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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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 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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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 play Winged Foot once. But that is another story you can read here. While I don’t remember too much about the golf course from more than 25 years ago., I know
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 to some heated arguments on facebook and twitter. It has also created some new rules on the course. No rakes in the sand traps, no removing the flag, various types
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 golfers that do. Never mind the Tiger club twirl. One of those blissful moments you want to make last. It can also be a comedic moment. Especially if you hold
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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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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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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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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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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 to interpret the rules as situations present themselves. Complications can arise when rules are misinterpreted. A friend of mine thought an unplayable lie was anything in a sand trap. Rule
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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 left in the hole, or some other creative interpretation of these recent decrees, in addition to the mental warfare between shots where dominance can shift. Gender Bender. You can always
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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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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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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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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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Congratulations to Brooks Koepka on winning the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club.
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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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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 it’s a drive on a 660-yard par-five or if the player is hitting a ball sideways to get the golf ball back into the fairway. This guy is going to
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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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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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Congratulations to Miguel Ángel Jiménez, “The Mechanic” on winning the 2018 Senior British Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews.
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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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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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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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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 appendages of legs and arms sticking out. Then tipped with white feet and ankles. In other words, it is very difficult to ‘rock’ a speedo sporting a golfer’s tan. For
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