Golf Less Ordinarily

On Slinging Birdies, golf journalist and humorist Mike Dojc chirps about duffer travel, the pro game, and pop culture golf in all its various manifestations.

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Hooking'em Young

For a few years now, the golf industry has been laser focused on bringing younger folks— especially the Millennial cohort—into the fold. Another key to the sport’s growth lies in looking ahead to the next generation and spreading the golf gospel to those just getting a foot out of the crib. After all, smacking the dimples out of little balls and chasing after them is an innate childhood pleasure right there with licking an ice cream cone.

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  At Santa Barbara Beach and Golf Resort’s seaside Pete Dye dreamscape, the ocean practically laps up against the edge of the runway on No. 1 with only a sliver of rough and short drop-off separating the fairway from the salty drink. 
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Gabbing Gamecocks with Coach Bill McDonald
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Golf course familiarity runs contrary to the well tread relationship-tarring adage.  Rather than contempt, playing the same courses over and over again tends to breed lower scores.