My thanks to Sara over at SkyGolf/SkyCaddie, who was kind enough to send me one of these to try out. So far I’ve used this baby on two golf courses, Ridgewood Lakes and Black Bear Golf Club and I’ve found it to be very useful and a much needed accessory to any golfers arsenal. Here’s…
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Take care of your epidermis(skin)!
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“IF YOU PLAY GOLF, THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE YOU’LL GET SKIN CANCER” Ronnie Kapriske wrote a pretty good article pertaining to golfers and skin cancer. It has a pretty disturbing opening line. Here’s the link: Burned To A Crisp The doctor interviewed in the article said “I don’t think it’s ignorance, and I don’t think…
Golf Digest Ambush of the O’toole brothers showdown
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This is the first I’ve heard of this. Your personal golf outing could be featured in the pages of Golf Digest. Send Golf Digest the details of your next golf trip and you might get “ambushed” and be featured in the magazine. Here’s the link: Golf Digest Ambush This caught my attention because it mentioned…
Ridgewood Lakes Golf Club Review
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I had the opportunity to head out to Ridgewood Lakes today, booked the tee-time through GolfNow.com Orlando and it only cost me $20 bucks! T’was a very good deal! Now, technically Ridgewood Lakes is located in Davenport but I still feel it’s close enough to fall under the Orlando umbrella. It has to be, it’s…
The Caesar Featherie Dimple-less Golf Ball
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The cool folks over at the Caesar Golf Company sent me some of these Caesar Featherie golf balls to review. Played a round yesterday at Hunter’s Creek and tried them out. I know your probably asking why I went back there and my answer is a universal truth that we all can appreciate, “It was…
The Very Worst in Golf Fashion
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I received this article via email. There’s some pretty interesting digs in these photos…. These are some of my favs… Below is Harry Vardon circa 1907. When I first looked a the photo I thought he was wearing a Nazi uniform… Crazy… Here’s John O’Leary circa 1970’s disco style. The hair is awesome! I’m surprised…
Evolution of the Golf Ball
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This is pretty interesting. Here’s the history of the golf ball. In the earliest days of the game, wooden golf balls were used. I found this picture of a wooden golf ball, it’s probably a picture of a ball used by the British soldiers in the U.S during World War I. One of the earliest…
What age should you start your kids on Golf?
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Being that I now have a three year old and a six day old, this is a very relevant question for me. I’ve been doing some digging around and here’s the answer. You should begin your kids golf tutelage only if they begin to show interest in the game. (read “don’t force your kid to…
New golfer in the family
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Sorry I’ve been absent for a few days, but I bring good tidings! Over the weekend my wife gave birth to our second child! He was born Saturday, June 7th, 2008 (6-7-8) at 2:50pm. His name is Kai Seiji and he came out weighing in at a solid 7 lbs 1 oz 4 grams and…
X-out Golf Balls
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I was reading Frank Talk over there at golfdigest.com. He’s a pretty entertaining fellow who discusses golf equipment. Here’s a link. Pretty much, he’s a dear Abbey for golf where people ask him questions and he writes responses up for everyone to read. 🙂 One of today’s questions was “What is the difference between X-out…
GolfNow.com – are you in the know?
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In case any of you awesome folks have been hiding in a dark cave on the island next to the Dharma Initiative, I wanted to give you the heads up on a pretty sweet website. It’s called GolfNow.com! They provide discounts on Tee-times booked through them, sometimes up to 70% off! In Orlando alone, they’ve…
Little 3-wood advice from Butch
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I’ve always been a hackmaster when it comes to hitting a 3-wood from the fairway. One story that I’ll never forget. I was playing a round with my cousin/best friend on his home course in D.C. We were neck and neck the entire round and the games bragging rights were all riding on the outcome…
Celebration Golf Club Review
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I had the opportunity to play at Celebration Golf Club yesterday. It’s the 2nd course I’ve played out of the Orlando Golf Trail courses. The Orlando Golf Trail is a group of 10 Disney area golf courses located within short driving distance of Orlando, Florida. Let me preface this post by saying sorry for the…