Over at Travelgolf.com, writer Chris Baldwin makes an excellent point on the lack of 9-hole courses. To me, he’s right on the money. I’ve often complained that golf is a sport that isn’t growing and one reason is that an 18-hole round takes 5-6 hours to complete. Add to that the excessive costs and the distance you must travel to find a course if you live in a major city, it’s no wonder that for the last five years, as many people pick up the game as drop it. Even for someone like me that is involved in ...

Click CLICK HERE to listen. In Episode #21 of Golf Gear News, host Bruce Stasch reports on The Newstand with a Rare Albatross Sighted at PGA, Top College Golf Schools, Cleaning Other Peoples Balls, and Caddie Getting a 2nd Chance. Our Perfect Fit talks about How to Buy a Wedge and the The Guru Commentary considers the Steroids Controversy Continues to Rage. In She Golfs Too, read about the Transexual Who Qualified for Ladies Tourney and check out the Component Corner and learn about the Intro of the Taylor Made r7 Driver. In Golf Around the World, we visit U.S. Virgin Islands ...

I continued to be amazed at the ongoing saga of Michelle Wie. Anything that she does is front page news. So she fires here caddie. Big deal. Keeping a job as a caddie on the tour is harder than being a professional golfer. You can’t fire yourself, but you can fire you caddie if you are playing poorly and Ms. Wie really stunk up the joint at the Ladies British Open. I attribute the Michelle Wie phenomenon to the lifecycle of a product. Odd analog I know, but bear with me. First, you’ve never ...