Golf for Beginners Podcast 02-26-06 takes listeners deep inside the Battle of the Sexes debate. The latest Golf for Women Magazine recently surveyed men and women to hear their thoughts on this ongoing debate but Barry and I put our own spin on this “Adam versus Eve” battle. As more women learn the sport it doesn’t appear as if this conflict will ever be solved but it sure is fun talking about it! In our Tour Talk section we discuss the elimination of the top golfers from the Accenture Match-Play Championship this past weekend. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were ...

The best of the best on the LPGA Tour aim for both the second win of the season as well as amassing more points to gain exemption into the final hurrah of 2006, the ADT Championship. Michelle Wie will use her first of eight exemptions this week on her home turf in Hawaii. The 16-year-old will most certainly be the youngest and most popular golfer in the field with a close second belonging to her nemesis Morgan Pressel. Pressel soundly defeated Wie several years ago in match play format at the AJGA Championships and recently has been outspoken about Wie’s easy entrance ...

Golf for Beginners Podcast number fifteen looks at both the serious and silly sides of golf. Before we begin, please make sure that you tune in to our podcast next week as there is something happening to both Barry and I as well as Golf for Beginners that is going to change our future and we want our listeners to celebrate along with us! Now, on to the podcast! There is plenty of news this week beginning with the first LPGA event of the year, the SBS Open which took place in at the Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii. This is the ...

Golf for beginners wants to see Morgan Pressel and Michelle Wie duke it out! Thegolfblog.com quoted Pressel as saying, “I don’t think she (Wie) needs an exemption. I’ve been through qualifying. Everybody who doesn’t make it on the money list, other amateurs, other professionals that aren’t members of the tour, they all have to go through qualifying, too. I don’t see why she shouldn’t, or why she should be afraid, or expect an exemption.” This week’s “Blogger Weekly” had a field day with this one, quoting bloggers who agree wholeheartedly with Pressel. Of course Wieblog.com fought back claiming, “Teenage girls can ...

It’s time for all of my readers and listeners to see the golf swing behind the blog. It’s early in the season and this is my first time at a driving range but I think it’s worthy of a visual. All I can say is thank goodness for my impact bag. Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we golfers collect around the house which we hardly use? The impact bag has long been one of my favorite training aids but has been sitting around lately gathering dust. I personally think that my golf swing looks pretty good! If you have a video camera ...

Golf for beginners 02-05-06 episode thirteen asks the question, “Should golf be an Olympic sport?”“http://english.people.com.cn/200411/26/eng20041126_165320.html” title="People’s Daily Online">People’s Daily Online, a Chinese online periodical in English quotes Secretary General of the China Golf Association, Cui Zhiqiang as saying that the decision, “made sense as the game was becoming increasingly popular in China with about 200 courses and 200 more under construction.” Golf has been on the Olympic program twice, in 1900 and 1904. There were two golf events in 1900 - one for men and one for the ladies. GolfToday.uk added, “They gave away gold medals for synchronized diving, beach volleyball, fencing ...

While Barry plays golf our Amoco station rejuvenates. Today is our anniversary. Fourteen years of marriage to the same guy. Has it really been that long? It’s also a holiday…Groundhog Day. I don’t remember the last time Punxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow so prepare for six more weeks of winter! In honor of this special day I’m making sure Barry plays a round of golf with his regular foursome. I personally haven’t had much luck getting out to play this winter sigh. It seems as if every time I feel the need to get out the weather fails to cooperate. When I hear ...