Archive for December, 2006

Have you ever been out golfing and the game is getting a bit stale. Sooner or later your golfing buddies (mostly happens if they’re male) will try to do something goofy with the pencil or a tee.

More often than not the golf pencil or tee is tried to be shot from the nose. I’ve tried it, and once had a bad experience with it so I don’t suggest you try it at home.

However, sometimes one of your buddies will try and show you how he can get the golf ball to balance on non-writing end of the golf pencil and proceed to try and use the golf pencil as a tee on the next hole. Now if you’re just playing a friendly round this might be amusing enough to watch him try it out and hope that the ball rolls off at the last second and he (or she) completely whiffs at the ball.

But if you’re keep score diligently and enforcing any penalties that might happen, you can let him know that using any “unnatural” object other than a regulated tee to tee-off from is against the rules and he will be disqualified from competition. That may be a bit harsh and you might have to work out a stroke penalty for the rules violation, but if you’re up there for big bucks, it might be what has to be done.

Ever wonder what the term “Dormie” means? You’ve probably heard it when people are talking about match play between two players.

The term dormie is used to describe the player that is so many holes up with that same amount of holes left to play. For instance, if Jack were playing Jill in an 18 hole match play and Jill were 2 holes up on Jack and there was only 17 and 18 left to play, Jill would be called Dormie.

Impress your friends and try to get them to play match play next time out just so you can use the word. Then spill the knowledge you just learned on them. They’ll either think you’re a nerd and not want to play with you again, or think it’s interesting and ask you more about golf terminology and golf rules, so you better read up and be prepared to answer.

The USGA website has created animated rules to better help you visualize many of them. They show you etiquette, scoring, and more, with animation.

This is a welcomed change to what most of the time seems like gibberish coming from the rule books of the USGA. Not many people can make heads or tails to all the rules and the proper golf etiquette. Now people will be able to learn visually rather than having to stumble through the USGA rules book not knowing whats going on.

Head over the animated rules section and see great animations on:

Putting Green Etiquette
Scoring in Match Play
Unfit Golf Balls
Delay
Order of Play
Hazards
Penalties
and tons more

 

If you can’t get enough Michelle Wie related news maybe you’ll want to head over to our Michelle Wie Blog.

Even though we’re getting into the off season of golf and allowing the players to recuperate from a long and grueling 11 month season, that doesn’t mean we as fans have to take any time off. And if you following any bit of women’s golf you’ll know that Michelle Wie is always in the news.

With her recent debacle in Japan many are questioning whether she should be allowed to play in the men’s tournaments. She’s played in 12 men’s tournaments and has missed the cut in all her PGA attempts and made the cut in Korea at a men’s tournament.

There’s no question Michelle Wie is a gifted golfer and athlete, but she may be jumping into things a little to fast. It would be terrible to see her get discouraged so early on and become more of a sideshow than a golfer. She has amazing talent and needs only a few more years to hone her talent and become one of the best golfers in the world.

However, as long as she keeps getting sponsors exemptions to play men’s tournaments and large appearance fees, who can blame her. Any one of us would do the same thing. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t.