‘That was not where I needed to be,’ Tiger says of his game
Tiger Woods completed his return to golf, but he learned he’s some distance away from being ready for championship competition.
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CEO’s are now playing miniature golf.
Jewish women are marrying for love.
Even people who had nothing to do with the Obama administration aren’t paying their taxes.
If the bank returns your check marked “Insufficient Funds,” you call them and ask if they meant you or them.
Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.
Obama met with small businesses to discuss the Stimulus Package: GE, Pfizer, and Citigroup.
McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ouncer.
Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children’s names.
A truck of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico .
The most highly paid job now is jury duty.
Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.
People in Africa are donating money to Americans.
Mothers in Ethiopia are telling their kids, “Finish your plate, do you know how many kids are starving in the US ?”
Motel Six won’t leave the light on anymore.
The Mafia is laying off judges.
Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.
\And finally…
Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Hey, neat! The guy who made $50 billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $750 billion disappear!
Thanks guys, just havin’ a little fun
We all have our favorite top 100 golf courses. The difficult part about the list is most are difficult to play. We all know about Bethpage Black but what are some other top 100 courses that you can play? Here a five top 100 golf courses that you can play.
Top 100 golf courses - Erin Hills Golf Course
A wild Irish rover that unfolds over heaving farmland 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee is already named as the site of the 2011 U.S. Amateur. This Michael Hurdzan/Dana Fry/Ron Whitten design remains on the short list of possible future US Open venues. Stretching 7,824 yards from the back, Erin Hills has all the length it will ever need, plus an endless variety of lies, stances and angles.
Top 100 golf courses - Chambers Bay Golf Course
Having been named the site of the 2015 U.S. Open, Chambers Bay does not suffer from a lack of accolades, but this spiritual cousin to Ballybunion does suffer from misconceptions. First, unlike Bandon Dunes, which can be challenging to get to, Chambers Bay is practically a suburban park course, just minutes from downtown Tacoma, Washington and 45 minutes from Seattle-Tacoma Airport.
Second, do not let the tips yardage of 7,585 bother you: the slope from the back tees is only 135, so while this walking-only track will test your hamstrings, you will find it tough to lose a ball, which might be the true genius of the design.
Third, for anyone who has a preconceived notion of what a Robert Trent Jones II design is supposed to look like, forget it. Chambers Bay is a true collaboration of the RTJ II team which included Bruce Charlton, Jay Blasi and Jones himself. The golf course is simply a strategic masterpiece with wild elevation changes, split fairways, enormous dunes, tattered-edge bunkers and stunning scenery. It will give a great test to the participants of the 2015 Open.
Top 100 golf courses - Fallen Oak at Beau Rivage
Sure, it is an magnificent Tom Fazio design open only to guests of an MGM hotel 20 minutes to the south, but it is not quite fair to call Fallen Oak a southern-fried Shadow Creek. It stands on its own. While Shadow Creek was created from an absolutely barren landscape, this 7,487-yard layout flaunts its natural attributes, from the rolling terrain to its streams, lakes and wetlands. The Southern mansion clubhouse adds greatly to the Gone With the Wind ambience, but it is the individual holes that lift Fallen Oak from merely “pretty” to “pretty great.”
Top 100 golf courses - We-Ko-Pa Golf Club
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw have fashioned a fun romp through the desert with enough retro shot values and eye-candy backdrops to please both purists and tourists alike. We-Ko-Pa’s Saguaro course features extra-wide fairways framed by its namesake cacti. The superb variety and imaginative green contouring, along with panoramic mountain vistas in every direction and no homes or roads on a parcel owned by the Yavapai Tribal Nation, create a worthy companion to We-Ko-Pa’s seven-year-old sibling, the Cholla course.
Top 100 golf courses - Tidewater Golf Club & Plantation
Tidewater was once ranked in the high 30s on the Top 100 You Can Play list before slipping off. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. Tidewater offers uncommon elevation change and variety for the Myrtle Beach region. Holes 3, 4, 12 and 13 afford views of the Atlantic, while the closing trio skirts the Intracoastal Waterway. Architect Ken Tomlinson did not sprinkle mounds over the course, and so his bunkers and greens are on the flattish side, a design treatment that fell out of favor for a few years. But a recent reexamination of the course’s virtues has vaulted it back onto the ranking of the top 100 golf courses.
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There are only a few accessories for a shaft; does this kind of stuff really deserve that kind of price? Or maybe, apart from the huge profits, the money goes to the star endorsement.
