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Small Wonders: Par-3 Courses are Good for the Game
Published on 2012-05-15 08:26:41
Does this sound like anyone you know? Will only play golf courses measuring at least 6,000 yards with a par of 70-plus. The USGA Slope rating must be a minimum of 120. Play a nine-hole round? Fuggedaboutit. I personally know someone who fits the description: yours truly. Yep, I’m quite the snob when it comes [...] Related posts: Best Courses We Can’t Play 27 Things You Gotta Love About Golf How to Become a Professional Golfer > read more
2012 Golf Hall of Fame Inductees
Published on 2012-05-07 10:26:45
The Class of 2012 Induction Cremony for the World Golf Hall of Fame is this evening and the event will be aired on the Golf Channel at 10:00 pm EST. The 2012 list of inductees is as follows: Hollis Stacy Peter Alliss Dan Jenkins Sandy Lyle and… Phil Mickelson? It’s not that I don’t feel [...] Related posts: Official 2012 Rules of Golf Phil Mickelson’s Place in History Why Els Should Get Masters Exemption > read more
27 Things You Gotta Love About Golf
Published on 2012-05-04 15:50:00
A Few (27) of My Favorite (Golf) Things After penning my list of pet golf peeves a while back, something occurred to me: For everything that rankles me worse than a shank, there are 10 that catch me flush on the sweet spot. Why put the negative stuff out there and not the positive? Today, [...] Related posts: The Thing About Golf My Biggest Golf Pet Peeves > read more
Sugarloaf Mountain will Test a Golfer’s Principles
Published on 2012-04-25 08:17:53
In the spirit of election season, a simple poll to gauge your core values as a golfer: Question 1 – Yes or No: Would you pay $32 to play a golf course ranked by Golfweek as the fourth-best public track in all of Florida, built by the most respected design team in the business, on [...] Related posts: 1,000,000 Golfers Have Gone Missing > read more
Hole by Hole TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course
Published on 2012-04-18 09:03:18
TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course – Ponte Vedra, FL is the home of the Annual Players Championship. The course was designed by Pete Dye to enhance the experience of the onsite fan. The TPC Sawgrass facility is also the home of the PGA Tour. The course was designed with the prevailing wind in mind, there are no [...] Related posts: Augusta Hole by Hole – Layout Overview Daly Runs Out of Ammo & Girlfriend Implodes Mr. Nice Guy > read more
Bend it Like Bubba + Masters Takeaways
Published on 2012-04-13 11:43:08
Like Jack Nicklaus grinding over a 3-foot putt, I prefer to take my time before weighing in after a major. Unlike Nicklaus, I often miss the hole entirely. Then again, I don’t have a giant cardboard check or green jacket at stake, either. That means I’m free to let fly with opinions without fearing the [...] Related posts: Who Doesn’t Love Bubba Watson? Masters Round Up – Tiger’s Progress Sergio’s Unfortunate Quote > read more
Phil Mickelson’s Place in History
Published on 2012-04-11 13:02:38
Phil Mickelson is known as the premier Class-Act on the PGA Tour. Phil has a nose for big events and he represents so much of what golf is meant to be. Mickelson edged Tiger Woods as Golf’s top ambassador in recent years as his squeaky clean reputation as a family man and a sports icon [...] Related posts: The Year of the Long Putter The Long Putter Debate Rickie Fowler gets Hot in the Desert > read more
Sergio’s Unfortunate Quote
Published on 2012-04-09 09:08:52
Sergio Garcia made some statements this weekend that are completely unprecedented but, not much of a surprise. Wow. Just about a month ago, I had written about Sergio’s lack of mental toughness. I can’t remember a time in history that any professional athlete has quit on his career, on his craft or on himself, quite [...] Related posts: Tiger’s Secret – Why He Stuck w Foley > read more
Bubba Golf is a Recipe for Augusta
Published on 2012-04-09 08:19:11
Congratulations to the 2012 Masters Champion, Bubba Watson. Related posts: Who Doesn’t Love Bubba Augusta Hole by Hole – Layout Overview Rickie Fowler is “Money” Related posts: Who Doesn’t Love Bubba Augusta Hole by Hole – Layout Overview Rickie Fowler is “Money” > read more
Jack or Tiger?
