If your golfer is an avid traveler or has a golf library, it is hard to beat these beautiful works of art.

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If value plays a role in golf community quality, then it is hard to beat Sandestin, and virtually no place your vacation home dollars go further.

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But to my mind the single biggest barrier to golf is the fact that it is really hard and has a steep learning curve.

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If she's not a golf fan, it's hard to say who is.

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The book is hard to find and probably not destined for golf's literary pantheon, but the stories intrigued me enough that I wanted to track Thiesfeldt down.

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