Playing stinks, but player smells great
My golf game is finally coming around a bit, but I’m still not where I’d like to be this late in the season.
Fortunately, some great shirts from House of Carrington and Antigua keep me styling on the links. After all, it’s about how...
Hireko Golf’s Avatar XMOI driver makes for a rousing scramble
I recently reviewed the Dynacraft Avatar XMOI driver by Hireko Golf, remarking in particular on the 48-inch Aldila NV shaft that came in the club they sent me.
At the time of testing, my on-course game resembled the Hindenburg’s first and only f...
American Express Cardmembers get special treatment at the PGA Championship
With my credit rating, I can’t get a Dollar Store credit card, much less an American Express Card. But golf fans fortunate enough to hold one of those magical plastic keys to the kingdom should consider heading out to the PGA Championship at Haze...
It’s not how you play, it’s how you look
One of my favorite semi-old Saturday Night Live characters was Billy Crystal’s Fernando, who hosted “Fernando’s Hideaway.” In it, he interviewed celebs, both real and impersonated, plying them with his smarmy over-the-top Latin ...
“The Sure Thing: The Making and Unmaking of Michelle Wie” by Eric Adelson
You know the feeling you get when you are watching a horror movie, and you just know that something bad is going to happen to the nice, cute, clueless girl as soon as she wanders away from the group?
Well, as I was reading the opening chapters of R...
“Going for the Green” by Gary Gilchrist, Susan Hill, and Jeff Troesch
It used to be that if you wanted to work on your golf game, all you had to do was hit balls. Today, serious players realize that golf fitness is as important to one’s game as golf technique.
In “Going for the Green: Prepare Your Body, Mind...
“Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes” by Katherine Roberts
For several years, I served as editor of GolfInstruction.com. The nascent years of that publication coincided with tremendous growth in fitness in golf, and the development of fitness and flexibility regimens specifically designed for golfers.
One of ...
Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes by Katherine Roberts
For several years, I served as editor of the WorldGolf.com publication GolfInstruction.com. The nascent years of that publication coincided with tremendous growth in fitness in golf, and the development of fitness and flexibility regimens specifically ...
Handing down the legacy of sports blogging
The rewards of blogging are myriad. People often ask me which of the cornucopia of blogging perks is most rewarding: Fame? Fortune? Unimaginably hot (and numerous) groupies?
Upon reflection, I realize that I would trade all of these benefits in excha...
Equipment companies rejoice in beating an old man
Tom Watson is 17 years older than I, but time’s winged chariot is carrying me unswervingly in that direction, and I – along with lots of other aging golfers – were cheering our enlarged prostates out for the old guy.
After WatsonR...
Get those next golf prodigies started early with New Jammies
Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Michelle Wie, Alexis Thompson, Tadd Fujikawa. Who will the next child golf prodigy be?
The key to creating the next wunderkind of the links is, I’m told, fostering a love for the game at an early age.
N...
Another new grip for golfers with the yips: The Wishbone Grip
Funny. When I was driving the ball well, it seemed everybody and their uncle were sending me practice aids and drivers promising to eliminate a slice (which I never had, actually).
Now that my driver has abandoned me, and the only part of my game I c...
