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Playing Country

“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

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Arnie Answers

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

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Two Sides to Mexico

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

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It’s Party Time

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

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Track Record

A 36-hour train trip in the U.S. leaves the editor pondering how something so seemingly overpriced and uncomfortable can provide such a compelling and wonderful experience

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Fly, Drive, Putt

Visitors to London are spoiled for choice when it comes to playing and staying at top-class golf resorts. North, south, east or west, the UK capital offers plenty of options to the discerning golfer on vacation. Paul Trow acts as your guide

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From the Top Down

In broad terms, 1919 was a good year for England. The Great War was over, a British dirigible crossed the Atlantic—becoming the first airship to do so—and the British House of Commons welcomed its first female MP, the American-born Lady Astor.

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Bay Watch

Every great structure needs renovating from time to time, and this is also true of even the finest and most famous golf courses. And so it was that the 18-hole Championship layout at Bay Hill, Arnold Palmer’s pride and joy, underwent a major facelift during the summer of 2009. Photography: Evan Schiller

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Fighting Game

Whether it’s troops playing on an improvised course in Iraq or WWII POWs who played between the Stalag barracks, golf has a history in uniform. For this issue of kingdom, John Strege, noted golf writer and author of the book When War Played Through, looks at the game’s role on the front lines of the World Wars

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King and Queen (part two)

The meeting between Arnold Palmer and Annika Sorenstam at Bay Hill earlier this year, exclusively reported in Kingdom 13, generated enough opinions and reminiscences to fill a book. So rather than deny our readers access to much of this fascinating information, we have split the text into two. Here is the second article

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