2006 Golf Resolutions

Day 68 without playing golf Do you have any New Year’s resolutions? Do any involve golf? It seems like resolutions are made to be broken. Th...

Note to Sean O'Hair and Other First-timers: Don't Throw Away Your Masters Invitation!

Day 67 without playing golf Ninety-nine invitations to compete in the 70th Masters were recently placed in the mail. The field will be final...

Woods and Nicklaus Share Golf Spotlight

Day 66 without playing golf Everybody, it seems, is doing their year in review, including those in the golf realm. I mentioned recently this...

'I'm Headed for the Chopping Mall'

Day 62 without playing golf That's right, chopping mall not shopping mall. I picked that term up from the glossary of The WORST-CASE SCE...

Longest Drive Sure, But What About Longest Carry?

Day 61 without playing golf Recently I reported on the longest drive ever hit in a professional golf tournament. It was 515 yards by 64-year...

First Day of Winter, No Golf in Sight

Day 60 without playing golf Throw another log on the fire, set up your golf net in the garage, clear a path to putt on the carpet -- it'...

Get Your FREE GolfRound Towel at Golf Dash

Day 59 without playing golf My friends at Golf Dash are offering a FREE GolfRound Towel for new members of Golf Dash (The Intelligent Golf D...

How CBS Captured the Top Moment in Golf

Day 58 without playing golf This year's top moment in golf? Tiger Wood's chip-in on the 16th hole in the final round of The Masters,...

78 Millionaires on the PGA Tour This Year

Day 55 without playing golf Yep, 78 PGA Tour players made a cool million in the 2005 season. Tiger Woods headed the list with $10,628,024. R...

More Family Time for Mickelson

Day 54 without playing golf Phil Mickelson will join Tiger Woods in skipping the season-opening Mercedes Championships at Kapalua in Maui, H...

The Kindness of Golf Strangers

Day 52 without playing golf The father of an ex-girl friend once told me (a la Will Rogers) that he never met a golfer he didn't like. H...

John Daly, Golf Ball Driving Man

(Based on an early folk song version of John Henry, Steel Driving Man) John Daly was a golfer He gripped and ripped and let fly, "Tee &...

Breaking 80

Day 47 without playing golf Have you ever broken 80? Do you remember the first time? It's a huge and very satisfying milestone for many ...

'USGA Year in Review' Airs This Sunday

Day 46 without playing golf NBC will air a one-hour special on the USGA's 13 national championships on Sunday, December 11, at 2 p.m. Th...

John Daly’s Mysterious Broken Right Hand

Day 44 without playing golf How do you break your right hand playing in an exhibition? That’s what some are wondering after John Daly pulled...

All-time Longest Drive Answer

Day 40 without playing golf The answer to the all-time longest drive quiz is D., 515 yards. Mind boggling, huh? And get this: It was struck ...

All-time Longest Drive Quiz

Day 38 without playing golf OK, golf fans. Time for a little golf trivia. What was the longest-ever drive in a professional golf tournament?...

Golf Prospects Look Especially Bleak

Day 31 without playing golf I don’t know where you live, but here in the Blue Ridge Mountains we’re having snow flurries today. I had hoped ...

Still the Same David Duval

Day 27 without playing golf I don't know how David Duval will finish this weekend, but he's placed himself on a golf leaderboard for...

Be Nice -- Or Else

Day 25 without playing golf Did you know that you can be disqualified for poor golf etiquette? It's true. "In the case of a serious...

Jones' Grand Slam: All-time Greatest Golf Feat?

Day 23 without playing golf Bobby Jones, an amateur who played in an era of hickory shafts and match play events, won all four majors in 193...

Quigley Gives Back

Day 22 without playing golf Dana Quigley probably never dreamed he would have a year in golf like this one. Quigley has won twice, had five ...

Let's Get Silly

Day 20 without playing golf Let's hear it for the silly season. (OK, let's not.) Like it or not, the silly season is here. Jason Gor...

How to Putt with a Driver

Day 19 without playing golf You've been putting like John Daly. After missing your fourth putt inside of three feet, you snap your putte...

Survivor: Golf Edition

Day 17 without playing golf If there was a reality golf show, it would look a lot like Q-school. You start with hundreds of desperate-lookin...

Some Guy Named Bart Wins Stare Down with Tiger and Retief

Day 15 without playing golf On Thursday I had Bart Bryant winning the Tour Championship. Yeah, right. Who in the name of Jack Fleck is Bart ...

Hokies and Hurricanes

Day 13 without playing golf Excuse me while I take a golf timeout. The buzz around my parts is the Virginia Tech-Miami college football matc...

Trick or Treat? Mickelson Stays Home

Day 11 without playing golf Lefty is sitting out the Tour Championship. According to an AP story, Phil didn't want to miss Halloween wit...

Will Tiger Catch the Golden Bear?

Day 9 without playing golf Another PGA Tour season is winding down. Now with nine majors, Tiger is halfway to Jack Nicklaus's record 18 ...

Chalk One Up for the Golf Deprived

Day 3 without playing golf OK, let's get to the back nine. (For those of you who haven't been following along, I halted a golfless s...

Golfless Streak Ends on Day 169!

Golf Blog: Day 2 without playing golf After 168 days of no golf, I finally teed it up last Saturday at 1 p.m EST. The conditions were less t...

Tiger: 'I'll Take the Wins'

Day 168 without playing golf Tiger Woods leads the PGA Tour money list with $9.9 million, but Vijay Singh set the single season earnings rec...

Golf Outing in Serious Jeopardy

Day 167 without playing golf The weather doesn't look good for Saturday -- at least not where I live. There's a 70% chance of shower...

Dear Michelle

Day 165 without playing golf Dear Michelle, So this is how it's going to be. Everyone is watching your every move. Everyone is writing a...

Golfless Streak to End

Day 164 without playing golf Hallelujah! Barring an Act of God, my golfless streak will end this coming Saturday. I have a game set for 1 p....

No Golf on Birthday

Day 159 without playing golf Today is my birthday, which would have made it a perfect day for golf. Instead, I worked and we canceled birthd...

The Frightening Three-Footer

Day 157 without playing golf The three-foot putt when something is on the line -- is there anything scarier in golf? I mean, really. It'...

Poll: Did Michelle Wie Make the Right Decision?

Day 153 without playing golf Is Michelle Wie's decision to turn pro at this time the right one? Vote and check out her "approval ra...

What's in My Golf Bag

Day 152 without playing golf As I've ventured out into the golf blogosphere, I've noticed that many like to talk equipment. And some...

It's all Dunhill for Monty

Day 150 without playing golf The golf career of Colin Montgomerie is on an upswing. Yesterday Montgomerie rolled in a four foot birdie putt ...

What’s Judge John Roberts’ Stance on Golf?

To the best of my knowledge, Judge Roberts’ position on golf didn’t come up during his confirmation hearings. The committee members spent se...

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First-tee Jitters

Well, here goes. I hope I don't top it. Entering the first post at The Armchair Golfer is a little like teeing off on the first hole. Yo...