If you recall, During the first week of May, OrlandoGolfBlogger was awarded Rankmark.com’s Blog Of The Week. Just to get the competitive juices flowing, they’ve put me in contention for blog of the month and I need your help! 
If you would head over to Rankmark’s Golf Blog of the Month page and cast your vote for yours truly, it’d be greatly appreciated
The other guys have a crazy head start on me!
I appreciate your help!!
-Dave
Received an email about this and thought it was pretty cool.
HelpPoint for kids is doing this golf relay game to support children charities.
You hit a virtual golf ball and pass it on to friends or colleagues. Once 18 players have hit a ball, the round is completed and Zurich makes a $16 donation to the Fore!Kids Foundation and Practical Action.
I’d like to set a new record for the fastest round of golf. If you’d like to participate, shoot me an email at OrlandoGolfBlogger and I’ll send you an invite.
Once the ball is completed, I plan on doing a follow up post and show some love to everyone who participated.
Thanks in Advance for your participation!
-Dave
LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens says she wouldn’t mind players using social media Web sites during a competitive round.
“I’d love it if players Twittered during the middle of a round,” Bivens said in an interview, according to Bloomberg News. “The new media is very important to the growth of golf and we view it as a positive, and a tool to be used.”
Here’s the full article Bivens Encourages In-Round Updates.
I’m totally on the fence on this issue.. I can see some definite benefits to in round twitter posts but at the same time, I can imagine watching a round and the announcer saying something like, look, there’s Natalie Gulbis on the 17th twittering again..
I am totally PRO twitter (you can follow me @davelair) and I love that so many PGA/LPGA pros are getting onboard with it.
I’m just slightly concerned how this might affect the integrity/image of the game. Now, I’m not one of those stuffy, rigid anti-change golfer dudes, I love the changes that are occuring all across the game. I can’t shake some concerns that in-game mobile device usage could seriously disrupt flow.
Whaddya think? Where do you stand on the in-round twitter usage?
-Dave
So, I’m beginning to think that book reviews are probably not my forte..
It took me forever to read the book, not because it’s a poor read, quite the 
contrary, but because recreation reading falls pretty low on the priority totem pole. But I digress..
I’m going to do my best not to give anything away, I’d hate to be considered one of “those” guys.
Jimmy Roberts has been a sportscaster for NBC since May 2000 and has won 11 Sports Emmy Awards.
The idea for the book came to him while sitting in the parking lot of Best Buy. He’d been really struggling with his golf game and the idea just popped in his head. Everybody who plays golf slumps. Everybody. He has access to some of the most successful golfers of all time and who better to seek advice about slumps from than those who make a living doing it?
That’s precisely what he did. The book took about 10 months to research and write. He’s interviewed some of the biggest names in golf about their slumps and how they overcame them.
Jimmy does a great job of “setting the scene.” When reading the book, you can almost visualize the interview as if you were watching it on television.
Each chapter features a PGA player or a celebrity with a serious golf addiction. The chapters give some good history about the person, who they are, where they came from and how they stumbled into a slump and how they over came it. I really enjoyed reading this because it gives you a different perspective on these titans of the game. It almost makes you feel a little better about your shabby game because you realize that everyone struggles.
There’s one main recurring theme amongst all the stories, no matter what happens you have to stay positive about your game and circumstance.
Over at the Waggleroom.com, they did a podcast interview with Jimmy Roberts about the book. See the link below. The Jimmy Roberts interview begins at the 10:00 mark.
Podcast with Jimmy Roberts via WaggleRoom.com
If you’ve read the book, I’d like to hear your opinions on it.
-Dave
MYSTIC DUNES GOLF CLUB OFFERING DISCOUNT TO EMERGENCY SERVICE COMMUNITY
CELEBRATION, FL—(April 21, 2009)—Mystic Dunes Golf Club will offer a special low rate this summer to those in the emergency services community.
“Mystic Dunes wants to recognize this group of everyday heroes by inviting them to play the course at a very special discounted rate, as our way of thanking them for their service to our community,” said Rick Smith, Mystic Dunes Director of Golf.
Police officers, fire fighters, sheriff deputies, EMTs, and others in the emergency services industry will be given a special discounted rate for 18 holes of golf from May 1 to September 30, 2009 with valid ID.
For more information or tee times, please call the Mystic Dunes Pro Shop at 407-787-5678 or 866-311-1234.
Continuing down the John Daly is awesome train.
Brendon Elliott, a good friend and the man who’s the backbone of my Orlando Golf Lessons series, turned me on to this article that was written about John Daly back in 2005.
The story is about a family who suffered a terrible loss and about the man who came to their rescue.
Why one family loves John Daly
So, a quick recap of why JD > Awesome
@PGA_JohnDaly is very friendly, open and active with his followers on twitter.
John Daly shows his support for a colleague who is suffering
John Daly helps out strangers in need and seeks nothing in return….
(ahem)
I vote John Daly for President!
-Dave
Twitter friend and fellow blogger @alicejam wrote a pretty good post about good ol John Daly wearing pink to show his support for Phil and Amy Mickelson.
Here’s the Link: John Daly showing his softer side
I think it’s pretty awesome. John Daly is a really good guy, he’s on twitter @PGA_JohnDaly and is very active with his followers. He gets a fair amount of bad press but I think he’s a stand up guy with a good heart. Sure, he has some rough spots, but who doesnt? Not to mention, he’s one helluva golfer..
-Dave
Randall Mell posted up a little Q&A session with Natalie Gulbis on GolfChannel.com.
A Quick Round with Natalie Gulbis
He covers a wide range of areas, from what she’s listening to, reading, watching on the Ipod.
He also asks about her appearance on Celebrity Apprentice, I had no idea that they shot the ENTIRE season in two weeks, that’s crazy! But, leave it to ol Donald Trump to be the master at time management…
I really liked her philosophy on life ..
“Well, my favorite saying is that you can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails. That applies to golf and life. What it means to me is that you never know what is going to be thrown at you.
We get a lot of different situations, whether it be on the golf course or with our family, health or injuries and you make adjustments and keep going through it.
-Dave
Armchair Golf Blog does it again, another great blog post!
Price Hudson recounts his second meeting with the great Ben Hogan. Very good read, made me wish I could have been there.
An Encounter with Ben Hogan at Shady Oaks
Have a Great Memorial Day Weekend!
-Dave
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