Scruffy's Word

New Partnership

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:34:00 +0000

Folks, I have enteredinto a partnership with some pals that have a really neat name. A name that Knothead can certainly relate to. Golf Between the Ears has a DVD training program that will help even the likes of Knothead drive the ball longer and straighter. If it can help him, just imagine how it can help you!

I encourage you to go and take a look for yourself. Click Here

Who's Goin'a be a Hero at the Celtic Manor Resort Ryder Cup?

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:49:00 +0000

The Ryder Cup is always a highlight in golf for me and the pals. Dr. Sal is not too happy with Captian Pavin for giving in to the pressurers of the media and sponsors and picking Tiger. Tiger has never, and will probably not this series, contribute anything except attention and hype. Lately this seems all he is capable of doing. Dr. said he cannot go with Tiger, so he is putting his money on Zach Johnson.

Both the US and European teams are heavy with strong talent. The pals and I were sitting around with a few beers the other evening yapping about who we though would be the hero this year. Hoss and I favor Jim Furyk, Knothead likes Matt Kuchar, Crash likes Dustin Johnson, Looper thinks Buba Watson will play well, Fr. O'Mulligan said he is praying for Tiger. Not sure if he is pray'n for him to play well or someting else! Count is a big fan of Cink [imagine that], Sarge is rootn for Steve Stricker and wishes Flower would get a dang hair cut and quit wearing his dadblamed hat down over his danged ears!

Niles is root'n for the European guys...we made him buy another round of drinks. Buggsey likes Phil Mickelson, if he can keep the ball in play. Uncle Jess did not know there was a Ryder Cup, but picked Hunter Mahan because he reckoned with a name like Hunter he had to be good...we made him buy two rounds. Sweet Swingin Ray said he picks Jeff Overton. Since he just joined the pals, we told him we thought he should order a couple of pizzas. He said he would if someone else would carry them...claims it is hard to carry stuff with a Calloway Driver for an arm.

We hope ya'll enjoy the Ryder Cup; we know we will.

Ryder Cup's "Cavin Pavin" Captian

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:34:00 +0000

Ryder Cup Captain Cory Pavin's pick of Tiger disappoints me, but does not surprise me. It seems pretty obvious that since he [Tiger], was caught using his putter in places where he was not a member, has been drifting along spending the capital of his past achievement to stay in the media's and sponsor's spotlight. His play of late, certainly does not reflect Ryder Cup standards and when it comes to honor and character he is bankrupt.

Corey's pick cheapens the Ryder Cup and slaps the face of those who hold character and honor as being the mortar that bonds the game of golf together. What possible asset does Tiger bring to the Ryder Cup other than playing the equivalent roll of a two headed cow at a state fair used to attract customers. The "T" in Tiger certainly does not imply "team".

Perhaps Corey is banking on Tigers aura of intimidation as the asset he brings to the team. If Tiger still emits an aura, its reach is no longer than the length of his putter. Was Corey was under tremendous pressure from those who stand to profit from the commercial side of The Ryder Cup and he caved?

In my view the answer is an obvious yes.

Sweet Swingin Ray

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:11:00 +0000

Let me introduce you to Scruffy's newest pal. A few months ago, I wrote an article about the Georgia State Amputee Golf Association's annual golf tournament, called The Ray Rice Memorial State Amputee Golf Tournament. Writing that article opened my eyes to a level of human strength that is beyond most of our abilities to comprehend.

I learned that many of the amputee's who play golf were not golfers prior to becoming an amputee. They became golfers because golf is an excellent tool for rehab. There is something about trying to master the game of golf that draws most of us and challenges our inner self to the point we care little about anything else but mastering the danged game. It is that mystical quality of golf that helps amputees focus on something that challenges them beyond the obvious "now what am I going to do" that must seep into one's inner core when faced with not having a limb.

