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Three New Year’s Resolutions

My track record for keeping New Year’s resolutions is abysmal. Each year I faithfully promise but sometimes mine don’t even make it to January 2nd. A number of years ago I resolved to play more often,...

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Keep Your Head Still…or Maybe Not

“Keep your head down. Keep your head still” are perhaps the most often heard bits of swing advice to recreational golfers from their playing partners. The trouble is, both admonishments are wrong and...

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The “Secret” About Wedges

There’s a lot of talk about drivers and there’s no doubt the club taking up the number one slot in the bag is important but it’s also true the clubs in the other end of the bag, the wedges, are...

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Evaluating Snell’s My Tour Ball

An old friend was on the phone the other day talking about his golf game and asked if I knew anything about the Snell ball. He’s been a scratch player for many years, a loyalist of the ball played by...

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On Course Gifts for Dad’s Day

Father’s Day June 18 is just the occasion to gift Dad something he can use on the course and remember you’re thoughtfulness each time. Here are a selection of gifts we like and fathers will really...

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Senior Golfers–Get Fit

If you remember Arnold Palmer in his prime or Jack Nicklaus dominating the PGA Tour you are probably of the age when golf can take up more of your time—notice I didn’t say retired…simply a shift of...

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Diary of a Driver Fitting

One of the best ways to hit better shots is to play with clubs that help to correct those individual swing idiosyncrasies we all have. The process for finding the proper sticks is called club fitting...

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No Blood No Foul

The purpose of this column is not to pick on the United States Golf Association nor the R&A. In fact, these co-arbiters of the Rules of Golf deserve to be congratulated for the improvements in the...

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New Rules with New Terms

When the calendar changes years we often have the urge to make promises of improved behavior sometimes called turning over a new leaf or as it is also known the often-ironic New Year’s Resolution....

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Total Golf Trainer

There are lot of golf training aids. A Google search returned over 158,000 results and Amazon has more than 1,000 items. Of course, there are a lot of duplicate, triplicate or more multiples on these...

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Simple Works – The Putting Arc

One of the basic truths about golf is even when a putt is hit online with the correct speed it sometimes doesn’t go in. Don’t ask why just accept it and move on. This doesn’t mean however we can’t...

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Distance Fitting from Callaway

One Liner: Callaway now offers personalized club fittings at no charge over the phone from Certified Master Fitters. Fast Facts: Free club fitting consultation Sign up at Callaway Distance Fitting...

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Funny How Things Work Out

Those of us who play golf for the fun of it sometimes wish we could use our Visa card to fix our game not to mention filling in any gaps due to a deficit of talent. Rather than beating balls on the...

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GolfLogix Green & Yardage Books

GolfLogix knows to score well you must putt well. Hitting the ball on the proper line with the proper speed is a skill honed by experience and assumes the player can see the proper line. The green...

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Shot Scope V3 GPS & Performance Tracking Watch

One Liner: Shot Scope replaces the V2 model with the V3 that combines GPS and artificial intelligence performance tracking in an everyday wearable watch. Fast Facts: Dynamic GPS for green F/M/B &...

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Women’s Golf Day Partners with PGA TOUR Superstore

Women’s Golf Day (WGD) has inked a deal with PGA TOUR Superstores (PGATSS), the largest golf-only retailer in the U.S. with 45 stores, to be the official retailer for the international event promoting...

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Feel vs. Real – deWiz Swing Analyzer

It seems nowadays anything labeled as “high tech” attracts attention and there’s no better example in golf training devices than the deWiz sensor watch. It tracks hand movement during the swing...

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Bridgestone’s OTTO

If there are buzz words regarding golf equipment the past few years and something I have written about too many times to count they are “get a fitting.” This is true of clubs of course but Bridgestone...

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