Golf World Monday - December 10, 2012

12. 10.2012

Editor-in-ChiEf Jaime Diaz 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 Ryan Herrington, Tim Rosaforte dirECtor of photography Christian Iooss

assoCiat E Editor Mike Stachura dEputy piCturE Editor Kerry Brady

ChiEf of rEsEarCh David Barrett EditorialrEsEarChEr/adMinistrator Lisa Vannais Shultz sEnior staff photographEr Dom Furore staff photographEr J. D. Cuban sEnior Contributing photographEr Stephen Szurlej arChitECtur E Editor Ron Whitten fashiondirECtor 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 brand Editor Bob Carney ChairMan, Editorial dirECtor Jerry Tarde

PuBlisheD BY co NDé NAst

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 offiCEr Joe Simon

ExECutivE viCE prEsidEnt, ChiEf intEgration offiCEr Drew Schutte sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, opErations & stratEgiC sourCing David Orlin Managing dirECtor, rEal EstatE Robert Bennis sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE ControllErDavidB.Chemidlin sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, MarkEt rEsEarCh Scott McDonald sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, finanCE Jennifer Graham sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, ConsuMEr businEss dEvElopMEnt Julie Michalowski sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, Editorial opErations Rick Levine sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE MEdia rElations Patricia Steele sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, huMan rEsourCEs JoAnn Murray sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, brand dEvElopMEnt Gillian Gorman-Round sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, digital tEChnology Nick Rockwell viCE prEsidEnt, Editorial assEts & rights Edward Klaris viCE prEsidEnt, ConsuMEr businEss dEvElopMEnt John Kulhawik viCE prEsidEnt, ManufaCturing Gena Kelly viCE prEsidEnt, stratEgiC sourCing Tony Turner viCE prEsidEnt, planning & stratEgy Shen-Hsin Hung viCE prEsidEnt, brand produCt dEvElopMEnt Hal Danziger viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE produCt dEvElopMEnt Chris Jones viCE prEsidEnt, huMan rEsourCEs Paul E. Wolfe coNDé NAst MeDiA grouP viCE prEsidEnt, CorporatE partnErships Josh Stinchcomb viCE prEsidEnt, insights and brand stratEgy Daniella Wells viCE prEsidEnt, MarkEting solutions Padraig Connolly viCE prEsidEnt, finanCE Judy Safir coNDé NAst coNsuMer MArketiNg Ex ECutiv E vi CE pr Esid Ent Monica Ray viCE prEsidEnt, ConsuMEr MarkEting Gary Foodim vi CE pr Esid Ent, planning and op Erations Matthew Hoffmeyer viCE prEsidEnt, ConsuMEr MarkEting proMotion Gina Simmons ExECutivE dirECtor, ConsuMEr MarkEting Heather Hamilton coNDé NAst eNtertAiNMeNt prEsidEnt Dawn Ostroff ExECutivE viCE prEsidEnt, ChiEfopEratingoffiCEr Sahar Elhabashi ExECutivE viCE prEsidEnt, Motion piCturEs Jeremy Steckler ExECutivE viCE prEsidEnt, altErnativE prograMMingMichaelKlein ExECutivE viCE prEsidEnt, ChiEf digital offiCEr Fred Santarpia sEnior viCE prEsidEnt, MEdia & CoMMunCations Maurie Perl viCE prEsidEnt, digital vidEo opErations Larry Baach viCE prEsidEnt, tEChnology Marvin Li

