http://janinajacobs.com Great Golf and Travel Writing Sat, 12 May 2012 14:17:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Golf outing season is here and with it, the constant drive to procure wow-factor prizes for all the course games and event winners.  This seems to be the biggest problem next to finding golfers to fill up the teams. In recent years, with the down-slide of the golf industry, this once foolproof fund-raising machine has slowed.  It is just too expensive. Courses are trying to milk every dollar they can, charity golf committees are trying to ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/1620/charity-golf-challenges With Bubba Watson's exciting playoff victory over Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Masters still amazing golf fans everywhere, it is notable that there was at least some benefit derived from I.K. Kim's devastating missed opportunity at last week's LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship. Kim missed a one-foot putt for par that would have cinched the title. Shellshocked, she went on to lose the playoff to Sun Young Yoo. The Masters patrons were erupting in anticipation of Bubba's tap-in par ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/personalities/1597/bubbas-lesson-from-kims-missand-seve-reincarnated On Sunday, April 1, there was incredible drama at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, though I.K. Kim wished the outcome had been merely an April Fool’s joke.  Kim had the victory literally in the grip of her putter when she lipped out her birdie putt on 18, then went to tap in the remaining 1-footer for a ‘pretty sure’ win; but then, the unthinkable occurred: Kim missed the 12-inch par putt, which she later said broke ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/1587/april-fools-cruel-heartbreak If Mary Queen of Scots was alive today, here is what she would do: - Business Golf 101 would be a required course for any business student in college, especially for women business majors.  They figure out way too late that they should have taken up golf 20 years before and could have learned the ins and outs of proper conduct on the course.  Check out my own version of Business Golf 101, a multi-part series titled '30 ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/instruction/1539/golf-fixes-from-the-queen The golf landscape for those who play is changing……...really? ‘Roughly 40% of all new players coming into the game are women’ is a quantifying phrase that has emanated from the spokespersons of several golf industry organizations for over 20 years.   Unfortunately, there is another statistic rarely discussed in the same breath:  only one in four of those new women stay with the game.  With over 50% of the population alienated by a sport to the verge of quitting at some point in ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/instruction/84/women-where-are-you The Michigan Women's Golf Association (MWGA) , one of the leading women's golf organizations in both the state and the nation, is hosting a St. Patrick's Day fundraiser for their Junior Girls Golf Program.  If you want to avoid the crowds, the drunken Guiness-Fests and other traditional Irish Bacchanalia at area bars and pubs, you can have fun here while supporting a good cause! The MWGA St. Patrick’s Day Potluck Party will include food, fun, ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/instruction/1552/wearin-o-the-green-so-girls-can-play-on-the-green It comes as no surprise that fast food isn’t optimal for good health.    On road trips, it often cannot be avoided.   On the golf course, it is almost a necessity because the time to grab a bite in between nines is short.   No one can deny that the famous 'Caddie Special' comprised of a hot dog, chips and pop is an institution, but remember that caddies are working out much harder than you are ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/781/food-of-champions The game of golf surely has changed since I was a kid growing up in the 60's – and the key word here is ‘GAME’.  What we see now in tournament golf on TV is more of a business, not a game.  But I suppose the same could be said of any professional sport. It is no surprise that with the emergence of Tiger Woods in the 90’s, Lexie Thompson last year, and now, the weaning ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/instruction/1240/how-to-create-a-prima-donna-or-donald An invitation last February to play in the 2011 Bacardi National Par-3 Championship at the Fairmont Southampton found me jetting to that sapphire and turquoise enveloped gemstone of British holdings, otherwise known as Bermuda.  As a media guest, I was entered in this fairly new event which was designed to introduce more people to the superb golf experiences on the island.  The Bacardi Championship is a two-day 36-hole tournament that is open to professionals and ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/880/bacardi-rum-punch-borrowed-clubs-and-the-bermuda-ace One day while playing, being held up by men The talk turned to aces.......how many, and when? Thirty years in the game, how long must I wait? Dad (Buck) and two brothers, between them had eight. My partner that day, hypontherapist Zoe Simple answers supplied, "In the hole, see it go!" Nice misses nor close, quite simply, won't do 'In the cup' is your mantra.......you must visualize too! Ten days soon passed, to the State Am I went My mind strong and full, my ... ]]> http://janinajacobs.com/golf/golf/personalities/1476/ace-from-the-heart-a-valentine-love-poem