http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/ http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=352 FedEx Cup versus Ryder Cup? It wasn’t a fair contest. If you could have measured viewer interest (by a method other than the TV industry’s ratings system), there’s no doubt that the three-day 2008 Ryder Cup generated more heart-pounding excitement, more TIVO usage and more Monday morning water-cooler discussion than the entire four-event 2008 FedEx Cup “playoff”! http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=353 Bodega Bay, California, is located some seventy miles north of San Francisco on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. A lovely quiet fishing town that was chosen as the location for one of the most famous movie’s of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 classic, ‘The Birds’. There’s a scene in the movie, where Tipi Hedron’s character is motoring a small boat across the bay. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=351A Fascinating account of the Bottom-up search for Golf Greatness Did you ever start a book suspecting you won’t finish it, only to find out that you didn’t want it to end? That’s what happened to me with Driven, by Kevin Cook., Gotham Books. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=355 – Golf Today Magazine Associate Editors Bob Fagan (right) and Charley Coppola take a breather during the recent fam trip at the Edgewood Golf Course. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=356NAMED MERCHANDISER OF THE YEAR Mike Woods, the PGA Professional at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, CA recently was named the 2008 PGA Merchandiser of the Year – Public Facilities, one of the highest annual honors bestowed by The PGA of America on a PGA Golf Professional – heading a list of nine other award recipients. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=357 http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=358 http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=361The Best Quotes in Golf http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=359 Peter Post, the Great Grandson of Emily Post, has something to say about golf. You may be too young to know about Emily Post, but take my word for it, she was the voice of correctness in American society. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=354 The Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail, just a year old but already Asia’s most talked about golfing itinerary, has retained Indochina’s largest golf tour operator, Golfasian, as the Trail’s official tour operator partner. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=363 The Ryder Cup is over and the “Silly Season” begins. This happens to lefties too. In fact it comes very easy for us as we live with this “silly” golf swing. But our tournaments are not anything but serious. Here are just some of the events for next year. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=364 An exciting new shaft customization product might just give your game that extra something. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=360The Revolutionary TPE Before getting into the nuts and bolts of the innovative and revolutionary TPE (Train-Play-Evolve) Putter System, let’s understand how this amazing putter came to life. The TPE Putter is truly an engineering marvel, but it was spawned through the heart of several individuals. It began with a resilient and driven man by the name of Earle Vermillion. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=362Steepest Decline in 20 Years Golf course developers in the United States are on track to post the lowest number of openings in two decades, according to the National Golf Foundation. Measured in 18-hole equivalents, 65 courses have opened so far this year and NGF estimates, based on the number of courses currently under construction, that another 10-20 will open by December 31st. That would bring total 2008 openings to 75-85 18-hole equivalents, the lowest number in more than 20 years. http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=348 http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=347 http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=345 http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=343 http://www.golftodaymagazine.com/view.php?I=365Half Moon Bay Shines My first experience with Half Moon Bay came as a rumor. It was the early 1970s, I was in graduate school at Berkeley and the head coach of the Cal golf team, where I had played for four years. Rumor had it that Arnold Palmer was building a golf course at Half Moon Bay, to bring the PGA Tour to San Francisco.