When I lived in Myrtle Beach, my favorite weekend was probably July 4th weekend. Friends were in town, the bars were packed, and on the night of the 4th, going out to the beach at night was a pretty ...

Does anybody really care about this new groove rule? You know, the one where essentially all irons sold in the modern era would be non-conforming ? at least at the higher level of tournaments. The PGA Tour considered delaying the new ...

Take a look at the first-round leaderboard of the Jamie Farr Classic and you?ll see Carolyn Bivens? dream come to life. You have the wily veteran (Laura Diaz), the Nordic queens (Suzann Pettersen and Minea Blomqvist), the Korean trio ...

The Happy Caddie game (or Unhappy Caddie if your partner doesn?t hit his pitches well) was first published in Golf?s Red Zone Challenge four years ago, which been released as a second edition a month ago (available at Amazon.com). In ...

Click here to listen. Tiger Woods was defeated at Bethpage Black not once but twice in one month! The first loss came at the 2009 U.S. Open where Woods? putter let him down. Lucas Glover, a relative ?apprentice? on the ...

It has become clear that if I am truly going to elevate my golf gadgetry to a Batman-like level, I need an iPhone. Sadly, this goal seems as unrealistic as my ever attaining a scratch handicap. I hate phones in general, ...

Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week?s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Damon Hack of Sports Illustrated about why Lucas Glover?s U.S. Open victory at Bethpage Black really wasn?t that surprising. ?He?s a great ...

I couldn?t help but stare at the ball in disbelief. Had it jumped mid-swing? Did I close my eyes? Did my club suddenly grow a half-inch? Those are the only logical explanations I have for what happened today on the golf ...

In this press release that just came across my desk, NBA legend and noted golf nut Charles Barkley is quoted as saying ?Golf is no fun when you suck.? Charles, if you?re reading this (and I?m pretty sure you are), on ...

The Steve Stricker saga of 3 years ago was fantastic as he totally lost his confidence and his PGA Tour Card with it. Then, like a phoenix slowly rising from the ashes, he successfully navigated the horrors of Qualifying School ...

Lucas Glover finished with a 3-over-par 73 today to win the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. He defeated Phil Mickelson, trying to win the title for his wife as she battles breast cancer, by two strokes ? ?It was a test ...

?Does Poor Balance Cause Poor Golf Swings?? Would a Golfer with poor balance have a better or worse chance of having a consistent golf swing? The obvious answer seems to be that the Golfer that doesn?t have good balance would have a ...

John Daly made the cut for the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in Virginia Water, England. But while his play fell off during the final round, his class was in full effect on Sunday, when he wore pink pants to ...

Here?s a look at one of the gems of golf in Las Vegas tucked into the Red Rock Mountains, Red Rock Country Club. Don?t get enamored by the views, though. The first two holes will eat you up ...

David Feherty, golf analyst and my personal favorite funnyman, is finding himself in a tub o? hot water due to his latest column written for a Dallas local magazine, opining on his new neighbors, George and Laura Bush. The line ...

About 16 or 17 years back, and close to 600 golf courses ago, I was first exposed to a wonderland called Crumpin-Fox Golf Club. This is a delightfully hilly and serene walk through the woods in the northern Massachusetts town ...

Look, regardless of what kind of golf clubs you think Nike makes, just having Tiger Woods endorse your products guarantees a large number of sales. But Nike has done wonders with its new SQ Dymo2 STR8-FIT driver as it tries ...

I was recently looking at my old web bookmarks from a few years ago and noticed that when I clicked on the links to websites like Warrior Golf, Ranger Golf and golfclubs.net, they no longer worked. Many of these ...

It?s good to see that the historic presidential victory of Barack Obama is being placed in the proper prospective. On sports talk radio in Northern California the day after that meant hosts and callers alike asking, ?If Barack Obama can ...

For a while there, it was hard to keep up with all the new golf courses. Golf course development was running wild, just like new houses. Not now, of course. Golf course developers are cutting back on building new courses and ...

Click here to listen. Though often overlooked, Massachusetts is a little state with a big-time golf reputation, including host to some of the decade?s most memorable golf events. Host Ben Larsen highlights the golf courses and many prestigious Massachusetts golf events ...

Have you ever watched your playing partners have a wide stance for a chip shot?.or do they have a narrow stance for a shot using the driver? Check out the setups of the people you play with. What?s going on ...

It is with much sadness that I report the news that TravelGolf.com blogger Cheap Bastard has apparently perished, after the boat he was traveling on to Zimbabwe was attacked by pirates. Cheap Bastard, whose real name was Percy Ramirez-Epstein, reportedly stowed ...

The Cheap Bastard is in a pickle. A really big pickle (obviously). After years of giving of myself, management now wants more. ?Where are the great deals you promised,? they asked. ?Why don?t you post more,? they scream. ?If we ...

It may seem like a fluke that Trevor Immelman won the Master?s, but it just didn?t happen by accident ? I was talking with some friends of mine about the Master?s and one of them said to me ?who is this ...

Some research published recently showed that when Tiger Woods is in a competition other players perform worse than when he is not. The suggestion is that his mere presence sows the seeds of failure in their minds. Someone who might ...

The golf business measured by numbers of players, rounds played, and equipment sold could be generously described as flat. Why the slowdown in the game?s growth and where is it headed? First of all, the good news? ?Baby Boomers? and ...