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19th Hole

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 where golfers can settle bets, don the feedbag, or take refuge from the elements.

For some, it’s a watering hole (not to be confused with water hole) where one drowns their sorrows in liquid amnesia or relives that glorious seven-iron that rattled the pin on number 9.

Is it true that the more water on the course, the less water in your adult beverage?

What to drink at the 19th hole?  It can depend on what was consumed in the previous 18 and how you played that day.

For example, four double bogies may require a couple more doubles.

Similarly, three birdies might be made even sweeter by an expertly made Old Fashioned or Whiskey Sour.

Besides, if you carded a 101 in 90-degree heat, an iced cold draught or a tall Gin and Tonic may be the answer to your day’s woes.

What’s your favorite post-round beverage?

Breaking 80 – GolfToons 95

the burden of Breaking 80

  Breaking 80 results from keeping it all together for 18 holes.   You make a few putts, avoid double bogeys, and play from the proper tees – Breaking 80 is not so hard. Sounds good on paper or in the quiet moments driving to the golf course.  But that is not where you play golf.  

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Golf Excuses – GolfToons 93

Golf excuses can be useful especially when you are honest about an early tee time.

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 between two golf buddies, Michael Duranko and Marty Glass. If this side hustle makes any money, they‘re gonna blow it on a golf trip. Enjoy! Your Golfer’s Almanac Check out our daily

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Final Request – GolfToons 88

As a final request, golfers like to be remembered; plant a tree, spead ashes at a favorite hole, pass my clubs along or this golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

As a final request, golfers like to be remembered in a variety of ways; plant a tree, spead my ashes at a favorite hole, or a toast at the end of a round. GolfToons Golftoons is a scheme between two golf buddies, Michael Duranko and Marty Glass. If this side-hustle makes any money, they‘re gonna blow it

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GolfToons for Hire

Drink How Water Truck image

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 started with an email from Bob Peebler asking about our golf illustrations and using them on signs at a golf tournament. Bob is the CEO of How Water Company. The

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Fake News – GolfToons 79

Fake News GolfToons 79 shows two golfers looking at a score card and one claiming Fake News, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons.

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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Emotional Support – GolfToons 76

Emotional Support, golf is a game where your emotions can play a major role, an original golf cartoon illustration by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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 game where you are pitted against yourself. However, to buttress one’s emotions many golfers have routines to center themself. Confidence is found in certain clubs or particular courses, even individual

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19th Hole – GolfToons 70

Golfer with head on the bar bemoaning his golf game when he notices the bar has a break in it, 19th Hole - GolfToons 70 is an original illustrated golf cartoon by Marty Glass

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 where the days bets can be settled, the feedbag can be donned, and/or a refuge from the elements.  For some it’s a watering hole (not to be confused with water

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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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Equipment Excuses – GolfToons 52

Blame the Equipment is a fictional scene at the 19th hole with golf clubs sitting at a bar and commiserating, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons.

“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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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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Hogan’s Ghost – GolfToons 43

Three golfers burying someone on what looks like a putting green, with the memorial words in the name of the father, the son and Hogan's Ghost illustrated by Marty Glass of GolfToons.

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 congregate multiple times a week. For instance, the clubhouse is the church, and the head pro is the pastor. After that, even a trip to the sacred grounds of Augusta

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Astro Design – GolfToons 41

A scientist looking through a large telescope intimating using it to design a golf course, an original golf cartoon illustration by Marty Glass of GolfToons.

The next ‘Space Race’ is well underway with SpaceX and Blue Origin taking on passengers very soon. With multitudes of space tourists venturing out of this world, is it unreasonable to think that galactic golf would be soon to follow? Time to think about Golf Course Design. Given the physics of lunar gravity, it would

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Cradle of Golf – GolfToons 35

Two archeologists in Africa find a skeleton with a golf club, challenging Scotland as the Cradle of Golf, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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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Fore – GolfToons 24

A golfer has been struck by a golf ball while his golf buddy records the scores Fore, an original Golf Cartoon by Marty Glass.

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 two contending sources are both plausible and interesting enough to share here.  One comes from the time when golf balls were expensive. Golfers employed forecaddies ahead of the shots to

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Quiet Please – GolfToons 16

Quiet Please, a man at his dining room table with kids fighting and his wife pointing a threatening finger, holds up a 'Quiet Please' sign, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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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Got It – GolfToons 9

Got it - GolfToons 9 shows three golfers talking about how they have figured out golf, an original golf cartoon by Marty Glass of GolfToons

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 sources. We click on emails saying “Add 20 yards to your drive” or “never chunk a chip again” or “take 5 strokes off with this simple technique.”   Golfers seemingly will

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