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“This Kid Golfer Can’t Miss” Says Sports Illustrated

I just read about this young golfer out of the University of Oregon who is playing the tour this year after earning his card.  So far, in 2010, he is six for six in cuts made and looks like he is a sure thing to make it full time on the pro golf circuit. Alex [...]

13Mar2010 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Can My Practice Golf Swing Cost Me A Stroke

Dear Golf Nut I have a question about taking a practice swing.  If you are taking a practice swing on a shot other than a tee shot, and accidentally hit your ball, what is the correct ruling?  Do you play it as it lies or are you allowed to replace it and hit [...]

6Mar2010 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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The Golf Nut’s Thoughts On Tiger Woods

Hello Golf Nut’s. I have held off writing anything for a while after Tiger’s press conference.  I don’t want to spend a lot of time writing about Tiger this year.  But I did want to get my thoughts out there one time. So here goes.

3Mar2010 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Ridiculous Difficult Golf Courses

I saw a recent article on espn.com called “The Most Diabolical Links In The Country“.  It reminded me of some of the crazy courses I have played over my golfing years.  And there was one in particular that really stands out. 

1Jan2010 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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From The Golf Nut: 5 Things I’d Like To See In 2010

As we end 2009 and look forward to the 2010 golf season, I thought I’d take a few moments to reflect on some things that I hope to see this coming year.

29Dec2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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What’s The Golf Ruling On A Plugged Ball On A Sloped Green?

Dear Golf Nut,  A playing partner hit a ball into the green. The ball plugged on the slope of the green. He marked the position of the ball and repaired the plug hole. However when he replaced his ball it kept moving closer to the hole because of the slope. What relief or [...]

23Dec2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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I’m Not Going To Write About Tiger aka Where Have All The Good Guys Gone?

I am serious, I am not going to write about this Tiger Woods situation.  But the situation got me to thinking about role models and our sports “heroes”.   A group was discussing this situation that I am not going to write about and during the conversation someone made a comment to the effect “Where have [...]

17Dec2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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How’s This For The Ultimate Golf Trip?

Most golfers I know take a golf trip from time to time.  Some take one every year.  It’s usually a group of the same guys, maybe college buddies getting together once a year or your regular foursome that goes to a different location once each summer.  But I read recently in Golf Digest about the [...]

27Nov2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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What To Do During The Golf Offseason

It’s getting to be that time of year where we don’t get to play as much golf as we would like.  And for some of you, depending on where you live, the golf courses close completely until the spring.  I’m thankful I live in the sunny Southern United States where we do get to play [...]

20Nov2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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How Does Golf Compare To Other Sports For Pressure?

When you first saw this title you probably thought, Well every sport has pressure, golf is not different.  But maybe it is.  I was reading an article recently and it started me to thinking about pressure and the different aspects of it.  Especially as it relatets to golfers.

1Nov2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Struggling To Make Solid Contact With The Golf Ball

Dear Golf Nut.  I am having a problem making consistent solid contact with the golf ball.  I’ve had a couple of friends look at my swing and they don’t see anything that they can point to as to why I am having this problem.  Any thoughts on what may be causing this?

29Oct2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Thank You For Your Feedback Golf Nuts!

The results of the recent poll that we asked you golfers to answer and give us feedback about our content are complete and in.  And first I want to thank all the golfers who participated.   It was tremendous to hear from all of you on what you want us to write about here.  So let’s [...]

24Oct2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Tiger Just Keeps On Rolling Through The Golf Record Books

So we all know how great a golfer Tiger is.  That is unquestioned.  Some might debate is he the greatest golfer of all time…at this point anyway.  But I was still blown away by his dominance that was demonstrated by some recent numbers that I saw written in a recent golf article.

21Oct2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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What Would You Golfers Prefer To Hear More About?

One of the reasons that I’ve been a little slow in posting the last couple of weeks is the huge influx of golf  questions from all of our visitors and readers.  I really appreciate all of the visitors to our golf site and the great questions that they submit.  And it got me thinking about [...]

3Oct2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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Has The PGA Fixed The FedEx Cup And Do Golfers Care?

Heading towards the Tour Championship, 5 players are in contention and actually have a legitimate chance to win the Cup with a victory at The Tour Championship.  So unlike last years’ embarrassing runaway, the 2009 version of this playoff actually has a little excitement.  So has Tim Finchem and his crew finally figured it out [...]

19Sep2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Some Of The Things I Love About Golf

I played a round of golf recently that just reinforced some things that I really love about the game as well as make the game fun.  I played in a foursome with a good friend of mine and we were paired with a couple of guys by the starter to round out our group. Let [...]

13Sep2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Golf Ruling On This Out Of Bounds Shot

Dear Golf Nut, please help me with this situation.  I hit a tee shot on a hole that had out of bounds stakes down the right side of the fairway.  Just outside of these stakes, in the out of bounds area, were a number of trees.  My shot sliced towards the out of bounds area [...]

7Sep2009 | David Stargel | 5 comments | Continued
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Questions On A Slice In Your Golf Swing

I probably get more questions on the slice than any other question.  In fact, I get almost as many questions about the slice as all the other golf swing problems combined.  So even though I’ve answered this before, I’m going to revisit this golf tip to make sure everyone gets a chance for some help.

31Aug2009 | David Stargel | 3 comments | Continued
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Can I Use My Bent Golf Club For The Rest Of My Round?

Dear Golf Nut,  I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I bent my 3 iron in anger early in a round of golf recently.  I was able to straighten it back enough to keep it usable.  So I finished my round and then I thought that maybe I had broken the rules.  Was I [...]

23Aug2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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Staying Focused During A Round Of Golf

Dear Golf Nut.  Can you help me with a part of my mental game.  Lots of times I will start off a round doing really well and then at some point I seem to start falling apart. And then it seems that the harder I try, the worse I play. Any golf tips on how [...]

16Aug2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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What’s Up With Tiger?

Tomorrow is the first round of the PGA Championship, the fourth and final major of this PGA golf season.  Tiger enters this tournament with some interesting stats.  First, he hasn’t won a major since his return from last golf seasons knee surgery.  And he enters his fourth major of the year coming off a win; [...]

13Aug2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Have The Idiots Taken Over On The Golf Tour?

What a shambles this past Sunday’s round ended up with the events that transpired on the 16th hole.  I mean where is common sense at in a situation like that?  If you for some reason you were under a roc and didn’t see or hear about it, an official put Padraig and Tiger on the [...]

10Aug2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Top Golf Movies Of All Time

I came across a web page today that had a listing of what it called “The Top 10 Golf Movies”.  That got me intrigued because I see Top 10 lists all the time.  And I hear golfers talk a lot about their favorite golf movie.  So let’s take a look and also see what you [...]

1Aug2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Watson One Putt Short Of Making Golf History.

As I watched the finish of the British Open this afternoon, it was one of those competitions that happen once in a while where I personally didn’t want either golfer to lose.  You had Stewart Cink fighting to get close enough to win his first major.  And you had Tom Watson shooting to make history [...]

19Jul2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Golf Tip For Hitting Into A Tight Fairway

Golf Nut, I always seem to struggle with tight fairways.  I can be having a great round of golf and come to a tee box with a tight fairway in front of me and it’s almost like I should just drive the cart and put my golf ball in the rough or the woods.  Any [...]

17Jul2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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