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Sports Genetic Testing For Your Children

I recently read a series of articles about a new sports genetic test that they can perform on your children.Ā  This test, with the relatively low price tag of $149 is offered by a company called Atlas Sports Genetics. The testing is simple, take a cotton swab, run it inside your child’s cheek and across…

Golf Humor

My snow covered friend Lonewolf over at Wolf Paw Road posted up a pretty funny golf story.Ā  Take a look šŸ™‚ Castaway – Golf Edition Thanks for the joke!Ā  I’ll be thinking about you whilst I’m freezing my butt off on the golf course this Friday, they say the low is supposed to be 56…

OOBGolf Mystery Bags part II

A couple weeks ago, I purchased two of the OOBGolf mystery bags.Ā  Here’s the original post for those that missed it. OOBGolf Mystery Bags Came home last night and much to my excitement, my swag had arrived! I received two packages, one long, triangular and skinny and one standard size shipping package. Inside the smaller…

The world is left hander biased.

I virtually ā€œstumbled uponā€ this site.Ā  šŸ™‚ Lefty Golf Pro When I first saw this, my giddy heart lurched and I thought ā€œFINALLY!Ā  The gods have answered our lefty prayersā€ but after going through the site, I concluded that yes, the gods are a humorous bunch and once again lefty’s are at the butt. It’s…

PGA Merchandise Show Orlando

It’s almost that time of year again!Ā  The PGA Merchandise Show will be in Orlando from January 29th to January 31st, 2009. It’s going to be located at the Orange County Convention Center. There’s a demo day happening January 28th over at the OCN Golf CenterĀ  & Lodge.Ā  It’s only for golf professionals & invited…

Odyssey Putter Auction to Benefit ALS Research

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

A great example of the refinement and gentlemanly conduct our great game is known for… šŸ™‚ 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.. šŸ™‚ Now, I can’t totally fault Mr. Daly for his mood, he was not…

Get My Left Handed Clubs

There’s a blog I’ve been recently turned on to called Freakonomics written by some folks over at the New York Times.Ā  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

Sorry for the delay between posts!Ā  Last week, I fell into a turkey coma and just woke up.. šŸ™‚ Sitting on my throne, flipping the pages of an older edition of Golf Magazine, I stumbled upon an article called ā€œThe Best Courses Near You.ā€Ā  This is their first ever rankings of the best courses you…

OOBGolf Mystery $10 Gift Bags

I thought this was TOTALLY awesome!Ā  Well not quite TOTALLY, but almost.Ā  It would’ve been TOTALLY if they gave you an option (lefty or righty) on the higher end stuff, but, I digress… šŸ™‚ 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

I’m getting myself a WWJD Bracelet.Ā  ā€œWhat would J.P Doā€¦ā€ šŸ™‚ I’m sure you’ve all seen it already, but just in case, here’s the link.Ā  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.Ā  He voluntarily disqualified himself from…

A Tax on Golf, Your thoughts?

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.Ā  Well, that is if they can better define what the tax would cover.Ā  I know taxes suck, but I don’t think most of…

Top Golf Instructors in Orlando

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..Ā  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

Soo…  In an attempt to reduce the size of my midsection, I’ve signed up for Yoga classes at a local ā€˜hot’ Yoga school.Ā  It’s called Bikram Yoga College of Orlando.Ā  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

Figured I’d pass this on, sounds like it’s going to be a good tournament.Ā  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.Ā  It’s a two part even that…

ā€œOneā€ man can make a difference.

ā€œWorld golf is sorely missing Tiger Woods and the sooner he is back the better,ā€ says Phil Mickelson. ā€œThe reason why we all want Tiger back is because he drives the game of golf.ā€ ā€œHe drives television ratings, the sponsors need him in their events and the fans turn out to see him, so we…

Five aces in a week!

First of all, I’d like to apoligize for the site going down for a couple weeks.Ā  The server I’m hosting on crashed two weeks ago and it took them forever to repair it!Ā  Guess you get what you pay for eh?Ā  Well, they’ve since upgraded their hardware so these issues should be resolved! On with…

Tee it up with Tiger …again

Tee it up with Tiger Guess they had multiple contests running at the same time.Ā  This one was in California and Anthony Kim made a guest appearance. šŸ™‚ One of the contest winners asked Tiger how the knee was, he replied ā€œgreat!ā€Ā  Hmm…  Would you consider that question inappropriate to ask?Ā  It certainly felt like…

Tiger is back on the course…as a caddie…

<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! šŸ™‚ So check out the link. I loved this video!Ā  A 52 year old gent named John Abel won…

Children’s Miracle Network Classic

A local golf pro/instructor/blogger, etc… Brendon Elliot asked me to spread the word on this!Ā  Take a look and support a good cause!Ā  Also check out the little linksters link on the bottom of the post.Ā  It looks pretty cool and I might be signing Orlando Golf Blogger Jr. up for it šŸ™‚ ā€œThe Children’s…