Golf Lessons from a Pro Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Canadian golf academy The first thing I did when I took up golf some 26 years ago was to make a critical error in judgment. I thought I could learn the golf swing from a book. It was all downhill from there. I would spend hours at the range beating balls badly and cursing the golf gods loudly. My results on the course were no better. Not knowing what I was doing wrong, I [...] Read More


Long Distance Learning Eagle Par Birdie

The internet has opened up a world of opportunity for golfers. Not only can you read golf blogs like this one and dozens of others on a daily basis, you can literally shop the world for golf equipment. You can also shop the world for golf instruction. And that is probably the most exciting development for golfers in an internet age. The web has created business opportunities that are seeing more and [...] Read More


Stars of Tomorrow Eagle Par Birdie

Katie-Jane Stanley. Photo courtesy of Middleton Guardian I tell ya, I wish I was a kid again. I'd take up the game of golf at the age of 9. And I'd soak it up like a sponge. Have you ever seen a 9 year old swing a driver like a pro? Okay, if you saw Tiger Woods at age 3 on the Johnny Carson show, I'll give you that. The thing about kids [...] Read More


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Five Golf Destinations in Spain Wandalust

Golf holidays in Spain: how could you think of anything else at the moment? Spring is here, and Spain beckons... Hotel La Manga Club ​-​ Principe Felipe - Located in La Manga, Los Belones, Cartagena, 41 miles SW of Murcia, 77 miles SW of Alicante, province of Murcia, with three outstanding championship courses and comprehensive facilities, the high standards here have repeatedly allowed it to be named European Golf Resort of [...] Read More

How to Lower Your Score - In the Winter! Eagle Par Birdie

Well, fellow golfers, Happy New Year!! May we record more eagles, pars and birdies in `07 than in `06 (I'd settle for less double bogeys, myself)! Many of us here in North America have a little golf "down-time" for the next few months due to the onset of winter. Or do we? My swing instructor, Mark Greenwood, Director of Instruction (Canada) for Swing Machine Golf has some very sound thoughts on that [...] Read More


A Humbling Experience Revisited Eagle Par Birdie

Last week, I wrote about my "tune-up" lesson with teaching pro, Mark Greenwood of Swing Machine Golf Canada. It elicited a few interesting comments from readers. Dave wrote: "That's the problem with most recreational golfers, even the ones that consider themselves "serious players"; they would not be able to stomach the pain of stripping it all down. Mentally or physically. The ego says, 'Hey, I know what the deal is here, one [...] Read More


A Real Teaching Pro Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Bodog Nation A couple of things conspired this week to remind me of the importance of the short game in golf. The first event occurred earlier this week. I was in attendance at Angus Glen golf club in Toronto, site of next month's Canadian Open (the week after The Open in Britain) where Davis Love conducted a press conference. Love and his design team have wrought significant changes to the North Course [...] Read More


Winter Driving Tips carzz.org

By Gunnar Heinrich It's winter in the northern hemisphere and us New English in the Northeastern United States just got pounded by a major snow storm. Power outages. Highways closed. Stranded cars. You get the picture. We go through this initial shock of winter each and every December when the cold weather hits hard enough to cause good amounts of frozen precipitation. Anyway, it's time for a refresher course on driving in [...] Read More


Golf Made Easier With RFID The RFID Weblog

This is boon for me and fellow golfers. Whenever I go out to play golf the biggest problem I face is searching for the balls because my shots always go haywire. I probably think that keeping in mind players like me a company has come up with golf balls embedded with RFID chips. These balls from RadarGolf help in tracking the balls when they get lost while playing. Not only [...] Read More

Golf Swing Aids Part 2 Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: GolfRewind.com Got that Momentus yet? Take a look at yesterday's post, if you're wondering what I'm talking about! Today, we'll continue the conversation about swing aids by checking in with Sandra Post 8 time winner on the LPGA tour and the youngest player to win a major at the age of 20. "There are so many teaching aids on the market. I am approached several times a season with a new invention [...] Read More


Golf Swing Aids Part 1 Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Momentus Golf There's one thing that I, you and hundreds of manufacturers around the world have discovered about ourselves. We'll buy anything that might have half a chance of helping us hit the ball farther or straighter. I'm talking about the gimmick, the gizmo, the gadget. Maybe you attach it to your waist; maybe it fits onto the shaft of your club; maybe you wear it on your head. If it's going to make [...] Read More


Just In Time For Christmas Eagle Par Birdie

One of the more popular shows on The Golf Channel last season was Fore Inventors Only, a "contest" show where serious amateur inventors displayed their ideas to help golfers play better golf. A winner was selected and, presumably, was hooked up with investment money to begin production. It's a clever programming idea because it seizes on the fact that golfers eat up anything and everything that promises to improve their games. And [...] Read More


Wear red on Friday - support the fight against AIDS! Are you a beauty?

