Golf is a sport with a long and rich history – most of which has played out in rural areas. Over the years, golf has come to represent a certain nostalgia for the rural past. But golf is also thoroughly embedded in certain sectors of urban populations too. So what does golf mean for city …
Why do the pros open and close the clubhead? I read recently it’s because, in the early days of golf, hickory shafts allowed the clubhead to twist open. So the golfer had to had to consciously close the clubhead by rotating it. Pros everywhere began teaching this move, based on how golf shafts were built …
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 …