I'm sure you've heard this one before: In Texas, there are two seasons – football and spring football. Well, that's certainly been true in the 35 years I've lived in this state, and there are no signs that's changing anytime soon. Golf is pretty popular here, too, and one facility, in particular,...
What we all want to know is precisely how did Colin Montgomerie say with a straight face that "nobody in match play golf wants to play" Padraig Harrington. When I heard him say that, I had to push up on my chin just to get my mouth closed. Did I hear what I think I heard? The Americans will be lined...
Off the heals of the lowest TV-rated final round of the British Open in history and raised green fees by the St. Andrews Links Trust for 2011, it appears golfers all over the world are still putting the Old Course at the top of their golf travel list. The Links Trust reports they received a reco...
Why is it that 900,000 women enter the game of golf each year making it the fastest growing segment of new golfers in the market ... yet about the same number give up on it in the same period? Two organizations are trying to change all this: The EWGA (Executive Women's Golf Association) and Boardroo...
The heat and humidity this summer have been brutal. Even playing late in the evenings, by the time I walk out to find my drive on the first hole (only about 60% of the time in the fairway), I'm sweating so much it looks like I've run through a sprinkler. So when the folks at KentWool Tour sent me...
1. I played 18 holes in three hours last night...teed off at 5:15 and finished around 8:30. The front nine took about 1 hour, 15 minutes...just as I came up to nine green, a foursome snuck out ahead of me on ten and held me up the entire inward half. Keep in mind that I played two balls from the t...
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 buying "Golf Sonnets" by James Long Hale as a ...
It could have happened to any of us but it shouldn't have happened in the last group on Sunday at the PGA Championship. When you're coming down the last hole with a chance to win there are a lot of things running through your mind. Thinking about a bunker trampled by the gallery is something we're n...
Not to overly generalize, but golfers are by and large a meat-eating bunch. Heck, some of the most memorable nicknames in the game's history are celebrated carnivores: Tiger, The Shark, the Golden Bear and the Hawk. Now the world famous Omaha Steaks company is tapping into this gestalt. Through t...
If you're considering playing a little golf in Las Vegas the weekend of July 4, keep in mind TPC Las Vegas' holiday promotion. From Friday through Monday, golf rates will be $60-$125 and all beverage cart items will be 30-50 percent off. For more info, see the TPC Las Vegas Web site, or call (...
Gosh, I see so many great places on TravelGolf.com to play golf! It makes me want to go to all of them. When I was in grad school, training to be a counselor, I used to tell students to "pick something they love to do and get paid for it." Sounds simple. So I took my own advice and started teaching ...
Too Much Right Side In Your Golf Swing? Is Your Right Side Messing You Up? Often times we hear right handed Golfers say that they have a problem of using too much of their right side in their golf swing. Left-handed Golfers – just reverse everything I’m saying. I’m sure you’re used to doin...