Among the equipment-obsessed, it's easy to get fuzzy on the details of golf clubs’ comings and goings in and out of your life. And there was a lot to keep up with. In Part 2 of this post, we’re still in 2009, when Steve Valandra turned his attention to upgrading his fairway woods. He paid next … [Read more...]
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The golf clubs that followed him home – Part 1
This is a tale of an orphan 9-iron and the vagabond golf clubs that came after. And a driver that was just too loud. Before all that, there was a simple question: “You play much golf, Steve?” He said, “Nah, I’m (terrible).” Or something like it. Valandra is nothing if not profane. “Wanna play … [Read more...]
What’s on your plate at the turn?
Comes the news just yesterday, from your United States Department of Agriculture, that the Food Pyramid is out. The Plate is in. Bold prediction: This development will not rock the golf world . The plate symbol, they say, makes it easier to visualize portion sizes relative to the kinds of food … [Read more...]
Listen to the person who wants what’s best for you
by Bart Potter The person who loves me and nags me to be healthy wasn’t around when I left to play golf a week ago Thursday. So I didn’t get the thing I usually hear last as I go out the door: “Wear your sunscreen.” Before I teed off I did remember to slather up my face, ears and the back … [Read more...]
What the hell is ‘azimuth’?
When I played the Old Course St. Andrews a couple days ago, I caught some weather: partly sunny skies and light winds variable at 8-10 mph. I dialed up ideal conditions, was able to get a tee time at the Home of Golf just by walking up, and had the course to myself. Pretty cool for a Sunday … [Read more...]
The coefficient of Bryson
Look at the big brain on Bryson ... so large he needs the Hogan cap to hold it all in. It's frightening to us for whom too much thinking about any one thing in the greater world is hard work and, we're certain, will cause physical pain, which does not prevent us from thinking about our … [Read more...]
Reno edition
It's a night when I might as well feel good about things because the bills that are trailing me won't catch up until, like, Tuesday and my week's work in Reno is done and the Cubs won, Cubs won, and the bar in the Silver Legacy is perfectly happy to reward me for being a good hard-working American … [Read more...]
Spring training
They're fighting in the hater press about who's the bigger dickhead, Cam Newton or Peyton Manning. That's an easy one: Eli Manning. Can the NFL just go away for a while? On a sunny day in Grey Goatee Nation, when the breeze catches you just right, you get that whiff of new-mown grass on up in … [Read more...]
The Bandon experience, Day 2: Bandon Trails
It can’t be said our waterproof gear failed, really. It just didn’t work, against the insistent rain, the weighty rain, the damned and damnable rain that blew in our faces and seeped down our necks, that sloshed over our shoes and rendered meaningless their two-year waterproof warranties. By the … [Read more...]
Global Hypocrisy Tour (GHT)
Throw enough money at Americans and they can ignore state-sponsored terrorism, brutal repression of women and girls, and murder, just as easily as anybody. Sort of like today, when the PGA Tour accepted sufficient billions from Saudi Arabia to execute a screaming-tire U-turn and merge its acronym … [Read more...]
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