May 31st, 2008 — , Kevin Chappell from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
Earlier today, Kevin Chappell led the UCLA Bruins to their first NCAA team title since 1988, ousting fellow pac-10 rival, and defending champion Stanford by one stroke. Chappell, a senior, won the individual title by three shots at 2-under-par—the only…
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May 31st, 2008 — , Hackers, Life from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
Due to personal reasons I didn’t get to bed until 4:30am last night. And even then I didn’t sleep. I was going to bail on the tournament but decided to give it a go anyway, despite having no sleep.
No warmup, no putting green… I smack my drive on the par-5 1st hole [...]
May 31st, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Well I made it up to Ithaca, but not until the early afternoon since the weather looked so bad in the forecast in the morning. Wrong. Apparently it was beautiful this morning and when I arrived, things started to get bad.
With the coaches getting lunch and having just missed the players tee off on the [...]
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , CBS from Golf Grouch @ Grouchy Golf Blog
I watched the CBS broadcast of the Colonial last weekend. There was plenty of poor play, but one player hit such an awful shot that it would’ve embarrassed a hack like myself. The quick-witted Gary McCord deadpanned, “That shot was ugly, very ugly….
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May 30th, 2008 — , CBS from Golf Grouch @ Grouchy Golf Blog
I watched the CBS broadcast of the Colonial last weekend. There was plenty of poor play, but one player hit such an awful shot that it would’ve embarrassed a hack like myself. The quick-witted Gary McCord deadpanned, “That shot was ugly, very ugly….
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May 30th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
So, all week long I’ve planned on heading to Ithaca for the state championships early. And by early, I mean really early.
I was going to begin the four-plus hour drive at about 5 a.m. to make a 9:30ish tee time with some of the coaches. Who am I kidding. I’ve been planning/looking forward to possibly [...]
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Fellow Team Journal News member Jake Thomases covered the Section 1 girls golf championship up at Casperkill yesterday. Here’s what happened:
1. Anna Ausanio (Wappingers) 84; 2. Julia Fiala (Rye) 87; 3. Alexa Burns (Spring Valley) 93; 4. Leigh Johnson (Wappingers) 94; 5. Jennifer Morvillo (Ursuline) 95; 6t. Meghan Kenney (Lourdes) 97; 6t. Natalie Karafiol (Edgemont) [...]
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Just wrapped up writing my story on the CHSAA state championship at James Baird State Park where it was a huge day for Fordham Prep.
The Rams had three of the top 6 players from the 41-golfer field, including first place Jon Renza. Not only did the sophomore win the event for a second straight year, [...]
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , Jamie Lovemark, NCAA from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
Many avid golf fans are surprised not to see Jamie Lovemark’s name on the front page of the leaderboard at the NCAA Championship. In fact, Lovemark isn’t even on the top half. The defending NCAA champ is 16-over after day…
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May 30th, 2008 — , 2008 Memorial, Jack Nicklaus, Jim Furyk, Kenny Perry, Matthew Goggin, PGA, Phil Mickelson from Bobbio @ AVERAGE GOLFER
Australian Matthew Goggin woke up with the lead at the 2008 Memorial this morning and he’ll go to bed tied for it. His even par 72 left him level with Kenny Perry, who carded a one under 71 today. Both players enter the third round at -7. Hot on their tails are Jerry Kelly, -6, Luke Donald, -5,…
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May 30th, 2008 — , Ernie Els from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
Well, maybe Ernie Els should have stayed in Wentworth this week. Els made a last-minute decision on Monday to travel over to the states to compete at The Memorial. Five days later, he has missed yet another cut. Els didn’t…
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May 30th, 2008 — , Phil Mickelson from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
Watching Phil Mickelson sign autographs at the Memorial earlier today reminds us here at The Golf Watch of how much we like Lefty. After all, he is the Cal Ripken of signing. For those of you not familiar, Cal would…
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May 30th, 2008 — , golfer, pro golf from GoofyGolfer @ Goofy Golfer - Goofy Golfer , hitting balls all over the planet
Now if that isn’t news I`m not sure..