Published on 2012-04-04 18:21:50
If Tiger Woods wins the Masters this weekend, he won’t need any more major titles to supplant Jack Nicklaus as golf’s greatest player. There, I said it. Call me a heretic, tell me I’m too dumb to handle basic math, accuse me of generational ignorance – I can take your barbs. But first, hear me [...] Related posts: Jack Nicklaus Yellow Shirt Story What Rory said about Tiger Tiger Exits Early > read more
Augusta Hole by Hole – Layout Overview
Published on 2012-04-03 09:32:50
Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia Par: 72 Total Yards: 7,435 Designer: Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones While Augusta National Golf Club may look somewhat flat in the picture above, the property actually features dramatic elevation changes, the property dips over 175 feet from the club house to the left of this picture down [...] Related posts: 2016 Olympic Course Layout Mr. Nice Guy Daly Runs Out of Ammo & Girlfriend Implodes > read more
The King of Golf?
Published on 2012-04-02 08:42:50
The King is and always will be Arnold Palmer, don’t get me wrong. However, occasionally a temporary crown is passed around to deserved beings and right now that crown is being worn by Sean Foley. Foley has been punished by a significant amount of heat in the last 18 months for his takeover and dismantling [...] Related posts: Tiger’s Secret – Why He Stuck w Foley The Big Win – No Misses Here? Masters Round Up – Tiger’s Progress > read more
Discount Online Tee Times Plus
Published on 2012-03-31 10:53:44
In the olden days, if you wanted to set up a tee time you called the golf course. Carl in the pro shop thumbed through the tee sheet and let you know what was available. A minute or two later you were all set and, unless you had a coupon, you paid the going rate [...] Related posts: It’s All About Putting > read more
A Great Wedge
Published on 2012-03-30 05:52:59
I have been very stubborn in holding on to a gap wedge with the old square grooves for ages now. They’re still legal for a few years, so I figured I’d get my time out of it. It was my favorite, a Taylor Made RAC from a few years ago and I used it for [...] Related posts: True Linkswear – Great Golf Shoes > read more
The Big Win – No Misses Here?
Published on 2012-03-29 13:34:16
Hank Haney’s book “The Big Miss” was well timed from a marketing standpoint, with a release date just before the Masters. He had no way of knowing for sure that Tiger would be in form and notching his 72nd PGA Tour Victory in the same week, so that was quite a bonus for Tiger’s ex [...] Related posts: Masters Round Up – Tiger’s Progress Chubby Chandler Tiger Exits Early > read more
How to Play Golf
Published on 2012-03-22 11:17:04
How do You Play Golf? It’s unlikely we’re going to answer this question here in one post. As a matter of fact we couldn’t get this cleared up in the next 1,000 posts if we dedicated all day, every day to the topic, for the next few years. Bear in mind this is not going [...] Related posts: Get Better at Golf Fast Playing Smarter Golf This Year New Golfer’s Guide to Golf Lingo > read more
Why Els Should Get Masters Exemption
Published on 2012-03-19 09:20:21
It was tough watching Ernie Ells standing over shaky putts yesterday, particularly the short one on 18 that kept him out of the 4-man playoff. The Big Easy has had a rough time on the greens recently and I was hoping to see him win yesterday, so he wouldn’t need a special invitation to The [...] Related posts: Masters Round Up – Tiger’s Progress Chubby Chandler > read more
My Biggest Golf Pet Peeves
Published on 2012-03-15 13:39:39
Sometimes, golf really gets my goat! Complaining, long ago replaced baseball as our national pastime. Seriously, if I hear one more person moan about the new Facebook setup, I’m moving to Canada. Just kidding. I love the USA, of course, and I must admit to an occasional bout of whining myself. Ironically, I’m especially prone [...] Related posts: The Thing About Golf > read more
