Yesterday marked the start of my third year volunteering at the Valero Texas Open. I've been with the NCB/Golf Channel Broadcast committee for three years now and it's a really cool gig. While there are certainly some downsides, I think the positives certainly outweigh the negatives. I think you have to enjoy it especially since you're spending 40+ hours at the golf course over four days. What You Get With Volunteering at Valero Texas Open It costs $50 to volunteer, which gets you several … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Fantasy Golf Picks: Valero Texas Open
The PGA Tour is in my hometown this week for he Valero Texas Open and I am ready to get out there and volunteer for my fourth year in a row. John Peterson tweeted out earlier today that TPC San Antonio is in the best shape out of any course they've played all year on Tour. That says A LOT after playing the likes of Pebble Beach, Riviera and Torrey Pines earlier this year. With the tournament in town I am going to do something CRAZY with my fantasy golf picks this week! I am going to … [Read more...]
The 4 Best Golf Products Currently on Kickstarter
I like to think of myself as an idea person. My brain is always working and I always seem to be thinking of good ideas (at least their good ideas in my mind). Problem is, I never act on developing my ideas and that's where I fail. I probably have a list of about 100 or more ideas from over the years that I think are just amazing. One of my favorite websites to look at is Kickstarter. I have the app on my phone and scroll through it several times per week. Being the golf nut that I am, a … [Read more...]
2015 Valero Texas Open Field is Set
The 2015 Valero Texas Open field is set and some of the best players in the world will be in San Antonio as the tournament kicks off in my hometown. I couldn't be more stoked to be out all four days again this year. I will be volunteering again this year all four days starting on Thursday. I will be on the NBC/Golf Channel Broadcast team as I have done the last three years. I'm curious to see what the chatter among our team is this year. I have heard from people who have done it longer … [Read more...]
Yardage Book Holder in Augusta Green from Ace of Clubs
I recently received a yardage book holder from Ace of Clubs Golf Company and over the last couple weeks I've had several chances to test it out. At first, I was curious on what I would do with my yardage book holder because the golf course that I play at normally has GPS on the carts and I thought I'd never use it. Boy was I wrong. I have several yardage books already in my collection from over the years playing in several competitive tournaments around town. Luckily, I still had … [Read more...]
Book Review: Sweetspot: Confessions of a Golfaholic
I think we can all relate to Tom. He's the main character in Sweetspot: Confessions of a Golfaholic, a book by John O'Hern that I recently had the chance to read. The plot of the book is quite relatable to many of us; Tom is addicted to golf. Tom didn't start out addicted to golf, in fact he only took up the game when his boss demanded he take it up. That's where the addiction started. But like many of us, once he discovered the game, he couldn't let go. It became an addiction that got … [Read more...]
10 Top Places to Play Golf across the World
This is a guest post by Patrick Wynn from Golfshire Club in Karnataka, India helping kick off your bucket list of top places to play golf across the world. Everybody who is serious about golf fantasizes about playing on the best courses the world has to offer. Golfers often have a “bucket list” of places where they want to shoot a round of golf at least once before they die. Golfers love to get their game in wherever they can, but if you had all the time and money in the world at your … [Read more...]
Are You Embarrassed With Your Golf Game? Here’s 6 Things You Need to Do
There’s not one person who plays the game of golf who at some point hasn’t felt embarrassed with their game. It’s just a fact. It doesn’t matter if you only have one full round under your belt or you're a seasoned professional who’s won 15 majors, at some point during your time playing golf you WILL feel embarrassed with your golf game. At the end of the day, what matters is how you react when you're feeling down about your game. Some golfers will blow it off and move on to the next shot … [Read more...]
EWGA Welcomes New Facilities to Golf Course Network
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - The EWGA (Executive Women's Golf Association), one of the largest women-focused national amateur golf association in the United States, is pleased to announce 17 new courses have joined the EWGA Golf Course Network in January and February and another five have renewed their membership. The EWGA Golf Course Network is designed to market golf course amenities to EWGA members that will help welcome new players, while showcasing the facilities efforts to grow women's … [Read more...]
Telluride Golf Club, Inn at Lost Creek Announce ‘Golf-in, Golf-out’ Package
(TELLURIDE, Colo.) – Telluride Golf Club – the stunning alpine course in the heart of Mountain Village – and the highly-acclaimed Inn at Lost Creek announce their “golf-in, golf-out” package starting at $170 per person, per night, available May 29 through October 4. Offering discerning, destination golfers over 50% savings on greens fees and additional lodging value, the package includes two rounds per player, two nights lodging, and complimentary breakfast buffet and golf club valet service. … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Fantasy Golf Picks: WGC Cadillac Championship
The PGA Tour is at Trump National Doral this week for the WGC Cadillac Championship and once again I am making my fantasy golf picks on PGATour.com for the week. I've pretty much sucked it up for the entire year with my fantasy picks and there's no chance of ever getting near the top. This week I am going to do something different and pick all studs for my fantasy golf lineup. In the past, I've tried to pick a couple hot lesser known players who might pull out a victory and score me some … [Read more...]
It’s Official: Austin, Texas Will Play Host to WGC Dell Match Play
Welcome, y'all, to Austin, Texas! Over this past weekend, news broke of the World Golf Championships Match Play event moving to Austin in 2016 with Dell Computers reportedly signing on to become the title sponsor. If you didn't believe the news at that time, maybe you'll believe it now. Dell and the International Federation of PGA Tours announced a multi-year deal today to bring the WGC Dell Match Play to Austin through at least 2019, meaning this event will likely stay in Austin for the … [Read more...]
Golf Product Review: Tee Claw
If you're lucky enough to have a local driving range that allows you to hit off real grass, then I envy you. But if you're like most golfers, it's likely you're forced to hit off beaten down mats with flimsy, plastic tees sticking out to hit driver from. There's a new product on the market that's really taking the driving range experience to the next level. The Tee Claw is a revolutionary concept that allows you to ditch the two inch plastic tee sticking up from the hitting mat and use the … [Read more...]
WGC Match Play Heading to Austin Country Club in 2016?
I couldn't help but get excited yesterday afternoon when several reports came out saying the WGC Match Play will be heading to Austin Country Club starting in 2016, with several of these reports saying Austin will be the host for at least two years. I'm a born and raised Texan, so anytime there's news about big time PGA Tour events coming to Texas I get excited. Austin, Texas is a great place to host an event of this magnitude and if they can lock down multiple years into the future it … [Read more...]
Valero Texas Open Announces Big Name Player Commitments
The Valero Texas Open is just about a month away and already some big name players have committed to teeing it up in my hometown this year. First, Phil Mickelson has decided to give TPC San Antonio another chance after pulling a muscle last year and withdrawing from the tournament in the third round. I've lost a lot of respect of Phil over the course of 2014. He didn't play very well throughout the year and his bad season was capped off with a horrible Ryder Cup experience where he let the … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Fantasy Golf Picks: The Honda Classic
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...]
LACOSTE Signs a New Partnership With Alexander Levy
Press Release: Paris, February 9th 2015 LACOSTE is pleased to announce the signature of a new partnership with golfer Alexander Levy. The Franco- American player, aged 24, has become one of the LACOSTE ambassadors on and off the golf course. He was also chosen to represent the new golf collection of the brand. After a successful amateur career, Alexander joined the professional ranks in 2011. Last year, he won the Volvo China Open and the Portugal Masters becoming the first French … [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...]