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Sports Illustrated
June 16, 2000
John Garrity |
The fine line I shot a 99 yesterday morning at Spyglass Hill, and at one point my playing partner commented, "Six must be your favorite number." He was too polite to add that the repeated motif, "6-6-6," was a clear indication of Satanic influence.   |
Sports Illustrated
April 8, 2002
John Garrity |
Caught between swings I didn't want to play this morning. Or rather, I wanted to play, but I was afraid I wouldn't have any fun. Whenever I make a swing change, I am in deep trouble for a couple of weeks... |
Sports Illustrated
October 17, 2002
John Garrity |
Shaking off the cobwebs My golf swing is suddenly like a beloved standard that I used to play on the piano and later forgot. Fortunately, I have people I can turn to. |
Sports Illustrated
November 28, 2000
John Garrity |
A virtual golf lesson I mishit every one of my hillside shots, chunking the ball or hitting it off the toe. When I got home at the end of the week, I ran to my computer and fired off an e-mail to Rob Stanger, hoping he could fix the problem overnight with an e-lesson... |
Sports Illustrated
June 17, 2002
John Garrity |
Taking hints on and off the range A visit to the Wyndham Wind Watch driving range. |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2002
John Garrity |
A lesson learned What's the point in being in Florida in March if you can't hit golf balls? |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2002
John Garrity |
Stanger straightens out swing A lesson from golf swing guru Rob Stanger... |
Sports Illustrated
May 5, 2000
John Garrity |
A bookish approach ...Golf instruction books are my last resort. My very last resort... |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
John Garrity |
Users chime in My favorite golf book of all time is Rex Lardner's Out of the Bunker and Into the Trees... Search for the Perfect Swing... Several more readers have offered help with my greenside-bunker problem... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
December 28, 2000
John Garrity |
The year's worst ranges Some of the worst golf ranges. |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2002
John Garrity |
Derelict in my golfing duties I've been too busy with Sports Illustrated business to write about swings and things. |
Sports Illustrated
December 15, 2000
John Garrity |
The year's best ranges From Week 1, when my driver swing magically reappeared on the range of the new Kapalua Golf Academy, to Week 45, when I got to warm up at a trio of pristine ranges at Reynolds Plantation, I kept finding green grass and rainbows. Here, then, are my top 10 practice plots of the year... |
Sports Illustrated
April 19, 2002
John Garrity |
Trying to find a groove Awareness of the target line is number one. Awareness of what the shaft and clubface are doing are numbers two and three... |
Sports Illustrated
August 10, 2000
John Garrity |
Two swings for the price of one So when you say, "I hope you find your swing," I take it to mean the swing that's right for me, the swing I deserve, the swing that will make me forget a decade of comic futility. And guess what? I have found that swing. To be honest, I have found TWO swings... |
Sports Illustrated
November 18, 2002
John Garrity |
A tuneup at the Lesson Tee Getting the golf club into the right plane. |
Sports Illustrated
July 8, 2002
John Garrity |
Even Hall of Famers lose confidence On golfing with hall-of-fame third baseman George Brett. |
AskMen.com
August 27, 2001
Chris Wong |
Being Careful Of Slow Play Golf is a sport that is meant to be played at an enjoyable yet steady pace. Unfortunately, as golf is exposed to more and more people, a crunch has been put on golf courses, and the pace of play has slowed... |
Sports Illustrated
August 20, 2002
John Garrity |
In the midst of a golf drought My swing is gone again. I haven't actually tested it, but the Force drains out of me whenever I don't swing a club for two or three weeks. I'll be lucky to get the ball airborne when I hit the range. |
Sports Illustrated
January 9, 2001
John Garrity |
Bonding with fellow range rats I finally got out of the ice box. Monday afternoon I hit three bags of balls at the TPC at Sawgrass, which has one of the better practice facilities in the country... |
Sports Central
April 12, 2009
Bobby Campbell |
What a Beautiful Game What started out as a phone call asking to play a friendly round of golf, turned into an all-out war. |
Sports Illustrated
June 8, 2000
John Garrity |
Getting over an old friend I found my swing last night. My old swing, that is. I was strolling down the tee line at the Puerto del Sol Municipal Golf Course when it jumped out at me: the high hands, the firm wrists, the powerful pulling action with the left side.... |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2000
John Garrity |
Golfing with Grandpa ...Instead, I hit balls at three Chicagoland driving ranges.... |
Sports Illustrated
October 1, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Hits and misses Checking out some new golf courses and new equipment... |
BusinessWeek
August 7, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Tee It Up, Ladies Women-only golf clinics offer a nonthreatening way to get into the game. |
Sports Central
May 24, 2012
Angus Saul |
Worst Golf Partners Golf still has its fair share of mild eccentrics. Can you identify these annoying golf partners at your club? |
Sports Illustrated
November 27, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Curing the Skins Game When the pros play in a best-ball format, is there a rule that prohibits a player from intentionally screwing up?... You don't have to be a good player to play at a decent pace... etc. |
