Katharine Dyson

Katharine Dyson is a regular contributor to GolfBrief, specializing in travel. She is a freelance golf and travel writer for several national publications and Web sites, including Fairways & Greens, Golf Living, The Wire and GolfStyles New England.

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United’s new regulation on checking bags is sending a ripple of concern through flyers who tote their golf clubs along on trips. So it might be time to evaluate just how to pack for those golfing vacations and business trips.
At 7 a.m. I was in the elevator of the Pearl River Casino near Jackson, Miss., on my way to play one of the Dancing Rabbit’s highly-rated golf courses. I nodded to a guy standing in the corner, his golf bag slung over his shoulder.
Rick “Beabs” Beaber recently flew to Connecticut to help his buddy with a benefit golf outing for the Candlewood Lake Marine Patrol. Understand that Beabs does not play golf. He’s not even sure he ever wants to play golf. Beabs is a fishing, hunting kind of guy.

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Michelle Wie was on the verge of something big last week at the LPGA State Farm Classic — her first professional win. But a rules infraction got her DQ'd on Saturday. Now she'll go after that first win on the PGA Tour, and likely won't forget to sign her card.  
From Kenny Perry to John Daly to Colin Montgomerie, from the sublime to the colorful. This is what makes the game so good. 
The wind is often going to be brutal, so deal with it. The courses are not as pristine and manicured as in the United States, so get over. This is the British Open and, whether they like it or not, the conditions are often the same for everyone. Move on if you don't like it.  
Say what you will about The Open Championship, but even without you know who in the field — and, no, not Kenny Perry — this is still a revered championship with a legacy that runs further back than when Tiger Woods made his first appearance. 
Anthony Kim was a crossroads. He could either continue down the road of laziness and late night carousing or he could shape up and start living up to his potential. He chose the latter — and he’s having way more fun. 
Colin Montgomerie, 45, wants to play on yet another European Ryder Cup team. But this once-great, now-mediocre star is becoming a daily headline with his posturing — do I, should I, would I. We love our Euro brethren, but enough is enough. 
The LPGA may be at its most vibrant, what with Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam, but it must keep a close eye on which way the needle is shifting. 
Yes, Tiger Woods is done for a while. But the game will still be played, and there will be other winners and losers. And that should be the focus now, not that the world’s best player is, well, not playing.  
June brought us three majors in four weeks, and plenty of issues to mull over. From Rocco Mediate taking Tiger Woods to the 92nd hole to teens Yani Tseng and Inbee Park winning the women’s last two majors, this was a month that shows the unpredictability of golf.
Kenny Perry, 47, won the Buick Open on Sunday and essentially locked up his spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team that will take on Europe in his Kentucky backyard. Life is pretty good for him right now.