Click here to listen. A single uncharacteristic putt for Tiger Woods has given Nick O’Hern the title of “The Man who broke Tiger Woods’ win streak". David took down Goliath for the second time in match play! Yes, this was a day of mental errors for Woods, from a shot that landed in the drink right down to that four-foot putt on the nineteenth hole which, as Woods claimed, left a “totally” repairable ball mark. We at Golf for Beginners discuss the USGA Rules of Repair on the Putting Green as well as how you can avoid Tiger’s costly mistake. Barry ...

Paula Creamer and Julieta Granada, although two of the hottest golfers currently on the LPGA Tour, played second fiddle to none other than Michelle Wie in the interview room at this week’s Fields Open. Pam Warner insisted on slipping Michelle’s name into her questioning, asking the two ladies, “This is Michelle Wie’s home course, do you wish at all that you had a chance to play against her here?” To Paula Creamer, it doesn’t matter who is in the field, as she stated, “Ultimately I just come out trying to play my game and play the course and beat that number". Young ...

The Victor Chandler Agency, most notable for its British Open bets, has given the edge to Tiger Woods (1/5) over J.J. Henry for this first round qualifier of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and places Henry at 150/1 to win overall. Woods is the overall favorite which is a head-scratcher because of his early exit from last year’s event. The ultimate winner of last year’s tournament, Geoff Ogilvy, although relishing that role, still feels it’s important not to antagonize the number-one golfer in the world because, “he won the first nine holes last year after Stephen (Ames) ruffled him up a ...

Click here to listen. Our first battle of the sexes debate originated from an article featured in Golf for Women Magazine. Leave it to Stina Sternberg to cause more controversy ;-) as she claims in the February 2007 edition of Golf Digest Magazine, “Now your wife can start beating you". Do golf clubs really make the player or can a player hit any golf clubs and score? “Effortless power", a thought mentioned by PGA Tour golfer/instructor extraordinaire Bob Toski, is our golf tip of the week. Toski regularly maintained that golf is not a game of brute strength. “An ounce of touch ...

“Who will be the first to kiss her?” asks the PGA Tour about it’s newly created FedEx Tiffany-designed Cup. Did Tim Finchem really “okay” this one or was he in cahoots with Carolyn Bivens to create something syrupy for the LPGA Tour? Perhaps they swapped commercials? Come on guys, toughen up. You’re playing for $10 million dollars, not auditioning for one of Shakespeare’s comedies. For example, “Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine", croons Dean Wilson. “Other men have seen angels, but I have seen thee, thou art enough", warbles Sean O’Hair. “I’d fly to the moon and ...

Ah, to be in Hawaii with the tradewinds blowing, the smell of the ocean and the ability to play in a professional golf tournament! This week, while the LPGA makes its official debut at the Turtle Bay Resort, I will be dreaming of a vacation in Oahu as I try to stop my teeth from chattering in sub-temperate New York. With only three days of play, the ladies begin to wonder if their games are up to snuff, what they need to work on in the coming weeks to improve their chances and if they can be this season’s Player of ...

Before Michelle Wie, at the ripe old age of seventeen, even wins her first professional golf event, Golf Digest’s March 2007 edition has her successor all picked out! Twelve-year-old Alexis Thompson has trounced girls that are Wie’s age at the Doral-Publinx Junior Golf Classic, recently took third place at an amateur tournament for women of all ages and almost advanced to the sectional qualifying at the 2005 U.S. Women’s Open (prior to this Morgan Pressel was the youngest qualfier at just twelve). Thompson can hit her drives 230 yards and has aspirations of playing golf on the LPGA Tour but, as we ...

Click here to listen. The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is much like the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. They’re both like “silly season” events, heavy on celebrities and good will, but top golf professionals are in attendance getting the rust off their games instead of being on the slopes awaiting a new year of challenges on the PGA Tour. Giving the AT&T Celebrity Pro-Am it’s due, Barry and I discuss handicaps of some of the notables this week; who really takes it seriously and who plays there for the laughs and scenery of Pebble Beach. Take, for example, the celebs who could ...

Astronauts, beauty queens and politicians as role models have been diminishing from public view faster than Tiger Woods’ 125 m.p.h.swing speed. Everywhere you look nowadays there are fallen angels apologizing for not upholding their end of the bargain; that is to ensure that our children as well as ourselves have someone to look up to. Astronauts always gave the image of being squeaky-clean bastions of society. Lisa Nowak proved that the daily tribulations of stress are far more powerful than undergoing the rigorous challenges of training for space travel. With the help of Donald Trump who, according to Rosie O’Donnell, is no ...

I enjoy searching the internet for interesting golf stories. Sometimes I check out the local newspapers online to see what staff writers are coming up with and other times I check the blogger rolls. I just happened to be googling the name “LPGA” and came up with this news article. I’m sure that we are all aware that the LPGA will be testing for performance-enhancing drugs as well as changing the format to a three-hole playoff at this year’s U.S. Women’s Open. No, I had no problem with that part of the commentary. I take offense at the line, “…because clearly, Lorena Ochoa ...

Click here to listen. Barry’s constant lecturing during driving range practice prompts this week’s discussion on solid ball contact. He’s right because hearing the “click” each time you strike the ball is the surest way of achieving proper distance control. With the help of Golf Magazine we relate a great golf tip that should have you hitting your irons center-cut so when spring arrives, you’re ball flight will be consistent and true. Also, while cleaning out our golf bags, Barry and I chat about one way of acquiring proper aim while putting. Our wedding anniversary falls yearly on Groundhog Day (it’s our ...