The scariest part of the U.S.’s latest Ryder Cup disappointment wasn’t the golf BY: JAMES COLGAN OCTOBER 1, 2023 @ Golf.Com The United States suffered another disappointment at the Ryder Cup. GETTY IMAGES ROME — It was a scary Sunday to be a fan of U.S. golf. Just perhaps not for the reasons you…
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Another Ryder Cup Disappointment!
For Hole Indexing One Size Does Not Fit All
https://www.insidegolf.com.au/opinion/for-hole-indexing-one-size-does-not-always-fit-all/For Hole Indexing, One Size Does Not Fit All For hole indexing, one size does not always fit all By Richard Fellner on June 7, 2021 Over the years, I’ve been campaigning for clubs to take a closer look at their indexing of golf holes. My recent article on this (“It’s time for data-driven decisions in golf”, see…
Here’s How to Post Your Score while “Away”
HANDICAPPING Escaping the Cold This Winter? Here’s How to Post Your Score While ‘Away’JANUARY 28, 2023 | LIBERTY CORNER, N.J.By Danny Vohden For golfers in 34 states across 41 Allied Golf Associations (AGAs), January and February bring not only cold weather and wet conditions, but an “inactive season” as it pertains to their Handicap Index®. And while…
Number of Players with Handicaps Index(R) Tops 3 Million
HANDICAPPING Number of Players With a Handicap Index® Tops 3 Million: Stats and Trends From 2022JANUARY 24, 2023 | LIBERTY CORNER, N.J.By Danny Vohden Florida topped the list of states where the most rounds were posted. (USGA/Robert Beck) Golfers with a Handicap Index®: 3,026,528 The number of golfers in the U.S. with a Handicap Index…
15 Tips for Summer Golf
Summer is arguably the best season for golf, with an abundance of sunshine and daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s also hot on and off the golf course. Perhaps very hot. Following are a handful of tips for dealing with the heat and enjoying golf to the fullest in the good old summertime. Drink…
Mulligans USGA Chief Mike Whan?
Mike Whan is cool with mulligans, and other lessons from playing with the USGA chief BY: JOSH SENS MAY 8, 2023 USGA CEO Mike Whan on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach. JOSH SENS Given his lead role at the game’s rules-making body, you might think the CEO of the United States Golf Association would…
How to Catch a Sandbagger by E. Michael Johnson
A WIN FOR THE GOOD GUYS How to catch a sandbagger The computer algorithm that has tournament cheats on the run By E Michael Johnson May 09, 2023 Photo By: Illustrations by Max Erwin George Thurner remembers the phone call. The handicap chair of a prominent golf club reached out to him after the same…
Best Sandbagger Tournament Prize
By Dave Wells ” A player’s handicap isn’t as important as his love for the game.” Pete Dye, Golf Course Designer As all golfers know, the term “Sandbagger” is used to describe a golfer who is actually better at golf than a handicap would indicate. The golfer’s abilities are such that a lower handicap might…
The Country Club
Sitting here reminiscing of the round I played at the Country Club so many years ago. I was privileged to be hosted by the club Historian Louis Newell and played with golf buddy, Chris Gagne. We played the Open Course (well not the open tees) The Clyde, the Squirrel by Willie Campbell and…
LIV Golf Vs. PGA Tour
LIV Tour vs PGA Tour- Does it Have to be? There are many opinions. Many are hypocritical. It’s the Saudis. Didn’t they kill Khashoggi? Didn’t they knock down the Twin Towers? Wait didn’t the help in the Gulf War? Aren’t they homophobic? Wait, Isn’t Jack Nicklaus building golf course in China? Aren’t they our enemy?…
Slow Play #1 Complaint
Sandy says Slow Play is almost as bad as sandbaggers. Well LIam Moore’s survey says the majority of golfers agree. It’s the #1 complaint of golfers. Sandy has set up a place to post these tortoises.(for free) You can also get the Stop “Slow Play” Poker Chip. 13 Things That Drive Golfers Insane By: Liam Moore |…
Golf Handicap Explained and How to Use It
Golf Handicap Explained: What It Is and How to Use It
Pebble organizers wary of sandbaggers
SFGATE Pebble organizers wary of sandbaggers Ron Kroichick, Chronicle Staff Writer Feb. 11, 2009Updated: Feb. 10, 2012 4:02 p.m. Masashi Yamada holds a dubious place in the lore of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Yamada, a Japanese businessman, teamed with Bruce Vaughan to win the pro-am competition in 1995 – until tournament officials belatedly learned Yamada’s handicap…
The Sandbagger
The Sandbagger From Misfits on the Links A Golfer’s Guide to Freaks along the Fairway, By Joel Zuckerman, Copyright 2006. Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC, Kansas City Swindlus ceaseless It’s a game chock-full 0f less-than- desirable practitioners, but truly, is there anyone, anything worse than a classic Sandbagger? How low can you go, artificially inflating your…
Dirty little secrets of a sandbagger
Dirty little secrets of a sandbagger From the archive (September 1995): Whenever this Texas hustler wanted to take a few skins off his opponents, he would rely on this batch of nasty golf tricks Golf Digest (September 1995) Guy Yokum as told by Dan Jenkins (Dead Solid Perfect) “Sandbagging” has nothing to do with stacking…
The Perils of Sandy Bagger®
Sandy beaned during Francis Brown Waialae CC by a skulled shot from the bunker on the left side of the striking him on the side of the head and driving him into the sand trap in right side bunker on the #7 Signature hole. Read the “Perils of Sandy Bagger” that follows. Note that Sandy…