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Golf on the moon

02/04/21

The folks at the Florida Space Coast pointed out that 50 years ago this Saturday, on February 6, 1971, Alan Shepard, commander of NASA’s Apollo 14 mission played golf on the moon. The club he used was a six-iron head attached to a collapsible aluminum tool designed to scoop up lunar dust samples. Shepard snuck →

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Golf in the airport? Yup, in Palm Beach

04/14/15

It’s not new, but it’s definitely cool. And we hope that the pre-security putting green at Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport stays put. The putting green is in Main Terminal on the second floor outside of Sam Snead’s Tavern. For a few bucks the tavern will rent you a club and supply a souvenir ball. →

Fore! Virtual golf at MSP airport

02/28/15

It’s been tried in the past at airports in the U.S. and elsewhere. Now Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is giving virtual golf another try. This time it may just work! Scheduled to open mid-March, the airport’s “golf lifestyle facility” will offer golfing activities and a lounge, along with retail, food and beverage. A joint project →

Golfing at airports

03/19/14

Golfing at airports →

In-flight golfing

03/24/12

In-flight golfing on Air New Zealand. →

Fun Stuff

Airport amenity alert: free parking at OAK

10/24/11

Free parking - and free rental clubs - at Oakland Airport. →

Play golf or a game of pool at Palm Beach Airport

10/02/11

Palm Beach International Airport has a putting green and a pool table for travelers. →

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Stuck at the airport? Smart Money banks on fun

09/12/11

Fun things to do when you're stuck at the airport. →

Runways to fairways: where to play golf at the airport

08/12/10

The National Golf Foundation estimates that are more than 27 million golfers in the United States. A lot of those golfers are also frequent travelers. So having a golf course at or near an airport is a nice convenience. It also makes economic sense: airports are usually ringed by plenty of intentionally-open land and golf →

Palm Springs International Airport: Pretty as this picture

08/10/10

I was calling around to airports today, trying to track down some information for a column about golf courses and a friend reminded me that there used to be an outdoor putting green at Palm Springs International Airport in California. Thomas Nowlan, the current executive director of the Palm Springs airport, told me that because →

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