The Ryder Cup is less than two days away and we'll get our first set of pairings on Thursday. There's so much speculation out there on who should be paired together. I think there's at least one players who is tough to pair with - Patrick Reed. I'm going to be watching him closely this weekend to see how he plays. He's a very streaky player and I think we'll see how the pressure gets to him, but I think I have found someone to pair him with. Here are five potential pairings I hope to see … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2014
How Safe Is Your Golf Cart: Preventing Golf Cart-Related Injuries
Usually running at less than 11 miles per hour, a golf cart is the last thing you would think would be a cause of countless road accidents. Unfortunately, that is just the case. Between 1990 and 2006, there has been an estimated 147,696 golf cart-related injuries, 30% of which involved children under 16 years of age. This is according to a study published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2008. Interestingly enough, the number seems to just keep on going up. If you are a golf … [Read more...]
The 2014-2015 PGA Tour Wraparound Season is Still Dumb
So here we are. The 2013-2014 PGA Tour is in the books and Billy Horschel is your TOUR Champion and FedEx Cup Champion. Although Billy-Ho had a wonderful last three weeks of the season, there's no question in my mind that Rory McIlroy is still your PGA Tour Player of the Year. With two major victories and a WGC title, the #1 player in the world deserves the title. So what's in store for the 2014-2015 wraparound season? Well, in all honesty, the wraparound season is plain dumb. I … [Read more...]
Chip-Ins & Chunks: Horschel Cruises, The Shark Gets Bitten and Rory Causes a Stir
On Monday of each week, we look bad at the good (chip-ins) and bad (chunks) of the game of golf from the past week. It's really fun and you should definitely share it. Did I miss something? Let me know below in the comments or hit us up on Twitter @Front9Back9. Well the dreadful FedEx Cup Playoffs is finally over. Throughout the weekend, we heard endless talk about projections and calculations and this scenario and that scenario. Needless to say, it was just lame. At the end of the day, … [Read more...]
#ProjectBreak80: Analyzing My Golf Game @ LaCantera Resort Course
Looking back now over all my years of playing golf, I wish I would have taken it a bit more serious. Although there's nothing I can do to control the past, I certainly can control the future and I can look forward to working on and improving my golf game in the years to come. For this reason, I've started to track my golf game. What this means is after every round, I take a few minutes and go through every golf shot and jot each shot down. (Actually, since we're in 2014, I create a … [Read more...]
Chip-In’s & Chunks: Billy-Ho Comes Back, Keegan WD’s, Mickelson Quits and Rory 4-Putts
Chip-In’s & Chunks is a weekly feature that lays out the good and the bad from the weekend of golf. Do you have something I missed that should be included? Let us know below or let us know on Twitter @Front9Back9. Another FedEx Cup playoff tournament has come and gone. We’re on to Atlanta and the TOUR Championship, where $10 million is up for grabs and nobody cares about the winner unless the winner is also the FedEx Cup winner. This past weekend had several great chip-ins, but also … [Read more...]
Phil Mickelson is a Quitter and We Should Stop Rooting for Him
Phil Mickelson is a quitter. Bottom line. And all the people who are fooled by his "thumbs-up" and "smiling good-nature" should really step back and reevaluate why you even root for this guy. He's not the person you really think he is. Phil withdrew from the BMW Championship after his piss-poor 76 on Friday. No injury. No emergency. Just a WD because his primary goal right now is the Ryder Cup. He even said as much in his statement released Saturday morning: My primary goal is to rest … [Read more...]
Phil Mickelson Has No Bucket List Golf Courses. What About You?
As an avid golfer, I undoubtedly have my own personal list of bucket list golf courses in which I strive to play before kicking it. If you are an avid golfer like myself, then you likely have your own bucket list of golf destinations. If you’re Phil Mickelson though, there is no course on the planet that is on his bucket list. Not one. Last week during the Deutsch Bank Championship in Boston, The Boston Globe conducted a survey of around 100 PGA Tour players and asked what golf courses … [Read more...]
#ProjectBreak80: Analyzing My Golf Game @ TPC San Antonio
A few weeks ago, I made a new goal for myself to break 80 within the next 16 months. That means by the end of 2015 I need to improve all areas of my golf game and begin to consistently break 80 each time I go out. In my first post, I vowed to analyze each round of golf I play and start tracking what I do well and what I need to improve if I ever want to accomplish this goal. As mentioned in another post, I played TPC San Antonio yesterday. Last weekend I played out at La Cantera Resort … [Read more...]
San Antonio Golf: TPC San Antonio Oaks Course
Yesterday I got the chance to tee it up out at TPC San Antonio and play the Oaks Course. If you don't know, this is the course the pros play during the Valero Texas Open. The course is tough and when the wind blows, it gets really tough. Yesterday was one of those tough days. One of the main reasons I volunteer at the Valero Texas Open each year is for this round of golf. It's only $25 to play and I brought my dad for $99. We split the green fees so it came out to about $65 each. In all … [Read more...]