Golf is many things. It can be engaging, challenging, sometimes maddening, and other times it can make you laugh. But for me, the best reason to play golf is to build a connection with the people you play golf with. It’s no secret that this is the case for many people who play the game. …
Summer is here, and for me, that means getting back in touch with my roots and watching more baseball. I made a trip recently to watch the Dodgers play the Diamondbacks, and was happy to see my adopted home team the Dodgers win, eve though I’m still a Red Sox fan at heart. But the …
There’s no shortage of slicing in golf. But recently, on one of my many interesting run-ins with new players after showing up at my local course and being put in with a foursome, I came across a convenient excuse for a bad shot. Toward the end of the front 9, a hole passes by a …
There’s no way to replicate the feeling of a good round of golf. Where you make it through all 18 holes with a good score, and you know you’ve earned it. So when you have to play the holes out of order, scoring well can be a bit infuriating. Maybe I’m obsessive compulsive, but I …
I always eagerly look forward to the next super bowl. Not because I love football, but because I love golf. Traditionally, it’s the one Sunday of the year when the golf course isn’t jam packed. And since I’m not a huge football fan, I can stand to miss the first couple of hours of the …
Golf is a game that brings people together. And by building groups of established playing partners, you can help to work your game up and set goals for yourself and the rest of your group. I’ve had the good fortune to have built a good relationship with a group of two other golfers from my …
Lee Trevino once said that all the amateurs are trying to draw the ball – and all the pros are trying to fade it. The draw is a power shot and the fade is a control shot. That’s because the draw has topspin, making the ball run further than normal. On the other hand, the …
Golf is said to be the sport of the elite. Presidents and other heads of state spend hundreds of hours golfing (Barack Obama even hired famous golf coach Butch Harmon to improve his game). High flying businessmen cut million dollar business deals on the course. The golf equipment industry furnished luxury attire for those who …
So far, our slice stories series has focused on slices hit off the tee. From knocking a dent in an oil derrick to raising the ire of a cantankerous crocodile, we’ve seen that there’s plenty of trouble to get into from slicing your tee shot. But that doesn’t mean that things can’t go awry from …
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 …