Global Golf Post - January 23, 2012

Donald
Trump is on
the brink of
abandoning his
plans for the
The billionaire developer has disclosed he
has frozen plans to build the second 18-hole
course, the five-star hotel, the luxury villas and
houses and the time-share apartments that
make up the planned resort until a final deci-
sion is made on the wind-power project.

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Donald Trump

Tiger Woods on Thursday criticized his former coach Hank Haney for writing a book that will be released just prior to The Masters. “I think it’s unprofessional and very disappointing,” Woods told ESPN.com.

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Woods officially committed to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am earlier this month. Woods will partner with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.

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Last Monday, Rory McIlroy announced via Twitter what the early part of his 2012 season will look like – and it will look identical to 2011.

The reigning U.S. Open champion will begin his
year this week at the Abu Dhabi Golf Champi-
onship Jan. 26-29.
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Steve Thomas, a former
Champions Tour player, was
arrested last week in an
undercover Internet child
sex sting led by the Osceola
County Sheriff’s Office in
Kissimmee, Fla.

John Petrie has been appointed as chief executive of the merged English Golf Union and English Women’s Golf Association. Petrie previously served a chief executive of the English Golf Union.

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The European Challenge Tour announced a nine-month schedule featuring a minimum of 26 tournaments – four of them new – played in 18 different countries across four continents, beginning in India this week with the Gujarat Kensville Challenge.

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The Alps Tour has banned players and cad-
dies from smoking or using other tobacco prod-
ucts during tournaments in 2012 or face a fine.

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The Canadian Tour is adding a new tournament in 2012 in Ontario, which has lost two A

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