According to The Armchair Golfer Phil Mickelson has been spotted to carry his own bag at Torrey Pines, site of the U.S. Open.
All right .. its obvious Pro’s have their own Caddy, but us regular folks
I prefer to carry my bag vs using a Cart.
Carrying gives…
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Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
“The only antidote to mental suffering is to ban golf.”(not said by) Karl MarxBiographical note: Karl Marx was a 19th century philosopher, political economist and revolutionary.This misquote brought to you by The Armchair Golfer. Getting it wrong f…
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , In-Kyung Kim from The Squire @ Golf Babes
In-Kyung Kim opened the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika with a 65. Alas, she had a 76 in the second round. Still, the 65 is her best round yet in 2008, and comes on the heels of several other recent good rounds. Perhaps “I.K.” is on the verge of regaining her 2007 form after a slow start to this season.
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , Golf Accessories, Golf Apparel, Golf Reviews, Site News from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
I’ve got to hand it to my friend Pat from the new Canadian based golf apparel company, “O In One.” He’s a highly motivated, persistent and outgoing guy. You’d have to be to try and compete in the golf apparel industry. With his dedication, persistence and unique products, he just might make [...]
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , Drivers, Equipment, Reviews from Sean @ The Deep Rough
TaylorMade launch the new Tour Burner line of equipment earlier this Spring with a spirited marketing campaign. The Burner Bloodline website provides great detail and insight into this tour like line of equipment. Unlike the Tour Authentic line from Callaway, the Tour Burner series is not about bringing extremely high priced actual Tour equipment to the hands of the weekend golfer, but about bringing Tour like performance to the rest of us. Can a piece of equipment give us a ball flight like TaylorMade Staffer Sergio Garcia?
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — from Scott Hollister @ From the desk of GCM
GCM had a few visitors yesterday. About 30 seventh and eighth grade students from Perry-Lecompton Middle School, about 15 miles northwest of GCSAA headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., stopped by to learn about the magazine, magazine production, the work of GCSAA…
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , Site News from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
Each week I get dozens of requests to trade links with other golf blogs, sports blogs and blogs you’d never thought would exist. I try to get to all the requests and swap links if I can. Lately however, there’s been a ton of “bot” or “automated” requests which are obviously not personally [...]
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May 30th, 2008 — , PGA Tour, Robert Allenby, The Memorial Tournament from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
After day one at the Memorial, everyone is talking about the greens and their spectacular condition. They are running 15 on the stimp, and according to Justin Rose, are the “purest greens.” Robert Allenby went out on a limb and…
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May 30th, 2008 — , Site News from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
With site growth comes higher consumption of server resources like bandwidth, hard drive space etc. Yesterday without notice, HOG was shut down and took several hours to get turned back on. It was because HOG was “hogging” the CPU of the server.
I had to make some “under the hood” changes to the site [...]
May 30th, 2008 — , Training Aids from Sean @ The Deep Rough
Not long ago, we did a review on practice balls from Birdie Ball. The people at Birdie Ball were kind enough to send us a bunch of Deep Rough branded balls. They have a nice little Deep Rough logo on the side and are a blast to play with.
So we have [...]
May 30th, 2008 — , Book Review from CourseLadder @ Golf Course Ladder
Golfer’s have long been fascinated by the elusive hole in one. Some achieve it, while thousands of others only dream about it. This book attempts to discover whether holes in one are simply the result of luck, statistics or a combination of the two. It’s an incredibly interesting read that covers the history of hole-in-ones [...]
Related StoresMay 29th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
I just returned from the Section 1 golf team championship at the Links at Union Vale. Rye prevailed in the three-team match by three shots over host Arlington.
The Garnets (207) were led by John Davies, who shot a 1-over 37. Mark Mumford added a 39, despite making a triple bogey on the first hole.
It [...]
