Victor Williams's Writings
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Jan.02.2009
Fairways + Greens Magazine
Golf, God and Good Friendship Turn These Road Trips Into Spirited Fun
It was Carl’s idea. We had mutual friends over the hill, and it just made sense.
That’s Pastor Carl Wilfrid to most folks, but to me he’s Carl, especially when we hit the road once a year for a quick golf trip to Chico, Calif., my college alma mater and his parish for 20-odd years before he got...
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Article
Jan.02.2009
Fairways + Greens Magazine
Through its narrow fairways courses the blood of famous private Southern Cal courses like Bel-Air and Riviera. It’s got the bones of a champion, the muscle of a many big-name tracks twice its size and the newly rejuvenated skin of a golden era movie star. But what Hacienda Golf Club has most of all is heart, or several hearts — the caring and protective heart of...
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Oct.17.2008
Fairways + Greens Magazine
Battle of the Century? For Best in the West, You Bet — And We Take You Round by Round and Fan by Fan to Find Out Why
Ladies … and … GENtleMEN! Let’s get reaaady to ruuuuuuumble!
Welcome to the main event of this year’s FG Signature Series championship card, the first of its kind in the long and colorful annals of golfdom! Hundreds of qualifying rounds in every...
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Oct.17.2008
Fairways + Greens Magazine
On the CoverBy Vic Williams
In the Pink and Leading the LPGA’s New Breed, Paula Creamer Is Poised For Her Best Year Yet — And A Major Push for No. 1Imagine your kid winning her first professional golf tournament before even before she’s donned the cap and gown to pick up her high school diploma. Imagine that scenario eight years earlier, when she was only 10 and...
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Oct.17.2008
Fairways + Greens Magazine
Though She Fell Short With the Guys Yet Again, All Is Not Lost For Michelle. Here’s How She Gains Big on Both Tours
The birdie putt dropped on the 36th hole of Michelle Wie’s latest go at the PGA Tour guys — the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in early August. She managed a slight, wistful smile, gave the crowd of a couple thousand a wave and hugged her caddie. But one...
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Column
Oct.02.2008
Fairways + Greens Magazine
Wrapped in Wonder and a Few Choice Golf Shots, Pebble Proves the Perfect Birthday Present
On the brink of perhaps America’s greatest 4-par stand a man and his son. The son is a man, too, has been for a while, but now it’s official. He’s turning 21 in a very different place, mentality and situation than his dad did 26 years before, and here, on the very edge of...
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Sep.18.2008
Fairways + Greens Magazine
Somewhere during his now-famous, doctor-mocking run-up to the U.S. Open, someone must have told Tiger Woods to “break a leg.” As if this was a play and he was the lead.
He took them seriously, but he wasn’t acting.
By now we all know the story, relayed across countless media channels almost ad nauseum: Tiger pulled into Torrey Pines down a knee but up for the...
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About Victor
I'm a West Coast native with 30 years of experience as a writer, editor and publisher of non-fiction. I am currently co-publisher of Fairways + Greens Magazine, a Reno, Nevada-based golf, travel and lifestyle publication that covers the sport and ancillary...
Victor’s Favorite Books
The Sound and the Fury, Light In August, Madame Bovary, Crime and Punishment, The Road, The Grapes of Wrath, The Magus, The Magic Mountain, The Stand, The...