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Long the butt of all jokes in the locker room and the 19th hole, the Long Putter or Belly Putter is suddenly winning tournaments. Webb Simpson’s win this weekend makes it a three-peat of the PGA tour for the long putting stick following wins by Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley.   This must explain my recent [...]

Golf can be a tough game, so anything that can help whether its equipment, a tip or a lucky charm, has got to be worth trying.  Over the last couple of years, GPS has been used to give golfers a new edge helping with distances to the green and course landmarks.  I have used and [...]

GPS and Golf Golfers are constantly looking for something that can help the game and save a couple of shots here and there. Over the last couple of years, Golf GPS systems and software have become more widely available. Basically, a golf GPS device or mobile application uses preset points to give the club/casual golfer [...]

Golflink is the central handicapping system, devised by Golf Australia to centrally process scores for the National Handicapping System. Most golf clubs in Australia manage player handicaps via the Golflink system. Any club member can access the basics of Golflink which is essentially viewing current handicap. Golflink also offers an upgrade called Golflink Mates. For [...]

Road testing a new 3 wood

Just as a worker shouldnt blame his tools, a golfer shouldnt blame his clubs! Well Im blaming my 3 wood. Mentally, my old Titleist 3 wood has lost me, we needed to go our seperate ways having grown apart. Its not me, its the club. So went down to see the Pro at Growling Frog [...]

Cycling is the new golf

For a long time, golf has allowed the truly dedicated, crazed and cashed up (myself included) to outfit themselves with ridiculously overpriced and overspecced equipment that will not improve the game but looks good and makes others go “Oooooooh”. It started with the evolution of Metal Woods, the first true golf bling and must have [...]

Driver Strategy

In winning the 2006 Masters, Phil Mickelson played two drivers. New technologies in drivers has allowed Phil to carry a fade driver and a draw driver. This gives him a tailored tee shot for the many dogleg holes on the course. I will be looking at a four driver strategy, one for hooks, one for [...]

Whats in the bag

Here’s an overview of whats in my golf bag at the moment…… Driver: Titleist 983E, 10.5 degree The latest addition to the stable, loved the 975D but the lure of bigger and longer was too great. Picked this one up on ebay 3 Wood: Titleist 980F 13 degree Low profile fairway wood, nice when hit [...]