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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Wading through exempt status of PGA Tour
VIEWERS OF TELEVISED golf hear the word “exempt” thrown out for a multitude of reasons during tournaments. With…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Program helps players with their game
I CAN THINK of one terrible golfer and Auburn alum who was pleased with his Tigers’ 22-19 BCS…
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CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Resolve to get out on the links more
A SCANT FIVE days have passed, but I’m sure many of you have broken your New Year’s resolutions…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Santa Claus hitting the links after a tough day
IT’S A BIG job but every year the famous man clad in red, Santa Claus, comes to town…
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MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Be considerate on the course
Play ready golf. Passed down by then-Port Townsend High School golf coach Jim Kerns, this simple lesson has…
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MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: TV shows show best, worst of golf
GOOD OR BAD, I’ve watched an inordinate amount of television in my life. Most of the time I…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Cedars at Dungeness golf director earns award
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN order for Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course PGA director of golf and general manager Bill…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A PGA year painful to recall
WHO KNEW THAT one year ago Friday the world of professional golf would have been turned on its…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Winter rates starting in area
THE ADVANCING ONSLAUGHT of wet and wind, synonymous with winter in the Pacific Northwest, is not far away.…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Area golf courses aren’t very spooky
HAVING PLAYED ALL the North Olympic Peninsula courses and having grown up here, I’ve yet to hear of…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Spooky Halloween event set for Port Townsend Golf Club
A GENTLEMAN FROM Port Townsend wrote in with some kind words for my column and a query. Flattery…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Port Townsend Golf Club to offer restaurant dining
THE FASTEST WAY to a golfer’s heart? It certainly could be a shiny sleeve of Titleist Pro V1’s…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Rally falls short for U.S. in Ryder Cup
I LEARNED THE hard way during the recent World Cup that trying to record sporting events and stay…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Ratings giving NFL a TV edge over golfing events
THAT SOUND YOU heard coming from televisions across living rooms and bars across our nation wasn’t polite golf…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: A less ‘groovy’ sport in future
I WON’T CLAIM to be Nostradamus, although I do have a Rick Neuheisel-like knack at entering March Madness…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Crescent graduate a Champions tournament intern
SOME NORTH OLYMPIC Peninsula-raised college students spend their summers waiting tables, taking ticket stubs or employed in some…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Taking a shot at a big payday
HALF A MILLION dollars will be on the line Friday at Peninsula Golf Club in Port Angeles. No,…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: State was a golfing mecca for a couple of weeks
MOST 21st BIRTHDAYS are later remembered in bits and pieces. Judging from his post-tournament comments, 2010 U.S. Amateur…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: U.S. Amateur is still a pretty big deal
AT ONE TIME hoisting the Theodore Havemeyer trophy as the year’s top U.S. Amateur was the pinnacle of…
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MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Count them: 967 bunkers at Whistling Straits
STOP ME IF you’ve heard this one: an American, an Irishman, a South African and a German walk…