Golf Gazette: A solution to your golf woes — play 9
“I don’t have time to play golf, it takes too long,” is a response heard often these days from many when asked if they play the game. In today’s hurry-hurry world, spending four hours, or more,...
View ArticleGolf Gazette: He’ll take a pass on high-tech gadgets
I am not a gadget person. Never have been. The techiest pieces of equipment I own are my flip cellphone, which only sees action when I’m on the road and want to order takeout, and my Garmin GPS; both...
View ArticleGolf Gazette: Sometimes too much sports can be too much
This is a most interesting world in which we live. Patience seems to be a thing of the past and all things must be bigger and better. The more the merrier, the grander the greater, or so it seems....
View ArticleGolf Gazette: Here are some ways to improve games and lower handicaps
According to Wikipedia, the Internet encyclopedia, “A New Year’s resolution is most common in the Western Hemisphere in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement.” Some of the...
View ArticleGolf Gazette: Good equipment helps, but can’t do it all
“It’s not the arrow, it’s the Indian.” Those are the words from a wise former playing partner of mine as he watched me regularly show up to the course with new weapons, certain to shave strokes off my...
View ArticleGolf Gazette: Teaching your kids to golf has its rewards
The first time I played a regulation round of golf was with my father when I was 12 years old. A friend of Dad’s asked if we wanted to join him and his son for 18 holes. My dad, a good athlete, and an...
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Golf Gazette: After 112 years, golf returns to the Olympics
The last time golf was featured as an Olympic sport was at the 1904 Games held in St. Louis, and a lot has changed since then. For instance, in 1904 there were 94 events held at the Olympics. This...
View ArticleGolf Gazette: Taking a ball’s-eye view of the golf game
Question: What is 1 1/2 inches in diameter, weighs a bit over an ounce, and can travel more than a hundred miles an hour? I’ll bet some of you will get this one. Yup, it’s a golf ball. As golfers we...
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Golf Gazette: The Woods has its first FT pro
Statistics show that the average person will hold 12 to 15 jobs during their lifetime and will make five to seven career changes. My money is on Mike Springer, the new head golf professional at The...
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Golf Gazette: Shinnecock sees some changes for U.S. Open
“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” —Benjamin Franklin The United States Golf Association has heeded the words spoken over 200 years ago by Franklin, one of our founding fathers. In...
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