Best (and simplest) Putting Tip Ever
Published on 2012-03-10 07:30:30
All putting strokes are different, there is so much creativity and imagination required in putting that it’s very rare you’ll ever see two putting strokes that are the same. However, there is one commonality between all good amateur putters and ALL PGA Tour Players. This one common aspect of all good putting strokes is so [...] Related posts: Chipping & Putting Dave Stockton Signature Putting Add An Indoor Putting Green to Your Wishlist > read more
Best Putters 2012
Published on 2012-03-09 04:16:33
Top Rated Putters 2012 The Best Putters for 2012 will ultimately be a very opinionated debate loaded with personal preference and many differing points of view. A survey was revealed last week that showed the average golfer owns almost 6 putters each. I thought this was kind of foolish until I realized that I [...] Related posts: Longest Driver for 2012 Longest Golf Ball 2012 The Long Putter Debate > read more
The Long Putter Debate
Published on 2012-03-08 06:39:47
Size Matters: Battle Lines Drawn in Long Putter Debate Where do you stand on extra-long putters? Chest putters, belly putters, anchored putters or whatever you’d like to call them. Do you consider them a godsend for yips-afflicted golfers, or a sure sign that the apocalypse is nigh? Those are pretty much your only choices. It’s [...] Related posts: The Year of the Long Putter Down with Rough: Putter May Soon Be More Important Artificial Putting Surfaces > read more
2016 Olympic Course Layout
Published on 2012-03-07 12:59:32
Gil Hanse was chosen by the 2016 Olympic Planning Committee to design the golf course for the Rio de Janeiro. Hanse Golf Design beat out some pretty stiff competition in the bidding including, Annika Sorenstam, Greg Norman, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and Nick Faldo. Hanse beat out the competition reportedly by committing to be onsite [...] Related posts: Golf Etiquette – Video R&A/USGA Revise DQ Rule Jack Nicklaus Yellow Shirt Story > read more
Tiger’s Secret – Why He Stuck w Foley
Published on 2012-03-07 08:38:30
First off, I want to make it clear that Tiger stuck with Sean Foley because he is a great swing coach. Take a look at his other players and you’ll see some of the world’s finest. Justin Rose and Hunter Mahan have both had their issues but, it is hard to not regard each of [...] Related posts: Golf Etiquette – Video Keep the Dream Alive Jack Nicklaus Yellow Shirt Story > read more
Best Courses We Can’t Play
Published on 2012-03-06 08:44:29
The Mythical Six: Great Courses Remain a Mystery Have you ever played Augusta National? Been to the Masters? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Most of us haven’t. But I bet you know that golf course better than you know your remote control, which – if you’re like me — you can operate with your toes. [...] No related posts. > read more
Down with Rough: Putter May Soon Be More Important
Published on 2012-03-02 08:23:59
Short grass is the new rough At least, it will be if today’s wave of “minimalist” golf course architects have anything to say about it. If so, your putter will become even more important than it already is. Scary thought, I know. But this is a bandwagon worth hopping on. The basic theory espoused by [...] Related posts: The Year of the Long Putter Artificial Putting Surfaces Add An Indoor Putting Green to Your Wishlist > read more
True Linkswear – Great Golf Shoes
Published on 2012-02-17 11:16:08
Born to Walk: TRUE Linkswear the Boss of New a Breed I have seen the future of golf shoes, and its name is TRUE Linkswear. My apologies to Jon Landau, who famously predicted in 1974 that a little-known Jersey ruffian, Bruce something-or-other, would alter the course of rock history. Granted, TRUE Linkswear shoes have received [...] Related posts: Need Help! – Have You Tried A Golf Simulator? > read more
Need Help! – Have You Tried A Golf Simulator?
