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 far more nuanced than ‘Greedy Pro golfers want more money.’ Instead, Ryder Cuppers don’t want to be taken advantage of; nobody likes to be taken advantage of. And there is […]
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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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 can act like a caddy, keeping you from attempting insane shots, in favor of smarter decisions you are incapable of making on your own. They can also help you read
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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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Quick Sand? They call sand traps hazards for good reason. They can be deep, barren, or filled with too much sand. Quick Sand golf cartoon. 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 on a golf trip. Enjoy! Your Golfer’s Almanac
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Ironic is when golfers named Woody only play with irons because they tend to hit their woods into the woods. Ironic Golf Cartoons – GolfToons. 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 on a golf trip. Enjoy! Your Golfer’s Almanac
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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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A wider stance when addressing the golf ball can help imporove balance in your swing. Sometimes golfers take good advice a bit too far in this original golf cartoon, GolfToon. YouTube Short 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 on
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Near the Hole is a better cheer for 2023, and a more realistic golf expectation. Lowered expectations are one way to improve your golf game. 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 on a golf trip. Enjoy! Your Golfer’s Almanac
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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 on a golf trip. Enjoy! Your Golfer’s Almanac Check out our daily golf history podcast, Your Golfer’s Almanac celebrating birthdays, milestones, and other accomplishments that have occured on this day in golf history. Play Fast,
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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 Gleneagles. All classic links courses with Gleneagles in the middle to break up the drive. We were four college buddies, a few years into our first jobs, with some
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“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 feel like another dimension, an alternate dimension. Twilight Golf Zone We go from being in “The Zone,” where the hole looks massive, all the putts drop, and you find the
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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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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 the sky with accuracy. You bomb drives that missile 250 yards right down the middle. Lone Ranger Golf. After that, you start your round with a huge slicing banana ball
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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 golfer and at times seems incurable. The remedy for a slice is often so elusive that many a golfer has fantasized about a magic genie that grants them three wishes.
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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 do to avoid a lethargic pace of play from undermining your own game. Try to take it easy. Usually, the culprit or culprits are several groups ahead. No matter how
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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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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 space-adventure lightsaber duels cost him both legs below the knees and left arm. To compound matters he also fell into a volcano and his lungs were destroyed to the point
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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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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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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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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 make the game even harder. But then if I wanted to travel from the top of one skyscraper, to the roof of another skyscraper just across the street, I would
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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 choose to “weather the weather” or head for the comfy confines of the clubhouse, the mere fact that you drove all the way to the course intending to play should
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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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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 ‘Big Hitter, the Lama. Long.’ for you Caddyshack lovers. These same gents can get a tad sensitive when they push the ball two fairways to the right, or pull a
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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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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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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 the heels of mammoth drives or as you lay two on a par 5 with a mere 100 yards between you and regulation. Far worse than simply missing the green
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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 of inappropriate behavior. It’s a public conversation that is long overdue. Hopefully, we can get it all sorted out before someone proposes a strip Nassau bet to me. Depants Golf.
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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 Voices With our confidence at stake, we try to calm ourself with soothing pre-shot routines. We try to silence our mind of the endless suggestions and tips that populate our
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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 sounds like a lot of fun.” Wearing size 28 golf shoes, gargantuan club heads, and riding around in one of those tiny clown carts would be a blast. Especially if
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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 you can’t afford the expense for a mind probe? Or you don’t want an entourage. Novelty Golf Club Headcovers? Therapists often use dolls or hand puppets for various role playing
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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 to innumerable rules modifications, he has been through many changes. Interview Vampire Golfer. Although he complains endlessly about finding courses honoring midnight tee times, he does appreciate ball technology improvements.
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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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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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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 to approach the dilemma you are facing. In golf terms, what does the shot call for? Most weekend warriors believe breaking 90 or 80 or 70 is possible. And just
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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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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 club we can take a little off, or add a little extra to. The one that you pull out of the bag, kiss the head and say sweet nothings to
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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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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 ‘Golf Mom’? The lesser known cousin. She drives kids to the practice range, buys equipment, arranges lessons and pays for rounds of golf. Or the woman walking the course,
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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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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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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 single swing-thought for your entire round.” Swing Thoughts. But when you are playing, it is difficult to shut out all the things you think you need to do to execute
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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 back and might be able to hit your ball to the fairway or maybe even onto the green? Remember those miraculous shots Ken Venturi showed us to save strokes? Why
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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 craftiness, Sisyphus was condemned to push an enormous boulder uphill. Only to have it roll back down for eternity. Any golfer can certainly relate to this plight. Camus wrote that
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