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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a hole-in-one on the 14^th hole of the Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame last Saturday, September 17^th.  She used a 7 wood to make the ace on the 150 yard par 3.  This was Dr. Rice’s first hole-in-one.  Her achievement was recognized nationally during the NBC broadcast of the Notre Dame / Michigan State football game she attended later that day.

Numerous studies have been conducted to determine what the factors are that are limiting the growth of golf worldwide.  Most people assume it is either cost related or the time commitment required to play a round of golf.  Interestingly though, it has been determined that the main factor causing people to leave the game, or for not taking it up, is the difficulty of golf.  Click here to continue the article.