Tracer Golf Glove
Tracer Golf Gloves last a long time. This is a review after 60 rounds of Golf in Florida, time for a new Tracer Golf Glove. Duranko Golf.
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The Masters 2025 App Review
The Masters 2025 App is now ready for download. If you have the 2024 Masters App simply update in your App Store. Launch the App and get ready for the first Major of the year. If you have never experienced The Masters App, you will be impressed. This is the ideal companion whenever you watch
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SParms Thermal Base Layer with ThermoTech
SParms Thermal When I received the SParms Thermal Base Layer, I was skeptical. After all, who needs a high-tech, insulated, long-sleeve undershirt for golfing in Florida? Little did I know I would soon find its value very early in 2025. Here’s my review. Florida Cold Yes, it does get cold in Florida—though we refer to
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Two Aces – Never before in Golf History
JD Ardell made two aces in two consecutive days at Sara Bay CC in Sarasota, Florida. This is the story by Michael Duranko of Duranko Golf.
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Pay Ryder Cuppers
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
Total Pars at 2024 Masters – Fantasy Golf
https://youtu.be/4SfnmfR1fjo How many total pars will be made at the 2024 Masters? That is the Tiebreaker question for the Master’s Fantasy contest. We did a post about picking the total pars at GolfToons back in 2021, we posted before, during, and after. So, I thought I would add a video to this year’s post. I
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Bobby Jones Greens Fees and Mobile App – January 2024
In this short post, I want to focus on the greens fees and the mobile app available for Bobby Jones Golf Club Here is the video for this post on YouTube. https://youtu.be/H0nt3Q3UhQM And, when the course opened, I posted an overview of Bobby Jones Golf Club where you will find a little Sarasota golf
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Bobby Jones Golf Club & Nature Park Opens
After nearly 4 years, the Bobby Jones Golf Club has reopened. The restored golf course is stunning. Here is a YouTube video of this post. Check it out and please subscribe. And here is a post with a Bobby Jones Course Review of all 18 holes with comments from golf course architect, Richard Mandell. https://youtu.be/MYXGuTYdYZM
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Santa 2023 – GolfToons 96
Now, flop shot! now, pitch! now, draw and fade! On, putter! on wedge! on off set and blade! Now sand bagger, now hacker, now duffer and scratch! On stableford, on Nassau, on scramble and Match Now fat, now thin, now long and dance floor! On get there, slow down, heads up and fore! Merry
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World Champions Cup Summary
Final day at some point one of the 3 teams will be hosting this cup, claiming the inaugural World Champions Cup. In this World Chapions Cup summary post, I will talk about the golfers, and the golf course, but mostly about the format. A Three team match that is a hybrid between stroke and match
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Breaking 80 – GolfToons 95
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 – GolfToons 94
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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GolfToons Golf Merch
You probably didn’t know you needed a GolfToons shower curtain, and you might not have known such Golf Merch existed. You are in luck! It does exist. We now have a collection of GolfToons merchandise. And we are adding more all the time. Over the years, we have had random requests for T-shirts and other
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Florida Man Golf – GolfToons 82
Florida Man Plays It As It Lies, and Hits Golf Ball Off the Back of Alligator Last week, a Florida man escaped serious injury after hitting an 8-iron off the back of a 12-foot alligator. “I came up a little short of the green, but managed to save par,” said Bodean Ogilvie on the 366-yard
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Golf Twilight Zone – GolfToons 81
“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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Purr – GolfToons 80
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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Fake News – GolfToons 79
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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IceRays Sun Sleeve Review
IceRays Sun Sleeves Review This IceRays Sun Sleeves Review is long overdue. But when I look back on the golf year of 2020, I find many excuses. Allow me to explain. The year started with cool weather here in Southwest Florida, the “Golf Coast,” as some call it. I did not need any sun protection
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Charlie and Tiger – Blame your Parents?
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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Small But Mighty
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
Zero Friction Golf Glove Review
Zero Friction Golf Glove Review My morning email inbox included a 20% discount on a golf glove I have wanted to try. I added a dozen balls to my online shopping cart, submitted my purchase, and started my day. And this is my Zero Friction Golf Glove Review. Update August 2021 I bought three more ZF
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Lone Ranger Golf – GolfToons 77
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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Shadowy Putting at The Masters
So many things are different at The Masters this year. The grass is longer, and the greens seem bumpier at the end of the day as the earth cools. At least that is the way it seems from my couch. Shadowy Putting at The Masters. No patrons, the autumnal colors rather than the spring flowers,
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The Masters Distraction
This is The Masters. Most of our work can wait until next week, when we will be distracted by talking about what happens on Sunday in Augusta, Georgia. The Masters Distraction! Golf is an addiction as we discussed in the original post for Golfing Super Hero – GolfToon 69. <Click through and read our essay
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Is this the end of “In the Hole?”
