Archives for: 2006
Another Ryder Cup Titanic for U.S. team
Friday September 29, 2006 | 08:56:25 300 words, 10385 views
Once again the good ship United States slammed into a gigantic iceberg and is now resting at the bottom of the English Channel along with Peter Kessler. The guy found the perfect club but lost the perfect job to Vince Cellini.
Johnny Miller mentioned Constantino Rocca’s miracle putt at the British Open to tie John Daly on 18 but he didn’t mention that Constantino then went on to beat Tiger Woods at the Ryder Cup at Valderamma. Ever since Sarah Vardon put a voodoo curse on the American squad in Haiti six years ago the American Ryder Cup golfers have ...
The Maxwell Media Awards for the Fall PGA Show
Tuesday September 26, 2006 | 13:03:00 794 words, 10433 views
It is that time of year again, where the golf gods come together in Las Vegas, or at least a sliver of the business and this year we gathered at Mandalay Bay on September 13 and 14.
The Fall PGA Expo has been hailed a success by the PGA as always and while I can report that there was a nice buzz of excitement on the floor, more than a few of my equipment side friends reported slow traffic and few buyers…whereas on the specialty side, traffic seemed brisk and fun.
The Why Didn’t I Think of That? Award
Las Vegas is the ...
Golf world has gone mad with consumerism
Monday September 4, 2006 | 15:06:08 409 words, 9971 views
Unfortunately we live in a world gone mad with consumerism. And it’s unbridled consumerism that’s killing golf. To those making the big bucks in golf, everything looks rosy. That’s probably what Nero thought before he saw the flames devouring Rome.
Equipment companies are having a feast, though they probably feel more like junkies - “wish we could stop this technology madness but I don’t think we can live without it.” Golf ball manufacturers are in the midst of the “Great Golf Ball Wars of the 21st Century.” Pretty soon, even us slugs will be able to manage a 410 yard ...
Look within to succeed at golf
Wednesday August 30, 2006 | 20:38:57 489 words, 6390 views
“Gain 20 yards after 1 day.” “Make more putts.” “Hit more fairways.” “Make more sand-saves.” The list goes on and on. If a training aid or golf club really had the answer to playing better golf the game would cease to captivate us; success is found from within.
Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus graced golf’s literature as well or better than its fairways. Mr. Jones perhaps more a philosopher than a technician left us with thoughtful prose on playing the game of golf (Bobby Jones on Golf). Mr. Hogan, exactly Mr. Jones’s opposite, laid out the fundamentals of ...
Tiger Woods v Phil Mickelson? The jury is now in
Tuesday August 29, 2006 | 13:32:21 337 words, 6991 views
Well, I guess it is now safe to say that the Jury is “in” on how well Phil Mickelson would rebound from his devastating blowup at the US Open. We haven’t seen him even sniff the leaderboard since, and we all know what the Tiger Woods has done.
Four in a row, and two of them majors … and I think it is safe to say that the World Championship at Firestone was close to being a major. It was a real treat to see Tiger give back 4 shots to the field on Saturday only to claw his way ...
Sandbaggers are everywhere
Monday August 28, 2006 | 16:58:24 228 words, 5016 views
I did a search on the Internet and over 33,000 listings showed up for “Sandbaggers.” I knew there were a bunch of them out there but I’m a golfer and had no idea Sandbaggers are everywhere.
There are Sandbaggers who play hockey, runners, DISC Golfers, bikers, spys, NASCAR drivers? NASCAR drivers who ride in the draft of a leader? Hockey players who lose a game (or three) so they’ll be dropped into a lower skill level division so they can ONE day win?
I know about real golfers who purposefully track only high scores so they’ll win net score prizes in tournaments ...
WorldGolf.com's "Your Name Here" Golf Blog Contest off and running with first entries!
Saturday August 19, 2006 | 15:02:22 213 words, 7539 views
The first two entries are in here at WorldGolf.com’s “Your Name Here” Golf Blog Contest, take a look at the interesting and funny blogs turned in by “The Divorced Golfer” and Karen Fish.
What to enter your own blog? Give us your own take on the game, whether its nuts and bolts or just plain silly, we want to see it.
It’s simple to enter, just write a blog entry from 100 to 500 words on any golf-related subject, and e-mail it to: dotwong@worldgolf.com
We’ll post your blog entry, instantly giving our thousands of readers access to your words and opinions. Your blog ...
If Arnold Palmer was a Muslim, would World peace ensue?
Saturday August 19, 2006 | 13:58:28 398 words, 6243 views
There is a saying that “Golf is like life only on a larger scale.” Have you ever noticed how people tie their self esteem to their latest score?
Golf has golf psychologists but why not golf psychiatrists? What is the psychiatric reason for the 50 wars going on in the world today? Why can golfers from all over the world get along perfectly but family members are suing each other?
If today there was a modern young great looking Arnold Palmer clone and if he was a Muslim there would be no Middle East conflict. Japan would make any Japanese ...
Tiger Woods fans are dumb and Mickelson's no better
Saturday August 19, 2006 | 13:48:49 468 words, 7471 views
Fans of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson don’t know how to watch a golf tournament. This is the opinion of the U.S. Open winner Geoff Ogilvy according to Michael Buteau of Bloomberg.
Ogilvy, a 29-year old Australian, talking about golf fans is quoted as saying, “Most of us, if we’ve got fans, they’re generally golf fans and they know how to watch a golf tournament.” But when referring to the fans of Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson is quoted as saying, “There’s people who follow Tiger and Phil who generally don’t know how to watch a golf tournament.”
Meeeeoooooowwww!
I wonder if Ogilvy ...
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