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Mike Leslie, 30, clad in Hawaiian shirt and emerald wraparound shades, hums a Metallica tune as he climbs to a makeshift tee and swings his 3-iron. His ball sails across a steep slope before settling into a patch of daisies. "When I look at these mountains," he says, "I think of only one thing: golf course...
...exactly. In Arizona, crazies already love "wasteland golf"--played entirely in the desert. Another variation, speed golf, requires players to cover a standard course as quickly as possible, by running between shots. One-club golf--a favorite Tiger Woods practice routine--mandates the use of a single club from tee to cup. Frisbee golf claims more than 16,000 players worldwide...
...strength, talent, brains, will. John Daly hits the ball as far as Tiger. Corey Pavin has shown as much shotmaking skill. Vijay Singh works as hard on his game. Ernie Els has as much poise under pressure. But no one combines these traits like Tiger. His long, high tee shots allow him to sail over the trees, bunkers, ponds and other obstacles that trap or deter lesser golfers. He routinely hits unreachable par-five holes in just two strokes. He can hit a soft, high nine-iron shot into par-fours where others face more difficult shots with middle...
...dressing up their portfolios with glamour stocks (which is why NASDAQ was on the rise), others are hurriedly dumping losers. The rest are out playing golf or beating the traffic to the Hamptons for the Fourth - it's not an easy scene to parse. But Dow investors without tee times, at least, were doing something quite logical as they pushed the index down Friday morning: They were worrying about earnings...
Furthermore, players in the Senior PGA would greatly benefit from body-altering substances. One complaint from elderly golfers is that they've lost their distance off the tee. What better solution than Mark McGwire's home-run-inducing creatine. With a little muscle candy, Trevino and Palmer will be back to jacking balls well past the 300-yard mark in no time...