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If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound? The No. 1 ranked player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour recently announced her retirement and it barely registered. No extensive coverage on ESPN, no screaming headlines in USA Today. There...

The United States Golf Association, as many avid golfers know, is one of the official governing bodies of golf globally. The organization does many good things for the game, including hosting tournaments, testing equipment, providing grants, and encouraging etiquette and fair play by writing and maintaining the Rules of Golf. ...

The college football Bowl Championship Series begins today when Fresno State faces Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl, the first of 34 games between now and the first week of January. The timing couldn’t be better for many golfers, at least on the East Coast where a major snow storm...

Until recently, Tiger Woods was an advertiser’s dream. The fact that he already is — or will soon become — the first athlete to earn $1 billion in prize money and endorsement income is due in large part to his advertising appeal. Woods is successful, handsome, clean cut, multiracial and...

The latest from the Your-Misfortune-Is-My-Fortune files comes from a Southern California clothing shop that sells stylish graphic tees and hip, retro sneakers. Capitalizing on crisis is a common publicity ploy with limited sales opportunity so it pays to be swift. With that in mind, Tradition is now offering a limited edition Tiger...

Marketing knows no bounds. Everyone’s out to make a buck, especially if it comes at someone else’s expense. And, Americans love their cars and celebrities, so it should come as no surprise that a Northern California auto repair shop is trading on Tiger Woods’ good name in an effort to attract...

Corey Grice (aka @golferwriterguy) wrote up a piece for the Huffington Post about the days of yore (you know, a little over a week ago?) when Tiger Woods image shone more brightly than the trophies on his mantle. Corey had a chance to see Tiger in what may have been his...

The Thanksgiving weekend car crash and recent sex scandal involving the world’s top ranked professional golfer, Tiger Woods, reminds us of and reveals many aspects about the confluence of sports and society. And, the bizarre circumstances that unfolded in the past week have exposed many new facets to one of...

As we feast on turkey for Thanksgiving, we reflect on the Top 10 things we’re thankful for from the 2009 golf season. No, it’s not The Skins Game. 10. Friends & Partners- Having only created NiceBallz earlier this year, we’re thankful for our readers. Dozens of them. We’re thankful for our...

If it’s time for your local Turkey Shoot tournament, it means that the weather has taken a turn for the worse. Your scores probably have, too. But bad weather doesn’t have to ruin your golf game. Here in the rainy Pacific Northwest we play a lot of golf in the...