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...oversaturated U.S. golf market, courses have to stand out to survive. The slow but steady decline in golfers over the past six years resulted in a 70% decrease in commissioned courses from 2000 to 2006. Last year the number of core golfers (those playing at least eight rounds a year) fell about 11% from 2000, with a 3% drop in rounds played during the same period, according to the National Golf Foundation. More golf courses closed in the U.S. than opened (146 shut down, while only 119 opened), the first such occurrence in six decades. "The game is less attractive...
...endlessly frustrating watching a putt glide toward the hole before making an abrupt left turn, to certain triple bogey. In fact, balls roll on (and off) the Oakmont greens so quickly that the United States Golf Association, which runs the Open, will probably add some water to slow them down. "You're going to get putts that will make guys look like dumbbells," says NBC analyst Johnny Miller, who won the '73 U.S. Open at Oakmont...
...risks of giving up early admission, we are confident we are doing the right thing in placing the highest priority on the welfare of students. We hope that ending early admission sends a clear message to a highly-stressed generation that it is smart and sensible to slow down and consider carefully what is best for them in the long run—regardless of pressure by colleges, parents, or peers...
...Knowing him as non-president was something I only found out about after I married him,” New wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson this week. “If I thought Larry would slow down, I’d have been a very disappointed bride...
...exit and the return of two of Harvard’s old wise men should have been a respite from all the hurrying. But Derek C. Bok and Jeremy R. Knowles, the interim leaders of the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, did not slow down...