Due to the immature development of the golf industry, and also owning to the limited consultation, for most golf beginners, actually are deceived by the club’s appearance. In the field of the automobile industry, we all think that Audi spent tens of millions of R & D costs for his 10cm body longer is understandable, but not subject to the same occurred in golf clubs. In fact, although golf supplies are not as good as auto parts, golf industry’s scientific, technological content, and profession are in no way worse than any other industry – Its head angle, size, center of gravity position … … body weight, discount points, torque … … hold to the material, size, texture … … independent details after the completion, have also need to meet the actual results, as well as the unification of attributes. Each facet impacts on the effectiveness of the movement. In order to keep these performance improvements, the golf manufacturer every year have to put a great deal of energy and money, do these can not be called as costs?!
Stars endorsement? In addition to the brand image, in fact, they have more important task is to provide the needs of the actual equipment, which are used to determining the direction of R & D R & D products and testing the practical effect of this constant feedback from the world’s most expert advice, continuous improvement to improve the product, to ensure that the ball reached the hands of the Friends of the equipment is excellent; In addition, the stars of the endorsement of the brand rather than individual products, so the cost of star endorsement should be in equal shares for all products in the brand. Think about a brand that listed each year, compared with the tens of millions of full line of products, the cost of each product fee is not so much.
Yes, the production needs of the professional production of sophisticated equipment, in the field of the professional sales channels, the cost is indeed high. But this is precisely the realization of prices the best way to optimize. To modern industrial society, the workshop is to bring his hand to the large-scale production equipment. A small amount of production and sale can cost more than rough measurements of production? Who agree with those really should go back to school again to learn about the whole thing.
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As with many things in life, being great at golf cannot come without a great deal of practice. Sometimes the biggest difference is not the club, the ball or even the form of your swing, but rather the accessories you bring to the course. Here are some golf accessories that you can use to improve your game:
Training Clubs
Historically golf accessories consisted of a glove, club covers, and tees. However, in the advanced game of today, technology is giving golfers every tool imaginable to improve their games. Nowhere is this more evident than with the popular hinged golf clubs. Both drivers and irons are available with hinged shafts to help improve a users’ swing, timing, follow through, and body movement. If a user does not swing correctly, the shaft of the club will bend, indicating his or her swing is wrong.
Since the swing is the main force behind the ball, it is crucial to hit the club’s “sweet spot” so that the ball travels as straight and long as you need it to go. If a golfer can successfully use one of the hinged clubs without bending it in the backswing, then shaving a few strokes off the scorecard becomes much easier.
Different Types of Balls
Calibration Devices
Every golf ball has what is called the “sweet spot”, which is the point where the center point of the ball is squarely hit with the center of the club face during one’s swing. Finding this spot is not as easy as it sounds, but recent technology has made it much easier to strike. There are now devices available that will gyroscopically calibrate a golf ball, much like the balancing of a car tire. Once this is done, the ball can be marked to show the equator of the ball and axis line to visually indicate the center point. Most calibration devices are portable and run on batteries, making them the perfect accessory if another ball needs to be marked on the course.
Putters
Another key aspect of golf is the art of the putting stroke. Putting is absolutely critical in the game of golf and matches are often decided by the player that is most effective on putting green. Thus, it is essential for any serious golfer to constantly work on their putting game in addition to their fairway accuracy.
There are many putting accessories currently available- from indoor putting greens to visual aids. The rotating of the putter club during a golfer’s stroke attributes to more than 60% of an average golfer’s missed putts. Most of the remaining missed putts are attributed to misread layouts of the green itself.
Typical putting greens are not flat, level surfaces for a golfer to easily tap the ball into the hole. Greens often have hills, slopes, sand traps and bunkers that all add to the level of difficulty. Being able to mentally chart the balls path to the hole is also important so that one can determine if certain mechanics need to be adjusted before actually making the putt.
Learning all of this is not easy; however, it is extremely doable through the use of good training devices. Training putters, electronic monitoring devices, laser sights and mirrors are all good training options and give users noticeable improvements on the green. Take some time to learn the basics from someone knowledgeable. Getting your game off on the right foot can really help your progress down the line.
A good putting game is developed by isolating the three fundamentals of putting. These three important aspects are the stroke (the swing of the club), the position of impact on the ball, and the angle of the club face on the ball. Fine-tuning these aspects of your skill-set can ensure more competitive play, better accuracy, and most importantly, more fun.
