Archive for David Stargel

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Where Is Golf’s Big Easy?

Ernie Els, Where Are You Now? For some reason it just hit me the other day. Ernie, a golfer that I have always liked and respected, seems to have gone from The Big Easy to The BIg Quiet. I just haven’t seen or heard much about him recently. So I started checking to see if [...]

11Aug2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Running Naked Across The Golf Green?

It’s a weird title for a golf tip isn’t it? But you can relax, I’m not going to suggest that you actually do this. But it goes to something that we all struggle with at times….The mental side of golf. The title actually came from a recent article that I read in GolfWorld, so let [...]

30Jul2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Is Using A Golf Club This Way Legal?

Dear Golf Nut, I play in a men’s league and one golfer I play with always lays a club down on the tee box and uses it to line up toward the tee before he actually hits the golf ball with his driver. After teeing off he picks up the club and puts it back [...]

29Jul2008 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Golf Shot Ends Up Right Next To Cart Path

Dear Golf Nut, if my golf ball ends up one inch from the cart path, am I allowed relief? In this situation, if I took my normal golf swing, my club would hit the concrete path. What am I allowed to do in this case?

25Jul2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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The British Open: Golf lessons learned

Boy I really enjoyed watching the British Open. And it wasn’t just because I like Greg Norman. I mean it was great to see him hang in there with the younger golfers and make a real run at winning the tournament. But I got to thinking about how tough the conditions were for the golf [...]

23Jul2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Golf Shot Help: Uneven Lies Part III

Welcome back golf nuts. I am now going to address hitting the golf ball from uneven lies, part 3. This golf tip will look at when the ball is on an uphill lie. A lot of golfers don’t worry about this shot and think that it’s a relatively easy shot. And it can be it [...]

18Jul2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Is It Good Or Bad For Golf That Tiger Is Out?

I keep hearing the debate, especially with The Open starting this week, about whether it hurts the game of golf or helps it to have Tiger out for the rest of the golf season. I personally think that it is fundamentally a stupid argument because I definitely am a believer that no one golfer is [...]

16Jul2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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US Open: Did Tiger win the golf tournament or did Rocco lose it?

Certainly this year’s US Open provided quite a show for golf fans, just as Rocco Mediate said right after his heartbreaking loss to Tiger Woods on Monday. But after 91 grueling holes, I’ve seen some debate about whether Tiger stepped up and won this golf tournament or Rocco just let it get away. Which is [...]

17Jun2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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A Golf Dynasty In The Works?

There is a little college down in South Georgia that may just be a golf dynasty in the making. Or, may in fact already be a dynasty. Darton College just missed winning it’s fourth national title in four years by only three strokes. But looking at their lineup they will probably make it four out [...]

1Jun2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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A Strange Golf Rules Question

Golf Nut, I have a really strange golf rules question. This really just happened to me and I want to check what the correct thing to do would have been. I was teeing off on a par three when I hit a real low golf shot. I hit it thin and it was a real [...]

29May2008 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Golf Showdown At The 17th At TPC Sawgrass: The Right Decision?

After playing to a tie at the end of 72 holes of golf during the 35th Players Championship, Sergio Garcia and Paul Goydos started their playoff on the “infamous” 17th island green hole. There apparently was a lot discussion earlier in the week about that hole and pleas to put the emphasis on the rest [...]

24May2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Part II of Hitting The Golf Ball From Uneven Lies

OK, here is part II in this series on hitting from uneven lies. We started with the shot many call “the hardest shot in golf” last time so for this part of the series we move to a golf shot that is quite a bit easier, when the ball is above your feet on an [...]

21May2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Is Tiger sending a message to Augusta National Golf Club?

I read recently on Tiger Woods golf site (www.tigerwoods.com) the following quote “The course was very difficult, I didn’t hear as many roars as I usually hear”. He wasn’t making excuses, he talked about why he didn’t win and wasn’t because of the course. But he also said “I hear the club might be making [...]

10May2008 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Hitting The Golf Ball From Uneven Lies, Part I

Golf Nut, I struggle with hitting from uneven lies. I always seem to catch the golf ball thin or fat. Can you help me with this?

1May2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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I Don’t Understand The PGA Golf Tour’s New Cut Policy

I just read about the PGA Tour’s new cut policy for professional golf tournaments (at least it appears for all Corporate Logo Events). And I must admit I am confused. I mean were the pro golfers in danger of losing the fan base? Were the networks about to pull all sponsorship money? Or were the [...]

25Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trouble Hitting The Driver

Golf Nut, I am a relatively new golfer. One thing that I struggle with is hitting the driver. When I practice my golf swing and switch from irons to the driver, I will tend to hit behind the golf ball, sometimes as much as 6-10 inches. Any ideas or golf tips?

23Apr2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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How High A Golf Score Can I Take On A Hole?

Golf Nut I was recently playing a round of golf with a foursome. We got to hole #12 a par 5. Three golfers all hit in the water on their 2nd stroke, then 2 of those golfers hit in the water on their fourth stroke. They both pick up their balls and head to the [...]

5Apr2008 | | 10 comments | Continued
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Tiger Didn’t Win This Week’s Golf Tournament, but…

So Tiger’s streak has ended. He won’t break Byron Nelson’s record of eleven straight golf victories right now. But what does it mean for the game of golf when you look at Tiger, his success, and where the rest of the field is right now? Like everyone else, I have an opinion and you may [...]

26Mar2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Golf Rule Question On Unplayable Golf Ball

Golf Nut, I can think of two circumstances where, after a shot, the golf ball can land farther away from the hole: 1) In the woods, you hit a tree, the ball bounces behind you farther into the woods. 2) Around the green, you catch the ball thin and hit it over the green into [...]

13Mar2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Hitting The Golf Ball Out Of A Divot

Golf Nut, I wondered what you recommend for hitting a golf ball out of a divot? I have struggled with this and most golfers I know move the ball. But I know that technically, by the rules of golf, you are supposed to “play it as it lies”. Any suggestions?

8Mar2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Golf Tempo is key, here is some help

I have written a number of times here on the site and in my golf tips book about how critical tempo is to the golf swing, especially for amateur golfers. I have developed some good drills that can help you, but now I have found a tremendous little device to go along with these drills [...]

1Mar2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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The Golf Nut’s Next Golf Survey

As golfers in North America are starting to think about getting ready for the opening of golf season, I wanted to put our second survey out there to gather some information that may be useful to all of our readers and visitors. So join in on our survey and we will publish the answers and [...]

22Jan2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Dealing with the hook in your golf swing

Today I am passing along three simple steps to help you golf nuts who may be fighting a hook. We don’t hear about a hook nearly as much as we do the slice, but for those golfers who are struggling with it, it is just as frustrating.

9Jan2008 | | 4 comments | Continued
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Golf: Why I Love This Game!

I am sitting here in Georgia with the temperature at 27 degrees. No golf going on today for sure. But this is unusually cold and it won’t last long, thank goodness! But as I was looking at the frost on the ground this morning, for some reason I started thinking about why I love this [...]

4Jan2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Golf Ball Survey Results Are In

Well, we had a tremendous response to our survey that wanted to know what is YOUR favorite golf ball. And the results are in and there was a clear cut winner who outdistanced the field. I’ll let you know the winner and who gave a good run as well. We plan on having a survey [...]

17Dec2007 | | 1 comment | Continued
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