Brunei Delegates Take Part In Asia Pacific Golf Development Summit
Bandar Seri Begawan - Four delegates from selected Brunei golf clubs yesterday left Brunei Darussalam for Asia Pacific Golf Development Summit 2008 in Missions Hills, China.

Scientists Take Swing at Golf Ball?s Dimples
It turns out that the design of those little indentations on golf balls is more important, and more complex, than the average golfer may imagine.

Tiny dimples on golf balls are a big topic for scientists
It is safe to say that most golfers have not thought twice about the little dimples on their golf balls. Fortunately, engineers at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland have been doing some thinking for them by creating a computer simulation of the way air flow affects a ball's speed and trajectory. It turns out that the design of those little indentations is more important, ...

Golf with the Boss
Best Courses In U.S. Which courses are on the must-play list? Here are the best America has to offer.

ROLLING ALONG: Ailing economy hasn't hurt local golf courses
Golf is taking a hit in other parts of the country because of the ailing economy, but not in Central Louisiana, according to local golf club pros.

Hardball high street hits earnings at Greaves
Greaves Sports, the Glasgow-based sports equipment retailer, has declared lower pre-tax profits for the year ended on January 31, 2008, amid tough trading conditions on the high street.

Around the Lompoc Valley
Lompoc YFL Fundraiser The Lompoc youth football league is holding a raffle to give away a 2008 Honda Civic LX Coupe in order to replace several pieces of valuable equipment that were damaged at the beginning of the season. The equipment is required in order for the group to remain part of the Central Coast Football Association.

Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation December 2008 Events
214 parks, 10 community centers, 5 golf courses, 4 museums and much more, you'll find there is always something to do with Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation.

Sports Briefs
Baywood to host Last Hurrah golf tourney Baywood Country Club, which will close its doors forever at the end of the year, will host a Last Hurrah Golf Tournament and party on Friday, Dec. 19.

Vandals once again target local golf course
PLATTSBURGH ? For the third time this year, vandals targeted the Barracks Golf Course, this time causing as much as $45,000 in damage. Earlier this week, a concerned dog-walker called authorities after spotting an array of destruction on the popular greens.

Like America, Golf Course Development Costs rise, but Celebrity Still Sells
The costs to develop an 18-hole golf course in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has increased by more than 20 percent in the past three to five years, KPMG Golf Advisory Practice's latest Golf Course Development Cost Survey revealed.

Mt. Bachelor at 50; Sunday Reader: From butte to ski resort
Before all the resorts, golf courses and restaurants stamped Central Oregon as a recreation mecca, there was Mt. Bachelor ski area ? or, as it was known in 1958, Bachelor Butte.There also was lumber and a Nordic passion for skiing that people like Nels Skjersaa and Emil Nordeen, who worked side by side in the old Shevlin-Hixon mill, brought with them from the old country.

Delcastle bidding lands hard feelings
Golf course's operators feel spurned by county

Pop Quiz
1. Course setup man Mike Davis received credit for doing what at the U.S. Open?

In this topsy-turvy existence, there's one comforting certainty - the monthly news quiz
In November, the world tipped upside down. A black man was elected president. The UND women's hockey team was more successful than the men's team. And gas cost less than half of what it did in July. What's next? Reason by radio talk show hosts? Teenagers begging their parents to chaperone their school dances?

Saybrook burglaries appear to be connected
Ashtabula County Sheriff?s Department deputies believe burglaries at two local businesses last week are connected.

ODOT crews work long hours to get bridge open
Crews will work six, 10-hour days this week to get the Harbor lift bridge lowered by Dec. 18, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation said Monday.

State Laws and Programs for Electric Drive
2008 State Laws for Electric Drive: State-by-state breakdown of electric drive laws passed in 2008. HOUSE BILL 1013 DATE-INTRO: JANUARY 9, 2008 LAST-ACTION: MAY 21, 2008; Signed by GOVERNOR.

Cablevision To Launch Four HD Channels From NBCU
Cablevision Systems this week will launch six new channels from NBC Universal, including four in HD: CNBC HD, USA HD, Sci Fi Channel HD and Bravo HD.

Baywood schedules one last tournament
Jan. 1 each year marks new beginnings. But this Jan. 1 will close the book on the history of Pasadena?s Baywood Country Club.