James Dodson- Author-"A Son of the Game"

7-4-09

James Dodson was an award-winning regular columnist for Golf Magazine for almost 20 years and travel editor for Departures Magazine, American Express's flagship travel magazine, for a decade. A former Senior Writer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Sunday Magazine and Yankee Magazine, his public affairs and political writing has won numerous national awards including the William Allen White Award for Public Affairs Journalism given by the University of Kansas. His non-golf work has appeared in Gentlemen's Quarterly, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Travel and Leisure, Town and Country, Reader's Digest, Geo, Outside Magazine, and numerous other national publications. In addition, he has won several Golf Writers of America Awards for columns in Golf Magazine, for whom he has worked for almost two decades. His books, Final Rounds and Faithful Travelers, were best sellers with Final Rounds selling 300,000 copies worldwide, in several languages, since publication. Final Rounds, also received the International Network of Golf's industry honors award for Best Golf Book of 1996. Final Rounds is currently in the process of being produced as a feature film and Faithful Travelers has been produced as a television movie. Mr. Dodson's book, A Golfer's Life - the autobiography of Arnold Palmer - was a New York Times bestseller. His bestselling book, The Dewsweepers, was released in late 2001, followed by The Road to Somewhere - Travels with a Young Boy through an Old World, in November 2003.

Ben Hogan: An American Life, the authorized biography of Ben Hogan, was released in the summer of 2004, earning strong international acclaim.

His latest book, Beautiful Madness - One Man's Journey Through Other People's Gardens, was published in March, 2006.

Mr. Dodson' current book, A Son of the Game, will be available May 12, 2009 and is published by Algonquin Press.

Mr. Dodson, 55, a father of two, resides in Southern Pines, North Carolina and is currently Writer-in-Residence at The Pilot Newspaper in Southern Pines and the editor of PineStraw Magazine. He also served as Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, where he taught advanced writing.

His Sunday column can be accessed online at: http://www.thepilot.com
and through PineStraw Magazine at http://www.pinestrawmag.com/

He can be contacted throught this website at: mailto:admin@jamesdodsonauthor.com

Tina Mickelson- 6-27-09

Tina Mickelson

Throughout Tina Mickelson's life she has had a love for the game of golf. Her passion can be traced back to her early childhood when she and her brother, professional golfer Phil Mickelson, began using golf clubs as soon as they could walk.
Shortly after graduating from the University of San Diego in 1991 with a major in Communications and a minor in Business, Tina opted to go right to work to earn her PGA membership and dedicated her life to helping others improve their golf games and promoting the great game of golf. She has been a teaching professional since 1991 and has been a PGA Class "A" Member since 1994.

Tina is currently the Ambassador for Women's Golf at The Santaluz Club in San Diego, CA. Her role includes promoting the game of golf to existing members, both experienced players as well as beginners. This is done through giving clinics, playing lessons, rules seminars, and hosting a variety of different specialty events. The goal of the club is to grow and strengthen women's golf through making golf more available to women and by eliminating the intimidation women feel when they are new to the game. Her personal goal is to accomplish this not just at The Santaluz Club, but in the golf world as a whole.

Tina is currently the Ambassador for Women's Golf for Callaway Golf. The goal of Callaway Golf is to make the game of golf more enjoyable for women. She represents Callaway at sponsored events and clinics for women. She is working together with Callaway to help inspire women to develop their own passion for the game, and to understand the many benefits the great game of golf has to offer.

Tina's passion for teaching the game drives her to reach as large of an audience as possible through her teaching philosophies and her personable approach to golf. Throughout her career, Tina has reached her audience through many different outlets including books, newspaper columns, magazine articles, television, corporate outings, and speaking events. The game of golf can also provide insight into one's life and Tina incorporates this philosophy into her teaching.

Tina has been seen on the Golf Channel, involved with various programs including Golf Channel Academy, Academy Live, Your Game Night, and Drive, Chip, & Putt.

Tina has also worked as an on course commentator for the Golf Channel on the Champions Tour, as well as for CBS Sports covering the LPGA Tour.

From July 2000 until June 2008, Tina authored "Professional Golf Tips with Tina Mickelson," a syndicated column that provided weekly golf tips to newspapers, periodicals, and websites across the world. Tina writes her tips so they can be understood by a large audience spanning all skill levels. As a result of the syndicate closing down in 2008, Tina started to seek out alternate ways to deliver her professional golf tips. That is when she discovered and decided to partner with Youreeeka.

In addition to writing columns and teaching golf, Tina has served as editor for Dr. Deepak Chopra's book, "Golf for Enlightenment". Dr. Chopra wanted to ensure authenticity and credibility so he incorporated her expertise and knowledge of the game. Tina is also a golf instructor in Dr. Chopra's program, "Golf for Enlightenment," and appears in his movie, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success," starring Olivia Newton-John, and is based on his best selling book by the same name. To this day, they work closely together to incorporate the benefits of his life teachings into the game of golf and vice versa.

Tina utilizes her time, skills, and passion for golf to benefit charities and those in need. She has been involved with organizations including:
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, Dinner with the Pros,The Burn Institute, and The Junior Seau Foundation.

www.tinamickelsongolf.com

Yes Putters- Blair Philip-6-27-09

Yes Putter Technology-What It Does

Early roll means less deflection and a straighter line.
By gripping the back of the ball and lifting it forward on impact, the C-Grooves of a Yes putter create almost instant stabilization, causing the ball to roll forward much sooner than any other putter. In fact, as much as six times sooner.
The above illustration is a detailed summary of multiple 20” test putts as conducted by an independent testing firm. Using a putting robot and a 100-frame-per-second video camera, they were able to show how the C-Groove putter dramatically and consistently outperforms the putters of major golf companies.
Balls struck with the Yes! C-Grooves invariably achieved forward roll within 3” to 4” while balls struck by competitive putters repeatedly skidded, skipped and spun before settling into forward roll in approximately 18 inches.
And the sooner a ball achieves smooth forward roll, the better the line it will have and the less likely it is to be affected by aberrations in the green. In short, more putts will drop in.
Even when struck up to a quarter of an inch off center, the C-Groove putter rolls the ball sooner and more consistently.
This technology has been proven in thousands of comparison tests performed by professional and amateur golfers at over 100 PGA Tour Events worldwide and at major trade shows in the U.S. and Europe. Read PGA Event Headlines.
Perhaps the best endorsement is the fact that over 200 touring pros now use Yes! putters, without receiving any endorsement dollars to do so. They use it because of how well it plays, not how well it pays.
Additional Testing
Independent Testing: ‘Robot’ testing was also conducted to compare consistency of distance and line for balls struck with identical force numerous times on a 50” putt. These tests substantiated the fact that the C-Groove putter, due to its truer roll, was more consistent in distance and line. By hitting the ball on different points on each putter face, the same test also proved that the C-Groove putter had the least variance in direction, even on off-centered hits.
#1 Rankmark Ranking: In 2002 The Yes! Golf C-Groove putter has been ranked number 1 among 60 of golf’s top putters, by Rankmark, America's premier golf testing company. Rankmark conducted independent testing at country clubs, driving ranges and PGA and LPGA Tour events.
100% Satisfaction Among PGA Tour Partners Members: Soon after introduction, Yes! Golf C-Groove putters earned an unprecedented 100% favorable review with a buy rating from PGA Tour Partners Club members. The PGA Tour Partners Club is an organization of 500,000+ golfers and regularly sends new golf products to members for unbiased review and testing. Members use the product, then complete detailed product test reports.

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