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When Spinny gets pissed off about something related to golf.

A Craptacular Finish

My tale of woe… Playing a 9-hole course yesterday, one of the Turning Stone offerings. For the first seven holes I’m playing very well for me, bogeys except for a double on a long par 5 (the bogey putt lipped out), and after #7 I’m at 36, eight over. Definitely one of my best rounds [...]

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An Ode to the Short Game

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that the confirmed hacker spends a lot of time wishing, “If only I could hit it that far.” In the dreams of Hackerland all your golfing woes would be dispelled, if only… Okay, again, maybe it’s just me. That being said, today I’m all about how that’s really [...]

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Stupid Golf Rule of the Day

Okay, I understand golf can be a complicated game, and lots of weird things can happen. Still, that being said, every now and then I come across something in the Rules or Rulings that really stands out as “WTF?” Here’s an example: 25-1b/23 Ball Enters Burrowing Animal Hole Out of Bounds and Comes to Rest [...]

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Getting Beyond “Faux” Golf Reviews

As a struggling hacker trying to improve your golf game, have you ever spent any time looking into some of those “swing systems” out there? You know the ones: “Guaranteed to lower your score a bazillion strokes in just a week without even having to practice!” The minute your address gets on their radar the [...]

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