3 Signs You Need a New Training Aid

Golf training aids com in all shapes and sizes. But how can you tell if the new training aid you picked up will really help your game? Here are three telltale signs that it’s time to ditch your current training aid and get a new one. 1. Your game hasn’t improved The most common reason …

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Slice Stories: Out of the Park

A friend of mine lives near a golf course he plays at all the time. He likes the course and, like me, often shows up alone to be put in with other solo golfers to complete a foursome. Though things usually go off without a hitch when he plays, at one point he plade with …

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Goofy Golf Videos: No Springs

For me and some of my friends and relatives, funny golf videos are a passion. Sure there are the classics: Caddyshack, etc. But there’s one short movie from the 40s, tangentially related to golf, whose cheesiness never ceases to entertain. It’s called “A Case of Spring Fever”. In the 90s it was featured in an …

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Slice Stories: Grip and Rip

In golf etiquette, it’s considered impolite to talk, hum, whistle, or make any kind of noise when someone else is hitting. But sometimes, it’s impossible to do so. Here’s a story told to me by a friend that may well be nothing more than urban legend, but it’s funny as hell, so here it goes. …

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Worst Golf Hats Ever

In Caddyshack, a movie we recently quoted in another blog, Rodney Dangerfield’s character insults uptight Judge Smaels’s hat: “Wear that to the buffet and they’ll give you a free bowl of soup.” Though no one’s really sure exactly what that means, it’s funny anyway, and it rings true since so many golfers take it upon …

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Slice Stories: Putting from the Rough

This previous weekend found me once again playing with a foursome of golfers I had never met before, and as usual, they all found ways to impress me with unique new ways of duffing the ball into the woods. Particularly impressive was the mishit made by one of my new friends on the back nine …

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The Ball Marker Thief

A couple of years ago, I was playing a round of golf with my in-laws in Virginia. It was summer, and the humid southern air and seemingly endless number of mosquitoes didn´t exactly make for an environment you could describe as “southern comfort”. However, I was having a good round, so I couldn’t complain. When …

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Dufner’s Spaceout Goes Viral

All around the world, golfers can’t get enough of that wonderful Duf. Jason Dufner, professional golfer and amateur Seth Rogen look alike, was caught on camera before the Byron Nelson open in Texas zoning out during a charity event at a preschool. The photo went viral, and it gave rise to the new phenomenon of …

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Slice Stories: Knock on Wood

Recently I was playing a new, heavily wooded course. Myself and two golfing pals were put in with a newish golfer, who was well off enough to afford a nice set of Callaways, but didn’t yet know what to do with them. On a course where every fairway was lined with a formidable forest thick …

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