Time for everyone to dig deep and lend their support. A friend of mine, Brendon Elliot, the local golf pro out at Winter Park Country Club contacted me and asked me if I’d help spread the word. He’s put up an ebay auction for a Right Handed, Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball Putter with 100% of…
John Daly Smashes a Spectators Camera
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A great example of the refinement and gentlemanly conduct our great game is known for… 🙂 John Daly loses it It gives me great pleasure to know that our fellow Americans are furthering the reputation that the US is known for.. 🙂 Now, I can’t totally fault Mr. Daly for his mood, he was not…
Get My Left Handed Clubs
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There’s a blog I’ve been recently turned on to called Freakonomics written by some folks over at the New York Times. They wrote a post about a chance encounter made while on their pilgrimage to the birth place of golf and the once in a life time experience that became of it. I think you…
The Best Courses to play in Orlando
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Sorry for the delay between posts! Last week, I fell into a turkey coma and just woke up.. 🙂 Sitting on my throne, flipping the pages of an older edition of Golf Magazine, I stumbled upon an article called “The Best Courses Near You.” This is their first ever rankings of the best courses you…
OOBGolf Mystery $10 Gift Bags
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I thought this was TOTALLY awesome! Well not quite TOTALLY, but almost. It would’ve been TOTALLY if they gave you an option (lefty or righty) on the higher end stuff, but, I digress… 🙂 My golf brothers and sisters over at OOBgolf.com are doing something pretty cool for the holidays. For $10(technically $13.95 with s/h)…
WWJD – What would J.P Do
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I’m getting myself a WWJD Bracelet. “What would J.P Do…” 🙂 I’m sure you’ve all seen it already, but just in case, here’s the link. J.P. Hayes is as honest as we like to think we are. This guy did something that I don’t think many of us would do. He voluntarily disqualified himself from…
A Tax on Golf, Your thoughts?
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Found this on Stracka. A Brilliant Solution to Economic Problems: Tax Golf At first I was abhorred at the thought, but after thinking about it, it might not be a bad idea. Well, that is if they can better define what the tax would cover. I know taxes suck, but I don’t think most of…
First Impressions of Bikram Yoga
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A couple days ago, I mentioned that this week I was starting a crusade to lose weight and improve my game by picking up Yoga. Here’s the original post. Yoga & Golf Well, I had my first class Tuesday night and my first impression was this, “Dave, you’ve got to be the dumbest SOB I’ve…
Top Golf Instructors in Orlando
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I was flipping through the latest issue of Golf magazine, which, for some reason, I’ve been receiving for the past 3 months and which I never signed up for…. err.. of which I’m a satified paying customer of… Anyway, I was flipping through Golf magazine and I came across their list of the Top 100…
Yoga & Golf
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Soo… In an attempt to reduce the size of my midsection, I’ve signed up for Yoga classes at a local ‘hot’ Yoga school. It’s called Bikram Yoga College of Orlando. They conduct classes in a room that’s at a constant temperature of 90 degrees (I believe), they pack you in there like sardines and you…
Harmony Golf Preserve Shotgun Tournament
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Figured I’d pass this on, sounds like it’s going to be a good tournament. I won’t be able to make it, being a father, sometimes you have to sacrifice golf for such wonderful things as a toddlers birthday party.. This is a part of the GolfNow.com Fall Tournament Series. It’s a two part even that…
“One” man can make a difference.
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“World golf is sorely missing Tiger Woods and the sooner he is back the better,” says Phil Mickelson. “The reason why we all want Tiger back is because he drives the game of golf.” “He drives television ratings, the sponsors need him in their events and the fans turn out to see him, so we…
Happy Veterans Day!
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Almost forgot… Happy Veterans Day to all of my fellow Veterans out there! We would not be the great nation we are today (barring a slight economic blip :P) if it wasn’t for folks like you. May the golf gods bless your sticks! Semper Fi! Dave Once a Marine always a Marine! Book your next…
Five aces in a week!
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First of all, I’d like to apoligize for the site going down for a couple weeks. The server I’m hosting on crashed two weeks ago and it took them forever to repair it! Guess you get what you pay for eh? Well, they’ve since upgraded their hardware so these issues should be resolved! On with…
Happy 233rd Birthday Marines!
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Today marks the 233rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps! Started on 10 November 1775, in a bar called Tun Tavern, in Philidelphia, PA, the United States Marine Corps has never failed nor faltered in the face of adversity and has served our country proudly for 233 years. Here’s a message from the commandant.…
Tee it up with Tiger …again
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Tee it up with Tiger Guess they had multiple contests running at the same time. This one was in California and Anthony Kim made a guest appearance. 🙂 One of the contest winners asked Tiger how the knee was, he replied “great!” Hmm… Would you consider that question inappropriate to ask? It certainly felt like…
Tiger is back on the course…as a caddie…
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<knocks the rust off> ahh, feels like forever since I’ve last posted! Sorry for my absence, other worldly things captured me and performed strange tests… Thanks to those who emailed, makes a lowly golfer feel appreciated! 🙂 So check out the link. I loved this video! A 52 year old gent named John Abel won…
Children’s Miracle Network Classic
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A local golf pro/instructor/blogger, etc… Brendon Elliot asked me to spread the word on this! Take a look and support a good cause! Also check out the little linksters link on the bottom of the post. It looks pretty cool and I might be signing Orlando Golf Blogger Jr. up for it 🙂 “The Children’s…
Chipping with a 3-Wood
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Found this video clip on the golf channel. This shot was made famous by the Honorable Tiger Woods himself 🙂 This guy makes it look sooooo easy… I think it’s more accurate to call it putting with a 3-wood because that’s what your actually doing. Check it out, I’m gonna head to the range today…
Good thing he wasn’t Paparezzi
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During the third round of the Tour Championship, Anthony Kim hits an errant drive off the 9th tee and domes a spectator. Ouch… The video is below, notice how the ball makes contact with the victim’s head and bounces upwards in a high arch. The reciepent, a 48 yr old man named David Whitfield was…