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…
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2008 Ryder Cup Results.
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First time in nine years! United States Wins! It’s good to see the 17 inch cup back where it belongs and it’s long over due. Posted below are the results of the matches. Congratz to the honorable Mr. Azinger for his incredibly significant win. Whatever he did to “overhaul” the selection process seems to have…
Golfnow Purchased by Comcast
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Very late in reporting, but I had heard rumors about this and I just wanted to shout to the world, “I’m not crazy!” 🙂 GolfNow.com(who I use quite often) has been purchased by Comcast for the sum of $40 mil. They presently sell tee times to 1.5 million customers at around 1,500 locations nationwide. Unlike…
Sarah Palin Doesn’t Golf or Have Affairs
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Check out this blog post from Golf Girls Diary. I’ve been pretty interested in Sarah Palin and found this amusing…. -Dave Book your next Discount Orlando Tee Times through our new online tee times booking engine.
“Shaq’s Mama Said Knock you Out” Charity Golf Tournament
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Get ready to PAAARRRRTTTTTTTTYY!! Coming real soon (Sept 11th-12th), Shaq’s Mama Said Knock You Out Charity Golf Tournament. This golf tournament was started a few years back. Shaq and Lucille’s golf tournament and gala benefit the Odessa Chambliss Quality of Life Fund ((www.ocqualityoflifefund.com), which was established in honor of Shaq’s grandmother and Lucille’s mother, who…
Tiger Woods Expecting Baby #2
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Well, to be more specific, I suppose his wife Elin is expecting baby #2… 🙂 It’s been a rough and frustrating time for Tiger, since his reconstructive knee surgery that put him out for the rest of the year, “The injury has been a blessing and a disappointment” Woods Said. “Elin is feeling great and…
What’s in the pros bag?
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Another quickie.. Found this cool link while perusing the Golf Channel’s website. If you were ever curious what clubs your favorite player hits, visit the link and select the player. Here’s the link: What’s in the bag? Been crazy busy this week, so not a whole lot of time to write but Congratz to Vijay…
Patriot Golf Day 2008
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Patriot Golf Day started last year on September 1st, 2007. It is a fund raiser started by Major Dan Rooney, an F-16 fighter pilot and PGA professional. It was created to help support the families of fallen soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. Last year, in only a 24 hour period, Patriot Golf Day raised 1.1…
There’s more to a putter than it would seem…
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Read an article discussing optics and their application to putting, pretty amazing stuff. All the colors, shapes and dots found on putters aren’t some designers way of starting a new trend in golf nor are they some nifty marketing ploy to make some putters stand out more than others, well, not totally.. 🙂 They are…
Amateur Golfers of Orlando
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I was referred to this group from a gentleman I met through Stracka.com. They’re an amateur golf league called Amateur Golfers of Orlando who meet every third Sunday of the month. They’ve got about 140 members and have been around for 35 years. It looks like there’s an annual fee of $34.00 and they only…
All you ever wanted to know about the Ryder Cup
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One of my favorite fellow golf bloggers wrote a 27 page document all about the Ryder Cup. It’s a very good read, pretty entertaining and informative. He’s offering it for free for anyone who cares to read it. Here’s the link. Ryder Cup Show this man some love for all the hard work he’s put…
11 year-old fires an Ace on his 3rd time out
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Doesn’t that just figure? Kid nails an Ace on his 3rd round of golf…. He wasn’t keeping score, he was using a borrowed club and a borrowed bag and on the 6th hole, from the ladies tee, he hits a driver that lands on the green and rolls 10 feet for a hole in one.…
Something to kill the time, USGA Rules Quiz
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If your crazy or extremely bored, check out the link below. It’s on the USGA website and it’s a golf rules quiz. There’s different difficulty levels depending on your skill level and you can choose 10, 18, or 25 question quizzes. USGA Rules Quizzes I took a 10 question basic and scored 6 out of…
Oldtimer records two holes-in-one in same round..
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This is Ridiculous! A 66 year old long-haul trucker scores two holes-in-one in the same round! Bob Hickey, from Gaylord Michigan (hickey, gaylord, man, it’s almost too hard to resist..), was playing Marsh Ridge when it happened. His first-ever ace was on the 10th hole a 167-yard par 3, using a 7-iron. This is an…
My New Favorite Website Stracka.com
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The website is called Stracka.com. It’s a myspace/facebook for Golf. Click on the link above to create an account. You create an account for free and you gain access to a whole bunch of goodies. It has a handicap calculator that displays your handicap with and without ESC. You can record your golf rounds, they…
Carl’s Golfland is Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary
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These guys are based out of Michigan, so it’s not exactly an “Orlando Specific” deal, buuuut… due to the wonders of the internet, you too can partake of the celebration! I received an email about this and figured it was worth mentioning. For their 50th anniversary, they’re giving away 50 Ultimate Golf Experiences. I say…
Dubsdread Golf Course Re-opened
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It is a very exciting day today! Dubsdread Golf Course has re-opened its doors today July, 11th 2008 after being closed for what.. two years renovating the course? It was originally opened in 1923 was the former site for the Orlando open and has hosted golf legends like Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Claude Harmon.…
Welcome Thomas!
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Orlando Golf Blogger has signed on another writer, welcome Thomas! Thomas is a sports writer who is passionate about golf and loves to write about it. He’ll be writing a couple posts a week. Look forward to reading some of your posts! Dave
Ascending Weight in Steel Shafts
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Perusing through my RSS reader I came across this article about steel shafts. Did you know that 85% of the PGA Tour have shafts who’s technology hasn’t really advanced in 28 years? Seems pretty crazy to me! Most use the True Temper Dynamic Gold. Graeme Horwood the VP of engineering and R&D at True Temper…
The one foot golf hole
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Brandon Tucker over at worldgolf.com has a job that many would envy.. He has the laborious task of playing golf courses all over the globe and writing about them… sucks, I know… His most recent post was from Fleesensee, Germany where they have a resort course featuring golf holes that are one foot in diameter……