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Putting represents the sharp end of golf. Good putting can cover up a multitude of ball-striking sins and make a bad score okay, an okay score good, and a good score great. Bad putting, on the other hand, can do just the opposite. There is nothing more frustrating than hitting a string of good drives […]

Making a golf course profitable is tricky and takes a lot of smart work. To be upfront with you, the best you can expect is a 10% net income if you’re planning to invest and operate one. So if you are wondering whether golf courses are profitable, the answer is yes, but don’t expect to

Playing golf in the rain can be quite a challenge. One of the main difficulties is trying to get backspin on the golf ball which helps with flight and distance. This is best achieved when your clubface and ball is dry and there is a lot of friction. However, the rain significantly reduces the friction

Most PGA players on tour wear a single golf glove, but that wasn’t the case in the early days of golf. It wasn’t until the 1940’s that prominent golf figure Sam Snead popularized the wearing of the golf glove as players were noticing that he was winning a lot of his games wearing it.  When

Unlike tennis, track and field, or even rugby, the sport of golf is not well known for its anti-doping efforts. It was not until 2008 that the PGA Tour began testing their players using urine samples; and in 2017 they started blood testing players to detect any use of human growth harmone. Neverthless, you’ll hardly

Driving golf carts on public roads has become more common in recent years. More and more local municipalities have begun to recognize these carts as low-speed vehicles. In fact, every US state except for Rhode Island, Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Hawaii allows golf carts to traverse public thoroughfares. A lot of jurisdictions allow you to

A full set of golf clubs typically consists of 12 clubs, which can include a make-up of one wedge, a putter, a hybrid, 3 woods, and 6 irons. When you are just starting out golf, you don’t necessarily need to have a full set of clubs. Its best to keep it simple until you have

Golf, the gentleman’s game, got its start centuries ago by what I can only hope to be ancestors of yours truly in 15th century Scotland, and since then its popularity around the world has skyrocketed. Millions of people each year spend their well-earned or well-inherited dollars to see the world’s best golfers in action. While

Picture yourself standing on the green, slightly stooped over, you look down at your putter, the ball, then at the hole in the ground ahead of you. Back and forth, you move your head and eyes till you can visualize the line that runs from the sightlines on the back of the putter all of

Early golf balls were made by stuffing feathers into a leather sack or by molding latex from gutta-percha trees. Most modern balls begin as a block of rubber which forms the solid core. These peg like pieces are molded into their final round form. Automated equipment puts the core in between the halves of the