It took a little prodding from old friend Arnold Palmer, but Jack Nicklaus is finally making a return to Augusta National for the 2010 Masters tournament.  Too bad for us it’ll only be for one shot.  Nicklaus, who played in his final Masters in 2005, was initially reluctant to join Palmer as an honorary starter, lest he steal some of his old rival’s spotlight.  But Palmer himself was key in changing Jack’s mind on this one.
“I have always had great respect for Arnold and his legacy at the Masters, and I did not, in any way, want to infringe on …read more

While many of the U.S. presidents played golf, few exhibited as much passion for the game as former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, so it’s only fitting that he will become the first U.S. president elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame later this year.  Eisenhower will be joining two-time Masters champ Jose Maria Olazabal, former PGA pro Lanny Wadkins and Ireland’s Christy O’ Connor.  The induction ceremony is to take place November 2nd at the World Golf Village.
It was Eisenhower’s love of the game that helped boost it’s popularity following World War II.  According to a book on presidents …read more

Next week is the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Course, a spring rite for golf fans. Get ready for the action by taking a quick tour of the course–hole by hole.

AT&T is again offering a variety of coverage for the 2009 Masters Tournament, which begins on April 6. From the first swing to the last putt, they are offering a variety of ways for golf fans to watch the 2009 Masters Tournament with three AT&T screens — the TV, the PC and the wireless device. AT&T today announced its complete three-screen coverage of the 2009 Masters Tournament, available on AT&T U-verse(SM) TV, the AT&T FanZone and exclusively on AT&T wireless devices, as well as special 2009 Masters interactive application for all U-verse TV customers.

Under an agreement with the …read more