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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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 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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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