Related StoresMay 29th, 2008 — , Arnold Palmer, Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, Oakmont, PGA Tour, The Memorial, U.S. Open from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
THEY CALLED HIM FAT JACK. Early in his career, a serious, heavy-set Jack Nicklaus was the villain, an object of open scorn on the PGA Tour, especially at Grand Slam events such as the 1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont.Ten years older and the undisputed king of…
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May 29th, 2008 — , Kenny Perry from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
Kenny Perry has one goal in mind this year–make the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Less than one month ago, Perry was outside the top-50 in U.S. standings. As of Sunday, Perry has climbed to 17th, and is more motivated than…
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May 29th, 2008 — from Scott Hollister @ From the desk of GCM
Barker Davis’ series of stories in The Washington Times focusing on golf and the environment continued today with part three. This edition takes a look at golf’s efforts to maximize its use of water and the strides industry is making…
Related StoresMay 29th, 2008 — , Big Break, Big Break Kaanapali, Courtney Erdman from The Squire @ Golf Babes
Courtney Erdman was eliminated from “Big Break: Kaanapali” in the episode that aired this past Tuesday. While we wish the best for all the contestants on the show, Courtney and Tina Miller, as friends of Golf Babes, were two we were particularly pulling for. And now they are both gone, alas.
Courtney went out strong, however, making birdie on the final hole she played in the series.
Related StoresMay 29th, 2008 — from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
“I am getting big objections from the men at our club because I banned cargo shorts in the dress code. What do you say?”The other day this question came to me from one of my readers who, as the board member in charge of his club’s dress code policy, o…
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May 29th, 2008 — , CA, Clubhouse menu, PGA Rules, Valley Springs, golf courses from CourseLadder @ Golf Course Ladder
La Contenta Golf Course is located in: Valley Springs, CAPhone: 209-772-1081
Website: http://www.empiregolf.com/empire/lacontenta
Course History:
This gorgeous course was just renovated this year and it is truly a course that all golfers in the area should make the effort to play at least once. It originally opened in the 1970’s and quickly became a favorite course of [...]
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May 29th, 2008 — from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
I walked two pieces of property with a potential client to see which would make a better course. It was nice to be involved in site selection for a change because I know being involved will save the client money on the build and get a better product by…
Related StoresMay 29th, 2008 — , Golf Course Reviews from Mike Sigers @ Travelling Golfer
Those two fine young fellows are Todd and J.T Hart, two of my playing partners recently at Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park golf course. They travelled all the way from Louisville, along with Jason, just to play a round with the Travelling Golfer !
I didn’t disappoint them, as I showed my total package of [...]
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May 28th, 2008 — , Golf, Golf Travel, Golf Trips, Vito, desert golf from golfchick @ The Golf Chick Golf Blog
I’m so psyched. Every year our club goes on an away trip, and I always have a great time on it. We’re headed off to Nevada for a two-day tournament of partner best ball. Greg and I have won it two of the three times we’ve competed in this event at this location. Previously, we [...]
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , Ben Hogan, Colonial Country Club, Golf, Sam Snead, five lessons, quotes from Bobbio @ AVERAGE GOLFER
With last week’s tournament being held at Colonial Country Club, Ben Hogan’s home course, I thought I’d resurrect some of my favorite quotes from the master who is frequently considered the greatest ball striker the game has ever seen. The enigma of Hogan was his public persona, or seeming lack…
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Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , Tiger Woods, U.S. Open from the_golf_watcher @ The Golf Watch
Yesterday, Tiger Woods met with the media at Congressional Country Club and said that he is “right on pace” to return for the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. His exact quote was: I’m just trying to get this thing organized…
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May 28th, 2008 — , Geoff Ogilvy Jim Furyk, Golf, Jack Nicklaus, K.J. Choi, Memorial, Muirfield Village, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Stewart Cink from Bobbio @ AVERAGE GOLFER
Jack’s tournament, the 2008 Memorial at Muirfield Village may be more conspicuous this year for who’s not playing. Widely considered one of the best tourneys outside the majors, the withdrawals are stacking up at an unheard of rate. Tiger Woods, knee. Vijay Singh, rib injury. Steve Stricker, elbow….
