John Carroll

April 29, 2008 | Daily Report Online

"Golf has enriched my life," said Lewis C. Horne Jr., a partner at Troutman Sanders in Atlanta. Horne and I are riding in a golf cart together at Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell. The Troutman Sanders lawyer is telling me about his experiences in golf and life. We are playing together in a junior-amateur golf tournament conducted by the American Junior Golf Association.

By John Carroll

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September 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Pine Mountain's largest employer beckoned me last month to play golf at one of Georgia's prettiest little resorts not on the coast. Callaway Gardens came calling. I remember this place. The wildflowers, the wide-open terrain, the allure of playing golf in nature's pristine beauty. This is a place where 5-wood meets tranquility.

By John Carroll

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May 27, 2008 | Daily Report Online

When Blake N. Melton decided to improve his golf game, it became an obsession for the Columbus lawyer-turned-banker. He took dozens of lessons and spent countless hours practicing. Over the past three years, Melton went from shooting in the low 80s to practically becoming a scratch golfer. "I worked my tail off, and I love golf," said Melton, 29, a 1.

By John Carroll

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March 31, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta architect Richard Diedrich has produced a coffee table book that Sports Illustrated named the top golf book for 2008."The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse" is a 300-page, hardcover book that showcases 58 of America's exquisite golf clubhouses, from the historic stone structure of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.

By John Carroll

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November 06, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SOME 150 GOLFERS will tee it up next Monday in the fourth annual First Tee Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. The golf outing is expected to raise about $140,000 for The First Tee of Atlanta, a junior golf program based at John A. White Park, said board member C. Talbot Nunnally III. An attorney with Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams, Martin, Nunnally has served on First Tee of Atlanta's board since 2003.

By John Carroll

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July 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Last week, I walked through the house where golf icon Bobby Jones was born in Atlanta. I stood in the bedroom where he was delivered on March 17, 1902. I thought of the cries of the colicky baby that probably echoed off the stone and brick walls and bounced off the 13-foot-high ceilings. I looked at the massive 6-foot-by-10-foot window on the west wall and imagined the afternoon sun shining through, warming the spacious baby's room.

By John Carroll

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April 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Gambling on the Masters is a Southern tradition, like pimento cheese on white bread. I know because I have been around the culture of the Masters for three decades. Each year, when the world's best golfers tee it up at Augusta National Golf Club, as they did earlier this month, money flows in Georgia like Rae's Creek after an April downpour.

By John Carroll

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April 13, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By John Carroll

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March 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

It's a bluebird Friday afternoon in Columbus, and golf instructor and coach Mark Immelman is working the grounds at his teaching facility on the backside of the driving range at Bull Creek Golf Course. Sporting a V-neck sweater, pressed slacks, shades and a Nike ball cap, the 37-year-old Immelman is the men's golf coach at Columbus State University.

By John Carroll

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March 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Quality family time for Timothy J. Ramsey is a round of golf with his wife and two children. It's the ideal foursome for the Atlanta attorney. Ramsey, a partner with Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd Wildstein, plays golf for many reasons. He loves the game. He enjoys entertaining clients. But it's the special times on the golf course with his wife Betsy, daughter Beth and son Ben that are the most meaningful for him.

By John Carroll

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