Received this gem via email… Chapter 1 – How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt. Chapter 2 – How to Hit a Nike from the Rough, when you Hit a Titleist from the tee. Chapter 3 – How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a bunker. Chapter 4 – How to Get…
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The biggest change in my golf game last year was the ability to consistently be in play, and often in the fairway, off the tee. I made a subtle change to narrow my stance a little and I attribute that as a key to my new driving consistency. My stance was too wide before, and…
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I haven’t played a Nicklaus Design course I haven’t liked, and The Bridges was no exception. The layout was challenging but fair, with nice landing areas and danger lurking if you strayed too far from the intended path. The greens were superb, fast and hard but playable and extremely true. I had only 28 putts…
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A couple of weeks ago I played my first round of golf in 2008 duing a quick trip to La Quinta, CA. I managed to hit the range a few days prior during a break in the snow/cold, and my swing was in better shape than I could have reasonably expected. I shot a front…
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Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. Grantland Rice Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. John Updike It is almost…
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Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it’s called golf.
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I was really looking forward to playing Poipu Bay, especially after hitting the ball pretty well with an 84 at Pearl CC and a 78 at Puakea. Unfortunately, by driver left me for the first 16 holes at Poipu Bay and I really struggled with my irons the entire day – I pretty much made…
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I’m not sure how we ended up at Puakea Golf Course, perhaps at the recommendation of the concierge service. It’s a newer course with very slow greens and little trouble in the rough. There are mounds on either sides of many of the fairways that reminded me of Pete Dye designed courses. The course had…
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Pearl Country Club is on Oahu overlooking Pearl Harbor. The back nine climbs up a hill overlooking the harbor, and is quite pretty. It was a nice round in that we were on vacation in Hawaii and playing golf, and the course is nice, but isn’t particularly special. We arrived about 15 minutes before our…
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In the summer of 2005 and 2006 I really struggled with a hook off the tee1. Over the last year, I’ve reversed that and have been playing a straight ball or fade for most of this summer. I’ve made the change primarily with ball position – a little closer to me and further up in…
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I’ve been making some good progress on my swing this year, but I’ve still got some big things to work on: Now that I’m more upright, I need to make my swing plane more vertical – it’s still down where it was when I was leaned over too far. I’m getting too much wrist cock/early…
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I’ve traveled for a couple of years with a soft-sided travel case and been lucky not to have had any broken clubs or issues. However I’m starting to take golf trips more frequently and last year a friend of mine had clubs broken on back to back trips with a soft case, so I decided…
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I just played my first round with the HiBore XL (thanks Erik) after using the original HiBore for the last year or so. The HiBore XL is 9.5 degree, with the red/stiff Fujikara shaft. There are 3 main differences I’m seeing between the new HiBore XL and the original HiBore: The face is less shut…
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My last two trips to Arizona have included a day of golf at the Raven at Verrado. Their all-day golf package is really a great deal. For $179 you get: Breakfast – tasty buffet or a cook to order omelette (or both) Range balls Unlimited golf – we’ve played 2 rounds each time Lunch Some…
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My last golf trip was a 2 day weekend trip and I decided to just stuff my clothes into my soft travel case and forgo a suitcase entirely. That didn’t work out so well. My golf bag was over the 50lb limit and it was a bit unwieldy to move around. Next time, a separate…