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...poor judgment. Lawrence H. Gordon Honolulu How can we as american citizens have any respect for those retired generals who spent their careers at the public trough and now want to destroy the boss they sucked up to while in command? They need to spend their time playing golf and sipping martinis at the club and leave the important decisions to our elected leaders. Joel Epperson Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Why didn't the generals come forth with their criticism earlier? Competent leadership in the military has been declining ever since our nation went to the all-volunteer force. We Americans...
...Golf has targets just as small and distant-and makes people just as obsessive. The difference with shooting is that, well, you do it with guns. And bullets. Which were invented for one purpose: war. Beyond the shooting range's black-and-yellow targets hover ghosts. My club, Sydney's Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club, has its origins in the military. Most of the 170 members are civilians, but every Saturday, builders, bankers, surgeons, ex-servicemen, chiropractors, chefs and electricians-men and women, from teenagers to 80-year-olds-compete in honor of some milestone in military history: last...
...between the two?Tiger called him "an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend"?was unmistakable. After Tiger's Masters win in 1997?the first for a black player?he and his father embraced on the 18th green, a moment that became one of the most memorable in golf. Of his son, Earl said: "My greatest satisfaction is that he's a good person...
Sources: National Geographic (2); Wall Street Journal (2); AP (2); Golf Digest...
...million Amount golf pro John Daly estimates he has lost gambling over the past 12 years...