100 Courses in the World
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