Golf World Monday - January 10, 2012

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Editor-in-Chi Ef Geoff Russell dEsigndirECtor Tim Carr ExECutivE Editor Ron Sirak

Managing Editor Tim Murphy

sEnior Editors John Antonini, Bill Fields, E.Michael Johnson sEnior Editor, spECial projECts Peter Finch sEnior Editor, travEl Matthew M. Ginella sEnior WritErs Jaime Diaz, Ryan Herrington, Tim Rosaforte dirECtor of photography Christian Iooss asso Ciat E Editor Mike Stachura assistant Managing Editor Mary Rung dEputy piCturE Editor Kerry Brady ChiEf of rEsEarCh Linda Wesley EditorialrEsEarChEr/adMinistrator Lisa Vannais Shultz sEnior staff photographEr Dom Furore staff photographEr J. D. Cuban sEnior Contributing photographEr Stephen Szurlej ar ChitECtur E Editor Ron Whitten fashion dir ECtor Marty Hackel

Contributing Writ Ers Dave Anderson, Brett Avery, Al Barkow Mike Cullity, John Feinstein, Chris Millard, Jim Moriarty, Geoff Shackelford, Dave Shedloski, John Strege EuropEan CorrEspondEnt John Huggan WEb Editor Sam Weinman golfdigEst.Co M staff Liz Bergren, Alex Myers ChairMan, Editorial dirECtor Jerry Tarde brand Editor Bob Carney

prEsidEnt and publishEr Peter King Hunsinger publishEr Laura Sequenzia asso Ciat E publish Er Dan Robertson advErtising dirECtor Daniel C. McIntyre advErtising dirECtor digital Jason Adel national advErtsing ManagEr Kathy Motley New York ExECutivE dirECtor , luxury and grooMing Helen McGinley s Enior salEs dir ECtor Chris Caggiano fashiondirECtor Fran Berrick ny aCCount ManagEr Jodi Neuhauser 4 tiMEs squarE, nEW york, ny 10036, 212-286-2771 Travel & equipment Sales salEs dirECtor, travEl & EquipMEnt Michael Dokla 20 Westport road, box 850, Wilton, Ct 06897-0850, 203-761-5277 BoSToN rMd MEdia RobertDesalvo 27 Congress street, salem, Ma, 01970, 978-825-1770 DeTroiT dEtroit dirECtor Mike Ienna 2600 W. big beaver road, suite 450, troy, Mi, 48084, 248-458-7957 loS aNgeleS ExECutivE dirECtor, WEst Coast, EquipMEnt BruceTaylor southErn California dirECtor Thane Call 6300 Wilshire blvd, 12th floor, los angeles, Ca 90048, 323-965-7100 MiDweST Mid WEst ManagEr Justin Harris 875 n. Michigan, suite 3550, Chicago, il 60611, 312-649-3538 Pacific NorThweST/SaN fraNciSco thE luCky group NoelLucky 869 theater drive, bend, or, 97702, 312-649-3511 ScoTTSDale thE i MagE group Linda Dillenbeck 9720 n. 80th Way, scottsdale, aZ 85258, 480-460-5650 SouTheaST southEastErn salEs ManagEr Patty Stafford 3500 piedmont road, suite 505, atlanta, ga 30305, 404-365-5509 SouTheaST/floriDa butlEr & hall assoCiatEs, inC., 873 byrnwyck road, atlanta, ga 30319 Ed Butler, 404-250-1040, Rick Hall, 843-416-8635 Blair Leburn, 404-255-4480 golf worlD gallerY SaleS CustoM solutions MEdia 60 fifth avenue, new york, ny 10011, 800-604-1840 assistant to thE publishEr Elizabeth HIll advErtising assistants Allyson Blueweiss, Lisa Henderson, Giselle Munoz, Robin Pearce, Ina Reynolds, Austin C. Smith, Katherine Stuntebeck, Alyssa Williams iNTegraTeD MarkeTiNg aND STraTegic DeveloPMeNT sEnior ExECutivE dirECtor, brand dEvElopMEnt Matt Roberts ExECutivE dirECtor intEgratEd MarkEting Luan Pham ExECutivE Cr EativE dir ECtor Debbie Chute asso Ciat E Cr EativE dir ECtor Lance Hertzbach art dir ECtors Gina Hopkins, Bill Specht dirECtor, CustoM publishing Robert LaMarche WEst Coast dirECtor Christine Shannon dirECtors intEgratEd MarkEting Stephanie Miness, Kate Newton ManagEr iM/proMotion, Brian Berger Coordinator iM, ElainaMorra s Enior ManagEr, digital MEdia Bob Reh sEnior Coordinator, digital, Emily Ziering assoCiatE dirECtor, stratEgiC MarkEting Chris Barton MarkEting rEsEarCh Coordinator Cara Maloney eveNTS & SPorTS MarkeTiNg spECial EvEnts dirECtor Amy Bermant Adler ManagEr Kate Mc Govern fiNaNcial PlaNNiNg finanCial planning dirECtor Chris Petruccelli businEss ManagEr Carol Laudati assoCiatE businEss ManagEr Nikki Arakelian PuBlic relaTioNS ExECutivE dirECtor Meg D’Incecco publiCist Will Ober Travel & equiPMeNT grouP sEnior ExECutivE, national EquipMEntdirECtor James Kahn