I was asked to draw a amputee character to be auctioned off at their annual golf tournament held the first weekend after the 4th of July. The grandson of Ray Rice, the founder of the tournament (deceased) bought the original drawing and the name selected for the character was "Sweet Swingin Ray". Scruffy and all the pals are honored to have Sweet Swingin Ray as their new pal. You will be reading more about him in the near future.

Crash Featured In Cartoon

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:08:00 +0000

As most of you regular visitors know, my cartoons are featured in Universal Golf magazine. If you have not already signed up for your free subscription, what are you waiting for? Here is this months Scruffy & Pals cartoon featuring Crash. Crash only plays golf because he can drive...and it is not his golf club...he thinks getting to the 19th hole is the objective of golf. Enjoy!

A book review of Josh Karp's Straight Down The Middle

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:22:00 +0000

Me, Hoss, Scruffy and Father “O” were enjoying a few beers the other day after giving Hoss all our money. We were rehashing all of my bad shots and Hoss’s good shots when Scruffy brought up this book he has been reading by Josh Karp called Straight Down the Middle: Shivas Irons, Bagger Vance, and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Golf Swing

Scruffy said it is a great book about learning how to play golf, not work golf; and that I should read it, it might help me. Hoss, made some sort of comment about I might as well add it to the hundreds of other books I have in my library on the subject of golf and how to tame the “golf devils” and make peace with the “golf gods”. Fr. “O” just looked at me with his loving piercing Irish eyes as if he could see into my soul and said…I hope you can find what it is you are looking for Knothead.

Well, I got a copy and read it and here is my review…

In Josh Karp’s “Straight Down The Middle”, he mentions he loves effortlessness, I immediately fell in love with this guy. But, there is no lack of effort in his adventurous journey to discover the illusive feeling that can only be felt when the club head makes a precision perfect impact to an un-expecting, but willing, golf ball which simultaneously emits an intimate orgasmic reverberation from the club head through the shaft to the hands and into the golfing soul. If one can capture and domesticate the illusive “perfect” swing it would make playing golf “like a bowl of cherries.”

Josh is a lovable hack who you would happily welcome in your foursome. His knack for writing along with his determination that, in some hidden corner of the earth lives a spiritual guru inflicted by a golf addiction, who has been anointed by the golfing gods, and has discovered the formula that will quiet the demonic voices within and sooth his boggey laden soul.

“Straight Down The Middle” is his humorous, descriptive and fascinating chronicle of his odyssey to find the Zen zone and master it. It is a fun easy read and once you start the first chapter, you quickly realize Josh is just like most of us who think there is a single handicap golfer living someplace deep within us…we just have to reach a level of Zen that will release the reluctant captive from it’s eternal bondage.

I highly recommend you read Straight Down The Middle, it will enlighten you, entertain you, encourage you and educate you; leaving you to decide if it is life or golf that is “like a bowl of cherries”. Click on the link below to get your copy.

The Golf Space's 4th Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:38:00 +0000

If you have not visited The Golf Space it is time you did! The Golf Space has over 5,000 members and gets over 1,000,000 hits per month. It is strictly about golf and nothing else and has become the fastest growing and best golf related networking website on the Internet. I have made a lot of friends and good business contacts on TGS. If you have a golf business or if you just love being around other golfers...TGS is the place you need to be.

Go over and have a look...and see for yourself!

Scruffy's Word Hits Top 20 Golf Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:57:00 +0000

After years of yapping about golf stuff, the pals and I are glad to see someone has recognized us. We have hit the top 20 in Golf Blog rankings on Wikio.com. OK...I know, you are probably thinking who the heck is Wikio.com.

Well, they are an information portal...sort of like a super highway on the internet that takes you to more information than you can shake a golf club at. Their search engine scans the Internet seeking news, blogs, press releases on every subject under the sun. Golf happens to be one subject they are interested in and Scruffy's Word got their attention.

