It's time to turn over a new leaf and start to take my fantasy golf picks to the next level. What does that mean? I really don't know. All I know is I need to pick the winner in every tournament for the rest of the year so I can make a move to the top. Last week at the Northern Trust Open, Sergio Garcia, Bill Haas, Robert Streb and Webb Simpson let me down. While Sergio had a decent week, (should've won) the others not so much. They all missed the cut. This week the PGA Tour jumps on … [Read more...]
Golf Training Aid Review: The Navigator by Dirty Larry Golf
I must admit, I use a lot of golf training aids and I'm also a stats geek when it comes to my golf game. I track my golf stats for every round and chart them out. (It's fine, make fun of me now.) For most of my rounds, I track three main categories; fairways hit, greens in regulation and number of putts. I always want to figure out if a golf training aid is working for me or wasting my time. These three statistical categories are among the most basic and easiest to track. As the end of … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Fantasy Golf Picks: Northern Trust Open
Our fantasy golf picks take us to famed Riviera Country Club this week for the the Northern Trust Open. It's the last event of the "west coast swing" and next week the fellas will be teeing it up in Florida. I had a good set of horses for my fantasy picks last week at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Problem is, my dumbass-self failed to make the selections on PGATour.com. Needless to say, I received a big ZERO points on the one week I made good picks. The Course Playing at a … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Fantasy Golf Picks: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
We're back again this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and it's officially turned into a fight to not come in last place in fantasy golf. Let's just say my fantasy golf picks have been straight crap lately. Last week, at the Farmer's Insurance Open, my fantasy golf picks consisted of three players who didn't even make the cut. My fourth, Jimmy Walker, kind of fell flat on Sunday and couldn't get anything going. Long story short, I scored a total of 83 points. The … [Read more...]
Golf Book Review: Church of Golf: A Novel of Second Chances
If you are a golf writer and would like me to complete a golf book review for one of your books, please reach out to me and I'd love to talk. As golfers, we're all familiar with the successes and failures this great game brings to us. We also know how humbling the game can be when one day we go out and shoot the best score of our lives and the following day shoot the worst. In a book written by Spencer Stephens, Church of Golf touches on all these emotions all of us as golfers experience … [Read more...]
Happy New Year From Your Friends at Front9Back9 Golf Blog
Happy New Year fellow golf nuts! As we enter into 2015 and get closer to the start of the PGA Tour season a week from today, I thought there’s no better time than now to establish my goals and business goals for 2015 for my business and in-particular Front9Back9 Golf Blog. Over the last five years since starting this blog I’ve really enjoyed getting to interact with so many fellow golf fanatics and golf bloggers. It really has been fun. I started Front9Back9 as a hobby, just like everyone … [Read more...]
In Celebration of Front9Back9’s Five Year Anniversary, I’m Giving Away $100
Happy Anniversary to me! It was November 30, 2009, just a couple days after some guy named Tiger ran into a tree with his Escalade, that Front9Back9 was born! The biggest scandal in golf history was just getting started and we would soon find out Tiger Woods had a different lady in every city across the world, all while the wife and kids were at home. (Okay, that's an exaggeration. I don't want Tiger to write about me on The Players Tribune.) There's been many other things happen in … [Read more...]
Landing the Client on the Course: A 9 Hole Lesson in Business Golf Etiquette
This is a guest post by Trevor Grey. You can find Trevor on Twitter @Gret2401. According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), golf course etiquette can be broken down into a few categories. Safety, for example, is a category that encompasses general rules like making sure that the group in front of you is out of range. The PGA provides a beginning to end guide for golf etiquette, including what to expect before the game, where to warm up and what to do if you’re asked to tend to a … [Read more...]
Chip-In’s & Chunks: Bubba Wins Green Jacket and Big Names Miss Cut
Chip-In’s & Chunks is all about the good and bad in the game of golf from the past week. Do you have something to add? Let us know on Twitter @Front9Back9 , Facebook or Google+. Chip-In's (the good) Bubba Watson Wins His Second Green Jacket I have to admit I was the first to say I didn't think Bubba had it in him. I mean, he hasn't done anything since 2012 when he won his first major championship and I thought no way in hell he would ever do it again. I was wrong. Everything came … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Golf Picks: The Masters
Ah yes, it's that time of the year. The azaleas are blooming, the birds are chirping, and Tiger Woods will miss his first Masters in 20 years while nursing a back issue. It's Masters Thursday and Arnie, Jack and Gary will be hitting the ceremonial first tee shot and then we can finally get into some real golf action. Frankly, I am tired of the hype already. Let's just get to playing some golf. The "experts" say this is the most wide open Masters ever. I guess because Tiger Woods is not … [Read more...]
Chip-In’s & Chunks: Kooch Falters, Kids Win and Phil Is a Quitter
Chip-In’s & Chunks is all about the good and bad in the game of golf from the past week. Do you have something to add? Let us know on Twitter @Front9Back9 , Facebook or Google+. Chip-In's (the good) Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is Great for Golf Most golf industry professionals will tell you getting kids involved in the golf is just as important for the game as finding a solution to the pace of play on the PGA Tour. I watched most of the competition earlier this morning on Golf … [Read more...]
