Features

May the Best Men Win

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“Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.”
This ‘good luck’ checklist for superstitious Victorian brides on their wedding days could equally have been composed with the locations of golf’s major championships in 2010 specifically in mind.
Paul Trow explains why

Swing On Over

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Hundreds, if not thousands, of North American golfers now make the journey each year to the Algarve in southern Portugal. Paul Trow, who first played there more than four decades ago, marvels at how the region remains the game’s most popular European destination

Game Abroad

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The Arnold Palmer Design Company stays on the road with a host of top projects around the world

Watson in his Element

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Potentially the greatest sports story ever came within an eight-foot putt of being told after the 2009 British Open. Just six weeks shy of his 60th birthday, one of the game’s true champions was poised to eclipse his finest hour 32 years earlier on the same stretch of Scotland’s west coast. Alas it was not to be, but what a show he put on! Paul Trow interviews the serial winner who will now also be remembered for coming second

Playground in Paradise

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Bermuda has more golf courses per square mile than anywhere else in the world. Paul Trow and Jon Edwards marvel at how this delectable quart has been squeezed into such a delicate pint pot

Chasing the Aurora Borealis

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The editor spends more than a few nights standing outside alone in the cold staring at the sky and waiting for something he wouldn’t see. It wasn’t a waste of time. Trust me

Playing Country

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“Anything you want to add?”
I ask, preparing to put my notepad and recorder away. Relaxing backstage before a gig in Santa Ynez, California, country music star Vince Gill thinks for a second, then lights up and enthusiastically offers, “Long live the King!”
Famous as a musician and humanitarian, Vince Gill is also a killer on the golf course. This October, he spared us a few minutes for a pre-show chat about golf, life, music and his favorite celebrity golf partner.
Long live the King, indeed

Arnie Answers

Arnold Palmer
One day after watching President Barack Obama authorize awarding him The Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and one hour after having a decaying molar yanked, Arnold Palmer sat down with Kingdom correspondent Chris Rodell at his Latrobe office

Two Sides to Mexico

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Whether you’re an early riser or someone who lives for sunsets on the beach, Mexico is a place for luxury adventure

It’s Party Time

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Arnold Palmer’s 80th birthday was marked by a fanfare of events and celebrations that reflected many different dimensions of his fabled life. Kingdom was close at hand to record some of the more memorable moments as the King passed his milestone