"sweet-spot-golf" Articles & Blogs:
Win a pink putter for Mother’s Day
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Do you love to golf? Or - do you have a mom who’s a golfer?
Tell why you, or your mom, deserves a new putter for Mother’s Day and you could win one of two pink putters (retail value $149 each) courtesy of Sweet Spot Golf and Women Talk Sports...[Read on] |
LPGA signs 10-year deal with Golf Channel
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Interesting development.
The LPGA announced last week a 10-year TV deal with Golf Channel.
According to an article in Golf Week, this deal makes the tour the first stand-alone women’s sports organization to receive a rights fee agreement for domestic ...[Read on] |
Golf Like a Girl
| For a long time, golf was a very male (I might even say “white”) sport. Even now, there are some golf courses closed to women during the busy weekend times, and it remains a sport that intimidates many women, partly because many of the opportunities t...[Read on] |
Ways to Stretch Your Golf Budget
| If you’re like most of us in today’s troubled economic times you are finding it difficult to play as much golf as you would like and to afford the necessary equipment. Certainly there more important things in this world than playing golf, like eating,...[Read on] |
Get in the swing: June is Women’s Golf Month
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Throughout the month of June, women call the shots on the links. American Express Women’s Golf Month celebrates its fifth anniversary with a nationwide initiative that provides women the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf in a fun and fri...[Read on] |
Get in the swing: June is Women’s Golf Month
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Throughout the month of June, women call the shots on the links. American Express Women’s Golf Month celebrates its sixth anniversary with a nationwide initiative that provides women the opportunity to learn or re-learn the game of golf in a fun and fri...[Read on] |
Why female golfers need to start “stepping up to the tee” online
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Found out two interesting pieces of news about the female golf community. Apparently, not only has Golf for Women Magazine gone out of business, but golf (in general) is also unfair to women (shocking).
I’m completely aware that I’m slightly late to ...[Read on] |
Tales from the Tee – Better than a Barbie
| I just had to chuckle when I read the latest entry at Women on Course’s Tales from the Tee blog. Author Carolyn Luepkes talks about how she got her 6 year old granddaughter hooked on playing golf – and how well her granddaughter picked it up.
I just ...[Read on] |
Pops and Sunshine – a heartwarming story about life and the Duramed FUTURES Tour
| Pops and Sunshine is a novel that takes us through the emotional journey of Lisa Nelson, Rookie on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, as she faces her last chance to make it to the LPGA and the family pressures she has back home in Tennessee.
By chance, Lisa find...[Read on] |
In case you missed it...Tiger's back
| I know, it flew under the radar and all, but Tiger Woods is out of rehab and playing the Master's this week. And The Globe and Mail is wondering whether his return will offend women who make up a pretty decent sized segment of the golfing audience. They p...[Read on] |
Diablo Cody gets new gig
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Seems that Diablo Cody is continuing to beat the odds. Even though the Jennifer’s Body box office was weak she seems to have gotten her next gig. Let’s also keep in mind that Toni Collette won a surprise best actress Emmy on Sunday night for the U...[Read on] |
Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam releases namesake Syrah
| Annika Sorenstam, one of the most celebrated female golfers in history, launches her wine brand in partnership with Wente Vineyards on May 1st with the release of her namesake Syrah, ANNIKA. This elegant wine is comprised of 75 percent Livermore Valley Sy...[Read on] |
Is the Monkey Off Wie’s Back?
| Michelle Wie Wins First Title on LPGA
It finally happened! The collective sigh exhaled yesterday afternoon on a sun-soaked golf course in Guadalajara, Mexico was heard ‘round the golf world’. Michelle Wie won her first tournament on the LPGA Tour...[Read on] |
LPGA set to allow transgender women to play
| On October 13, I posted a story about Lana Lawson who is a transgender woman suing the LPGA for the right to play in LPGA sponsored events. Currently LPGA competitions are restricted to golfers who are “female at birth” effectively excluding transgend...[Read on] |
Golfers Creamer, Gulbis get signature shoes
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Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis are two of the LPGA’s biggest stars. Even if you’re not a golf fan, you may recognize Gulbis from reality TV shows like “The Apprentice” or her many magazine covers. Creamer’s Citizen Watch commercials ran du...[Read on] |
Dang, Diablo is Everywhere!
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Just last week Wednesday I blogged about Diablo Cody taking on the adaption of Sweet Valley High and today…Come to discover she is in consideration to write the script for the Hugh Hefner film that has been in talks for years!
Whatever your thoug...[Read on] |
Palin's GOP Fans See a Rogue of Their Own
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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (WOMENSENEWS)--Across the country thousands of faithful supporters have turned out at every stop of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" book tour, and this strongly Republican area famous for retirees and decorated golf carts was no d...[Read on] |
Is Maria Verchenova the Maria Sharapova of Golf?
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Generally I’m not a fan of labels or comparisons. But Maria Verchenova, a young female golfer from Moscow, is being compared to her compatriot Maria Sharapova. These comparisons, not surprisingly, are based as much on Verchenova’s beauty as he...[Read on] |
Barbie partners with pro golfer Brittany Lincicome to inspire girls
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Even as a young girl, Barbie was never my go-to doll. Though never a huge Barbie fan, I’ve admired some of the marketing moves Mattel has made over the years in an effort to keep the old girl relevant. Tattoo Barbie may have been my favorite.
As pa...[Read on] |
'Hanna' and the Problem of the Girl Hero
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Whenever a movie with a girl protagonist comes out, I try to see it. Usually, I get excited that it might be good/actually about an adolescent girl, and come home pissed off, or, at best underwhelmed. In the past few years, it has become almost a trend to...[Read on] |
Women's Sports: What's wrong with being a cause?
| Almost passed over yet another article about the bad economy and the effects on women's sports. You know, the one that invokes almost immediately the folding of the Houston Comets and the shaky pitch the WPS finds itself on.Though much later in the articl...[Read on] |
Alexis Thompson: A new golf star is born
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Alexis Thompson
The U.S. Open may be over but it will not soon be forgotten. South Korea’s Eun Hee Ji curled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win the event on Sunday, beating Taiwan’s Candie Kung by one stroke for her first major title....[Read on] |
Well-endowed super women
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Ladies, Don’t let these new underwear sets from Marvel fool you, real super powers are all in your head. Although, the idea is a totally sweet one, I find the execution of these sets completely ridiculous and uncomfortably sexist. Airbrushed cleavag...[Read on] |
13 year old Casie Cathrea makes a hole-in-one at LPGA Challenge
| Casie Cathrea, a 13 year old golfer from California, shot a hole-in-one at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in Danville, Calif. on Thursday. In the opening round – her first on the tour, she made a hole-in-one on the 155-yard 12th hole. AMAZING! Her sc...[Read on] |
Book Review: "The Fresh Girl's Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving"
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One of the ways my mom lets me know she loves me is by making soup and canning it so I can preserve it until that fateful day when a cold hits me and all I want is a bowl of mom’s magical brew. When I don’t know what to give someone for the ho...[Read on] |
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