The Armchair Golf blog recently noted that while not every professional golfer will make it into the golf hall of fame in St. Augustine, Fla., a few have figured out how to get their equipment in! Stuart Appleby, who shot a PGA Tour record-tying 59 on August 1 at the Greenbrier Classic, has nine PGA [...]
LifeintheRough.com recently wrote a blog post about how there are few places where you’ll hear more expletives and angst than on a golf course. It got us wondering, is this true, and if so, what’s the worst thing you’ve said or heard on the course? Luckily, LifeintheRough.com has compiled a list of the top 10 things [...]
George Vecsey of the New York Times recently wrote an article asking “has any great athlete, at the top of any sport, ever had his or her game blown to smithereens so fast — not just from age, not just from injury, but pretty obviously from some deeper miasma of psyche and soma.” Woods has been [...]
Phil Mickelson, the No. 2 golfer in the world, has been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Mickelson said he first noticed the pain before the U.S. Open and started taking ibuprofen. The pain spread from just his ankle, left index finger and right wrist to his hips, ankle, elbows and shoulders, at which point he decided [...]
The next time you need an excuse to hit the golf course, try “it”s good for my health!” We”ve always known that golf can be relaxing and fun, but can it make you healthier? About.com says that “Researchers in Sweden found that walking golf equated to 40-percent to 70-percent of the intensity of a maximum [...]
Golf etiquette: Some have it, and some will just never get it! Brent Kelley of About.com asked his readers to share their worst golf etiquette stories, and all we have to say is WOW! We had a hard time getting through some of the horror stories, like the nightmare story of a clueless golfer driving [...]
Old Tom Morris, one of the pioneers of professional golf, obviously knew golf, so what does his great great grandson, Melvyn Morrow, think of the game now? Well, Melvyn let the world know last week, when he wrote to the Armchair Golf Blog to express his opinions. His main concern was that most golfers don”t [...]
Golf.com has ranked the 10 hardest holes you can play in the United States in alphabetical order, of course. The shortest on the list is only 137 yards, and the longest is 595 yards. Florida leads the list with four holes in the top 10, and California is second, boasting two holes in the top [...]
According to Sports Illustrated”s annual analysis of the highest-earning American athletes, Tiger Woods lost $22 million in 2010. What that actually means is that his estimated endorsements for 2010 are worth $22 million less than last year! Now don”t go feeling sorry for the guy . He”s still the No. 1-ranked athlete in the world [...]
When you think of Hilton Head Island, many things pop into your brain, like great beaches, warm weather and of course, amazing golf. But when did Hilton Head first become known for golf? The first golf course on Hilton Head Island opened in 1961, but this golf island truly began its journey to a treasured [...]
