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 and control of your tee game. Striking a crisp, long iron from the fairway. Sand saves, getting up & down and draining a 30 footer. And then you chip-in from […]
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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 Ranch near Sarasota, Florida in late January 2020. I got my On Point ball marker at the PGA show last week. This On Point ball marker review is the first
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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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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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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 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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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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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 line towards the hole. Your timidity denies you the ecstasy of holing the putt. Short All Day. It seems that “coming up short” is a 24-hour bug that lasts about
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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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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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What is the best advice you have ever recieved on a golf course? How about the best advice you have given?
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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 corner of your eye. Not to mention the jingling pocket change. They usually set the flag down a little too close to the hole. And use a huge golf ball marker.
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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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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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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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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 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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Serious golfers are serious about golf. There is nothing better than finding a golf buddy as crazy as you are. Maybe even a little crazier. And what’s a little rain? That’s what umbrellas are for, right?
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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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