While it might seem inconsequential to non-players, there’s a special target among amateur golfers to gauge their progress: scoring less than 100 for 18 holes of golf. Yesterday I played the Lassing Pointe course in Union, KY. Cutting right to the chase, I scored a 97 on the round, the 1st time in my life [...]
There’s a new place to swing the iron here in Loudoun, the 1757 Golf Club. Erica Garman over at Living in LoCo has the scoop, complete with a very recent update containing greens fees and whatnot. Even better: 1757 will be open to the public rather than continuing the Presidential’s $60K membership fee. According to [...]
From Politico: Barack Obama might have abs that are the envy of men half his age and the ability to command a crowd of 100,000 with his speeches. But when it comes to the decidedly presidential sport of golf, well, to put it diplomatically — he’s only a little smoother on the links than he [...]
Most of we who golf will go our whole lives without sinking a hole-in-one on any course we play. (Putt-putt not included here, although there might be some who’ll never do it there, either.) Not so for young Drew Gray of Illinois. Drew aced the 5th hole at Yorktown Golf Club in Belleville, IL, and [...]
There are 2 of golfing’s claims that tend to bring up smiles and are also widely considered to be axiomatically true: First, that golf represents a valuable business tool in that it can get you an hours-long meeting with folks who might not otherwise give you 10 minutes in their office. Second, that a bad [...]
One of the new expenses of my time that I’ve been working on is the game of golf. I started last year and have made enough progress that I can reliably play with clients and not besmirch my company’s name. (So far.) Up here in Connecticut while on vacation, I decided I was definitely going [...]
Various things so far this year have managed to keep me very busy around the house so I haven’t had the chance to log a round of golf in 2007. Until yesterday, that is, when business actually brought me out there. The first 6 holes were nothing less than torture (for me and my foursome, [...]
In my quest to pick up the game of golf the last month has represented something of a setback. A medical issue that knocked me out for a couple of weeks, uncooperative weather and general business stuff have all conspired to keep me off the driving ranges and, certainly, off of the golf course. Yesterday, [...]
For the past month or two I’ve embarked on an effort I’d avoided for years. I’m learning to golf. How I came to this juncture is a long story for another day but suffice it to say I’ve found myself in need of enough skill on the links to avoid seriously embarrassing myself or certain [...]
