Gustavus Alaska Golf

Alaska: ripe for golf: bringing revenues to nonprofits, and enjoyment to visitors and residents.(RECREATION)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Every year since 1984, Anchorage business owner Bill Dan has spent at least $4,000 a year in Alaska to keep his golf score somewhere between an enviable range that hovers between the high '70s and low '80s. During the five-month summer season, this includes green fees for one

Publication: Alaska Business Monthly

The life of Billy Bomar: this golf champion is one of few who makes living off industry in Alaska.(RECREATION)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the world of Alaska golf, the name Billy Bomar rolls off the tongue as naturally as the words "tee it up." What sets Bomar apart from most of the 40 other statewide pros is that he is one of the few who manages to make a full-time, year-round living by teaching and playing

Publication: Alaska Business Monthly

A Playground in Alaska: Golf at midnight, more family time and bears in the backyard.(Tim Hoover, veteran equities trader, moves his family to Alaska )

Had too much of the big city? Looking to get away from the high taxes and stresses of the megalopolises where most traders conduct business and live? Want more time for your recreational activities and to be with your family? Those were the kinds of questions that Tim Hoover, a veteran domestic

Publication: Traders

February in Alaska? Must Be Golf Weather - New York Times

Typically by February, Alaskans are hoping for a reprieve from winter's cold and snow. This year, they are seeing a heat wave. Unseasonably warm weather has blanketed the state all week, a spike in a winter of above-average temperatures. Patches of brown grass poke through thinning snowdrifts, and

Publication: The New York Times

A One-Hole Golf Course in Alaska With a Par 70

00-00-0000 The Pillar Mountain Golf Classic begins in Kodiak, Alaska, today. The two-day event features a one-hole course with a par 70. The mile-and- a-half-long course goes 1,400 feet up the back side of a mountain. SCOTT SIMON, Host: Two weeks ago we told you about the Bering Sea Ice Golf

Publication: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)

National Safety Council's 2002 Coast-to-Coast Golf Tour in Alaska at the Anchorage Golf Club on August 5

ITASCA, Ill., July 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Safety Council (NSC)'s first-ever Coast-to-Coast Golf Tour comes to Alaska on August 5 with a golf outing at the Anchorage Golf Club. This fundraising tour kicked off on June 10 in Aurora, Ill., and has included a successful outing at Hampshire

Publication: U.S. Newswire

Golf Course Backers Look to New Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor to Resolve Dispute.

By Paula Dobbyn, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 29--Plans to develop a golf course and an expanded ski area in Girdwood could move ahead more quickly as a result of Anchorage's recent mayoral election, promoters said Monday. The 18-hole golf course, opposed by

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort and Alaska Airlines Vacations Join Forces to Offer 'Valued Savings' Vacation Packages.

LOS CABOS, Mexico, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort and Alaska Airlines Vacations have joined forces to offer special vacation packages that the most discriminating and budget-conscience traveler will enjoy. The Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort will offer

Publication: PR Newswire

Alaska Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Golf Putter Basting Brush Device

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- Joseph Moore of Bella Vista, Alaska, has developed an ornamental design for a golf putter basting brush device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D522,756 on June 13, 2006. The original application was filed on July

Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News

Alaska transplant a striking success for Hornet golf

Paul Rice University Wire 02-15-2006 (The State Hornet) (CSTV U-WIRE) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- If you see a distinct glimmer when you watch the Sac State women's golf team, it's because Margaux Sheehan has become the unquestionable shining star, not only of the team, but also of the entire Big Sky

Publication: University Wire