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May 28th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
Tomorrow is another big day in Section 1 golf as the team championship will be held at the Links at Union Vale in LaGrangeville. Why is it so far away (I’m looking up directions as we speak)? Because Arlington had the best team scoring average in the section and thus gets to host the event.
This [...]
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — from Scott Hollister @ From the desk of GCM
The second part of The Washington Times’ series on golf and the environment is now posted online. This edition takes a practical look at why more courses haven’t followed the organic lead of Vineyard GC on Cape Cod in Massachusetts,…
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — from GoofyGolfer @ Goofy Golfer - Goofy Golfer , hitting balls all over the planet
Flog has the question. Is
the above boat a movable object.
You could have run into it at Loch Lomond 
What would the rules say ?
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Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — from GoofyGolfer @ Goofy Golfer - Goofy Golfer , hitting balls all over the planet
Flog has the question. Is
the above boat a movable object.
You could have run into it at Loch Lomond
What would the rules say ?
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Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
This year’s Rockland County golf championship was supposed to be dramatic, close and wide open. In both the individual and team competitions, this wasn’t the case at all.
Clarkstown North’s Stephen Scialo shot an even-par-72 at Rotella Golf Course to cruise to the individual title by five shots. Meanwhile, his team won the event by a [...]
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , European Tour, Nick Dougherty, Peter Alliss from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
(Nick Dougherty)LONGTIME BBC GOLF COMMENTATOR Peter Alliss thought scoring and complaining during last week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth were stinky, and said so. Tour pro and Englishman Nick Dougherty didn’t take kindly to the criticism.Her…
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May 28th, 2008 — from Jon Gordon, LinksBlogger @ Metropolitan Golf Links Blog
Jerome Cansino is the new food and beverage manager at Metro. He comes to us from the Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at San Ramon Golf Club. Jerome runs The Sweet Spot Cafe at Metro, and is the guy to see about weddings and banquets here.
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — from Scott Hollister @ From the desk of GCM
The golf industry’s environmental efforts are getting a little face time this week in The Washington Times as they publish a series of stories on the game and its impact on its natural surroundings. The first part of that series…
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , CA, Dress code, Johnny Miller, Napa, golf courses from CourseLadder @ Golf Course Ladder
Eagle Vines Golf Club is located in: Napa, CA
Phone: (707) 257-4470
Website: http://www.eaglevinesgolfclub.com
Course History:
This gorgeous course was designed by Johnny Miller and since it opened, quickly became a favorite among locals and visitors. It is challenging enough for most professionals to enjoy a round while not being intimidating for novice players. It’s the perfect course for [...]
May 28th, 2008 — , Equipment, Reviews from Sean @ The Deep Rough
Buggies, trolleys, push carts…golfers from around the world have many names for these two or three wheeled devices to help lug those clubs around the course. Anyone who has pulled a two wheel cart behind them for 18 holes knows that process can be more trouble than it’s worth. The three wheeled push cart has helped transform the task from a painful experience to an easier walk in the park. Over the next week, we will be posting detailed reviews of a couple of the more popular push cart options available. Today we will have a quick look at the carts involved.
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , Equipment, Reviews from Sean @ The Deep Rough
Buggies, trolleys, push carts…golfers from around the world have many names for these two or three wheeled devices to help lug those clubs around the course. Anyone who has pulled a two wheel cart behind them for 18 holes knows that process can be more trouble than it’s worth. The three wheeled push cart has helped transform the task from a painful experience to an easier walk in the park. Over the next week, we will be posting detailed reviews of a couple of the more popular push cart options available. Today we will have a quick look at the carts involved.
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
Let’s see, Tiger Woods hasn’t played since the Masters, has pulled out of the Memorial, and won’t play again until the first round of the U.S. Open.
Sound familiar?
It should. It was only two years ago that Woods’ schedule followed the same pattern—although as opposed to this year, when Woods has been sidelined because of arthroscopic [...]
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
This is a must see video from Randy Wilson:http://www.turfnet.com/tv_latest.php
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
This is a must see video from Randy Wilson:http://www.turfnet.com/tv_latest.php
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