Category: General
Nov
10
"I love links golf – but it was not love at first sight." Those words, written by Tom Watson as the foreword to the new book, “True Links,” certainly apply to me. Seven years ago, I had no clue how a links course looked like or felt like to play.… more »
Nov
07
Bridgestone's new B330 series golf balls even longer for players with fast swing speeds
3 feedbacks »It’s perfect symmetry that Matt Kuchar is the most recognizable name on the PGA Tour playing a prototype of the new version of the Bridgestone B330 series of golf balls. Like Kuchar, golf balls made by Bridgestone are underappreciated as to how good… more »
Nov
04
Jeff Barr's book, "Golf's Best-Kept Secrets," features a misleading title but still a good read
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I thoroughly enjoyed Jeff Barr’s book, “Golf’s Best-Kept Secrets,” except … I don’t think the title fits, especially the subtitle: “Awesome and Affordable, Public Courses Anyone Can Play.” Barr’s book does have feature some courses that I know li… more »
Oct
29
Two birdies. That is perhaps the best ringing endorsement I can give for owning a Bushnell laser range finder or GPS unit. I got my Bushnell Pro 1600 Slope Edition with Pinseeker a couple weeks ago. The first round I used it turned out to be enti… more »
Oct
26
Being a young whippersnapper, I had heard of Ben Hogan’s stirring comeback from the car accident that almost took his life. But I never knew the details until reading “The Miracle at Merion: The Inspiring Comeback and Victory at the 1950 U.S. Open,”… more »
Oct
15
I’m a streaky putter. I can make a bunch and then miss a bunch. A new training aid in my basement, the Vari-Break Putting Green, should help me become a more consistent putter. The new putting mat will be put to good use this winter. Its uniq… more »
Oct
12
It seems like I’ve seen the book “Golf’s Ultimate Eighteen” before. Just last year, David Wood released “Golf’s Dream 18s,” where the author takes the world’s best golf holes and creates several fantasy courses (check out the review here). Author… more »
Oct
05
“How about that oil?”That was the first thing out of Rich Gehr‘s mouth as we met inside the pro shop at Craft Farms Golf Resort in Gulf Shores, Alabama.Later that night, the manager at the Hangout, an ultra-cool joint right on the Gulf of Mexico… more »
Sep
29
I didn’t just test the new Sunice Superlite Pullover. I trashed it as best I could – playing golf in a monsoon at Ballyliffin, hurricane force winds at RosaPenna and ferocious 5-minute squalls at Portsalon. I survived all these raging storms during a… more »
Sep
28
It’s hard to be a fan of the Detroit Lions and the Miami Dolphins these days. They just don’t win enough games. The days of Dan Marino and Bobby Lane are long gone for these two struggling franchises. I still proudly show my loyalty to both teams, th… more »
Sep
20
I feel like I finally have the proof to win the debate that yes, umbrellas must be packed on golf trips to Ireland and Scotland. The unfortunate side effect was I had to suffer through several ferocious storms last week along the northern coast of Ir… more »
Sep
07
The buzz about Bandon Dunes Golf Resort just never seems to go away. This June the resort on the southern Oregon coast just opened its fourth course, the Old Macdonald by Tom Doak, to complement the three other nationally ranked designs, Bandon Dunes… more »
Aug
28
I haven’t read poetry in years. Call me uneducated or uncultured, but I’ll bet I’m not unlike most – if not all – of the readers of this blog. We spend our time reading Ben Hogan and playing like Ben Stiller, not diving into Shakespeare. So consider… more »
Aug
25
Want to be the hit of your golf outing? Try wearing a FlairHair Visor, the wacky golf visor that features spiked hair coming out the top. A bald-headed buddy of mine wore his blonde FlairHair visor to a pro-am in northern Michigan just as a joke,… more »
Aug
23
Golf doesn’t have enough characters these days, so author Steve Eubanks did us all a favor by unearthing one. His latest book, To Win and Die in Dixie, looks at the wild times and untimely death of J. Douglas Edgar, a Brit who coached Bobby Jones and… more »
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