John Carroll

September 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The crowds at East Lake Golf Club were smaller this year compared to last year, due to the terrible economy and the absence of defending champion Tiger Woods, who is still recovering from knee surgery. But the fans that did show up were rewarded with an exciting Tour Championship. It came down to the final four golfers Sunday, with Anthony "A.

By John Carroll

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December 04, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Long at the top of his game as a lawyer, Walter W. Driver Jr. is wrapping up two years as the head of the United States Golf Association, golf's prestigious rulemaking body. Driver became president of the USGA in February 2006, shortly after leaving King Spalding, where he had been chairman for six years. He is now chairman of Goldman Sach's Southeastern region.

By John Carroll

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April 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By John Carroll

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May 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

I was pumped to watch the final round Sunday of The Players Championship on TV as Tiger Woods was positioned nicely for another one of his patented charges. Woods was playing in the final pairing with third-round leader Alex Cejka of Germany, who has never won in the U.S. I just knew the pressure of playing in the last group with Woods would be too much for Cejka, who held a five-shot lead over the world's No.

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March 09, 2010 | Daily Report Online

It's the third Saturday in February at Orchard Hills Golf Club in Newnan, and a rare mild and sunny day has drawn golfers out of hibernation. The parking lot is half full. The golf course has players on it. The practice green and driving range are busy. Wyatt Detmer, director of golf at Orchard Hills, is excited about the activity.

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May 20, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Personal injury lawyer Michael G. Regas II enjoys playing golf for pleasure, but he says it's often good for his business. He even once settled a case after playing a round with his opposing counsel."It's easier dealing with somebody when you have played golf with them," explained Regas, a 45-year-old name partner at Houck, Ilardi Regas.

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June 06, 2008 | Daily Report Online

He is a retired Marine Corps Reserve colonel with 30 years of military experience. He is a former South Georgia prosecutor. He is a plaintiffs' lawyer who represents injured railroad workers. Columbus attorney J. Anderson "Andy" Harp is also a fiction writer who this weekend could win the Georgia Author of the Year award by the Georgia Writers Association, under the best first novel category.

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June 08, 2010 | Daily Report Online

A mid-afternoon rainstorm slowed me down Friday as I drove toward my golf destination in Henry County. I had a 4:05 p.m. tee time at Crystal Lake Golf Country Club. The rain was not going to deter me, though. I was convinced it would blow over and soon I'd be on the course. My golf playing-time has been limited over the past four months as I coached my son's Little League baseball team.

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July 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Last month, while a heat wave strangled most of the Southeast, I played in a two-day golf tournament at my home club in Columbus. On the first day, my tee time was around 12 p.m., so I golfed during the hottest part of the afternoon.With the temperature sizzling at 100 degrees, I found myself struggling against the heat like never before.

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June 24, 2008 | Daily Report Online

As an avid golf fan and curious student of the game, I have followed the career of Tiger Woods since he was a junior golfer. Woods first registered in my golf conscious in 1994 when, at age 18, he won the U.S. Amateur at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The image of a young, scrawny Woods sinking a birdie putt from the fringe of the diabolical 17th island green will forever be ingrained in my memory bank.

By John Carroll

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