Monthly Archives: November 2009

What You Get For $3M

Posted on November 14, 2009 by ellis

Tiger Woods received an appearance fee of $3,000,000 to play in the JBWere Australian Masters. By all accounts the event has been a huge success. Ticket sales have been phenomenal. Tiger has produced some fine play and is tied for … Continue reading →

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Garden and Gun

Posted on November 8, 2009 by ellis

It’s a lousy time to be in the magazine business. Actually, it’s a lousy time to be in most any business. My favorite non-golf publication, Garden and Gun, recently announced that in an effort to improve its position heading into … Continue reading →

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Walter J. Travis

Posted on November 3, 2009 by ellis

Long before Tiger Woods appeared on The Mike Douglas Show as a two-year-old golf prodigy, the game of golf had a prodigy of a different sort in The Old Man. Born in Australia in 1862, Travis left Oz before the … Continue reading →

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