prEsidEnt and publishEr Peter King Hunsinger publishEr Laura Sequenzia assoCiat E publish Er Dan Robertson advErtising dirECtor Daniel C. McIntyre advErtising dir ECtor digital Jason Adel nationaladvErtising ManagEr Kathy Motley New York ExECutivE dirECtor, luxury and grooMing hElEn MCginlEy s Enior salEs dir ECtor Chris Caggiano fashion dirECtor franbErriCk ny aCCount ManagErs jodi nEuhausEr, jEnnifEr pavliCk 4 tiMEs squarE, nEW york, ny 10036, 212-286-2771 wiltoN Md MEdia salEs Michael Dokla 274 East village road, shelton, Ct 06484, 203-209-3342 BostoN rMd MEdia, inc Robert Desalvo 103 riplEy rd., unit #4, CohassEt, Ma 02025, 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 Bruce Taylor WEst Coast dirECtor Mark St. Germain 6300 Wilshire blvd, 12th floor, los angeles, Ca 90048, 323-965-7100 MiDwest Mid WEst ManagEr Ian Hickey 875 n. Michigan, suite 3550, Chicago, il 60611, 312-649-3511 PAcific Northwest/sAN frANcisco thE luCky group Noel Lucky 869 theater drive, bend, or, 97702, 310-779-1706 scottsDAle th E i MagE group Linda Dillenbeck 9720 n. 80th Way, scottsdale, aZ 85258, 480-460-5650 southeAst southEastErn salEs ManagEr Patty Stafford 3340 peachtree road, nE, suite 1800, atlanta, ga 30326, 404-812-5387 southeAst/floriDA butlEr & hall assoCiatEs, inC., 873 byrnwyck road, atlanta, ga 30319 Ed Butler, 404-250-1040, Rick Hall, 843-882-7425 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 Emily Benowitz, Allyson Blueweiss, Sarah Bergeron, Lisa Henderson, lauren pacifico, Robin Pearce, Ina Reynolds, Austin C. Smith iNtegrAteD MArketiNg AND strAtegic DeveloPMeNt sEnior ExECutivE dirECtor, brand dEvElopMEnt Matt Roberts ExECutivE Cr EativE dir ECtor Debbie Chute ExECutivE dir ECtor int EgratEd MarkEting Luan Pham asso Ciat E Cr Eativ E dir ECtor Lance Hertzbach art dir ECtors Gina Hopkins, Bill Specht dirECtor, CustoM publishing Robert LaMarche WEst Coast dirECtor Christine Shannon dirECtor intEgratEd MarkEting Stephanie Miness sEnior ManagEr, intEgratEd MarkEting Sam C. Berg ManagEr intEgratEd MarkEting/proMotion Brian Berger Coordinator intEgratEd MarkEting Elaina Morra MarkEting rEsEarCh Coordinator Cara Maloney digital Coordinator Mark Gately eveNts & sPorts MArketiNg ExECutivE dir ECtor-brand aCtivation Christina Dasher spECial Ev Ents dir ECtor Amy Bermant Adler brand aCtivation ManagEr Laddie Sanford fiNANciAl PlANNiNg finanCial planning dir ECtor Chris Petruccelli businEss ManagEr Carol Laudati assoCiatE businEss ManagEr Nikki Arakelian PuBlic relAtioNs ExECutivE dir ECtor Meg D’Incecco publiCist Will Ober trAvel & equiPMeNt grouP sEnior ExECutivE, national EquipMEntdirECtor James Kahn

Golf world.Com// This week

� a number of changes to the old course at st. andrews are in the works as this slideshow at golfdi-gest.com attests. the tweaks, made ahead of next year’s ricoh women’s british open and the 2015 men’s british open, have been controversial, but architecture editor Ron Whitten writes that the reaction has been overdone.

last-minute holiday shopping can lead to some dubious selections—especially when non-golfers are scrambling to buy for serious golfers. contributor John strege has compiled a handy “what definitely not to buy” list. Hope it’s not too late!

L˘inSider

in the magazine

Golf world maGazine//1.14.13

� the dec. 10 newsmakers of the year issue was the final print edition of golf world this year. the magazine’s next issue will have a Jan. 14, 2013 cover date and include contributor dave shedloski’s coverage of the season-opening Hyundai tournament of champions. until then, Happy Holidays and season’s greetings from the golf world staff.

golf world monday on television

for the story behind the story of golf world’s 2012 newsmakers of the year issue (dec. 10), check out this Google Hangout in which senior writer ryan Herrington discusses the year’s top stories with colleagues Jaime diaz, bill fields, tim rosaforte and ron sirak.

write to us ... submissions should include the writer’s name, address and daytime phone number and be sent to editor@golfworld.com. submissions may be edited for length and clarity and may be published or used in any medium. all submissions become the property of the publication and will not be returned.