There were moments during my recent Thailand golf trip that I had to remind myself that it?s the United States that is supposed to be the developed, happy, first world nation. This was especially true flying from Bangkok to Los ...

Now that Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the final event of the 2009 LPGA Season due to a worsening ankle injury, it is a good time for evaluation. The problem most people face in doing so, however, is dealing with ...

While the Monterey Peninsula and Southern California area enjoy a reputation for fine golf, often overlooked is the central coast of California. It?s a little tougher to get to, but it?s well worth it if Monarch Dunes Golf in Nipomo is ...

I?ve been told I?m part Irish and that the Deegan name is a big Irish name. Maybe it?s my turn to write a book about how a golfer goes back to Ireland to play golf. Oh, and maybe I?ll look ...

Everyone in the world of golf has to be happy Michelle Wie has her first LPGA win. Playing in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico, Wie, Creamer, Shin and Kerr created great theater right up to the final day, all ...

Not since man first came up with the idea to hit a ball with a stick until it?s in a hole has the golf world had a bigger, more important day than yesterday. Yes, on one epic Sunday, both Tiger ...

http://www.GolfMadeSimple.com #1 You don?t practice enough Do you need to practice your golf swing in order to improve? This is an often asked, yet excellent question. So to give you an answer, I?d like to use an analogy to make ...

Not since ?Yeah, wanna make 14 bucks the hard way? have I wanted to type those three tantalizing words: the hard way. WELL, all things come to an end. I cannot confirm nor deny (since I am ...

A few days ago, I received an e-mail from golf author Bob Thomas?s wife, Mary Anne. She informed me that Bob had had a major stroke about 11 weeks ago. Bob is on his way to what is hoped to ...

I hope the grip and posture review last week was helpful for your golf swing. This week will be a golf lesson on aim and ball position. The video below will explain how aim isn?t as easy as it sounds and ...

To date, Natalie Gulbis has won only once on the LPGA Tour - the 2007 Evian Masters. She was wielding a uniquely effective putter that week, a flat stick she used not only in that lone victory, but also in ...

A release just hit my desk announcing nominees for this year?s Golf Tourism Scotland?s Gold Standard Awards. The nominees for Golf Course of the Year are: Ailsa Course at Turnberry Balcomie Links (Crail) Castle Stuart Golf Links (Inverness) Duke?s Course (St Andrews) Kingsbarns Golf Links Muirfield North ...

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week?s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Dr. Mac Powell, the dean of the National University Golf Academy in Carlsbad, Calif., about using movie-making techniques to help improve ...

Click here to listen. Similarities between Lorena Ochoa and Tiger Woods have become all too evident this year. Both are certainly not showing their stripes as best golfer of the LPGA and PGA Tour although each have done justice to their ...

Y.E. Yang came from behind to upset Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship Sunday. It was the 37-year-old Yang?s first major, and the first by an Asian-born golfer ? ?This might be my last win as a golfer,? Yang, who ...

Take a look at one of Las Vegas? top golf courses for players of all handicaps, Siena Golf Club. As you will see I fail to take Head Professional Gerry Montiel?s advice on the 16th hole.

We live in a fast paced, muti-tasking society. We eat in front of the TV, we text while in the grocery store, we email while having a conversation with someone across the room. Geezzzz?talk about attention deficit disorder! ...

David Feherty, golf analyst and my personal favorite funnyman, is finding himself in a tub o? hot water due to his latest column written for a Dallas local magazine, opining on his new neighbors, George and Laura Bush. The line ...

Look, regardless of what kind of golf clubs you think Nike makes, just having Tiger Woods endorse your products guarantees a large number of sales. But Nike has done wonders with its new SQ Dymo2 STR8-FIT driver as it tries ...

It?s good to see that the historic presidential victory of Barack Obama is being placed in the proper prospective. On sports talk radio in Northern California the day after that meant hosts and callers alike asking, ?If Barack Obama can ...

For a while there, it was hard to keep up with all the new golf courses. Golf course development was running wild, just like new houses. Not now, of course. Golf course developers are cutting back on building new courses and ...

Click here to listen. Though often overlooked, Massachusetts is a little state with a big-time golf reputation, including host to some of the decade?s most memorable golf events. Host Ben Larsen highlights the golf courses and many prestigious Massachusetts golf events ...

It is with much sadness that I report the news that TravelGolf.com blogger Cheap Bastard has apparently perished, after the boat he was traveling on to Zimbabwe was attacked by pirates. Cheap Bastard, whose real name was Percy Ramirez-Epstein, reportedly stowed ...

The Cheap Bastard is in a pickle. A really big pickle (obviously). After years of giving of myself, management now wants more. ?Where are the great deals you promised,? they asked. ?Why don?t you post more,? they scream. ?If we ...

It may seem like a fluke that Trevor Immelman won the Master?s, but it just didn?t happen by accident ? I was talking with some friends of mine about the Master?s and one of them said to me ?who is this ...

The golf business measured by numbers of players, rounds played, and equipment sold could be generously described as flat. Why the slowdown in the game?s growth and where is it headed? First of all, the good news? ?Baby Boomers? and ...