Archive | August, 2008

Ian Poulter does U-Turn

Ian Poulter has stabbed me in the back and made me look a right idiot!  Having previously held him up  as a paradigm of virtue he’s now backtracked on his commitment to the Ryder Cup and instead chosen to chase the yankee dollar. Poulter has decided to remain in America to compete in this week’s Deutsche Bank Championship rather than  [...]

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Stack and Tilt

While watching some recent PGA Tour coverage the commentator mentioned something that was the hot new concept in Golf and apparently all the rage on Tour, being used by more than 20 of the Pros - The Stack and Tilt Golf Swing. Intrigued by this statement I dug a bit deeper to see what all the fuss was about. The [...]

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Irons Club Test

A previous post on a Hybrid Club Test proved to be so popular that I thought it would be worthwhile doing the same for Rankmark’s latest Irons Test (not least, given the somewhat surprising outcome). Rankmark tested 28 sets of Irons, by dividing the clubs into groups of four (although it doesn’t seem clear how this [...]

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Golfing Break

It’s now been over two years since I took up golf seriously and aspired to be a better player. In this time I’ve experienced a roller coaster ride, something I’m sure all players will have gone through.  Despite all the contrasting emotions I’ve stuck with it; times when I could no longer hit a ball if my [...]

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Ryder Cup

This week there have been two interesting and opposing points of view on the Ryder Cup.  You could argue that perhaps these comments run much deeper and provide a zeitgeist to attitudes both sides of the Atlantic. Earlier this week Hunter Mahan criticized the Ryder Cup by saying that players are treated like slaves during the [...]

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August 2008 Golfing Calendar

August 2008 5th – 8th WAGR: Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, Royal Colwood GC, Victoria, BC. 7th – 10th Ladies European Tour: Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, Frosaker G&CC, Vasteras, Sweden. 7th – 10th USPGA Nationwide Tour, Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open, Crestview Country Club, Wichita, KS. 7th – 10th US PGA Championship, Oakland Hills Country [...]

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