By Hannah E. Jones Candler Park resident William Read has a unique hobby. For years, he’s been collecting golf balls. So many in fact, that he crafted a pyramid that rivals the largest one in the Guinness Book of World Records. Nestled in Candler Park near the local golf course is a World Peace Pyramid […]
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Atlanta to sell beer on city golf courses to ‘enhance’ golfing experience, make money
Golfers may soon be able to buy beer at Atlanta’s courses. The move intends to “enhance the customer experience,” and comes as Atlanta has invested in golf course upgrades in an era in which golf’s future is as uncertain as Tiger’s playing days.
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A tough coach, a rainy day and a garden goodbye
Gardening during a recent torrential downpour with my very driven father—a 78-year-old golf pro and lay minister— brought back old lessons in resiliency and competition. In families like ours, standing up for your beliefs requires communicating across generations.
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Through writing and golf, Furman Bisher taught about life and death
When Furman Bisher came into my life in 1986, I was fresh out of college, a whippersnapper sportswriter in awe of the legendary Atlanta Journal columnist. Aged 68, he seemed positively ancient.
Over the next quarter century, I studied the way he worked and wrote, and we became friends through our shared interest in golf – a sport that connects people of diverse ages and abilities.
When “the Bish” died a week ago, to me he was a young 93, because he changed my view of what it meant to grow old.
He did this by example — by living and writing the way he played golf.
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High Museum educator raises game, career with “The Art of Golf”
Ambitious women in business are often advised to learn to play golf, for greater success in law, banking and such careers. Julia Forbes used her lifelong passion for the sport to move up in the museum world, by curating the new exhibit at Atlanta’s High Museum, “The Art of Golf.”
