From Tee 2 Green

I have lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area twice in my life so I have first hand knowledge that the back-to-back tour at the beginning of summer there  are a big deal. It starts with the Byron Nelson played at the TPC in Las Colinas and then follows the next week with the Colonial in Fort Worth.  These are great weeks for the area golfers. Both courses are fantastic and the tournaments draw some great players.

I have been out to see the Byron Nelson a few times and even caddied in one of the pro-am events there.  My boss figured since he couldn’t play golf, that he should have a caddy who knew what he was doing.  The three other amateurs on the team must have felt the same way, because the caddies were all better players than the golfers.  Maybe they should have let the golfers play instead – we certainly would have scored better.  We played with D.A. Weibring, who is very well known in the area and I am sure was used to playing with over-payed executive golf hacks.  Sorry D.A. I am sure it was a long day for you as it certainly was for me. [Read more →]

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Well another tournament on the PGA Tour and another chance for Phil to overtake Tiger and become the number one player in the world.  What does he do, shoot four over and miss the cut for the first time in over a year. he played terrible, his words, not mine. A lot of work to do before the US Open.

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Well it worked for Tiger.  I  decided that since I spend so much time playing golf, thinking about golf and talking about golf, why not add writing about golf.

I am not your average golfer…meaning I can definitely break 100 – more on that in the future.  Did you know the average golfer doesn’t break 100? I guess that explains why rounds take so damn long  to play.  I play in a nine hole company league and the very first week someone shot 82 – for NINE HOLES!  Now I love golf, but I am not sure I could continue to play if I shot over 150 on a regular basis.

Lessons…that is what most people need.  Stop spending $400 on a new driver and spend it on some lessons.  I toiled away at golf for a decade without taking a lesson.  Do you know how many bad habits you can ingrain in your golf game in a decade?  Lots!  It was the first lessons I took that changed my golf game.  So all you weekend warriors out there that can’t break 90, please do the rest of us a favor and go take some lessons – even short game lessons would make a drastic improvement.

I am a big fan of GolfTec for lessons.  I like the computer modeling they do and the fact that they record your lessons and make them available for you online.  One warning about them, they teach the modern swing, so if you want to swing like Tiger, they are a great choice.  However, if you have a swing like Jim Furyk, then you might want to consider a different teacher – like his dad maybe.

So my first lesson, is to take lessons.  All I want if for us all to enjoy the game we love so much.  And I will enjoy it so much more if you are not taking a 10 on every other hole.

More to come.

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