A couple of years ago, when I really decided to pursue a career in golf, my wife, Zoe asked me if I would be willing to give her golf lessons. I politely declined. Still, from time to time, she’ll try to catch me in a weak moment and ask me for a tip or two. Let’s
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The last five major winners have all been first-timers. In the Masters era, first-timers have won all four majors in the same calendar year only five times: 1959, 1969, 2003, 2011, and now 2016.
It’s been a rough couple of months for the USGA. After-the-fact rulings nearly derailed an otherwise exciting couple of majors in both the Men’s and Women’s U.S. Open Championships. The good news is that Dr. Robin Farran had nothing to do with the USGA’s unfortunate ruling procedure. Dr. Farran is widely regarded as one of
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I don’t blame that bladed bunker shot on Steve Wheatcroft. There was no sand in the bunker! Are they running low on sand in Canada? C’mon.
One of the very first golf “instructional” books anyone told me I should read after taking up the game in college in the late 90s/early 2000s was Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella. It’s about the mental side of the game, it’s the best-selling sport psychology book of all-time, and it’s
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