Gillespie 9 Preview
This is a preview post for the Gillespie 9, the short course that is part of the Bobby Jones Golf Club here in Sarasota, Florida. …
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Sarasota Golf Momentum
It’s good to have you here. My name is Mike Duranko, and I live in Sarasota. We’re having a bit of a Sarasota Golf moment, …
UPDATE – Total Pars at 2024 Masters Fantasy Golf Contest
As promised, here is an update on the 2024 Masters Fantasy Golf Contest after two rounds. See the preview post from Wednesday here. In this post, …
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Total Pars at 2024 Masters – Fantasy Golf
https://youtu.be/4SfnmfR1fjo How many total pars will be made at the 2024 Masters? That is the Tiebreaker question for the Master’s Fantasy contest. We did a …
Breaking 80 – GolfToons 95
Breaking 80 results from keeping it all together for 18 holes. You make a few putts, avoid double bogeys, and play from the proper …
GolfToons Golf Merch
You probably didn’t know you needed a GolfToons shower curtain, and you might not have known such Golf Merch existed. You are in luck! It …
Golf Mullet – GolfToons 92
GolfToons – Golf Mullet Golftoons is a scheme between two golf buddies, Michael Duranko and Marty Glass. If this side hustle makes any money, they‘re gonna blow …
Wider Stance – GolfToons 87
A wider stance when addressing the golf ball can help imporove balance in your swing. Sometimes golfers take good advice a bit too far in …
Near the Hole – GolfToons 86
Near the Hole is a better cheer for 2023, and a more realistic golf expectation. Lowered expectations are one way to improve your golf game. …
St. Andrews Old Course, 1st Tee Time – GolfToons 83
My first visit to St. Andrews was at the end of a week playing many of Scotland’s finest: Troon, Turnberry, Prestwick, Carnoustie, Western Gailes, and …
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Daily Golf Podcast from GolfToons
Golf History in a podcast called Your Golfer’s Almanac. On Saturday, April 2nd, 2022, we launch a new daily golf podcast. Your Golfer’s Almanac will …
Golf Twilight Zone – GolfToons 81
“A journey through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. You are entering the Twilight Golf Zone.” Golf can …
Shadowy Putting at The Masters
So many things are different at The Masters this year. The grass is longer, and the greens seem bumpier at the end of the day …
The Masters Distraction
This is The Masters. Most of our work can wait until next week, when we will be distracted by talking about what happens on Sunday …
Emotional Support – GolfToons 76
Golf is a game where your emotions can play a major role in your performance. Emotional Support is needed. At its core, golf is a …
Golf Genie – GolfToons 74
Golf Genie Golf Genie. Probably the most common fault of golf swing is the resulting slice. It is the the nemesis of the highly handicapped …
Buried Lie – GolfToons 72
Buried Lie Buried Lie. Golf can be a lifetime pursuit, giving it a unique status in the world of sport. So deep is their commitment …
Golfing Super Hero – GolfToons 69
Golfing Super Hero Golfing Super Hero. Golf is an addiction. No surprise to those of us addicted. The thrill of improvement is powerful. Gaining distance …
Off the Toe – GolfToons 64
Off The Toe There are a lot of important shots in golf, some would say they are all important. The tap-in putt counts as much …
Shadowy Putting – GolfToons 63
Shadowy Putting I love playing golf at the end of the day. Shadowy Putting. What is better than playing golf at dusk? Speed playing to …
Golf Press – GolfToons 62
Golf Press Golf Press. You wanna press me? Do ya? I’ll show you a press. You like this press? The press is similar to the …
High Heel Golf – GolfToons 61
High Heel Golf High Heel Golf fashions have certainly changed from the jacket and tie at the turn of the the last century, to the …
Chip Lagwell – GolfToons 59
Hamilton Chip Lagwell III When non-golfers conjure up images of golfers they tend to envision someone like Hamilton Lagwell III, fondly referred to as “Chip”. …
Father O’Fairway – GolfToons 57
Father O’Fairway Introducing Father O’Fairway. The Most Reverend O’Fairway hails from County Clare, Ireland where he grew up playing the sport of golf from the …
Hurricane Golf – GolfToons 56
Hurricane Golf A golfer’s willingness to play under “less than ideal” conditions is a testament to their love of the game. Hurricane Golf. Whether you …
Hold the Pose – GolfToons 50
