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Happy 243rd birthday, America! Looking for ways to ring in the Fourth this year?  Well, welcome to your 4th of July weekend! The Fourth of July falls on a Thursday this year, that’s a 4 day weekend!  With fireworks and lights aglow, change up your routine and turn your eyes to something a little bit more…

It’s almost Father’s Day. It’s time to watch dad put on his “kiss the cook” apron and dish out some good ole barbeque. It’s also a good moment to pay a little tribute to our fun-loving professional tennis and golf playing dads. Let’s start it off with Tennis Player Nicolas Mahut’s who is trending quite…

With the gift-giving season coming up, what do you figure the highest-paid tennis players give their loved ones? 10 Highest-Paid Tennis Players: by Taylor Bell, September 13, 2018   Net Worth: Kei Nishikori: $9 million Caroline Wozniacki: $20 million Petra Kvitova: $24 million Venus Williams: $95 million Andy Murray: $100 million Maria Sharapova: $135 million…

A number of people have asked us what we thought about the Serena Williams meltdown at the US Open. I was there with clients and it was certainly a difficult atmosphere in the stadium. Later I got to thinking what umpires were paid to take abuse from the players – I remember John McEnroe so…

The Ryder Cup is less than 2 weeks away!  The current holders are the United States who won in 2016 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, by a score of 17 to 11. Since 1979, Europe has won ten times outright and retained the Cup once in a tied match, with eight American wins over this period. In addition…

You figure US Open’s “Billie Jean King Tennis Center” and “Arthur Ashe Stadium” names make sense given the contribution King and Ashe made to tennis, but what about Louis Armstrong Stadium?  Did Louis Armstrong even play tennis? So after google searching, here’s what I found out… Louis Armstrong Stadium existed long before the US Open…

So You Want to Enjoy the US Open Tennis Championships? The US Open Tennis Championships is played at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing NY   Do you want to try to do it yourself or let an experienced tennis tour company take all the worry away and ensure you have a fun trip?  Where…

I need to get my red, white, and blue out! There are quite a few sporting events coming up in September that will make an American get up and cheer! First, the US Open in New York (August 27 through September 9) … the only major tennis tournament played on US soil (the BNP in…

The 147th Open starts this week at Carnoustie!  This is the 6th time Carnoustie Golf Links will host The Open!   Did you know that only 92 of the golf courses in Scotland (that’s only17%) are true links courses?  A links course refers to the type of soil and terrain on which the course is built.  …

It’s time for Wimbledon! It starts today (Monday) so I’ll be an early riser for the next 2 weeks! (they are 5 hours ahead of us!) Do you remember who won in 2017? Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeated Marin Clilic (Croatia) and Garbine Muguruza (Spain) defeated Venus Williams (U.S.) The All England Club will award a…