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The difference between play on Thursday and Friday at Turnberry pretty much sums up links golf. When there's no weather, you saw golfers take advantage of the course and go low. Once the wind starts to blow and the rain moves in it's a different game altogether. Mishit a drive just a little and more than likely you'll stare in disbelief as the wind moves it 50 yards from where you want it to be. When it's not windy, good ball strikers can avoid most of the bunkers, but when it blows it becomes a game of chance.
I've been trying to sell golfers ...
Since we got the
big screen hi-def TV, I watch a lot more pro tournaments. It's hard not to when the technology makes you feel like you're right there on the course. This year I've noticed more pros using 'larger than normal' grips on their putters.
Always looking for something new and eager to know what works and what doesn't, I had to try one out for myself. On Sunday I went to the local Golfers Warehouse and found a Giant Pistol grip from Winn. I took it home and installed it on my old Ping Craz-E that I used until I got a new Rife Two-Bar last year.
Trying ...
Hey, let's have a little fun on this Friday before this Memorial Day weekend!
So, what do these three have in common? Well you have to see it to believe it!
Actually Fark.com has this feature called Photoshop this and it is pretty funny when you give the audience a picture and let then go at it with
Adobe Photoshop and their imaginations.
Today Camillo Villegas was chosen is his famous "green reading" putting pose. The results are below.
As for the Spiderman reference . . . you'll see what I mean in a second.
Camillo Villegas Photoshoped
'Once upon a time Tiger was a great story, and now he's just a great golfer, and that makes all the difference. Whether you root for him or not.'
Above are the last two sentences in a piece I found in today's Providence Journal sports pages. It was written by a guy named Bill Reynolds. Personally, I wish he wrote for the editorial page as his opinions are always well thought out, clearly written and not dogmatic.
I highly recommend you read the piece yourself (
click here). However you feel about Tiger or golf it will get you thinking about the sport you love.
I've got some good news / bad news for you. Practice can make you a better golfer. In fact practice can make you a great golfer. Unfortunately, even amateurs who do practice don't get much out of it. Where did I get this brilliant analysis from? John Paul Newport's 'Golf Journal' in the weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal. Read the article for yourself
here.
Mr. Newport gets his information from two recent business books; "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell and "Talent Overrated" by Geoff Colvin. Here's the bottom line: scientific study shows that most all prodigies have a couple of things in common - starting at a very early age (think 2 years old ...
If you follow the European PGA, you know that Rory McIlroy is the real deal. This kid, yes kid, is only 19 years old but plays and acts like he's 30. Mark O'Meara has said his game at 19 is better than Tiger's was at the same age. That's not an exaggeration.
Do yourself a favor today, and tune in to the World Match Play Championships and watch Rory. He's won his first two matches in fine style. His game is rock solid and he plays with the grace and maturity of a much older player. You're in for a treat whether he wins or loses. And, believe me, you'll want to be able to say you saw the beginning of his career 10 years from ...
We are looking forward to amazing 2009 filled with all sorts of new surprises. We hope to have you along for the ride.
In the meantime, both John and I sincerely wish you and yours a warm, safe and happy holiday season!
Doug Farrick
John Diekmann
PS: We hope you receive all sorts of cool golf stuff from Santa. If you don't, watch our blog closely as we will be introducing more and more phenomenal "deals" in the coming months :-)
Here in Western Massachusetts we have been getting pounded by snow storms. First a foot on Friday and now another storm today.
My office is a short 15 minutes or so from the house and I just snapped the pic above looking out the window. Golf seems light years away.
I have to admit I have just LOVED my iPhone since I received it last Christmas. In my opinion there is nothing that comes close to it today. Apple just knows HOW to create beautifully effectives interfaces.
Up until recently I have not done too much with the App Store but since *discovering" it I have found a world of coolness - of course, not *everything* is cool but there sure are some gems (just ask my wife about "muddled"!)
One of these is Sports Tap (dubbed the ultimate mobile sports portal). It is an amazingly simple app that allows you to quickly "tap ...
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When you talk about the Pro Tour, the big question in the back of the room is always what Tiger will emerge when he returns from his ACL repair. Will it be the guy who's dominated the tour for years or maybe someone different?
Tiger will certainly know how to play his game. If he's committed - which he always has been - he'll come back as strong or stronger than he ever was. Maybe it won't last for a lot of years - let's not forget all the speculation about how many surgeries to the same knee can someone have before ...
