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Golf is for the Birds
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by David Wood
Okay, so I wouldn't know a Spotted Sandpiper (artitis macularia) from a Roseate Spoonbill (Andea alba). However, as a traveling golfer (linkus crazius I know an exciting golf destination when I find one. Named for the noted 19th century naturist and bird lover, John James Audubon, the Audubon Golf Trail of Louisiana combines excellent, nature-friendly courses with pocketbook-friendly green fees - a delightful one-two punch. After a recent golf trip there, I may have discovered my inner ornithologist. Was that a Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) that just watched me (sandtrapus ineptus) take three shots to get out of that bunker?
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Taking the Water Route to Work
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by Steve Habel
When it comes time to go to work, Cypress Bend head professional Ken Rams doesn't turn on the radio or television for the local traffic slowdowns. He instead checks for the speed and direction of the wind and the temperature in remote Many, a town located on the west side of the liquid line that separates Louisiana and Texas.
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Black Bear Golf Club - Trails to the Past
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by Steve Habel
The 14-month-old Black Bear Golf Club in the far northeast corner of Louisiana in Delhi continues its rise to the top of the class of courses in the Pelican State thanks to its combination of isolation, conservation and a style unlike any other in the region. The layout, which debuted in June 2006, was designed by Austin, Texas-based Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell and is patterned after many of the courses the former team utilized in the successful tracks it built in Texas, California and Nevada. After little more than a year, Black Bear is already a prominent stop on Louisiana's 13-course Audubon Golf Trail.
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Mickelson Continues Support of Katrina Relief
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Phil Mickelson will miss the Zurich Classic in New Orleans this week but he will be there in spirit. The Phil and Amy Mickelson Charitable Foundation will make a third contribution of $250,000 this year in its continued support of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
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» America’s Wetland & Ducks Unlimited to Host Louisiana Tournament
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» Louisiana Course Opens for Play
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» New Tom Fazio Course Coming to Louisiana
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» Audubon Park GC Added to Golf Trail
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» Atchafalaya Update
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» Traipsing Down the Audubon Golf Trail
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