Golf Book Review: Teeing Up for Success
I recently read a book titled Teeing Up for Success: Insights and Inspiration from Extraordinary Women. The book was written to support the EWGA Foundation and features 30 inspiring stories from women from all professions who attribute a part of their success to the game of golf. I had reached out and requested a copy because I had read some other reviews and wanted to read the entire book firsthand. I have to admit, there are quite a few inspiring stories in Teeing Up for Success. The … [Read more...]
Chip-In’s & Chunks: An Aussie Wins, Pace of Play Sucks, and Phil WD’s
Chip-In’s & Chunks is all about the good and bad in the game of golf from the past week. Do you have something to add? Let us know on Twitter @Front9Back9 , Facebook or Google+. Chip-In's (the good) Steven Bowditch Wins Valero Texas Open Luckily it was a tough day for every golfer at TPC San Antonio on Sunday. It's not often you see a player pick up a victory in a PGA Tour event with a final round 76. Bowditch overcame gusty wins and a long golf course to score his first PGA Tour … [Read more...]
Who’s The Hottest Big Break Florida Contestant?
Big Break Florida kicks off tonight on Golf Channel and in true Big Break fashion, the producers of the show have again made sure to fill the new season with "easy-to-look-at-women." Is this sexist for me to write? Probably. Is most of the Big Break audience thinking the same thing? Of course! So if you think it's wrong, then I am sorry, but please leave me a comment below to let me know your feelings or hit me up on Twitter @Front9Back9. But back to the story here. Who's the hottest … [Read more...]
Golf Blog Foursome: State of Golf, Ping i25’s, Play Better, and Winter Golf
Each week I read quite a few golf blogs and I pick out my favorite four posts and share them here on the Golf Blog Foursome. Check out these posts and let me know what you think below or on Twitter @Front9Back9. The Declining State of Golf - The Sand Trap Michael over at The Sand Trap made some great points in a post late last week in regards to his thoughts on the declining state of golf. This topic has been in the news quite a bit recently and I think will continue to stay a topic … [Read more...]
The Health Benefits of Playing Golf Regularly
This is a guest post by Tyler King, who is the Online Outreach Coordinator for Catalina Golf Karz who specialize in awesome golf custom golf carts! If you'd like to provide a golf guest post for Front9Back9 Golf Blog, contact us here. Savvy golfers know there are benefits of playing golf that can effectively keep players healthy. Today, we’ll cover the basic ideas behind two articles related to golf’s health benefits. Although the articles highlight different study results, they both have … [Read more...]
Chip-In’s & Chunks: Bubba Wins, Karrie Wins, and A Tree Falls Down
Chip-In's & Chunks is a recap of the good and bad from this past week in the world of golf. Do you haveFacebook or Twitter @Front9Back9. Chip-In's (the good) Bubba Watson Wins Northern Trust Open Bubba Watson picked up his first win since the 2012 Masters. He really needed this win after collapsing on the Back 9 of the Waste Management Phoenix Open two weeks ago. Karrie Webb Wins Women's Australian Open for Fifth Time Karrie Webb fired a final round 68 to win her fifth … [Read more...]
9 Golf Betting Games to Help You Take Some Cash From Your Golf Buddies
Are your golf buddies boring? Do they talk a bunch of smack on the golf course and not back it up? If so, it sounds like your next round should include a golf betting game to help add another level of excitement to your friendly golf game. Betting on the golf course is a fun way to keep things lively. These wagers can range from 25-cents to hundreds of dollars. Hell, I have read stories of PGA Tour pros betting more money on one round of golf then a year's worth of mortgage payments for me. … [Read more...]
9 Ways FootGolfers and Golfers are Alike
This is a guest post by Lilli Bewley, CEO & Co-Founder of California FootGolf Club. If you are interested in writing a guest post for Front9Back9, please contact us! Some of you may have seen FootGolf courses popping up in your area or on your local course. These courses are hard to miss with much of the same elements as a golf course with the exception of 21 inch diameter holes and, in many cases, different colored tee boxes and flags. If you haven’t encountered one yet, you are sure … [Read more...]
Golf Blog Foursome: Winter Golf, Geezer Golfers, Norman Brags and Holiday Gift Ideas
Golf Blog Foursome: I read quite a few golf blogs on a weekly basis. Here are four of the best posts from this past week from fellow golf bloggers. Let me know what you think over at Twitter @Front9Back9 or the Front9Back9 Facebook page. GolfBlogger.com: Feeding Your Addiction in the Winter, Part 1: Play Golf I hate this time of year. Why? Well it’s cold outside and I dislike cold. Yes, I live in San Antonio, TX and while I may only see 20-30 days of actual cold weather each year, … [Read more...]