AskMen.com
September 9, 2001
Thomas Leen |
10 Basic Rules of Golf An unofficial list from etiquette to fun... |
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Day 2 of the British Open On a day when low numbers were hard to come by, Steve Marino pulled off one improbable shot after another for a 5-under 135 through two rounds. |
Sports Illustrated
November 13, 2000
John Garrity |
Home on the Range The author, an avowed range rat, learned plenty about a mostly mom-and-pop business while searching in vain for his swing... |
Sports Illustrated
January 23, 2001
John Garrity |
Working off the rust Tiger Woods and I have decided this is a good week to spend in the desert, working on our games. Unfortunately, he'll be tying up the range I normally use, the one at the Tournament Players Club. I'll have to settle for the mats at Cracker Jax, an automated range on North Scottsdale Road... |
Sports Illustrated
April 3, 2000
John Garrity |
Back where it all started ...I then hit balls in solitude, enjoying the warm sunlight and the sight of my iron shots landing on target greens and my drives reaching the lower tier at the clubhouse end...Ten years ago, I left whatever game I had on that very patch of ground.... |
Sports Illustrated
October 28, 2002
John Garrity |
R-rated swing Narrow backswing leads to restricted motion. |
Sports Illustrated
May 29, 2000
John Garrity |
From the masses Answers to some emails about how to improve your golf game. |
Sports Illustrated
April 17, 2000
John Garrity |
Set adrift yet again Golfing in Savannah. |
Sports Illustrated
April 30, 2001 |
Playing 18 at Augusta Would golf have anything to gain from Olympic inclusion?... What will you tell the grandkids about seeing Tiger play?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
John Garrity |
Ready to come out swinging Here's my current swing thought: I'd like to take a swing at the airline employee who left my golf clubs sitting on the luggage cart in Phoenix yesterday... |
Sports Central
May 18, 2009
Bobby Campbell |
One Shot Away As I struck the ball, it felt good, but I was unaware that it would be that good. |
Sports Illustrated
January 16, 2001
John Garrity |
The best and worse from far and wide I brought no clubs on this trip -- not even the four-club quiver I often carry through airports. That's because I'm in the Capitol for the oral arguments in Martin v. PGA Tour, and the last I heard there's no practice facility at the Supreme Court... |
Sports Illustrated
November 25, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
So bad they're ... bad If you get lucky, a bad golf course can be so bad it's good. |
Sports Illustrated
July 18, 2000
John Garrity |
Hitting with Begay Notah Begay III has been so hot lately -- consecutive PGA Tour wins and now a fourth-place tie here at the Standard Life Loch Lomond -- that I thought we might follow him to the practice range and learn something. |
AskMen.com
Reid Nichols |
Golf Tips: Be A Douchebag Not everyone who takes golf seriously is a douchebag, but all douchebags take golf seriously. You need to take golf as serious as a douche in order to score better. |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
Roger O. Crockett |
Keeping Ritz Carlton at the Top of Its Game Marriott's Simon Cooper loves golf and loves providing first-rate courses for the guests of his resorts. The hotel chain is hot. |
Sports Central
January 16, 2007
Will Tidey |
Impressive Kiawah Set For 2007 South Carolina boasts a golf course of effortless, rugged charm, comparable to any links in the world in terms of both its challenging and thought-provoking design and its spectacular island location. |
Sports Illustrated
July 29, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Having a grand old time in Scotland One of the quaint things about the British Open is that so many of the Americans who attend it -- including players, caddies, writers, coaches and agents -- manage to sneak in a few rounds of golf while they're there. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2004
Bill Mann |
Can Callaway Get a Mulligan? The golf company's quarter was so-so. Not according to its press release. |
AskMen.com
November 4, 2001
Thomas Leen |
The Golf Club: Tools Of The Trade To play the game of golf, a player will need a set of golf clubs, golf balls and a lot of patience. There are many varieties of golf clubs to choose from, and beginning players should make themselves aware of the choices available... |
Sports Illustrated
February 16, 2001
John Garrity |
One range's dramatic rebirth The Robin Nigro Golf Academy and Practice Center |
Home Toys
December 2004
Brandon Hetherington |
The QMotions-Golf Indoor Golf Simulator Instead of using the Mouse for controlling golf swings, The QMotions-Golf Indoor Golf Simulator uses patented electronic technology to recognize swing speed and measure club head directional impact to translate actual golf swings. |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2002
John Garrity |
Mixing the best of both worlds As so often happens, I'm currently caught in a trough between two warring principles. On the one hand, I am totally committed to the swing method taught by Rob Stanger. On the other hand, I am a true believer in the tempo-training trail blazed by John Novosel. |
Wired
April 2004
Steven Johnson |
The Swingers Club Virtual golf games are becoming so advanced that playing them can improve real-life skills. Links and Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods franchise are two amazing examples of these simulations. |
