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The ArkansasSports360.com family lost one of our own this morning when Johnny Goode, a former account executive of Arkansas Business Publishing Group, died of cancer. The following was his contribution to last year's Executive Golfer Guide in which he plays a once-in-a-lifetime round of golf at Augusta National and takes stock in the good things life has to offer. read more >

ArkansasSports360.com is soliciting your input on the best public golf courses in the state. Rank your Top 10 golf courses based on design, playability and upkeep, and the results will be published in March in the newest Executive Golfer issue. read more >

The state of Arkansas saw a year of wonderment, brilliance, the high of victory and the low of unspeakable tragedy in the sports year that was 2011. College football success may have reached an all-time high among the larger Arkansas universities, and even college basketball picked itself off the mat in some locales. The Razorback Nation was rocked by the death late in the season of backup tight end Garrett Uekman, just as the Hogs reached their highest national ranking nearly 34 years leading up to the showdown with LSU. We witnessed two exciting high-profile job searches, and we again cringed at the antics of Arkansans in the professional spotlight. It was quite a year. Here are some feats that stand out as best or worst. read more >

What drew the attention of ArkansasSports360.com readers in 2011? Here's a look at our most read items for the year overall and in a number of categories. Need to get caught up on a big story? Want to relive a favorite moment? Here's your chance... read more >

Average golfers and regular fans of the sport see Augusta National Golf Club and its beauty every spring, thanks to the Masters Tournament being televised. If we wanted to see up-close the greatness of Pine Valley in New Jersey, we could follow amateur golfers for one weekend in the fall. For free. But, we wondered, would we ever have the chance to watch skilled golfers take on Arkansas' greatest, but rarely seen, golfing treasure? Warren Stephens, the Little Rock businessman, said Wednesday he just wanted the right event to come Alotian's way. That tournament will be coming in 2013. read more >