Archives for: December 2008
Dec
28
I'm told that forgetting to buy one's wife a Christmas gift is well-nigh inexcusable. Nevertheless, let me offer an excuse: I've been REALLY busy.
Mainly, I was busy securing golf gifts for my various golfing in-laws and out-laws, buddies and nemises… more »
Dec
23
What to give the golfer who is, like me, barricaded inside his home while yet another winter storm (ice, this time) rages outside?
Something that she or he can use inside without potentially breaking a light fixture on the backswing, or making him or… more »
Dec
20
Need a stocking stuffer for that golfer who always seems to pad his scorecard with scores that somehow add up to less than you can possibly imagine? For that golfer who "rolls 'em over" even on good lies, and even in the rough? Who backhands missed short… more »
Dec
19
Crunch time is here for Christmas shopping, and over the next few days, I'm going to do my best to help readers who, like me, have waited until now to do their shopping. Exhibit #1, Sun Mountain, purveyors of golf bags and fashionable outerwear for m… more »
Dec
12
Many years ago, I reviewed Bob Thomas's first book, Ben Hogan's Secret. Despite that book spending over two years on the golf bestseller list, his publisher at the time, according to Thomas, was less than forthright with respect to the royalties. Thomas… more »
Dec
11
2010 US Ryder Cup captain Pavin: U.S. Open is a walk in the park compared to the Ryder Cup
2 feedbacks »NEW YORK (Dec. 11, 2008, 10:22 a.m.) - Brand-spankin'-new U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin understands the pressure of playing in the Ryder Cup Matches. A veteran of three Ryder Cups, and the 1995 U.S. Open Champion, Pavin descibed how his hands were s… more »
Dec
11
NEW YORK (Dec. 11, 2008) -- At a 10 a.m. press conference at New York's Tavern on the Green, the PGA of America announced the captian of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team for the 38th Ryder Cup competition between Europe and the United States.
And the winner i… more »
Dec
08
Every year, I go on exactly one golf trip. It is a great bunch of guys (up to 28, I believe). There is always a great selection of courses in Kentucky and Tennessee. And there are the obligatory wagers and quirky scramble formats (the only scrambles I ge… more »
Dec
04
On the first day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me
a Mulligan on the first tee.
On the second day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me
two Cleveland wedges
and a Mulligan on the first tee.
On the third day of Christmas, my True Love gave… more »
Dec
03
Everyone talks about how golf clubs have improved so dramatically over the past 30 years. And rightfully so. The 460cc titanium drivers and the branding-iron-esque putters of today hardly look like they belong to the same solar system as the 160cc persim… more »
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