Archive for June 20th, 2009

Comparing Nike STR8-FIT and TaylorMade R9 Today

My boy is in summer golf camp. Rather than dropping him off and coming back 1.5 hours later, I’ll be on the range today doing a side by side comparison of the Nike STR8-FIT and the TaylorMade r9 drivers. It should take me a few days to …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

A Tempestuous Golfer Explained – Sergio Garcia

‘For a number of reasons Sergio Garcia is huge news at this US Open. His every move is being analyzed… by golf fans and journalists alike… all anxious to see if his 2009 experience will be as vociferous as the one he had at Bethpage …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

A Bedimpled Lexus Golf Ball Car at the US Open

The effect of golfball-style dimples on aerodynamic surfaces has been studied in countless classrooms, and pondered in product development meetings, the world over.Golf balls are inevitably the inspiration for most such conversations, …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Orlando Golf Blogger gets some air time

Congrats to my pal Dave the Orlando Golf Blogger. He got some major (pun intended) air time on Orlando TV regarding some golf deals for Father’s day. Congrats Dave.

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

A Walk In The Park » Closing The Deal – Comparing 18 at Bethpage

A Walk In The Park – 268 Courses, 38 States, One Man.

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Yes, my Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup

Thank you Steve Czaban for doing the heavy lifting for me on a day when I’m getting set up at Bethpage for the Open. Of all the people to walk head first, by accident into aPittsburgh Penguins bar in NYC on the night they play for the …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Golf Observer runs my Hole-by-hole of Bethpage Black – 2009 US Open

Thank you, Sal Johnson. And after a hair-raising, teeth-grinding, 90-minute commute, we are live from the US Open at Bethpage Black.

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

The US Open: Always Exciting, Always Open

Shane Bacon attempted to qualify for the 2009 US Open. FORTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, ex-Army staff sergeant Orville Moody stood over a 14-inch putt on the 72nd hole of the US Open at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

SUMI-G Dormy Belt Review

This is yet another of what are sure to be glowing reviews of a product by my new golf buddy…

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Superintendent: Bethpage Black Is Ready for US Open

Various cuts at Bethpage Black for 2009 US Open. (2Eklectik/Flickr) Contributed by GCM NewsWeekly Special to ARMCHAIR GOLF THE US OPEN RETURNS THIS WEEK to Bethpage State Park’s Black Course in Farmingdale, NY, for the second time in …

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Saturday, June 20th, 2009