FEW things can torpedo multiple friendships as quickly as a golf vacation, poorly arranged.

Add to this the fact that golf vacations hold a sacred place in the pantheon of adult getaways - with no kids to watch, no spouses to consider, no obligatory attractions to visit - and the travel planning pressure skyrockets.

In Marbella, south Spain, taking a golf vacation before returning to Congo and resuming his heroic campaign for peaceful power.

Miller's recent long-planned golf vacation ended a streak of 136 consecutive World Cup races in which he started.

When they see a promotion on Travelocity, they should see a promotion for golf vacations.

John G. Woolsey, 67, is accused of second- and third-degree grand larceny for funneling church donations to his bank account, according to prosecutors, and then using the money to buy luxury watches, golf vacations and expensive meals.

The same people he wants to give more of their money to him for taxes so he can fly around in Air Force One and continue his golf vacations as lavish White House parties.

Judge Roberts showed less sympathy for Jake West, a "not especially frugal union president" convicted of embezzling $51,000 for golf vacations, dinners and home furnishings.

You always made our golf vacations better with your sense of humor and laughter.

I don't think they'd have the foggiest notion of how to make compromises for each other, of how to spend a day together, of what to do if one person wanted to go on a golf vacation and the other didn't.