Not only is Wikio.com a search engine, you can do all sorts of neat stuff on their site...like create pages to follow breaking news that interests you, vote on articles and blogs. You can even personalize your own page and publish articles so other folks can read them. Go over and have a look. Tell them Scruffy sent you, not that that will do you any good, but it never hurts to try.

OH yeah...about our ranking...

1	Mostly Harmless
2	GeoffShackelford.com
3	Armchair Golf Blog
4	Kiel Christianson
5	Brandon Tucker
6	The Golf Blog
7	Balls Out Blog
8	Grouchy Golf Blog
9	Ron Mon
10	Golf with Shanks
11	Hooked On Golf Blog
12	Golf Blogger
13	Even Par Round
14	The Wisdom Of Solomon
15	Learn To Play Better Golf Now!
16	Metropolitan Golf Links: The Weblog
17	Scruffy's Word
18	My Daily Slice of Golf Blog

Gift from Wikio

The Best Father's Day Gift...EVER!

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:13:00 +0000

For you golfers looking for that unusual gift for dad for Father's Day...here it is!

Fed X Cup

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:49:00 +0000

The Fed X Cup is another ho hum event. I just don't understand why Federal Express would invest so much money into something so crappy!

I just read a great article on Grouchy Golf Blog which echos my thinking...take a look. It's titled FEDEX CUP STILL SUCKS.

I have added this blog to my growing list of Golf Related Blogs.

Homes For Our Troops

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Hey! Listen up you bunch of hammer swingin, finger mashing, 2X4 studetts! I got somethin to tell ya!

My pal John Gonsalves, needs your help! John is a construction supervisor up in Massachusets...now, jest 'cause he's a Yankee, don't ya'll hold that against him, 'cause what I am about to tell you makes him an honorary Southerner! Ya got that? Anyways...where was I...oh yeah, John saw a news story about a soldier that lost both his legs over in Iraq. So, ole John got to wonderin how our these American Heroes would be able to adapt their homes to their new challenges.

John didn't jest sit around on his butt thinking what a shame and hoping the government would take care of the guy...he got off his duffel bag and went to work. He started visiting veteran homes and gettin to know the soldiers who had come home without limbs and learning what they needed.

Then he went to work! I want you to get in touch with John and find out how you can help! Click on the banner below and read the complete story about Homes For Our Troops. No matter where you live, you can help!

Chicken Soup for The Soul - The Golf Book

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:49:00 +0000

Hello, I am Dr. Sal. As a kid when you were feeling sick, do you remember your mother or your grandmother saying…”what you need is some chicken soup to make you fell better.” And whether you agreed or not, the next thing that was jammed into your mouth was a medicinal spoonful of warm chicken soup…one parts chicken bits and eight parts chicken broth.

Fortunately, for me, I sort of liked chicken soup and seldom rejected the loving remedy. To this day when I am not feeling up to par, I can hear the gentle inner voice of my mom saying…”eat some chicken soup, it will do you good!” And it still does.

Now chicken soup is not only good for what ails you; it can also be good for your soul, which is what I am here to talk to you about. The other day, I got a nice email from Haydee asking if I would consider doing a review of a new book and posting it on Scruffy’s Word. Since the word golf was mentioned, I gladly accepted! A few days later, my personal copy arrived in the mail.

The folks at Chicken Soup for the Soul have teamed up with Golf Digest to put together 101 short stories called Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Golf Book by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Max Alder. Once I started reading I could not put the book down…each story is written by folks just like you and me, who have had personal experiences that touched their golf soul or their spiritual soul [some will argue that the golf and spiritual souls are one in the same].

Each chapter is a short essay of something or someone who touched the soul of the writer. As I sat in my favorite rockin chair on my front porch, I opened the book and my eyes began absorbing the words. Almost immediately, my mind took me to into the experience and passions of the writer sharing their story and the next thing I knew, life was good!

