Looking Back at the Putting Tricks We’ve Tried I was determined as a young person to make an advanced science out of putting. What I eventually made out of it was often a mockery instead, but I did put in the work. As a junior golfer, of course, having a putter that looked futuristic and …
Tag: putting
Nov 27
Keeping Golf Skills Up Through Winter
Do We Have to Reinvent Golf Skills Every Year? We’re Not Bears! By bringing up the question of keeping our golf skills sharp through the winter months, I’m thinking less of younger players, although there’s much to learn for them as well. We humans are tested by the seasons, just like every other creature on …
Oct 29
International Putting Tournament
International Putting Tournament Vegas Event Offers $62,000 Prize Either I just don’t know as much as I thought I did about the golf world, or this falls into the category of “Who Knew?” That’s a category with a lot of room to grow, but I’ll accept either verdict as likely. Next year, Las Vegas is …
Sep 06
McIlroy Finds Right Stick
Putting Does a Turnaround at Deutsches Bank for McIlroy Of all the amateur golf devotees out there, such as myself, how many have ever heard of Scotty Cameron? How about Scotty Cameron of putter design fame? They say he’s pretty good at it, and has been at the game for quite a while. I noticed …
Apr 11
Is This Spieth’s Masters?
Twenty-Two Year Old Spieth Leads into Sunday I was interested in an article published today that may or may not have fallen for the oldest trick in the book – assuming that a person who heads into the final round of the Masters with a lead of a few strokes is a shoe-in to take …
Feb 26
Tips from My Friend Fred
Fred Loves to Give Golf Tips No, his name’s not really Fred, but he’ll go rough on me if I use his real name. He’d also give me an earful if I tell anyone he’s from Fresno, so I’ll just say he’s from Southern California.  Fred’s a golfer, just a good old one to three …
Feb 10
Billy Casper Dies at 83
 PGA Great, Billy Casper, Will Be Missed It has been a difficult month for losing professional golfers who accompanied me through my early years. Last week, we lost Charlie Sifford, who broke the color barriers of the PGA Tour, and this week, William Earl Casper, better known as Billy, left us. …
Dec 18
Golf at 100
Golf at 100 – Never Count Anyone Out I read an article the other day about people who break 100 – years, that is – and without exception, they don’t believe in middle age. They do what they believe they can do. Those who can’t envision such an age, whether we’re in our teens or …
May 20
Lizette Arrives at Kingsmill
Lizette Salas Wins the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg First you learn to play the game, and along the way, learn to control your emotions and nerves. Then, you learn to cope with better and better competition, and then you learn how to show up consistently among the better players. Then you learn to get into …
Mar 04
Paula Creamer Sinks Big One
Paula Creamer Sinks Big One in Singapore – HSBC Championship Now I know what I want for Christmas this year. I want a lag putting lesson from Paula Creamer, or better yet, some good instruction on how to make lag putts go in. After watching the conclusion of the HSBC Women’s Golf Championship played in …
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