Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Importance of Custom Club Fitting

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As you might have read, I recently had a custom club fitting at the TaylorMade Performance Lab out at Grand Cypress Academy of Golf. Subsequently, I purchased the custom fit 2009 TaylorMade Burner Irons and I’ve been hitting them for a little over two months. After a few adjustment rounds, I’ve noticed a world of…

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See the press release below from Vicki Forester at The Golfing Caddy. This could be a pretty nice addition to the golf collection, I would like additional storage space to store my wallet, keys, phone and receipts for the day. The bag I have now, I have to cram all them into one small pocket…

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A little Friday golf humor for you. A friend of mine emailed these to me, couldn’t stop chuckling.. These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. ~ Sam Snead I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one…

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Thought this might be of some interest to you Orlandoians. Hunter’s Creek emailed me a survey, that if you’ve played the course and you take the survey, you’ll be emailed a thank you certificate valid for one complementary gree fee with a purchase of a $15 cart fee. Here’s the survey.. Hunter’s Creek NGF Survey…

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John from intothegrain.com wrote about one of the best private clubs (if not THE best) he’s ever played. Check it out Jupiter Hills Club – How the Top One Percent Live

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I’m curious where most of you go to shop online for golf products? Reflecting on my past golf purchases, I realize that I don’t purchase very much gear online. Also, reflecting on my golf gear, I realize that I’ve acquired my golf gear from the oddest of places. The Nike STR8-Fit was sent to me…

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CELEBRATION, FL (August 10, 2009) – Mystic Dunes would like to invite golfers to kickoff the football season at the “Kickoff Golf Classic” on August 29th, 2009. This fun, two-man team scramble golf tournament is sure to offer some exciting plays. Bring your clubs, teammate, and favorite team gear while Mystic Dunes supplies all the…

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Played a round of Golf yesterday with John Duval, the writer of intothegrain.com. He’s (big surprise) a much better golfer than I am and was really cool to play golf with. Infrequently and always upon request, he’d impart nuggets of wisdom on this hapless, yet hopeful, hacker. One of the coolest things he showed me…

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This would be a round I’d like to play in. President Obama vs Tiger Woods

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This is the perfect time to play Grand Cypress, their rates typically run $100+. From now until August 31st, 2009, play as much golf as you can fit in on any Grand Cypress Golf Course for only $49 after 2:00pm. Call the proshop at 407-239-1909 to book the tee time and don’t forget to mention…

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This is some awesome news! Phil’s short game DVD’s are available for rent on Netflix! See the link below. Phil Mickelson: Secrets of the Short Game For those who don’t know, Netflix is a really sweet DVD rental service where you go online, select a huge list of movies you want to watch and depending…

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Located just southwest of Disney World and other Orlando area attractions, ChampionsGate Golf Club and the Omni Orlando Resort are an excellent choice for vacationing golfers. The centerpiece of the resort are two Greg Norman designed 18-hole golf courses, the National and International. ChampionsGate National Course is designed in the traditional American style, featuring wood…

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Holy crap! Can you believe it?! Y.E Yang wins the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine, beating Tiger Woods by three shots. In this shocking, yet, welcome struggle of biblical proportions, this David and Goliath battle is one that will not soon be forgotten, well, atleast, not for another few days… Ofcourse, Y.E Yang instead of…

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After three years in development, TaylorMade has announced the release of their new golf ball the TaylorMade Penta Golf Ball. The name Penta, comes from the greek word pente, means five. It’s mainly used as a prefix to many of the commonly used words today, pentagon, pentagram. Also, some of the not so commonly used,…

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Hah! A friend emailed this golf joke to me and couldn’t resist posting it.. John and Helen met while on vacation, and John fell head over heels in love with her. After a couple of weeks in which John took Helen out to various dance clubs, restaurants, concerts, etc; he was convinced that it was…

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Well, guess there was some serious AP misinformation sweeping the ‘net. Tiger Woods will NOT be fined. Unless ofcourse, this is misinformation too… 🙂 🙂

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I think this is a bunch of crap. Woods to be fined for criticism of rules official What really irritates me is the fact that Tiger, in a pretty uncharacteristic move, stands up for Padraig Harrington and sorta helps justify why he had that blow up hole and in doing so, he get’s fined for…

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Today has become great deal on golf Monday! 🙂 I received a text today from Grand Cypress stating that for the next 49 hours (beginning at 11am EST) you can book a round of golf for only $49 dollars. This is a ridiculous deal on a round of golf at Grand Cypress as their rates…

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Received this in an email today and thought it merited sharing the word. For $30 bucks you get a dozen Srixon AD333 golf galls and a round of golf. To find out if this golf ball is for you, check out the Srixon Online Golf Ball Fitting. THE HUNTER’S CREEK GOLFER’S DOZEN! GOLF & ONE…

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Lee and Gary head out to the golf course for a quick nine holes. On the first tee, Lee turns to Gary and says, “What do you say we make this time worth something. Play you for $5?” Gary agrees, and they start their rounds. It’s a great game, and the two lifelong friends reach…

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