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…
Golf News
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…
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…
Winter Park Country Club Lecture Series
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Huge news for all you Orlando based folks! Brendon Elliott who is the head golf professional out at Winter Park has been working very hard to put this together and I for one can’t wait to check it out. WINTER PARK COUNTRY CLUB TO HOLD MONTHLY GOLF LECTURE SERIES WINTER PARK, Fla., an internationally recognized…
4th Annual Emma’s Miracle Golf Invitational
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There’s a charity golf event taking place April 19th, 2009 to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. It’s taking place out at Hawk’s Landing and the start time is 1:00pm. This is a great story about a miracle child named Emma. What I love about this is the fact that a family is trying to do…
Free Drawing for “Following The Roar”
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Fellow Golf Blogger from Armchair Golf Blog is having a drawing for a FREE copy of Bob Smiley’s “Following The Roar.” Check it Out -> Armchair Golf Blog You can enter if you want, but I should warn you, the book is as good as mine! 🙂 -Dave Book your next Discount Orlando Tee Times…
Battle of the Golf Blogs
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Tony over at Hooked On Golf Blog said it best. See below link. Guru -vs- Orlando Golf Blogger We played a round together out at Disney’s Lake Buena Vista and placed a friendly wager on it. We wagered Nassau Style with yours truly losing all four bets. Below is a picture of the trophy. A…
He’s Back! Tiger Woods has returned
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Straight from the horses mouth, I’m now ready to play again. After 253 days of golf sans Tiger Woods, #1 is back. He is going to make his 2009 debut at the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship February 23rd – March 1st. Not surprising, really, considering that he has a newborn to keep …
Don’t give up on golf, America
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I was perusing the forums over at Stracka and one of the members posted up this article. I wanted to share it with you all because it’s a fabulous article written by a page two columnist over at ESPN.com named Mary Buckheit. She tells a great story from a daughters perspective about her father and…
Wikipedia Golf Glossary
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Stumbled upon this golf glossary on ole faithful Wikipedia. Every term you ever wanted to know about golf can be found here. Golf Glossary Enjoy! 🙂 -Dave
World Association of Left-Handed Golfers
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All right-handed golfers beware! World Association of Left-Handed Golfers First Golf, next, the world!! 🙂 and if you are not inclined to world domination…yet, here’s the National Association link. National Association of Left-Handed Golfers (crosses fingers) now that we again have a left handed president who plays golf, perhaps we can start seeing a better…
Local Golf Pro Faces Seven Years in Prison
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Local Golf Pro, Jim Thorpe has been charged with four counts of failing to pay $1.6 million taxes. If convicted, Thorpe faces up to seven years in prision and a $3 million dollar fine. The charges filed Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 (just 10 days after his 63rd birthday) in federal court in Orlando accuse Thorpe…
Disney Partners with Golfnow.com
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Figured I’d share this for all those non-Orlandoians. 🙂 Disney has partnered with Golfnow.com and you can now book online, discounted tee times for: Disney’s Lake Buena Vista Disney’s Magnolia Disney’s Palm Disney’s Osprey Ridge The rates are not quite as good as the rates offered for those of us with the Disney Annual Golf…
So much to do, so little time!
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Sorry for the lack-o-communication last week! While attempting to climb Mt. Everest, I was caught in an avalance and had my leg trapped under a rock. It took me a couple days, but I was able to chew off my leg and make it to safety, just in time for the PGA Merchandise Show and…
Golf’s Crash Course in Humility
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I found a really good article about the golf industry over the last century, sort of a recap on where it’s been and where it appears to be heading. It was written by Mark Frost over at WSJ. Golf’s Crash Course in Humility When the Scot’s first built golf courses, they were built as public…
Golfest 2009
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Every year prior to the PGA Merchandise show, there’s a two day event open to the public called Golfest. It’s $10 a person and as far as I know, it’s sort of a dry run for the folks who are participating in demo day. This years Golfest 2009 is taking place out at Orange County…
Obama is a lefty!
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Found this article about president elect(?) Barack Obama. Barack Obama: The New First Golfer Turns out, not only is he a golfer, but a lefty golfer! The stars and moons have aligned to finally bring us a leader who can sympathize with the “right” handed folks of the world! Praise Allah! (ok, ok, I know,…
The top 100 players to watch in 2009
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Happy Monday! I found this tidbit on PGATOUR.com. They’re listing from 1 to 100, the top players to watch in 2009. Can you guess who #1 is? 🙂 Strangely his world rank and his placement are the same. Top Players in 2009 They break them down by regular season rank, playoffs rank and bonus money…
Happy New Year!!
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Welcome to 2009 baaabie! As I sit here nursing a pretty sizable hangover I can’t help but feel like I’ve started this year off on a bad foot. 🙂 It’s a pretty strange custom we’ve adopted here, we focus more on the going out of the last year and don’t consider how our first day…
Closing Down 2008
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Hey Everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks for reading, contributing and coming back! It’s been an interesting year to say the least. I’m still trying to iron out the final draft of my new years resolutions which I plan on posting tomorrow (hangover pending). I’ve got some interesting new content…