This book is like medicine, because the next time the rigors of everyday life, or a frustrating day on the golf course gets you down…find a quite place to be comfortable and pick up this book and start your therapy. Each chapter/essay is like a spoonful of your mother’s chicken soup. No matter if you start reading, the first spoonful, “Coming Back” or the fifty-sixth spoonful “The Six Stages of Golf Grief”, or the ninety-first spoonful, “Embracing Mediocrity” Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Golf Book is good for what ails you!

Buy this book…you need this book!

Issue 7 of Universal Golf Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:23:00 +0000

Have you taken advantage of you free subscription to Universal Golf Magazine yet? My pal Bobby Nicholson and his innovative and creative staff have developed a golf magazine designed for the Internet packed with videos, current articles, live links to advertisers and a heck or a lot more.

I am honored to have been asked to be UGM's exclusive cartoonist. If for no other reason, you need to subscribe to the magazine just to see my cartoons...CLICK HERE and view this and past issues. There is a subscription form there...go ahead and sign up, Bobby will start sending each new issue to your email box monthly.

999 Questions of The Rules of Golf

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:05:00 +0000

Hello, Niles here to talk about the rules of golf...it has been quite sometime since I have been asked to appear on Scruffy’s Word and on this occasion, I am quite happy to tell about my pal Barry Rhodes. Unlike me, Barry is an enthusiastic golfer.

As you know, I dislike the silly game and have yet to strike at a ball in hopes that it will sail off into the wild blue yonder landing precisely where I hoped it would, and then upon opening my eyes realize, it in fact, landed in amongst a grove of trees.

On the other hand, much like myself, Barry is obsessed with the rules of golf. Firstly let me say that given the fact he resides in Ireland should not be recorded in the debit column of his ledger. Barry’s obsession for the rules of golf has driven him not only nuts…it has inspired him to write a book called 999 Questions on the Rules of Golf.

It should come as no surprise that the average golfer gives up several strokes per year merely because they do not possess sufficient understanding of the Rules of Golf. 999 Questions is a fun and easy way to learn them.... Barry has come up with a way of explaining rules situations that will not only entertain the reader...it will educate him or her and help make them a better golfer.

I highly recommend your purchase a copy for yourself and one for your golfing pal, it makes an excellent gift. I assure you that it will pay for itself in the first few months after reading it. Keep a copy in the grill room at your Club...in fact purchase two or three...they will get worn out from use.

Barry has promised me he will send you a personally autographed copy of his new hit book. All you have to do is CLICK HERE to visit his site and send him an email. Be sure to tell him Niles sent you.

Cheers!

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Divot Tool/Key Ring

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:47:00 +0000

Scruffy knows how danged particular I am about knuckle dragging fat heads that won't fix a gull darned divot if their mother's honor depended on it...so when he was asked to do a review on this little gadget, he gave me a call.

I gotta tell ya...this is the first divot tool key ring I have ever seen and I bet you haven't seen one either. If you own a business or if you direct a charity golfing event and you're lookin for something out of the ordinary to give to your clients or supporters, this is the perfect gadget.

Take a look at this photo and you will see exactly where your logo can be.
Every time your customer goes to fix a divot, [his or some other meat head made and did not fix] they will be reminded of your company or event! Plus you will be making me happy, because I get about as angry as a bull at the color of red when I see a dang divot left by some thoughtless hack who has no respect for the golf course or other golfers!

So here's what I need for you to do. Go over to my pals over at Forte Promotions and ask them to set you up with your promotional Divot Tool/Key Ring with your company's or charity's logo. They are good people and will be happy t0o help ya. You will also be doing your part in helping those knuckle dragging meat head never fix a divot hacks break their nasty habit!

NOW GET GOING! Don't make me have to tell you twice!

Knothead's Product Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:28:00 +0000

It's me again...Knothead.

Scruffy told me he had been asked to do product reviews for some golf stuff. He knows how I like anything new or different that has anything to do with golf, so he asked if I would mind doing the reviews. I said “are you kidding…heck yes, bring them on!”

