I know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for the next redition and I have to apoligize for missing a week. For those that have no clue what I’m talking about, please refer to Little Linksters. As a quick recap, Brendon Elliott is a local golf pro who runs a junior golf program called…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Battle of the Golf Blogs
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Tony over at Hooked On Golf Blog said it best. See below link. Guru -vs- Orlando Golf Blogger We played a round together out at Disney’s Lake Buena Vista and placed a friendly wager on it. We wagered Nassau Style with yours truly losing all four bets. Below is a picture of the trophy. A…
GolfDotz – A new way to mark your ball
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Many thanks to Dave over at GolfDotz for sending me these to check out. What are GolfDotz you ask? Well, according to the website, “GolfDotz are a new generation transfer that simply bond with the skin of the ball when firm pressure from your thumb is applied. In 5 seconds or less you are ready…
Shank-a-potimis
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The Fellas at GolfIsHard posted this up and I had to share it. Love this E-Trade Baby. TGIF -Dave Book your next Discount Orlando Tee Times through our new online tee times booking engine.
He’s Back! Tiger Woods has returned
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Straight from the horses mouth, I’m now ready to play again. After 253 days of golf sans Tiger Woods, #1 is back. He is going to make his 2009 debut at the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship February 23rd – March 1st. Not surprising, really, considering that he has a newborn to keep …
Don’t give up on golf, America
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I was perusing the forums over at Stracka and one of the members posted up this article. I wanted to share it with you all because it’s a fabulous article written by a page two columnist over at ESPN.com named Mary Buckheit. She tells a great story from a daughters perspective about her father and…
Wikipedia Golf Glossary
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Stumbled upon this golf glossary on ole faithful Wikipedia. Every term you ever wanted to know about golf can be found here. Golf Glossary Enjoy! 🙂 -Dave
World Association of Left-Handed Golfers
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All right-handed golfers beware! World Association of Left-Handed Golfers First Golf, next, the world!! 🙂 and if you are not inclined to world domination…yet, here’s the National Association link. National Association of Left-Handed Golfers (crosses fingers) now that we again have a left handed president who plays golf, perhaps we can start seeing a better…
Local Golf Pro Faces Seven Years in Prison
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Local Golf Pro, Jim Thorpe has been charged with four counts of failing to pay $1.6 million taxes. If convicted, Thorpe faces up to seven years in prision and a $3 million dollar fine. The charges filed Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 (just 10 days after his 63rd birthday) in federal court in Orlando accuse Thorpe…
Orlando Golf Lessons Week 2
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Last Saturday, I had my second short game lesson from Brendon Elliott. If you missed the first weeks lesson you can find it here – Orlando Golf Lessons. For a quick recap, the first week was a putting evaluation, complete with video, pictures, dixx putter stats and a review of my last 10 golf scores.…
Golf Is Hard TV
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Check out this video blog entry from Marc and Coach Dave over at the Golf Is Hard blog. Seems like a lot of golf bloggers are breaking the trail into vlogging. Buried within this video are a couple nuggets of golf wisdom, but I think there’s a little too much filler. I especially like the…
Disney Partners with Golfnow.com
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Figured I’d share this for all those non-Orlandoians. 🙂 Disney has partnered with Golfnow.com and you can now book online, discounted tee times for: Disney’s Lake Buena Vista Disney’s Magnolia Disney’s Palm Disney’s Osprey Ridge The rates are not quite as good as the rates offered for those of us with the Disney Annual Golf…
PGA Merchandise Show – SNAG Golf
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In an earlier post, I made reference to this company SNAG Golf. My Son is taking lessons and the training equipment they use is from this company. I had the pleasure of meeting these guys at the PGA Merchandise Show last week. I spoke with Dave Shein from SNAG and he gave me a run…
PGA Merchandise Show – iQuest Golf
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While perusing row upon row of golf goodies at the PGA Merchanise Show, I stumbledf upon iQuest Golf. I’ve got to admit, when I first noticed the sign, I had a different idea as to what the product would be. iQuest Golf, is a card game that you incorporate into your golf game. Each deck…
Orlando Golf Lessons
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As many of you might know, I’m not exactly a scratch golfer, mostly, not even a good golfer. 🙂 So in the pursuit of a better golf game, I’ve signed on to take golf lessons from Brendon Elliott. He is a short game master and will be helping me improve those aspects of my game.…
Little Linksters – Week 2
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Two Saturdays ago, OGB Junior had his second golf lesson out at Brendon Elliott‘s Little Linkster’s Junior Golf Acacemy. I know, I know, I’m a little late in posting.. I’m going to have to ask you to cut me some slack as it was a busy week last week with the PGA Merchandise Show and…
So much to do, so little time!
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Sorry for the lack-o-communication last week! While attempting to climb Mt. Everest, I was caught in an avalance and had my leg trapped under a rock. It took me a couple days, but I was able to chew off my leg and make it to safety, just in time for the PGA Merchandise Show and…