Fundamentals are a very important part of one’s golf game and help you as a player learn to accurately control the ball so that it moves to where you want it to go. The practice accessories available today allow beginners, amateurs, and seasoned pros to take their game to the next level, and helps prepare golfers to be on top of their game regardless of the hole, course, weather or opponent.
Pattaya is a picturesque tourist spot located in the Chonburi province of Thailand. This holiday destination is world famous for its golden sandy beaches; rich cuisine and thrilling nightlife, which have made it famous amongst tourists from all over the world. The exotic location and attractions that delight the senses truly promise to make this year worth remembering for many visitors. The splendid mix of festivals, cultural shows and sport tournaments promises to make Pattaya 2009, a truly memorable year.
The year will kick start with countdown to the New Year celebrations on the Jomtein beach, followed by the traditional Chinese new year celebrations at Bali Hai Pier. The sporting calendar will start with, The Royal Trophy, golf championship game between Asia and Europe. Later the Pattaya Tennis open, promises to attract sports lover from all over the world. The famous Pattaya Marathon is held every year and consists of three races: the full marathon, the half marathon and the quarter marathon. The Pattaya Windsurfing race 1 and 2 that culminates into the Windsurfing Cup- the final race, held at the Jomtein beach. The other sporting events like the Bangsean Super carts, Jet-ski competition and Diana Gold Charity Golf tournament promise to make Pattaya 2009, an enjoyable year for sport lovers from all over the world.
A number of cultural shows and festivals will be hosted in the current year to highlight the Thai culture to millions of tourist that flock this beautiful spot in Thailand. The International Music festival is sure to rock the fans from dusk to dawn. It is jointly hosted by Thailand tourism authority along with GMM Grammy label and is divided into three stages that are held in different parts of the Pattaya city; the Laem Bali High, Pattaya Soi 4 and the central Pattaya. The scintillating music by the international and the local bands is bound to rock fans in Pattaya 2009.
The other major festival which is of traditional nature is the Songkran festival, also known as the Thai New Year. The festival involves of three days of no-stop festivities that are marked by throwing water on the people in the streets. This custom signifies good luck that it brings on to the people and at the same time provides the cooling comfort, at the time when it very hot in Pattaya. The streets are full with wet people from many nationalities, with each one enjoying this unique event to the greatest possible extent.
Pattaya 2009 will host other cultural Thai festivals like the Chonburi annual festival, the Ancestor Spirit ceremony, Laem Tan Seafood festival, Pattaya Food & Hoteliers Expo, Pattaya Vegetarian festival, Bangsaen sand castle & Wan Lai festival. The contest like the Miss Queen International, Wedding fair, eastern bartender contest and the Alcaza Lip Sing contest add to glamour to the atmosphere of the city. All this festivals and contests are sure to attract the people, from around the world and make Pattaya 2009 an amazing year that will captivate their senses.
It is good to know that there is a certain aspect of the game of golf that wants very little investment to improve, and it is the golf ball. While some people want balls that can give them extra control when they spin it, others want that extra bit of distance that can help when they use their irons on the course. Whatever the style of your game is, there is a certain kind of ball for any one of us, and it is only a matter of time before you get a personal favorite. But do remember, it is only patience and practice that can perfect your game of golf, the ball itself is useless in the wrong hands.
1. The variety you can practice with
Perfecting your golf is only a matter of time, and patience. To get the right swing you will have to practice it relentlessly. But why waste expensive balls as you do this? It is a great idea to keep a good supply of inexpensive balls when you are practicing at home or on the range. Maybe you could use the softer plastic variety so you can safely practice wherever you are, without a risk to an unsuspecting passer by! However, the balls need to be on a good quality when you are practicing a certain kind of shot, and that is best done on the course itself.
2. The variety that helps you get better control
You may be one of those players that have a strong hit but not too much accuracy. There are golf balls especially made for such players that can block out all unnecessary spin and curve. When you hit these balls on the fairway, you can be assured they will travel straight as long as they are struck correctly. This can help them stop on the greens without steering away from the hole once they hit the grass as well.
3. The variety that can help you cover more yards
Some of us players struggle to cover a large distance and there’s something on the market for us as well. These balls are mad to cover the longest distance and can startle you when you first strike one. The aerodynamics of these balls can leave you in awe as they cover hundreds of yards with a good firm strike.
4. The novel versions
Here’s a little fun! Not everything on the market is made for the serious golfer. Ever heard of a golf ball that lights up in multiple colors once it’s struck? Well, that is available on the markets, and so is one version shaped like a football. Needless to say, they are only meant as a joke and no serious golfer would want to use such a variety in a game, and nor would they be allowed to in any case.
