Travel Ideas

by: Andrew Kress

If you?re a stockbroker, the center of the world is New York. If you are a commodities trader, it?s Chicago.
But if you?re a golfer, the center of the world is?a little further south.
?You actually feel it when you step onto the course? says Brian Montgomery, who has been to every Masters for the last decade. ?It?s like being in an art museum or a history museum?and if you really live for golf, this isn?t just church, it?s St. Peters Cathedral on Christmas Eve.?
For as those who have walked the course will tell you, there is no place like Augusta.
?It?s pristine, not like other tournaments, no paper, no advertising, just green everywhere and So perfect. I mean, you see it on TV, and you think, I could do that, then you see the course and you think: ?Par Four?!? FOUR?!? That?s like a?NINE. And these guys come out and do it in four and it?s just amazing.?
Masters week is divided into two parts. The first three days are the practice rounds. This just gives the golfers a chance to relax, get their swings loose after a plane trip and plan a strategy for the course.
Said one recent attendee ?I love the practice rounds?The players are out there and they?re just more relaxed?they are joking with the crowd, I?ve even seen people get pictures with players.?
But after the practice rounds end, the atmosphere changes. ?On the first day, it?s just VERY serious. For most players this is the biggest event there ever was or will be, so every shot is a serious shot.?
?I live for this,? says Montgomery ?I saw Crenshaw win the week after Harvey (Penick, his mentor) died, I saw Tiger Get his first, and it?s not just that history gets made here some years, it gets made here every year.?

About The Author

Andrew Kress is an event planner for Island Events Inc., Specializing in Event Ticketing and Event Planning for coroprations, companies and private groups. For more ideas or help in obtaining event ticketing, go to www.islandevents.cc

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Sea Pines Plantation ? The Pearl Of Hilton Head Island

by: Rich Neste

Hilton Head Island is one of the nicest places to vacation, regardless of what time of year you decide to stay. And I must inform you that a stay in Sea Pines Plantation must be top on your list. The island is home to more than 40,000 full time residents and over 2.2 million vacationers each year. With an average temperature around 70 degrees and so many outdoor activities available, this is a vacation that will keep you active and healthy.
The PGA MCI Heritage Classic is held each year in April at the Harbour Town Golf Links located inside Sea Pines Plantation. Thousands of golf enthusiasts enjoy the weekly activities with friends and family. Former winners include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, and this year?s winner Peter Lonard. This is a great golf tournament with a lot of history and is always an enjoyable experience for all who attend.
There are three golf courses in Sea Pines Plantation. Harbour Town Golf Links is ranked the #1 course in South Carolina by Golf Magazine and is the most sought after golf course to play on Hilton Head Island. The Ocean Course was the first golf course on Hilton Head Island, rebuilt in 1995 by Mark McCumber and features the signature oceanfront 15th hole with panoramic ocean views. Last is the Sea Marsh Course, which is my favorite. With length not a factor and very wide fairways, I recommend this course if you want to feel good about your golf game when you leave the course.
The Sea Pines Racquet Club has grown into one of the premier resources for tennis players. Under the guidance of Stan Smith, Director of U.S. Olympic Men?s Coach and former U.S. Open and Wimbledon Champion, everyone receives the personal attention that makes each guest feel important.
The great advantage of having a Hilton Head Island vacation is you have the liberty to stay wherever you want, there are great deals and golf packages and you can arrange for almost any type of activity on the island, whether it is bicycle rentals, tee times, free tennis, or water activities.

About The Author

Rich Neste lives in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. He is an expert writer and insider whose columns appear in numerous papers around the country. He is a Junior Executive with Performance Development Corporation. He can be contacted at (843)671-4700 or email at rich@hiltonheadrentals.com
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by: Simon Harris

