Effective Immediately. Applies to all golfers ages 77 and up. Senior Golf Rule Changes for 2009 Colleagues: The AARP has negotiated with the PGA to modify the rules of golf for seniors. Rule 1.a.5 A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to…
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Golf’s Crash Course in Humility
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I found a really good article about the golf industry over the last century, sort of a recap on where it’s been and where it appears to be heading. It was written by Mark Frost over at WSJ. Golf’s Crash Course in Humility When the Scot’s first built golf courses, they were built as public…
Little Linksters – Week One
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Last Saturday, my son had his first lesson of the Little Linksters Golf Program. If you recall, I posted an earlier post discussing the specifics of the program which can be found here Little Linksters junior golf comes to Lake Mary Prep. Brendon Elliott and his wife Melisa started this program to serve a usually…
Eidolon Wedges
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A couple weeks ago I wrote about how psyched I was to discover that one of the OOBGolf.com Mystery Bags, I purchased and received contained three Eidolon V-Sole Wedges and how to my dismay they were for all those wrong handers. See OOBGolf Mystery Bags II for the full article. I contacted Eidolon and Terry…
Golfest 2009
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Every year prior to the PGA Merchandise show, there’s a two day event open to the public called Golfest. It’s $10 a person and as far as I know, it’s sort of a dry run for the folks who are participating in demo day. This years Golfest 2009 is taking place out at Orange County…
GolfSmith 70% off Clearance Sale
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Just received this email and figured I’d pass it along. GolfSmith is having a semi-annual store wide clearance sale, with goods up to 70% off. This sale is going on until late February. They’re selling a lot of their own products but they’ve got some good name brand stuff on the list. One of my…
Obama is a lefty!
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Found this article about president elect(?) Barack Obama. Barack Obama: The New First Golfer Turns out, not only is he a golfer, but a lefty golfer! The stars and moons have aligned to finally bring us a leader who can sympathize with the “right” handed folks of the world! Praise Allah! (ok, ok, I know,…
Sugarloaf Mountain -Orlando Golf Course Review
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A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to play Sugarloaf Mountain in Orlando and write a golf course review. I first heard about it from an avid golfer friend of mine who had just played it and he said “Dave, you’ve got to check this place out, it is an amazing course to play!” …
Orlando Area #424 Golf Club
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Hey Guys! If you are looking for a FREE golf club to join, Stracka.com has afforded it’s members the opportunity to do so. They have local area golf clubs for pretty much all of the US. These golf clubs, once approved provide their members with official USGA Handicaps. I’ve been asked and accepted to be…
The top 100 players to watch in 2009
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Happy Monday! I found this tidbit on PGATOUR.com. They’re listing from 1 to 100, the top players to watch in 2009. Can you guess who #1 is? 🙂 Strangely his world rank and his placement are the same. Top Players in 2009 They break them down by regular season rank, playoffs rank and bonus money…
Happy New Year!!
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Welcome to 2009 baaabie! As I sit here nursing a pretty sizable hangover I can’t help but feel like I’ve started this year off on a bad foot. 🙂 It’s a pretty strange custom we’ve adopted here, we focus more on the going out of the last year and don’t consider how our first day…