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• Sarasota native Scott Dunlap leads Nationwide Tour event http://everythinggolf.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10922/sarasota-native-scott-dunlap-leads-nationwide-tour-event/ Scott Dunlap, who grew up in Sarasota and was a local high school golf star and at the University of Florida, shot an opening-round 65 and is tied for the lead in the Mylan Classic tour event on the Nationwide Tour.If Dunlap wins, he would likely make his way back to the big show, the [...] Sarasota native Scott Dunlap leads Nationwide Tour event
• A few super deals at area tracks http://everythinggolf.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10920/a-few-super-deals-at-area-tracks/ For the first time in my five years in Sarasota, the Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club is offering a special that makes it affordable to play the semi-private track.The deal being offered at Stoneybrook, located on Stoneybrook Boulevard off McIntosh Road, is one of several super deals out there these hot summer days.In the mornings [...] A few super deals at area tracks
• Timely tips: Hitting out of deep, wet rough http://everythinggolf.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10914/timely-tips-hitting-out-of-deep-wet-rough/ With all this rain lately, one topic that gets a ton of chatter in my golf group is how to successfully hit out of the thick, wet rough that is present at nearly every area course these days.I suggested to a pal last week that my keys were to take more club, commit to swinging [...] Timely tips: Hitting out of deep, wet rough
• Course profile: Venetian maturing nicely, very nicely indeed! http://everythinggolf.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10901/course-profile-venetian-maturing-nicely-very-nicely-indeed/ When I first played the Venetian Golf & River Club shortly after moving to Sarasota in late 2004, the club was a work in progress. Greens fees were paid in a trailer, and the course had the appearance, as some young tracks do, that the holes were dropped onto the Earth from space and did [...] Course profile: Venetian maturing nicely, very nicely indeed!
• Tiger's ex speaks out: Elin never knew of multiple affairs http://everythinggolf.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10892/tigers-ex-speaks-out-elin-went-through-hell-during-ordeal/ By The Associated Press Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren said she has “been through hell” since her husband's infidelity surfaced but she never hit him, according to an interview released Wednesday.Nordegren told People magazine she and Woods tried for months to reconcile the relationship. In the end, a marriage “without trust [...] Tiger's ex speaks out: Elin never knew of multiple affairs