Two Aces – Never before in Golf History
JD Ardell made two aces in two consecutive days at Sara Bay CC in Sarasota, Florida. This is the story by Michael Duranko of Duranko Golf.
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Pay Ryder Cuppers
Should Ryder Cuppers get paid? Yes, but I don’t think professional golfers want to be paid to play in the Ryder Cup. The issue is …
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. …
Miakka Golf Club Groundbreaking
Today I attended a groundbreaking ceremony at Miakka Golf Club. The site is about 30 miles east of Sarasota or the Sarasota Bradenton airport. The …
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 …
Bobby Jones Course Review with Richard Mandell
This Bobby Jones course review covers every hole at Bobby Jones Golf Club. And the post includes notes and comments from the project manager and …
Bobby Jones Greens Fees and Mobile App – January 2024
In this short post, I want to focus on the greens fees and the mobile app available for Bobby Jones Golf Club Here is the …
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Bobby Jones Golf Club & Nature Park Opens
After nearly 4 years, the Bobby Jones Golf Club has reopened. The restored golf course is stunning. Here is a YouTube video of this post. …
The Big Let Down – GolfToons 94
The Big Let Down Golf is hard enough on your own but add a partner into the mix, and things get interesting. A playing partner …
Golf Excuses – GolfToons 93
Golf Excuses Very useful, especially when you are honest about your early tee time. GolfToons are original golf illustrations by Marty Glass. Golftoons is a scheme …
Best Golf Podcasts
Okay – – – Our golf history podcast made a few lists for Best Golf Podcasts in 2002! Pretty Cool … Your Golfer’s Almanac is …
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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GolfToons for Hire
GolfToons for hire? Yes! Drink How Water. Here’s a summary of our recent work with the How Water Company of Houston, Texas. Burma Shave The project …
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 …
Florida Man Golf – GolfToons 82
Florida Man Plays It As It Lies, and Hits Golf Ball Off the Back of Alligator Last week, a Florida man escaped serious injury after …
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 …
Masters Fantasy Total Pars – Final
This post was updated for the 2024 Masters with a blog post and YouTube video. *** Fantastic finish at The Masters yesterday. A deep bow …
Masters Fantasy Round 3 Total Pars
This post was updated for the 2024 Masters with a blog post and YouTube video. *** If you entered Masters Fantasy on the www.TheMasters.com site, …
Purr – GolfToons 80
Purr. What is your golfing animal spirit? Purr Golf. Are you a silky swinger that slinks around the course, purring like a cat and chasing …
Fake News – GolfToons 79
Recounts and Fake News. Topics ripped from recent headlines that, unfortunately, at times, overlap with golf. After all, golf does involve recounts and verification. Every …
IceRays Sun Sleeve Review
IceRays Sun Sleeves Review This IceRays Sun Sleeves Review is long overdue. But when I look back on the golf year of 2020, I find …
Charlie and Tiger – Blame your Parents?
This weekend is the official debut of Charlie Woods at the Father-Son PNC Championship in Orlando. Charlie and Tiger – Blame your Parents? This young …
Small But Mighty
Bigger doesn’t always mean better The Golf Supplier originally published ‘Small But Mighty’ about the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course on 12/9/2020 as part …
Centaur Golf Lesson – GolfToons 78
The Centaur returns to GolfToons, this time for a Centaur Golf Lesson. Golf lessons should always start with the basics. The fundaments of the grip, …
Zero Friction Golf Glove Review
Zero Friction Golf Glove Review My morning email inbox included a 20% discount on a golf glove I have wanted to try. I added a …
Lone Ranger Golf – GolfToons 77
We have all experienced it. You go to the driving range before a round and hit every shot perfectly. Crisp irons that resonate that pierce …
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 …
Is this the end of “In the Hole?”
Fanless golf does take some adjustment. It can feel anti-climatic, like a series of practice rounds. But I don’t miss the shouts of “In the …
TeeShirt with a GolfToon
This is pretty cool, a teeshirt with a GolfToon. Bill, a newsletter subscriber asked if he could use one of our GolfToons for a special …
Where the Golf Gods Relax
The Golf Supplier originally published ‘Where Golf Gods Relax’ on 10/21/2020 as part of the Hidden Gems series. Here is a link and a link …
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 …
Clipped Wings
This story Clipped Wings was originally published by The Golf Supplier on 9/9/2020 Here is a link. Clipped Wings I have been lucky enough to …
Winged Foot Once
Winged Foot Once I have been lucky enough to play Winged Foot once. A college buddy had a client cancel at the last minute, and …
Social Distancing – GolfToons 75
Golfing during our current pandemic is a bit of a touchy subject, social distancing golf. It has sparked debate in the media and has led …
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 …
James Bond Golf
I saw a recent post from an artist on Instagram, @Golfucos. They do golf related illustrations that I like a lot. This scene is from …
Villanelle in Scotland Golfing
The funniest, cleverest psychological thriller on TV goes golfing. In addition, a spot-on Scottish accent & scary, ugly golf tourist bit.
Villanelle from Killing Eve goes golfing in a crazy green outfit and kills a tourist with a golf club.
