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Soleta Golf Club

Nick Price designed Soleta Golf Club east of Sarasota.

When I play a golf course for the first time, I ask myself, “Could I play this track every day?”  Soleta Golf Club is a new Nick Price-design winding through pristine sandy ‘scrubland’ 20 miles east of Sarasota.  While I had doubts along the way, Soleta is the ideal course to play multiple times a […]

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Buried Lie – GolfToons 72

Buried Lie - GolfToons 72 is an original golf cartoon showing a casket carried towards a hole that has been created under a golf hole and pin by Marty Glass

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 to the game, oftentimes when golfers pass on friends and family memorialize them in special ways. Famed golfers will have golf courses or holes named in their honor.   Upstanding

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Cranky Dan – GolfToons 67

Cranky Dan is a golfer marching down the 18th fairway after missing another green vowing to have a birdie putt even if it is a very long one, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass GolfToons

Cranky Dan Golf is a force to be reckoned with says Cranky Dan. How you choose to deal with the game frequently involves avoiding being “triggered.” Often our emotions succumb to events that transpired during a round. Little wonder that Ben Hogan said, “Golf requires a short memory.” Forcing matters because you repeatedly failed to

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Athletes – GolfToons 65

Athletes. Golfers are athletes as well, despite what might what non-golfers may say. Original Golf Cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

Athletes To start my freshman year at Michigan State University I showed up at Hubbard Hall to find two of my roommates were in the MSU Marching Band.  They practiced every day, rain or shine.  Both were athletes in a golfing sort of way.  Vince played French horn and Phil was a tuba player, carrying

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High Heel Golf – GolfToons 61

High Heel Golf shows three women golfers on the putting green with the comment bubble asking where the golf shoes were bought, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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 technical sportswear designed to wick away sweat and protecting us from today’s damaging sun rays. What does dress for success mean on the golf course?  Is it form or function?

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Koepka’s Loss – GolfToons 54

Koepkas Loss is an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons showing dracula, a mummy and frankenstein on the putting green

Koepka’s Loss The ‘Franken-Golfer’, bits and pieces of your best game cobbled together into a creation that is unstoppable! Koepka’s Loss. Sort of like handpicking your team for a Scramble. Someone that can launch the ‘Boom Stick’ from the Teebox, a sharpshooter for the approach, a clever short game artist for recoveries and then the

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Better Lucky – GolfToons 48

Better Lucky than Good is an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons showing a golfer skipping his approach over water onto the putting green. Funny golf humor.

Better Lucky than Good We’ve all experienced luck on the course. The sculled iron that somehow nestles up on the green 6 feet from the pin. Or a shot that ricocheted off a tree back into the fairway. Or the always tricky play off the ball washer. The most incredible piece of luck I witnessed

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Golf Maxim – GolfToons 45

A golfer putting, with his golf buddies covering their mouth, eyes and ears, as Three Monkeys, an original golf cartoon by marty Glass of GolfToons.

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 a round of golf. Call it a Golf Maxim. What about the maxim “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil”? Some believe this lesson is a reminder to

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Tiny Greens – GolfToons 40

Tiny Greens shows Two golfers standing on a very small putting green, commenting about how they don't like long putts, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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 deeper thoughts about postage stamp greens, but I will save that for another GolfToon. Today’s question is, “Do putting greens shrink over the years?” At our local muni I’ve noticed

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In or Out? – GolfToons 29

In or Out? is an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons addressing the new USGA Golf Rule about the flagstick

It’s but the early days of 2019, and already the new changes to the rules of golf are creating a buzz. The noisiest reaction being the “Leave It In vs. Take It Out” argument. This new rule allows players to leave the flagstick in the hole when putting. It makes sense and should speed play

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Bird Grip – GolfToons 21

A golfer putting while making a vulgar statement with his unique golf grip, the bird grip, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons.

There are many ways to hold a putter, probably as many grips as there are putters available on the market.  Everyone must feel comfortable over their putt, and find confidence in the tools of their trade. Enter the Bird Grip. Some putters or some grips can send a different message, especially to opponents or nemesis you

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Hit it and Hope – GolfToons 13

Two golfers on a putting green that has massive breaks making the putt impossible. Hit it and Hope is an original Golf Illustration by Marty Glass of GolfToons

Hit it and Hope. Every now and then you face a putt that beckons words like intimidating or unnerving. The down hill left to right slider. The up-hiller that crests midway, then accelerates to a killer downhiller. Or the dreaded short but hard-breaker, also known as the heartbreaker because anytime you miss a two footer

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Golf Gnome – GolfToons 11

a golf gnome in the cup keeping a long putt from falling into the hole, an original golf illustration by Marty Glass of GolfToons

Golf Gnome This is the flip side to our “In the Hole A-hole” – the “Not In the Hole.”  You know, those dastardly putts that are on the perfect line, heading right at the hole, but comes up just short. The ball literally hangs on the lip of the cup. Perilously dangling on the edge

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Uncle Villegas – GolfToons 7

An original golf illustrated cartoon showing a man with a big belly looking at a golf ball on a putting green lining up his putt like Camilio Villegas style by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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 the popular reverse overlap to the ominous sounding cross-handed reverse claw.  But the most baffling aspect of putting is reading greens. The conversations about a putt can invoke speed, roll,

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Plumb Bobbing – GolfToons 4

Golfer plumb bobbing from the fairway and partner in golf cart mocking him for being so far away. Original golf cartoon illustration by Marty Glass GolfToons

If it’s good for the pros it’s got to be good for my game.  How many times have you told that to yourself?  Plumb bobbing is the perfect example. And does anyone really know how to Plumb-Bob?  Regardless of how many articles you read in Golf Magazines, putting is considered one of the dark arts

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