So he hooked me up with my new best friend...Teresa. She’s a marketing specialist who, among other things, offers a line of golf related promotional products. I got in touch with Teresa and she shipped me a package with some really neat stuff to test.

Now, first thing I ya’ll to understand is that these items are not designed just for functionality, they are also perfect for promoting your business or charity, because each item has space where your logo and slogan can be imprinted too. How neat is that?

When I open the package, the first thing I looked at is the one I am going to do my first review on.

It is their All In One Golfer’s Caddy.

As you can see this The Golfers Caddy will hook real easy on your golf bag using the little mountain climbers clippie thing. Now here a couple of things I like about the caddy. I don't know about you but I hate putting my hand in my pocket to get my ball marker and gouge my danged finger with the sharp end of a gosh darned tee...ya know what I mean? Well on the back of The Caddy is a little mesh pocket where you can carry you tees...no more gouging!

The next thing is if you play like I do, you loose a few balls during a round, and have to go to you bag...unzip a couple of pockets trying to find out which one you keep your golf balls in and by the time you find them, your pals are yelling at you to hurry up! Well take a look at the bottom of The Caddy...see that ball peaking out? Well instead of having to unzip a dozen pockets on your golf bag to find a dang ball, all you have to do is squeeze the bottom of The Caddy and out pops a ball!

I live in the south...and it gets pretty danged hot down here in the summer, which means we tend to sweat a lot, at least I do. I hate trying to keep my score on a sweat soaked score card I have been carrying in my hip pocket. Bingo! The Caddy has a easy to access pocket right in front where you can keep your score card dry!

Ya gotta take a look at The Golfer's Caddy...especially if you are a company or a charity group who's looking for something different as a "golfers gift" at you next golf outing. Here's what I want you to do...CLICK HERE and go over to Forte Promo's place and get yourself one of these! I'll tell Teresa to keep an eye out for ya.

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Pure Ball Striker

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:52:00 +0000

Hey there...this is Knothead! I haven't been doing much around here, mainly because I haven't been seeing too many training aids since Short Game Solution's "The Golf Ring" that really tickled my fancy. Now, you folks who know me, know that I spend a lot of money...A LOT OF MONEY on any dang thing I can find that I think will improve my game and help me take some bucks from Hoss.

The other night I got a call from Jeff Evans. He introduced himself saying he was referred to me by my pal Partick who is the marketing genius behing The Golf Ring. Patrick told Jeff I was pretty interested in new stuff and new ideas that will help my game so he figured he might as well get to know me.

Anyway, let me tell you something...Jeff's simple little carry in your pocket gadget will change your life! No crap! Stick the Pure Ball Striker on your the shaft of your club and it will force you to strike the ball pure! Like The Golf Ring, Pure Ball Striker is so danged simple it's kinda scary.

Watch this video, and give my pal Jeff a call, he will fix you up with your very own personal Pure Ball Striker, and you will start taking money from your pals too!

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Caddy Golf Tours

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:02:00 +0000

My pal John Boyne, is a caddy at The Old Course at St. Andrews. This video was put together from his collection of photo taken over the years of walking the course.

If you are planning a golf outing to Scotland...be sure to contact John at his Caddy Golf Tours website. You will be treated to an experience unlike any other...a golf holiday organized by a professional caddy!

Scruffy's Dad Featured in Art of Golf Directory

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:42:00 +0000

I am honored to be included in the Art of Golf Directory, a growing list of golf artists, cartoonists and photographers from around the world. The directory gives a short bio of the artists, shows an example of their work, plus links where you can learn more about their talents and purchase their art.

Steve, the founder of Art of Golf, provides a directory where you can find golf art. Through his love of the game of golf, Steve recognized that golf reaches beyond playing the game. At the Art of Golf Directory is THE resource for golf art, providing a convenient way to research different styles and mediums of various artists, making it easier for buyers and sellers of golf artwork to connect.

A must visit for all lovers of the game of golf.

