The first thing to know about Costa Rica's Reserva Conchal Golf Club is that it's hard to play there. Not that the course is exceptionally difficult. It's just an ordeal to get on. Call for a tee time and you'll be informed that Reserva Conchal is a private club and allows non-members to play only if the Full Story

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I should dislike The Swinger. I don’t believe in kicking people when they’re down, and this book is a right foot to the testicles of Tiger Woods, who has fallen farther and faster than anyone since Icarus. But I can’t dislike it. I want to, but I can’t. The shameful truth is that I enjoyed it; I p Full Story

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My wife has never told me how much she spent so three friends and I could enjoy a weekend at Jack Nicklaus's place, the Bear's Club, in Palm Beach.   I know that it started at a charity auction in her hometown in South Carolina; I wasn’t there because of a scheduling conflict. The auction was tied to th Full Story