Here’s some videos I found on hitting bunker shots. I found four videos of different instructors describing their technique. Notice some of the recurring themes in each method. I tried to find four different videos showing four different types of bunker shots. Here’s Joe Beck, this video (if you can get past the cheeseball music)…
2009 Masters Champion
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HE DOES IT AGAIN! TIGER WOODS WINS THE 2009 MASTERS! 🙂 🙂 Ok, Ok, so he didn’t really, but you know we all expected it! Man, what a weekend! As I sit here writing this, I feel as exhausted as those pros who played Augusta this weekend! The way the tournament ended is nothing less…
2009 Masters Tournament – Drew Kittleson’s Diary
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Drew Kittleson is Florida State University Softmore and the runner-up at the 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship is writing an online diary to chronicle his 2009 Masters Tournament experiences. During the Masters, he will write daily on his experiences and performances in his initial showing at Augusta National Golf Club. Here’s his first entry. Drew Kittleson…
2009 Masters Live Coverage
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Tony, a good friend and writer of Hooked on Golf Blog is doing a great job of covering the Tournament. Check him out 2009 Masters Day Two Blog Btw, how awesome is the Masters customized leaderboard? I know I’ve been pretty Gung-Ho Masters.com, but man, that website is all you want and more! I’m able…
Watch the Masters 2009 Live
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This is Awesome! I’ve been at work all day watching the Masters 2009 Tournament online. Masters 2009 Live Streaming It’s not FULL coverage, but it’s alot better than nothing. They’re offering full coverage of Amen Corner (11, 12, 13) or Hole’s 15 & 16. Highly Recommend Checking it out, the video is interactive and you…
Tiger Woods Masters 2009 Interview
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I wonder if Tiger ever gets tired of being asked about the knee, I know I would.. I’d love to see the press conference where Tiger Woods finally snaps and hurls a microphone into the crowd and breaks into a jig screaming “See, It’s fine! Move on!” 🙂 I don’t know who you guys are…
Interview with Walker Inman Jr.
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Neil over at Armchair Golf Blog posted a pretty interesting interview with Walker Inman Jr., the first Augusta native to play in the Masters. Walker Inman Jr. was voted the 1975 PGA Golf Professional of the Year and was later inducted into the PGA of America Golf Professional Hall of Fame Here’s the link: Q&A:…
And you thought TPC Sawgrass 17th was intimidating..
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There’s a new par 3 terror on the scene, the “Xtreme 19th” at Legends Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa. The “Xtreme 19th” hole is a par 3 — a par 3 whose tee is atop a cliff on Hang lip Mountain, more than 1,400 feet above a green carved like the continent of…
Orlando Golf Lessons Week 3 & 4 – Pitching
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Continuing on from last weeks post Orlando Golf Lessons – Chipping, this weeks post is all about that glorious art form, pitching. A super quick recap, Brendon Elliott is a local golf pro and he’s been giving me short game lessons. So far we’ve covered putting and chipping and those posts can be viewed below.…
Shingle Creek Golf Club Review
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Awesome news! Everyone’s favorite Golf Blogger has now “officially” donned the hat of freelance writer. 🙂 I am writing Orlando Golf Course Reviews for OrlandoGolf.com! I did my first course review out at Shingle Creek Golf Club and you can view it here – Orlando Golf Course Review – Shingle Creek Golf Club If you…
Funny Golf Stories
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Little Monday Golf Humor for you 🙂 A retired corporate executive, now a widower, decided to take a vacation He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only…
Orlando Golf Lessons Weeks 3 & 4 – Chipping
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I’m a little late on posting these and I apologize for that.. As a quick refresher, I’ve been taking golf lessons from a local golf pro named Brendon Elliott. If you haven’t been following along, you can catch up by clicking on the posts below. Orlando Golf Lessons Week 1 Orlando Golf Lessons Week 2…
Sweet Spot Golf
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I had the opportunity to speak with Brian Allman from SweetSpotGolf. They’re a very cool, new club manufacturing company with an emphasis on fun and some big things in the works. Check it out. For Immediate Release Sweet Spot Golf partners with Womens National Golf School Golf club manufacturer and nationally recognized women’s golf academy…
Annika Sorenstam is Expecting!
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Announced March 19th over at annikablog.com… Exciting News Guess her and Mike were making up for lost time! 🙂 Side note, they were married January over at Lake Nona and once again yours truly was not given an invite.. What the heck??? 🙂 That’s the second time I’ve been burned by Lake Nona, first Tavistock…
The worst thing a pro can say to a caddy
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Found this article over at Golfworld and wanted to share it. It’s pretty entertaining. The worst phrase a caddy can hear?? “I Think it’s time for us to make a change…” -Dave Save up to 70% on tee times when you book on GolfNow.com Today!
Lake Nona wins Tavistock Cup 2009
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Congratulations to this years victor, Lake Nona! Not only did they beat the Tiger lead Islesworth, they crushed them 17-13! This year the Tavistock Cup was held at Lake Nona and Graeme McDowell won the Payne Stewart Salvar Award with an amazing -6 (66) on Day two. The award comes with a very nice $300,000…
Natalie Gulbis on Celebrity Apprentice
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For those who might have missed it, Natalie Gulbis is on this season’s Celebrity Apprentice 2. She’s playing for the Boys and Girls Club of America. She has a strong affinity for the club, one of her long term goals is to open up a boys a girls club of her own. Now, I’ve never…
Interesting different way to drive traffic to your website
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I received an email about this new golf game and I thought was pretty interesting. It’s called the Golf Caveman Game. It’s a simple game, very similar to the old Nintendo game Duck Hunt. The biggest difference is that instead of a gun you’re shooting targets with a caveman’s golf club and balls. By the…
Eyeline Golf
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I’m sure you’ve all heard about these guys and if not, get out from underneath the rock you’ve been living under! 🙂 Eyeline Golf makes products to help us hackers improve our putting game. Well, not only us hackers, last year 245 touring pros picked up EyeLine Golf equipment. As you know, one of my…
Tiger Woods Slow Motion Drive
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Not sure how many have already watched this video, but it’s incredible. Just look at the movement of his body and the club, totally ridiculous.. I’ve been trying to watch a lot of pro’s drive videos trying to pick up some pointers. So far, the only thing I’ve learned is that my entire swing is…