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The Politics of Golf

I managed to fit in another game at the weekend but it was limited to nine holes as the back nine was waterlogged and unplayable. I’m still pleasantly surprised by my new Driving skills, but also frustrated by my short game. I was watching the Golf Channel and came across an utility club which effectively [...]

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Golf Balls

I came across a fairly useful summary of Golf, which kind of puts the game into some sort of perspective, no matter how much you embellish it – Tracking your score in the game of golf is relatively easy. To put it in the most basic of terms, you just count the number of strokes [...]

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Fitness for Golf

“Consumers are slowly becoming aware of the fact that real changes of any significance have become fewer and farther between, especially when it comes to drivers and balls. If you really want to make a change in performance, becoming physically fitter and more flexible will improve your performance far more effectively than any piece of [...]

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For the Golfing Diva!

Now, I’m as broadminded as the next guy and I like to think of myself as being stylish, but even I would struggle to keep a straight face if I turned out in these! Here’s the pitch – TOUR 360 Adidas just made their best-selling Tour 360 golf shoe even better by introducing this ultra-cool [...]

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Putting

I’m conscious that in the last few posts the emphasis seems to have been on Driving. There’s no doubt that dispatching a long straight Drive is a very satisfying feeling, but for me, perhaps more so – is the long Putt. I mean the type of putt where you’re at the edge of the green [...]

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Golfing Poetry in (Slow) Motion

I think this is just awesome! Created by Nike in April 2006, “to capture the greatest golf swing of our generation”….but funny how Tiger manages to keep his shoes so clean!?!

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Golf for Leftys

I was reading today that approx 15% of the population is left handed but only 10% of all golfers play left handed. Unless my logic is flawed, then that must mean I’m one of the third of left hookers who plays right handed. While I’m left handed in everything else I do, when it comes [...]

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Now it’s the Hexagonal Driver!

Whatever next for the Golf Driver – the Dodecahedron Driver? We’ve had square, triangular and pear-shaped. Now for the next futuristic driver clubhead – hexagonal! Hippo Golf is launching the Hippo Hex driver at next week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, the showcase for the golf trade in 2007. It’s one of the few [...]

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Golf in all Weathers

Managed to squeeze in another round of Golf yesterday, but I have to say it was a bit of a washout. I seem to have experienced the full climate range within the last 10 days and yesterday it was the turn of the rain. As it was during the week and conditions were also less [...]

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Golf Drivers

Following yesterday’s visit to the driving range, today has got me thinking about Golf Drivers. When I received the Golf ‘calling’, 7 months ago, I flirted with my $20, Driver but decided that the safest place for it was at the back of the garage. Yesterday my Driver saw the light of day, for the [...]

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