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Well, the weather was favorable again, this time for Tuesday. That’s the day my pick-up beer “league” plays, and despite the lateness of the season three of us decided to go out for a round of nine after work. We work at the site of a former Air Force base that’s now a “business & [...]
Today was uncharacteristically beautiful, sunny and not all that cold (low 50s F), and I couldn’t stand the thought of not taking advantage of an opportunity to get in a round. I spent the late morning and early afternoon trying to scare up someone to partner up with, but to no avail The only times [...]
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 [...]
I told you guys this was going to be a blog for the dedicated weed-whacker. That means sometimes I’ll come up with things that to me are revelations, while to the more skilled golfer they’d be in the realm of, “Well, DUH!” Witness my recent post about gripping the club: even if it’s embarrassing I [...]
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 [...]
So, I expect a lot of you subscribe to the golf.com newsletter as I do. Did you notice the subject line of the latest edition? Lessons: The New Way to Improve Um…they’re just figuring this out? Heh. Okay, so it struck me funny, at least.
Okay, so this past week has seen me finally realize something important with respect to my golf swing. I’m almost ashamed to admit this epiphany, because it’s so obvious, so basic, that the first reaction I expect is for you to give me massive shit for not having this down pat years ago. I know [...]
Round two. To start with I didn’t feel well prepared for this next lesson. Sure, I had played a few rounds in the interim, but I only got to the range once. It amazed me how much I had already forgotten in just one week. This is going to take a while, I can tell. [...]
So, I just had my first lesson with a new (for me) pro. I’ve had a few lessons before, about a year ago, but wasn’t happy with them. In the case of the first person I tried, it was an hour’s drive each way to a Golf Galaxy, and the lessons were indoors and just [...]
You’ve probably heard it a thousand times: “I never win anything.” Well, I don’t–until a couple of weeks ago. I was on Twitter and happened to see a “re-tweet” about a short-term contest being run by the fine folks at Rankmark: sign up for their discussion forum in the next hour and have a chance [...]
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