A fashionista in me is really happy because red is IN at the moment! Not only does it make you look as cheerful and young as possible, but it can also make a point. How you might ask? Well, one of my favorite charities, NetAid, which fights all things connected to poverty, is doing a big Ribbon Mosaic action to help stop AIDS: "Wear red on World AIDS Day, December 1, [...] Read More


Commemorating World Aids Day: Share these moving portraits of African lives touched by HIV/AIDS Straightfromthedoc

Here's another one from the mail that is worth sharing with you readers: Hi Gloria, In commemoration of World Aids Day this year (December 1), I wanted to let you know that a number of high-res photographs from I AM BECAUSE WE ARE, a powerful new work of photojournalism documenting the AIDS pandemic in southern Africa, are available for your use. Please help us spread the word about the continued ravages of [...] Read More

Golf Idiots and the Brotherhood Eagle Par Birdie

Golf is a level playing field. It's probably the only sport on the planet where someone who's a billionaire and someone who's unemployed can compete on even terms, their professions and backgrounds instantly irrelevant. And a genuine bonding can occur during a round. I don't care if I play with billionaires or the unemployed. If I go to a golf course as a single or with a friend or my wife, [...] Read More


For Every Golfer There's A Swing Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Getty Photos Yesterday, I wrote about AJ Bonar's long-standing single move to generate more power at impact, a move that has its supporters and its detractors. But doesn't every swing theory? Just look how much dust was stirred up when Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett introduced their Stack and Tilt method two years ago. That one is still reverberating around the golf world. Amateurs seem to love it; the teachers hate it. So [...] Read More


Stack and Tilt Latest Comments Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Golf Digest It was just about 2 years ago that I wrote a post called "Stack and Tilt: Fool's Gold?" By now, many know what the Stack and Tilt swing method is. But I am amazed that I still get comments on that one post (and I wrote several more about S&T in the weeks that followed). It took Mike Bennett and Andy Plummer almost a year and a half to produce their [...] Read More


Five Fantastic Golf Locations Wandalust

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Five Golf Destinations in Spain Wandalust

Golf holidays in Spain: how could you think of anything else at the moment? Spring is here, and Spain beckons... Hotel La Manga Club ​-​ Principe Felipe - Located in La Manga, Los Belones, Cartagena, 41 miles SW of Murcia, 77 miles SW of Alicante, province of Murcia, with three outstanding championship courses and comprehensive facilities, the high standards here have repeatedly allowed it to be named European Golf Resort of [...] Read More

Radium Resort Radiates Golf at Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Radium Resort One photo doesn't do this post justice. It's Radium Resort in British Columbia on Canada's west coast. And it's the latest installment from eagleparbirdie.com on great resort courses at fantastic prices. The town of Radium Hot Springs is tucked into the southwest corner of B.C. on the edge of Kootenay National Park, just over the Rocky Mountains from Calgary, Alberta and about due north of Idaho and Montana. The place [...] Read More


Dundarave Golf Resort, Prince Edward Island at Eagle Par Birdie

Dundarave Golf Club, P.E.I. During U-S Open week, my wife and I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in one of our favorite golf destinations - Prince Edward Island. I have written before about golf on PEI in this space and how rewarding an experience it is but it had been several years since we had been back. [...] Read More


Golf in the Okanagan at Eagle Par Birdie

Courtesy: Predator Ridge, British Columbia The beauty of golf is that it is played virtually everywhere in the world. That affords the traveling golfer plenty of opportunities to see some majestic scenery while playing superb resort courses. Last August, my wife and I experienced the red rocks of Sedona, Arizona and we'd go back there in a heartbeat. But, first, we'll head to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. The Okanagan Valley is located in [...] Read More


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Update On The JW Marriott, Las Vegas Resort, Spa & Golf at Play Las Vegas

The JW Marriott, Las Vegas Resort, Spa & Golf, in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, must hold the record for the longest title of any Las Vegas Casino, but then it is a special property. Located in the main golf course area of Las Vegas The Marriott was originally owned by a European investment group and was designed to cater to the golf crowd. At that time, about 10 years ago, [...] Read More