The Game
My wife's son, Andy Lesenski, is heading off to North North Carolina in a few months to pursue his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. He will start on the
eGolf Tour, based in North Carolina and his goal is to make it to
Q school (PGA Tour Q School).
I first met Andy when my wife and I first got together. We were actually high school sweethearts and met again 20+ years later - so it's a pretty cool story. Anyway, I think Andy was about 14 or 15 at the time and was winning club championships. I think he won back to back club championships when ...
Click HERE to visit the R&A website section on rules. It’s very nicely done and has tons of information, examples, decisions and even videos on understanding and applying golf’s rules. Spend a little time browsing and you’ll be the ‘rules expert’ in your foursome.
Recently I have been getting very interested in golf course architecture. Not that I haven't before but I'm reading more, studying more about it and hope to share more of my finds with our GolfDash friends.
I posted the video above just give a glance at what golf course architects actually do. It just a short clip of Jack Nicklaus discussing various holes on a recent project.
What is getting me really intrigued is the art of course design. You get a certain set of conditions and you have to work with them. Much like an artist working with oil paint. Oil paint intrinsically has much different properties than acrylic, watercolour, tempera, encaustic or any of a ...
1. Why did you decide to write a book on Ben Hogan? (
The Secret of Hogan's Swing)
My main purpose was to give John Schlee more credit for his time with Ben Hogan and to bring to light some of Hogan’s fundamentals and principles that have been miss-represented over the last twenty years.
2. Why does Ben Hogan still continue to have a mystique after all these years?
I believe it was his guarded personality and how he carried himself. He always felt that people were going to say what they wanted to say no matter what. So he never gave anybody ...
First, let me congratulate Keegan Bradley on a very impressive win. I want to make sure that anyone reading the rest of this blog doesn't think I'm demeaning Keegan in any way, shape or form. Playing the Atlanta Athletic Club course as he did, and considering who he beat and how he beat them speaks volumes about what a terrific golf talent he is.
This last week's PGA has proven to me that I don't understand much about the modern game of golf. First, I don't understand the pro game and world rankings. The top 3 ranked golfers have never won a Major. This isn't an indictment of the golfers. It's ...
So why might this Open signal a turning point?
Unfortunately we live in a world gone mad with consumerism. And it's unbridled consumerism that's killing golf. To those making the big bucks in golf, everything looks rosy. That's probably what Nero thought before he saw the flames devouring Rome.
Equipment companies are having a feast, though they probably feel more like junkies - 'wish we could stop this technology madness but I don't think we can live without it'. Golf ball manufacturers are in the midst of the 'Great Golf Ball Wars of the 21st Century'. Pretty soon even us slugs will be able to manage a 410 yard drive. Our old par 71 course will be reduced to a ...
If you ask me, golf should be mandatory for all politicians.
What Tripp Bowden may have written isn't a novel, but an idea piece for an excellent golf movie. All the little stories that this book tries to tell could be woven into a great script in the hands of a skilled writer. Tripp, you need to find a Hollywood director/producer who loves golf. Might that be a certain Mr. Eastwood?
I'd like to post a link to a wonderful video of David Feherty. It's not about the Pro Tour or how to cure a slice or eliminating the yips. It's a lot better than that.
