Globe and Mail on Chinese droughts and illegal golf courses
The Globe and Mail interviewed me about recent stories in the Chinese media linking China’s golf course boom with the country’s drought problems.
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Video: India’s “Slum Golf Tournament”
This has nothing to do with China, but there are parallels between the themes covered in this ESPN E:60 documentary short entitled “Mumbai Masters” …
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It’s that time of year again
When I try to convince more than one of you to play Fantasy Golf with me for free. Last year, I successfully coaxed my …
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Watch: CNN once again focuses on Chinese pro golfer Zhou Xunshu
Following up on last month’s segment, CNN has once again turned its cameras on Zhou Xunshu, the peasant-farmer-turned-security-guard-turned-professional-golfer who plays a major role in …
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CNN’s Living Golf tackles golf in China
CNN’s Living Golf program posted a series of stories about golf in China earlier this month. For the most part, they did a fine …
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Can group buying make golf affordable in China?
China Radio International’s Beyond Beijing reports that Chinese Groupon clones have “put golf within reach of ordinary people.” That’s not really true — the …
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Chinese pro golfer Zhou Xunshu featured on CNN
I mentioned this on Twitter last month, but am just now finally getting around to posting about it here. Zhou Xunshu, the security-guard-turned-pro-golfer I …
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My Golf World feature story on the Asian Amateur Championship
Short on elite players but (very) long on perks, the Asian Amateur is a bold experiment by two of the game’s most powerful entities.
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Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Norman … Chu?
David Chu, patriarch of the Mission Hills family, will receive KPMG’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Golf Business Forum next April in Dubai. …
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How to follow the HSBC Champions on Twitter
Some were skeptical when they started calling it “Asia’s Major” back in 2005, but scan the list of entries for this week’s WGC-HSBC Champions …
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My coverage of the Asian Amateur Championship for Golf Digest
Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama cruised to a win in the second Asian Amateur Championship, earning a berth in the 2011 Masters.
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