I’ll be on my soap box for a few blogs. I had to explain to a new generation of students what a soap box is (literally and figuratively), so I decided to get mine out of the attic and shake off the cobwebs. Here’s the scenario: whilst reading the June 2007 section called The Shop in Golf Magazine, I noticed that the mag had tested four new drivers for 2007. They went with the Cleveland HiBore XL Tour, the Callaway Fusion FT-5, the Titleist 905R and the Tour Edge Exotics Proto. Major names, all, with the exception ... full post »

Kiel Christianson has a nice blog on the new Srixon ball and its ad campaign. For whatever reason, the comment below would not post. Here is my complete and controversial response: My two cents…what is this “helicopter” to which the previous poster refers? A person, a technique, an implement? Next, who else could get Jim Furyk to smile at the camera and say “who’s your daddy?” I suppose that the ball is less annoying than some olympic mascots. I wasn’t offended when Howard Dean uttered “the yelp” that cost him much of the Democratic party’s nomination in 2004. ... full post »

Let’s see…how sorry can I feel for myself. girls’ golf team that I coach lost league title by one stroke; golf camp that I run is at 1/2 capacity three weeks before first day; tons of grading to do as school year finishes up; soreness in trapezius muscle going on five days now … nope, doesn’t really add up to much. However, a friend of my daughter just lost her dad to cancer… That’s why you need to find a little time to visit this site: Yes, I have a funny swing, funny hair, and a funny club and ball. ... full post »

Two-part blog here, to mark my return from real life’s intrusions. First, did you see that Ryo Ishikawa fired a 7-bird, 1-boge final round in Japan to win the Munsingwear? Ishikawa is, like, 18, dude. He joins 20-year old Pablo Martin (Estoril Open on European Tour) as the second amateur of 2007 to defeat the pros in a principal tour event. We know that Phil won in 92, and that Verplank beat them all in 85, but that’s it in my golfing lifetime. Doesn’t happen that often…kind of like two perfect games in a two-month ... full post »

Put away your tuning forks, your pen knives, your spatulas, and whatever else you use to fix ball marks on greens. Bulle Rock, sanctum of all that is holy and right with golf, informs us that traditional golf ball mark repair tools are damaging greens! Fortunately for us (you and I, that is), we can watch a video on how to properly repair a green. If you liked the short version of the video, watch the dance hall remix extended version!! The brains behind this operation is one Danny Edwards, who may or may not be the professional ... full post »