Why LIV golf is all about Mick Jagger

 AboutAnything  | Greg McComb When I have arguments with my friends about LIVGolf,  the upstart league that is challenging the PGA Tour -- I like to use a metaphor with rock star Mick Jagger. I ask the simple question: if you attended a rock concert would you rather see the Rolling Stones fronted by a wrinkly, 79-year-old Mick Jagger -- or a group of talented musicians who could play much better.   Of course, the answer is the Rolling Stones.   I use this analogy to better understand what's going on as the abrasive Greg Norman, CEO of LIV Golf, plucked player-after-player from the ranks of the PGA Tour.    Norman is going after character pros with some history, style and a bit...

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Why did I choose Cabarete for retirement?

 AboutAnything  | Greg McComb  My first trip to Cabarete was about ten years ago, the standard two-week vacation to a Caribbean island for a Canadian seeking heat during a long-cold winter. My family members had urged us to come for years, so my wife and I finally relented.   My first impression was not good. It seems the town hadn't gotten around to building sidewalks; most are cracked or unfinished; motorcycles speed around the main drag, some doing wheelies as the police look on nonchalantly. Locals are quite loud and can be aggressive in selling you stuff (necklaces and bracelets) on the beach.  I visited for another year with my family, did Cuba a couple of years, then I came back. And haven't gone...

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