Fanless golf does take some adjustment. It can feel anti-climatic, like a series of practice rounds. But I don’t miss the shouts of “In the Hole,” and neither do the players. Same for “Ripper Magoo“ Is this the end of the “In the Hole A-hole?” That would be nice. If you look at In the
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TeeShirt with a GolfToon
This is pretty cool, a teeshirt with a GolfToon. Bill, a newsletter subscriber asked if he could use one of our GolfToons for a special gift. For a very reasonable licensing fee we said YES! Here is our Unwanted Compliments – GofToons 19 on a TeeShirt. While we do not know the inside joke, we
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Emotional Support – GolfToons 76
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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Clipped Wings
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
Winged Foot Once
Winged Foot Once I have been lucky enough to play Winged Foot once. A college buddy had a client cancel at the last minute, and I was the lucky sub. They sent a car to Battery Park City on the southern tip of Manhattan for me, and then we picked up my buddy in Midtown,
Social Distancing – GolfToons 75
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 – GolfToons 74
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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James Bond Golf
I saw a recent post from an artist on Instagram, @Golfucos. They do golf related illustrations that I like a lot. This scene is from the 1st James Bond movie, Dr. No. Bond in a crouch position with his weapon drawn on a woman putting in high heels. Very cool. This image got me thinking
Teed Off – GolfToons 73
The golf ball is important and he knows it. The golf ball gets teed off but is not teed off. Today’s golf ball has evolved and changed so drastically over the millennium, he has changed the game of golf itself. Some of the innovations have been dramatic. Some cosmetic. Nonetheless, so many advancements allow him good
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Buried Lie – GolfToons 72
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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Sleepy Hugo – GolfToons 71
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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Cranky Dan – GolfToons 67
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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Athletes – GolfToons 65
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 – GolfToons 64
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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Golf Press – GolfToons 62
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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Chip Lagwell – GolfToons 59
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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Bodean Ogilvie – GolfToons 58
Bodean Ogilvie Bodean Ogilvie Public Golfer is the oft forgotten golf enthusiast golfing in a blue collar. Usually found on a public municipal links where the green fees are easy on the wallet and the dress code is loose. Bodean is a 12 handicap, but can throw up a 110 just as often as blistering
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Father O’Fairway – GolfToons 57
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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Hurricane Golf – GolfToons 56
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 – GolfToons 55
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 – GolfToons 54
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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Blame Your Parents – GolfToons 53
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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Equipment Excuses – GolfToons 52
“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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Monster Drive – GolfToons 51
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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Hold the Pose – GolfToons 50
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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Lost Between Holes – GolfToons 49
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 – GolfToons 48
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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Multi-Tees – GolfToons 47
Multi-Tees Recently our golf league played a round at Lakewood National Golf Club. We had to choose which tees we would use, and generally, we try to pick one over 6,000 yards. At Lakewood National they have six tees, that’s 6, and not sixty, LOL. Multi-Tees! The Arnold Palmer designed Lakewood National names the tees
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Fat Shot – GolfToons 46
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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Golf Maxim – GolfToons 45
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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Fairway Centaur – GolfToons 44
Golf courses are typically designed to reward drives that find the center of the fairway. Ideally it affords the golfer with the optimum location from which to attack the green with their approach shot. Go for the Centaur of the Fairway. Exclamations of “right down the pipe” or “split the fairway” are common refrains after
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Hogan’s Ghost – GolfToons 43
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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Short All Day – GolfToons 42
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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Astro Design – GolfToons 41
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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Tiny Greens – GolfToons 40
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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Depants Golf – GolfToons 39
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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Golf Service Dog – GolfToons 38
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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MidLife Golf Crisis – GolfToons 37
Buy a sports car? Take up pickle ball? Have an affair? How to deal with a midlife golf crisis? Na. You can’t fit the clubs in the sports car. Heck na. Pickle ball is a fraud. There are no pickles involved at all! Affairs, contrary to what Hollywood sells us, are like pulling the pin
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Club Confidential – GolfToons 36
If our clubs and balls could talk, what would they say? Equipment Confidential. I bet they could bend your ear with golf yarns that would make you wince. Imagine a conversation going like this: “…and he blames me for chili dipping a chip and threw me in a pond.” “Well, if you think that’s bad,
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Cradle of Golf – GolfToons 35
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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Voices – GolfToons 34
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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Clown Course – GolfToons 33
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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Novelty Headcovers – GolfToons 32
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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Yoga Golf Pants – GolfToons 31
Is their nothing that golfers won’t try to add a few yards to their drives? Yoga Golf Pants? It seems every morning when I check my inbox, there several emails that promise me more length. And, most of them are golf-related. The subject lines tantalize you with added distance, increased swing speed, and higher launches.
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From Your Knees – GolfToons 30
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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In or Out? – GolfToons 29
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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Golf Advice – GolfToons 28
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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Gender Bender – GolfToons 27
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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Vampire Golfer – GolfToons 26
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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Anything Smaller – GolfToons 25
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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Fore – GolfToons 24
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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Difficult/Impossible – GolfToons 23
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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Quiet on the Tee – GolfToons 22
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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Bird Grip – GolfToons 21
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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Out of Bounds – GolfToons 20
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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Golf Compliments – GolfToons 19
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 – GolfToons 18
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 – GolfToons 17
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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Quiet Please – GolfToons 16
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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Just Short Pose – GolfToons 15
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 – GolfToons 14
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 – GolfToons 13
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 Mom – GolfToons 12
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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Brooks Koepka 2018 PGA Championship
Congratulations to Brooks Koepka on winning the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club.
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Golf Gnome – GolfToons 11
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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In the Hole A-hole – GolfToons 10
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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Got It – GolfToons 9
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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Francesco Molinari British Open
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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Swing Thoughts – GolfToons 8
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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Miguel Angel Jimenez Senior British Open
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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Rest in Par Peter Thomson
“You can Think Best when you are Happiest” Rest in Par Peter Thomson 1929-2018 5 Time British Open Champion 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, and 1965. 84 Professional Wins. 6 PGA Tour Wins. 12 Senior Tour Wins. 1 Senior PGA Title. Golf Course Architect. Rest in Par Peter Thomson
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