You can thank irrigation for the importance of backspin in the game of golf. Golfers today take sprinkler heads and automatic irrigation for granted, but sprinkler systems on golf courses did not become prevalent...
A golf swing is a tricky thing. You have probably heard an instructor say, “If it feels good, you’re probably doing it wrong.” That may be sound advice, but if there’s one place on...
In the age of the smartphone, there seems to be an app for almost anything. That certainly applies to golf. Let’s look at some of the aspects of the game that can be enhanced...
The year was 1979 and Gary Adams took out a second mortgage for $24,000. Adams was betting his house on a new idea – a driver with a head cast entirely of stainless steel....
The last time the PGA Tour had a Saturday telecast for a non-major draw as big an audience as this past weekend’s Valspar Championship, Jordan Spieth was 12 years old and probably glued to...
Choosing the best golf bag for you is a decision that should fit your golf game, the same as your clubs, balls, and shoes. Yet, in this case it is not based on your...
When George Jetson teed it up at the Orbit City Golf Club on The Jetsons, he played golf holes with no rough and no fairways. Instead, the green floated in mid-air and George selected...
Jack Nicklaus once used a golf club for 37 years. The Golden Bear was merely a cub in 1958 when he put a MacGregor 693 3-wood in his bag at just 18 years old....
Rudyard Kipling of short story writing fame is – whimsically, at least – given credit for inventing the “winter” golf ball. While the English writer was living in Vermont in the 1890s, he would...
In golf’s lifetime, clock yardage markers only arrived in the last couple of minutes. For hundreds of years, golfers played mostly low shots that relied on roll to reach their destination. Golf was played...
