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I hope you enjoy this week’s featured story. After you read it please send me your personal favorite experiences about this topic. I’d like to include many stories into a larger collection of golf etiquette related stories. Thank you in advance. Bobby Jones once said, “there’s golf and there’s ...
It’s ironic timing, yet very fitting that my subject matter for this story comes on the eve of the conclusion of the Golf Channel’s Fore Inventors Only. After all, this new program, which was conceived by the same people who created "The Big Break" program series, helped begin the process of ...
The article to follow was written by me for a regional golf publication in 2005. If you're organizing a golf tou ament, outing or event as they're all referred by, it should provide a tip or two which I hope helps you run it virtually stress free. Throughout New Jersey in 2004 well over one ...
Of course it's not, but you wouldn't necessarily know it if you follow the wonderful world of pro sports like I do. BUT, already during the early days of 2008 (2K08) I've noticed too many similarities to ignore. A chosen few are described in this article. The original subject matter entered my ...
The Ryder Cup. What's it all about? The simple answer is this; The Ryder Cup is played every other year between teams of golfers representing the U.S. and Europe. With a reputation of being the greatest team event, today's matches are played on a grand scale, with extensive media coverage plus a ...
Whether the title sounds grammatically correct or not, Michele Wie is at it again. Like the pro golf equivalent of a circus side show act she’s teeing it up for the eighth time with the men on the PGA Tour at this week’s Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Last year I expressed my opinion that enough was ...
Yogi Berra said it best when he reminded us It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over. Do you have your own personal favorite expressions with similar meaning? Here’s just a few that come to mind: “Almost Doesn’t Count …except in horseshoes”. “Close, But No Cigar”. “I Can’t Believe What I Just Saw”. I’m ...
Anyone who says golf on TV is boring, doesn't watch it or wasn't watching this year's US Open, or both. As I'm finishing this story, the Monday playoff betwee Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate is already over a week old. All too often major sporting events with this much hype and anticipation, end ...
Imagine you’re on the game show Jeopardy and this was the answer. Of the two choices below, what would be your correct question? 1. How do you get to Grandmother’s house 2. What is a fitting description of a Disc Golf course layout If you selected question #2 you’re probably already a player ...
Now that you’re an adult answer this question (honestly please). Do you now believe that all the hype you heard while growing up about how great it would be to be an adult, was highly overrated? Most people do. Why else do we always hear adults wanting to turn back the clock and become kids ...
A Pretty Swing …don’t mean a thing It is high, it is far, it is??? If you’ve ever watched a baseball game on TV or listened on the radio you’ve heard the announcer use this expression (or a similar one) after the ball is hit and looks like it’s on its way out of the park. The idea for this ...
Who do you think will finish second at the PGA Championship? In 2000, I just began a new job and remember the first time meeting my new Regional VP at a local sales meeting and talking golf. After the initial introduction, the above question was the first I asked him. Of course back then I was ...
For all those who criticize golf and insist it’s NOT a real sport, what have you been watching for the past forty + years? Ever since I was ten years old and watched A old Palmer win the 1964 Masters, I’ve been glued to the TV every year, four times a year during the majors: Masters, US Open, ...