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You’ve seen the big guys play on Sundays on your Direct TV golf channels but haven’t you always wanted to take on some of the courses they seem to have no trouble with? If you’ve got a wish-list of golf courses in the US to hit up we think you should add these to it…
Pacific Dunes: Located in Oregon, Pacific Dunes provides Pebble Beach-esque ocean views and one heck of a course to boot. Golf Digest consistently ranks it in the top 20 courses and Read the rest of this entry »

Jack Nicklaus, The Golden Bear, is one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport. A look at the man and his resume can easily explain why he commands such an influence on the past, present and future of the game.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, the Ohio State Buckeye won two United States Amateur Championships and the NCAA Championship. Not to mention the fact, that Nicklaus, as an amateur was in competition to win the 1960 U.S. Open. Turning pro in 1961, Nicklaus left no doubters smiling as he quickly Read the rest of this entry »

With four major wins and 39 total PGA Tour wins in his career, Phil Mickelson has erased any doubt as to whether he can be considered a great golfer. He is truly one of the greats now, and is still, at age 41, a force to be reckoned with in any tournament he enters. But for a long time, it wasn’t that way at all.

For years, despite being considered a star by winning a number of Read the rest of this entry »

The Tiger Woods era of golf is over. His dominance that spanned a little over a decade has come to a halt due to an inability to stay healthy. Woods had won major after major in the mid 90′s to the 2008 U.S. Open where he defeated the likable Rocco Mediate by one stroke.

Woods’ personal life has also been of no help to his golf career. The golfer has divorced his wife due to marriage infidelity. Read the rest of this entry »

There are some people that have an extraordinary talent when it comes to certain things. They may excel at a sport without having to put that much practice into it. For the rest of us, practice makes perfect. If you want to be good at something, you must put in hours of practice to get good.

When it comes to golf, those that want to set themselves apart from others must put in the time and effort to do so. If you Read the rest of this entry »

Golf is one of the oldest sports with roots beginning in Scotland as far back as the 1400s. Several other countries invented sports similar in ways to golf, but Scotland gets the proud honor of its invention. It was in 1457 that James II of Scotland tried having the sport banned through a legal Act of Parliament, apparently it was causing conflicts with the practice of local archery. Another story claims that near St.Andrews in Scotland, that shepherds came up with the game to Read the rest of this entry »

Golf is the most frustrating game on earth because you have no one to blame expect yourself. There are few, if any, sports out there that depend so much on your own skill and concentration, and so little on your opponents. With that in mind, if you go out there and shoot a bad round you have no one to blame but yourself, which is why so many people love, and hate, the game.

Though there are varying theories on who first played the first golf “like” game (whether Read the rest of this entry »