Villanelle from Killing Eve Golfing. Thank you
Teed Off – GolfToons 73
The golf ball is important and he knows it. The golf ball gets teed off but is not teed off. Today’s golf ball has evolved and …
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 …
Sleepy Hugo – GolfToons 71
Sleepy Hugo Oh, the agony of slow play. Ask Sleepy Hugo. When in the midst of a snail-like round, there are several things you can …
19th Hole – GolfToons 70
19th Hole The proverbial 19th hole. That place where golfers go after their round to discuss their performance and commiserate with other golfers. It’s also …
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 …
ON POINT BALL MARKER REVIEW
On Saturday I tried out my new On Point ball marker for the first time. Our golf league played at Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood …
Darth Fader – GolfToons 68
Darth Fader Darth Vader, originally known as Anakin Skywalker, was probably a decent golfer before his transition to Darth. Now Darth Fader. A series of …
Cranky Dan – GolfToons 67
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 …
Wait Loss – GolfToons 66
Wait Loss If golf has an Achilles heel, it’s time. Wait Loss. It’s an issue on the PGA Tour. It’s an issue when managing a …
Athletes – GolfToons 65
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 …
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 …
Two Man Golf – GolfToons 60
Two Man Golf Nik Wallenda Golf, the Two Man Invitational Could golf be made more difficult? Of course, but only a sadist would seek to …
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”. …
Bodean Ogilvie – GolfToons 58
Bodean Ogilvie Bodean Ogilvie Public Golfer is the oft forgotten golf enthusiast golfing in a blue collar. Usually found on a public municipal links where …
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 …
Shirts vs Skins – GolfToons 55
Shirts vs Skins Competition. That is a common answer to the question, “What do you love about Golf?” Shirts vs Skins. Mano a Mano or …
Blame Your Parents – GolfToons 53
You hear a lot of golf excuses on the golf course. The one excuse you may never hear is blaming a bad shot on the …
Equipment Excuses – GolfToons 52
“It’s not me, can’t be” Golf Equipment Excuses. You gotta blame something when a simple shot goes astray. Fat shots, hosels, thin-to-win, pulls, pushes, ducks, …
Monster Drive – GolfToons 51
Big hitters. The guys that take a deep breath and you know they’re ready to launch one. Monster Drive. Grip it and Rip it! Like …
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 …
Better Lucky – GolfToons 48
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 …
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 …
Depants Golf – GolfToons 39
Creepy behavior has been a hot topic in the media lately. Depants Golf. Political campaign trails, newsrooms, and Hollywood have all been abuzz with accounts …
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 …
Voices – GolfToons 34
The eternal war for our golfing soul can take on schizophrenic proportions—the battle pitting the forces of conceit versus humble acceptance of our shortcomings. Golf …
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 …
Novelty Headcovers – GolfToons 32
Sports therapists are all the rage on the PGA Tour these days, but what do you do if you’re just a weekend hack? What if …
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 …
In or Out? – GolfToons 29
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 …
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?
Gender Bender – GolfToons 27
Golfers are always looking for an advantage. And in the shadow of the new rules of 2019, that could be a better drop, a pin …
Vampire Golfer – GolfToons 26
Imagine playing golf for a few centuries and what it must be like for someone as old as Dracula. From course design, advances in equipment …
Anything Smaller – GolfToons 25
We have all played with him. The guy with his shadow in your line, or with the practice swing you can see out of the …
Fore – GolfToons 24
Where does the term ‘FORE’ come from? As with many terms in a game as old as golf, a definitive origin is not possible. Though …
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 …
Quiet on the Tee – GolfToons 22
Hitting a golf ball is a daunting task, especially off the first tee. Actually any tee, regardless if it’s onto a manicured fairway, over a …
Bird Grip – GolfToons 21
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 …
Out of Bounds – GolfToons 20
Have you ever hit one of those titanic slices that boggle your mind? Make you question your very golf being? I’ve hit more than a …
Golf Compliments – GolfToons 19
Can a compliment be an act of gamesmanship? Possibly. Allow me to explain unwanted compliments The frustration of a birdie putt that comes up short …
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 …
Old Trusty – GolfToons 17
Old Trusty. We all have our ‘Go-To’ clubs. The ones we hit well, feel confident at address or just seem to get lucky with. The …
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 …
Just Short Pose – GolfToons 15
You hit a crisp shot, sending a towering blow tracking on a great line. You are frozen, in a motionless follow-through pose watching your ball …
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 …
Hit it and Hope – GolfToons 13
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 …
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 …
Brooks Koepka 2018 PGA Championship
Congratulations to Brooks Koepka on winning the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club.
Golf Gnome – GolfToons 11
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 …
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 …
Got It – GolfToons 9
Golf Excellence. Golf is truly a journey in pursuit of excellence. The struggle this pursuit poses drives us to seek remedies from a multitude of …
Francesco Molinari British Open
Congratulations to Francesco Molinari, winner of the 2018 British Open at Carnoustie Golf Club. He is the Champion Golfer of the Year.
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 …
Brandon Stone Scottish Open
Congratulations to Brandon Stone on winning the 2018 Scottish Open at Gullane Golf Club.
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 …
Russell Knox Irish Open
Congratulations to Russell Knox, winner of the 2018 Irish Open at Ballyliffin Golf Club.
Miguel Angel Jimenez Senior British Open
Congratulations to Miguel Ángel Jiménez, “The Mechanic” on winning the 2018 Senior British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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 …
Yes, I Do Play Golf – GolfToons 1
As any golfer knows, one of the minor downsides to the game is the infamous golfer’s tan. I play golf! Blinding white, snowman torso with dark …