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PuBliSheD BY co NDé Na ST ChairMan S.I. Newhouse, Jr. ChiEf ExECutivE offiCEr Charles H. Townsend prEsidEnt Robert A. Sauerberg, Jr. ChiEf opErating offiCEr & ChiEf finanCial offiCEr John W. Bellando ChiEf MarkEting offiCEr Louis Cona ChiEf adMinistrativE offiCEr Jill Bright ChiEf tEChnology offi CEr Joe Simon sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, opErations & stratEgiC sourCing David Orlin Managing dirECtor, rEal EstatE Robert Bennis sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE ControllEr David B. Chemidlin sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, brand CoMMuniCations Maurie Perl sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, MarkEt rEsEarCh Scott McDonald sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, finanCE Jennifer Graham sEnior vp, ConsuMEr businEss dEvElopMEnt Julie Michalowski sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, Editorial opErations Rick Levine sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE CoMMuniCations Patricia Steele viCE prEsidEnt, Editorial assEts & rights Edward Klaris viCE prEsidEnt, ConsuMEr businEss dEvElopMEnt John Kulhawik viCE prEsidEnt, digital MagaZinE dEvElopMEnt Scott Dadich viCE prEsidEnt, huMan rEsourCEs planning & adMinistration Christopher Magee viCE prEsidEnt, ManufaCturing Gena Kelly viCE prEsidEnt, stratEgiC sourCing Tony Turner coNDé NaST Media group ExECutivE viCE prEsidEnt, ChiEf intEgration offiCEr Drew Schutte sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, finanCE Robert A. Silverstone sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE salEs Thomas H. Hartman viCE prEsidEnt, intEgratEd MarkEting Linda Mason viCE prEsidEnt, digital salEs Josh Stinchcomb viCE prEsidEnt, MarkEting and stratEgiC planning Daniella Wells viCE prEsidEnt, CondE nast idEaCtivE Janine Silvera coNDé NaST coNSuMer MarkeTiNg Ex ECutivE vi CE pr EsidEnt Monica Ray viCE prEsidEnt, ConsuMEr MarkEting Gary Foodim vi CE pr EsidEnt, planning and op Erations Matthew Hoffmeyer ExECutivE dir ECtor Heather Hamilton coNDé NaST eNTerTaiNMeNT prEsidEnt Dawn Ostroff

� what courses do pga tour players love to play? find out in our 19-page special course survey package. assured their comments would be anonymous, 81 players told us what they like and don’t like about where they play. augusta national topped our ranking (see 10 things, no. 5), and contributing writer geoff shackelford explains why that and other timeless courses ranked high on player lists. in addition, Golf World columnist geoff ogilvy gives his unique take on the results.

champions, where he reports on steve stricker’s three-stroke victory at the plantation course at kapalua.

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� Golf Digest’s february issue, featuring the hot list, the industry’s most exhaustive review of equipment, landed last week. if you have questions about the testing process, equipment editor mike stachura will address them during a live Facebook chat thursday, Jan. 12, from 2-3 p.m. est.

� has the proliferation of long putters led to a fringe instructional benefit among players who use them? contributor al barkow thinks so, saying using the club demands that golfers putt with their dominant hand.

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� contributing writer dave shedloski was in hawaii for the tour’s season opening hyundai tournament of

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