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...]
Top PGA Storylines For 2015
This is a guest post by Kevin Gannon, a freelance writer with a love for all things sports (especially golf). With the New Year having finally arrived, golf fans will turn their attention toward a new campaign, even if the PGA's official schedule follows a wrap-around format that connects the years. Most still judge players by how they perform in a given calendar year, and more specifically how they contend at that year's four major tournaments. With this in mind, here are a few of the top … [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...]
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...]
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...]
How Important is Golf Posture Throughout the Golf Swing?
Not only is golf posture important in your golf setup, but the consistency of golf posture throughout your golf swing is the secret to hitting the golf ball with consistency. Without consistent golf posture, you can not play consistent golf. Why is Golf Posture Important The primary spinal segments that rotate during your golf swing are your thoracic vertebra (your mid back). The lumbar spine (low back) is not designed to rotate more than a couple of degrees per joint. As a result, we … [Read more...]
Worst People to Golf With
This is a guest post by David Bryce. David is an online publisher for Thousand Hills Golf Resort in Branson, MO. He blogs on the topics of golf, travel, and vacations. Golfing is already a frustrating sport that mocks your inability to control a silly white ball, and playing with certain types can make my favorite game that much more aggravating. Over the years I’ve come to believe I’ll never be free of the “T-Offs,” as I’ve come to dub them. They are often my coworkers or friends who I … [Read more...]
Tiger Off to Another Strong Start
I recently put out a guest blogger request on Twitter and I am happy to say I have found a good article for the first ever guest post on Front9Back9 Golf Blog. This comes from Cory Walton in San Antonio, who is currently trying to finish strong towards his electrical engineering degree from University of Texas San Antonio. Cory is a huge sports fan and you can read his blog at From The Cheap Seats. Tiger Woods holds on to a three stoke lead at the Chevron World Challenge after posting a … [Read more...]