A vacation destination for decades, Jamaica is home to a number of quality golf courses. The temperate climate is a welcome part of the golfing experience, as is the general atmosphere of the golf courses, with many being notable for their outstanding customer service focus and their beautifully kept grounds. It should be noted that while many of the golf courses are private, most of the more exclusive facilities do make day passes available for vacationers.
Half Moon Golf Club, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, is known among tournament players throughout the world for its classic lines and challenging set up. Open and beautiful, one of the most challenging aspects of this golf course is the wind. Over 7,000 yards long, this course offers a good work out, in addition to a fine game.
Luxurious, enchanting, and uniquely challenging are apt descriptions of the White Witch Course, a recent addition to the famed Ritz Carlton Rose Hall Resort of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The course is named for the infamous Annee Palmer who is said to haunt the area, and rumored to have indulged in illicit relationships with the slaves she held and treated brutally during the 1800?s to run her huge sugar plantation, and also said to have murdered three husbands before turning up strangled herself.
This magnificent course was designed by Robert Von Hagge, Rick Baril and Mike Smelek, and has a slightly different style from the typical Caribbean golfing experience. While there are stunning ocean views to be had at 16 of the holes, they rest upon high ground, as the course wanders through strong hills and players are cooled by the unobstructed ocean breeze.
Three Palms Ocean Course, found at Wyndham Rose Hall, is renowned through Jamaica and well beyond the island for the amazing scenery that its 6798-yard course is built around. Golfers will play alongside of the family graveyard of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the ruins of an aqueduct from the 18th century. There will be ocean side holes, canyons, waterfalls and gorges. This is a truly beautiful and historic course, and can only be an unforgettable golfing experience.
The Tryall Golf Course, at the Tryall Club in Montego Bay hosts the Johnny Walker World Championship and is a favorite playing spot of golfers all over the world. The 6,772-yard course extends from flowering forest to cool seaside, and includes mountain and ocean views that are simply spectacular. Fascinating relics of history along the course include an 18th century water wheel.
There are several other notable golf courses in Jamaica. These include the Manchester Club, one of the oldest facilities of its nature, which also makes available tennis and billiards, the rugged terrain of the Negril Hills Golf Club, which is known to be a challenging and exhilarating play. Breezes Golf and Beach Resort offers truly upscale play.
Whether you?re planning a vacation devoted to enjoying the very best courses that Jamaica has to offer or you are a casual golfer seeking fun greens for a day or two?s play, Jamaica is home to some of the finest golfing opportunities in the entire region.

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Simon Harris
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by: Elvis King

Step aside Hugh Hefner. Elvis King is back in the building.
Bachelors, remember the guy in high school who got all the girls. Maybe he was the home coming king or the football captain. He?s Probably not getting the girls any more. I am sure he married the home coming queen and has four kids by now. And you should see the fat little wife he has. But not you and the Loverboy Bachelor, your eternal bachelors. Why a bachelor at 56? Because I love it. There?s nothing like the thrill of a new girl. A new date every single day. I hold the world record of beautiful young girlfriends 18 to 22 years old. (Girlfriends no pros) And I have came close a few times to giving it all up and marrying one of my dream girls. I frequent a few exotic fantasy islands. One of my favorite islands holds the Miss Universe crown. I laugh at poor Donald Trump knocking himself dead to find beautiful girls and he rarely gets lucky. And I know secret bachelor hide-aways where virtually no westerner has ever walked before. And If he ever was at one of my bachelor hide-aways he is probably one of those guys who just doesn?t know how to pick up girls and went home empty handed. Wouldn?t it have been nice if you could have been the best buddy of a rock star or a movie star who gets all the girls. Well you just got lucky. No rock star or movie star has ever had more girlfriends than your buddy Elvis.
I am not anscious to share my secrets or my dream girls, but Lucky for you I ran out of cash. If I hadn?t lost all my cash no one would ever know my secret. If you have always envied the guy who gets all the girls. Nows your chance to get even and get lucky. If you are a friendly, fun loving guy with deep pockets join me on my Bachelor Dream Tour. Give Elvis an email and we can talk about it. We?re not talking about taking 1000 guys to meet 100 girls. We?re talking buddies one on one hanging out with dream girls. Just you, me and the chauffeur and your dream girl of the day. Even my chauffeur has hundreds of girlfriends. Just the luck of the draw getting the right job with the right guy. Forget online dating, dating services, singles bars, and forget the singles groups and your blue haired mommys. Give Elvis an email and we can talk about it. For a week or a lifetime you owe it to yourself to hang out with the King, Elvis King. Your buddies back home will never believe your story once you take the Bachelor Dream Tour with the Loverboy Bachelor. Truthfully you may not ever want to go back home. You don?t have to be George Clooney or the perfect male model and the older gentlemen is welcome.
Elvis King specializes in finding that special dream girl or dream girls for the lonely, older man. His one on one Bachelor Dream Tours are becoming so popular that soon only the wealthiest men will be able to take the Bachelor Dream Tour do to the waiting list and popular demand. Email him at loverboybachelor@yahoo.com or join the group at http://www.msnusers.com/BachelorDreamTours.
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About The Author

Elvis King was born in Missippi and grew up in Menphis, Tennesse. He is a retired actor and singer. Not to be confused with the other Elvis. Elvis Presley.
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