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Archive for: March, 2018

  Handicapping, one of the hottest topics in golf, is the subject of a new awareness campaign from the Golfing Union of Ireland (GUI) and the Irish Ladies Golf Union (ILGU). The governing bodies for golf in Ireland have joined forces in an effort to tackle cheating and safeguard integrity in the handicapping system. “There is still a culture of tolerating handicap cheating in golf.Just because others are cheating the system does not make it okay,” says Pat ...

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French women’s golf has received a huge boost with the news that the Lacoste Ladies Open de France has been secured until at least 2021, thanks to a four-year extension agreement between the Ladies European Tour and the event promoter, the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). The extended agreement will see one of the oldest and most prestigious tournaments on the Ladies European Tour go from strength to strength. The tournament prize fund will rise from €250,000 ...

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  The imposing facade of the Grand Hotel, Gardone Riviera has featured on postcards through the ages. In 1986 the hotel had been included in the list of the oldest hotels in Italy and in 2009 a large commemorative stamp of the “Historic Places Of Italy” series was dedicated to the Grand. After reading  all these interesting stories, I really looked forward to visiting this grand old lady. The sun was rising over the crystal clear waters of Lake ...

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