Published on 2012-01-20 09:55:58
Hey There, We need your help with a project we’re working on. We need some reviews of golf simulators, it doesn’t matter where you used it or if you own one yourself, we need to know more about simulators of all sizes and costs! Some basic research has shown that they range in price from [...] No related posts. > read more
Official 2012 Rules of Golf
Published on 2012-01-06 05:26:32
The Official 2012 rules of golf are in-depth, detailed and sometimes quite confusing. Regardless of how sticky some of the rules may appear it is still important to follow these rules in order to maintain integrity in golf, the handicapping system and of course, yourself. The R and A and the USGA made a few [...] Related posts: R&A/USGA Revise DQ Rule Golf Etiquette – Video New Golfer’s Guide to Golf Lingo > read more
Golf Etiquette – Video
Published on 2012-01-05 09:31:00
With the New Year upon us I thought it would be at least a little helpful to share a video on Golf Etiquette. I’ve been playing for almost 20 years now and I learned early on that a great way to gain respect on the course, particularly for young players, is to have an understanding [...] Related posts: New Golfer’s Guide to Golf Lingo PGA Tour Uses The Force On Luke Johnny Miller Defends the 1970s > read more
Tigerians v Anti-Tigerians
Published on 2011-12-07 10:51:38
It’s become apparently evident just how divided the golf landscape is in regard to the like or dislike of Tiger Woods. I made every attempt to steer clear of the computer Sunday night after Tiger’s win, I figured I would give it some time, I didn’t believe that it was enough of an event to [...] Related posts: Where the Hell Were You? Masters Round Up – Tiger’s Progress Williams Comments Good for Tiger > read more
It’s All About Putting
Published on 2011-11-25 16:56:08
Guest Post – Dave Taylor “The Putting Clinic” After watching Mark O’Meara drain a 20 footer to win The Masters in 1998, then watching Phil making his 18 foot putt to win The Masters in 2004 and finally seeing Tiger sink that 12 footer to tie Rocco Mediate for The 2008 US Open, only one [...] Related posts: Dave Stockton Signature Putting Artificial Putting Surfaces Add An Indoor Putting Green to Your Wishlist > read more
Daly Runs Out of Ammo & Girlfriend Implodes
Published on 2011-11-10 19:06:12
John Daly should consider packing more golf balls the way he’s been playing for the last, 10 years. Daly, who’s pants have been much louder than his play recently, had a bit of a bad streak last evening in Australia. It all started with a simple Srixon in the bunker on 10. Srixon, who makes [...] Related posts: Who Doesn’t Love Bubba Where the Hell Were You? What Rory said about Tiger > read more
Williams Comments Good for Tiger
Published on 2011-11-07 09:45:55
In case you somehow aren’t aware of the comments made at the annual caddie recognition dinner in Shanghai China Friday night, here it is: “My intention was to shove it up that black assho**” Stevie Williams I have absolutely no way of knowing whether or not Stevie Williams is racist or bigoted in any way. [...] Related posts: US Downgrade Adam Scott Upgrade Stevie Williams Talks These Guys, oh wait, Kids are Good What Rory said about Tiger > read more
Add An Indoor Putting Green to Your Wishlist
Published on 2011-11-05 10:27:21
Indoor Putting Greens Indoor putting greens have been gaining popularity. I had seen them online and I’ve seen them at large golf stores. However, there was always a big problem in my opinion, with every one I had seen, they all seemed like toys. Putting is serious business and I’m not a solid enough putter [...] Related posts: Artificial Putting Surfaces Dave Stockton Signature Putting What is a Stimp Meter > read more
PGA Tour’s Future pt2
Published on 2011-10-27 10:23:16
As I was saying yesterday in Part 1 PGA Tour Uses THE FORCE on Luke. The decision to delay the mailing of the Player of the Year ballots may have seemed like a slight on Luke Donald who clearly is the POY as of today. However, the PGA Tour has every right in the world [...] Related posts: PGA Tour Uses The Force On Luke R&A/USGA Revise DQ Rule These Guys, oh wait, Kids are Good > read more