Famous Golf Screw-Ups

Sometimes, when we’re having a bad round, thinking about the pros can really get us down. “How come it’s so easy for the pros, yet when I play, I always shank it onto the other fairway?” First of all, the pros started when they were still in their cribs and they practice 24/7. But if …

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Frisbee Golf vs. Real Golf

Golf has been around ever since man started hitting things with clubs, which is to say, basically all of human history. But there are other variants of the basic idea of golf, which is to launch an object at a far away target in as few shots as possible. One of these is Frisbee golf. …

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Grip Tips for Accuracy

The way you connect with the club is vital to control. The right grip will make sure the swing path is correct as the club comes into the ball. In addition, there are a number of errors you can make while gripping the club that can mess up your swing and make you hit it …

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How to Build Accuracy on the Range

Even if you’ve followed our advice and built a home practice net, there’s still plenty to be gained from practice at the range. While it’s true that you can never fully replicate the mental effects of playing golf under pressure, playing at the range is the perfect way to drill the right motions for distance …

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Homemade Golf Supplies

We at Pause-N-Throw golf are fans of helping you to find ways to avoid spending unnecessarily on golf equipment. Recently we brought you a how-to article on building your own golf practice net. Here are a few more quick fixes to get you on the links for less. Lord knows there’s nothing worse than having …

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A Golf-Friendly iPhone Cover

We all love our iPhones, but some of us golf lovers are looking for a way to make sure we can show our love of the links in iPhone form. And now there’s a perfect way to do so. Check out this cool Astroturf phone cover. It’s bound to get people’s attention and above all …

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Say It Ain’t So, Sergio!

The long percolating feud between Tiger and Sergio Garcia came to a boil recently when Sergio, having promised to apologize, instead delivered his now infamous non-apology: “We will have him [Tiger] round every night. We will serve fried chicken.” The fact that this was instantly compared to Fuzzy Zoeller’s similar remark in 1996 shows how …

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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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Healthy Golf: Pedal Carts

All too often, we see in the foursome in front of us or behind us a group of goofily dresser, morbidly obese, stogie smoking links cruisers who spend almost the entire round with their butt planted in the seat of their golf cart. Probably the only time these fellas reach their target heart rate is …

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Home Made Practice Nets

As a follow up to one of our recent posts, here’s a nifty way to set up your own home practice center at a fraction of the cost of buying an overpriced net from a golf store. The key ingredient is the net itself. And one of the best places to look for nets to …

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