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 the occasional birdie? Are you a mutt that doggedly digs shots out of bunkers to save pars? Or maybe you are the bear that hibernates for a dozen holes, then […]
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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 golfer has probably endured the dreaded suspect scorecard moment when comparing scorecards; the numbers just don’t jibe. We’re not talking about the occasional errors in addition or the 6 that
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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 lad has a silky smooth swing with a turn that makes me wince. The kid looks like a winner, and I am certain he will have a carer in golf
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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 of the Travel section. See other articles by Michael Duranko. The Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course is stunning. Family-friendly and challenging to any golfer, regardless of skill set. When
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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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 golf course and a problem with both public and private play around the globe. Overall, It’s an issue that doesn’t help the game. Don’t get me wrong, though. I am
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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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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 as the 250 yards drive. They all count the same. Off the Toe. Statisitcs prove the best way to get the ball on the green is to hit it from
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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 get to the last hole before dark. Or playing the last hole when you can’t see down the fairway and you have to listen. The joys of Summer golf! I
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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 double or nothing bet and is generally invoked at a critical point in the match. The level of emotion accompanying a press is proportionate to the amount of money wagered.
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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”. One of those guys often found at private country clubs or expensive destination golf resorts. We all know the type, but do they really exist? Possibly, but that specimen is
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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 time he was young lad. He plays religiously but almost exclusively midweek, as his weekends are occupied by priestly duties. Father O’Fairway’s love of golf is rooted in his belief
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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 the comraderie of a Two Man Best Ball is certainly a fun part of golf, at any level. From the Ryder Cup to an early alarm clock helping us get
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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 parents. This is a possible extention to one of our early gems, GolfToons 12 – Golf Mom. We have come a long way. Like almost any noble goal, golf demands
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“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, s***** and worm burners. The ball is just sitting there, how hard can it be? Especially if you practice. But the errant shot happen to every golfer, at every level.
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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 development. Lost Between Holes. This has led to some vast distances between holes. Golfers must drive through neighborhoods in search of the next tee box. This phenomena has also forced
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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 could go golfing with our dogs! Think about it. You have a nerve-racking putt, and your mutt sits next to you and calms you down as you give them a
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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 plainly in this soliloquy: “Being the proof as to why golf is definitely, certainly, unquestionably, without doubt, beyond question, indubitably, undeniably, irrefutably, incontrovertibly, incontestably, unmistakably, categorically, decidedly, unequivocally Scottish. Really.” Darn. They take
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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 watery hazard or a bottomless crevasse. Golf is hard. Quiet on the tee, please. Many vital element are required, the most exaggerated of all could be the importance of calm,
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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 few and I’ve also witnessed some doozies. Way out of bounds. I recall one time when a friend sliced a drive that sailed over a row of houses lining the
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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 can cloud one’s mind with unspoken expletives. While sapping the sincerity from well intended compliments. Conversely, a compliment delivered with a smirk can be unsettling enough to linger to the
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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 shadow to indicate the line of a putt. Rule 8-2b/1 “On the Putting Green” actually exists and to my amazement is legal, as long as your caddie or playing partner
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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 trying to concentrate on a difficult task. The sight of a marshal hoisting their “Quiet Please” paddle during a golf tournament often makes me wish I had one of those
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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 descend towards the green. “Please, please be enough,” you mutter. Then, catastrophe, Just Short Pose. Splash! Stunned and still in full pose, your jaws slackens, your eyes widen and you
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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 putt she could have hit without it going in” said one of the announcers. Stanford needed the putt for a share of the lead. She took two steps away from
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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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Congratulations to Brooks Koepka on winning the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club.
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Congratulations to Francesco Molinari, winner of the 2018 British Open at Carnoustie Golf Club. He is the Champion Golfer of the Year.
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