After you bomb a beautiful drive down the middle of the fairway do you like to hold that follow through pose? I know plenty of …
Lost Between Holes – GolfToons 49
The stand alone golf course is becoming a rarity. Increasingly golf courses are just one item on an amenity package for a high end housing …
Multi-Tees – GolfToons 47
Multi-Tees Recently our golf league played a round at Lakewood National Golf Club. We had to choose which tees we would use, and generally, we …
Fat Shot – GolfToons 46
Fat Shot The dreaded fat shot. The scourge of scoring. Why is it they always seem to come at the most inopportune of times? On …
Golf Maxim – GolfToons 45
We all are familiar with the modern proverb “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” And many would agree this same idea should apply to …
Fairway Centaur – GolfToons 44
Golf courses are typically designed to reward drives that find the center of the fairway. Ideally it affords the golfer with the optimum location from …
Hogan’s Ghost – GolfToons 43
There are times golf reminds me of religion. Hogan’s Ghost. Like most faiths, the golfer’s sabbath is usually a weekend event, and the more devout …
Short All Day – GolfToons 42
One of the most maddening things in golf is coming up just short on a putt. Especially when your ball is tracking on a perfect …
Tiny Greens – GolfToons 40
What is worse, tiny greens or intimidatingly long holes? Both pose their own issues, but for me, small greens can be maddening. And I have …
Golf Service Dog – GolfToons 38
I recently read a story about Iraq veterans playing golf with their service dogs. A Golf Service Dog. Wouldn’t it be great if we all …
MidLife Golf Crisis – GolfToons 37
Buy a sports car? Take up pickle ball? Have an affair? How to deal with a midlife golf crisis? Na. You can’t fit the clubs …
Club Confidential – GolfToons 36
If our clubs and balls could talk, what would they say? Equipment Confidential. I bet they could bend your ear with golf yarns that would …
Cradle of Golf – GolfToons 35
Challenge the origins of golf and you are treading on sacred Scottish turf. The Cradle of Golf? At the website scottishgolfhistory.org the site states it …
Clown Course – GolfToons 33
At the 2019 US Open Bryson DeChambeau yelled out in frustration, ”This is clown golf!” Clown on the Course! “Gee,” I thought to myself, ”that …
Yoga Golf Pants – GolfToons 31
Is their nothing that golfers won’t try to add a few yards to their drives? Yoga Golf Pants? It seems every morning when I check …
From Your Knees – GolfToons 30
From your knees reminds us that golfers call penalties on themselves. An interesting byproduct of this aspect of the game is that often we have …
Golf Advice – GolfToons 28
What is the best advice you have ever recieved on a golf course? How about the best advice you have given?
Difficult/Impossible – GolfToons 23
What is the difference between difficult vs impossible? It really comes down to how you deal with the issue at hand and how you want …
The Shadow Knows – GolfToons 18
The Shadow Knows “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men! The Shadow Knows!” Much to my surprise the USGA addresses using a …
Quiet Please – GolfToons 16
There are times when we all would like a bit of peace and quiet: Early morning breakfasts, retreats to nature, and those moments when you’re …
Putting Emotions – GolfToons 14
Putting Emotions. On the 18th green at the 2018 Evian Championship, Angela Stanford struck a beautiful putt that curled around the cup. “The best possible …
Golf Mom – GolfToons 12
We can all envision the iconic ‘Soccer Mom’ and the minivan she drives. Hauling kids to countless practices, games and tournaments. But what about the …
In the Hole A-hole – GolfToons 10
You know the guy. The a-hole standing in the gallery who yells ” In the Hole! ” at PGA Tour events. It doesn’t matter if …
Swing Thoughts – GolfToons 8
Wiser minds tell us to, “Quiet your mind and try not to think when swinging the club.” Or they tell you “It’s best to have a …
Uncle Villegas – GolfToons 7
Uncle Camilo Villegas. Of all the facets of the game, putting may be the most mystifying and varied. Putter designs are myriad. Grips range from …
Tree Shot – GolfToons 5
We golfers take ourselves seriously and believe anything is possible. Even a Tree Shot. Why take a penalty stroke if you can get your club …
Eternal Struggle – GolfToons 3
Absurd may be the best word to describe golf, though futility also comes to mind. What is the Eternal Struggle of golf? Punished for his …