GOLF 4 A CURE

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:19:00 +0000

Mammaries In Motion is a group of women who promote awareness about breast cancer and a healthy life style. They hold various events through out the year to raise money for breast cancer.

One such event is the annual "Tee It Up for TA TAs" charity golf tournament to be played at The Raven Golf Club in Phoenix, AZ on the 30th of May, '09. They are looking for sponsors and donations.

Visit their website Mammaries In Motion for further details.

Exclusive Cartoonist of Universal Golf Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:20:00 +0000

A few weeks ago, I wrote the article you see below this post to help my pal Bobby Nicholson promote his new magazine, Universal Golf. He liked what I wrote...he loved Scruffy & Pals and asked if I would do a series of cartoons for his magazine using Scruffy and his pals.

Of course I happily accepted his offer. The magazine is digitally published for Internet circulation and is now being received in 26 countries worldwide. I will be submitting new cartoons monthly featuring Scruffy and his pals. To view the current issue with my first cartoon, click here.

You don’t have to subscribe to view the magazine but you should, because Bobby will be sure your personal issue is sent your email box every month. That way, you follow the antics of Scruffy & Pals, plus keep up on all the latest happenings in the golf world.

Did I mention it is FREE!

So, tell all your pals about Universal Golf Magazine, they will be glad you did!

Sand, Google, Golf = Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:48:00 +0000

The method of transferring information has changed drastically in recent years. I used to sit waiting on Johnny postman to bring my monthly golf fix. Now, I just sit at my computer…where more information than “you can shake a stick at” is at my finger tips and just a click away.

This is particularly true when it comes to golf related subjects…if you don’t believe me…just Google Golf...there are over 65 million possibilities! Now if that’s not more that you can shake a stick at…I don’t know what is!

I don’t know if you can remember what it was like back before Al Gore invented the Internet, but folks who wanted to get their ideas or products noticed by the public had to rely on the print or broadcast media. The exposure was limited and costly. Now, we literally have the world at our finger tips…and it is cheap.

If you are reading this you are most likely a golf junkie and every once in a while you find a site like Scruffy's Word, that just sort of hits the spot. You find that unique one of a kind grain of sand. And when you do you are so happy, you can't wait to tell all your pals. Well I am happy to tell you, I have found a really neat grain of sand and I want to share it with you.

My pal Bobby Nicholson has successfully launched his dream, Universal Golf Magazine. His very impressive high quality golf magazine has the look and feel of reading a printed magazine. But its not...it is a free, digital, fast loading publication that has everything the old fashioned magazines had, except for the smell of ink and all of those danged aggravating inserts that always fall out on the floor!

If you see an ad you like...just click on it and BAM!...you are are on the advertisers website. Did I mention it is free and they will deliver it to your computer each month…how about that?

All of the “pals” love Bobby's magazine, you will too. So, click here to start your free subscription of Universal Golf Magazine...it will delivered right to your virtual door...you will be glad you did!

OH...one last thing...if you want to make money while you are on the golf course...learn how me and pals are doing it...click here!

Seeitgolf ...My New Bestest Friend

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:09:00 +0000

Hi, this is Knothead, a few years back, I was pretty fed up with my putting, [I still am actually]…anyway, I owned every danged putter made my man and had bought and read every dad-blamed book ever published and watched every video ever produced to improve my putting. None of that crap worked!

I figured, I would have to solve the puzzle myself. So,I designed the Zig-Zag-Ztick, the perfect [illegal] putter that assures the putter head is always square to the ball when they meet. I still could not put worth a plug nickel, ‘cause I couldn’t aim! Or, was it I could not read the blamed greens…whatever…Hoss kept taking my money!

Then, one rainy Saturday, I was fiddling around in my basement and started working on an aiming device…and came up with the “Arch Aimeny” putter. An ingenious invention if I must say so. As far as I am concerned it is the perfect putter…but, besides being illegal, the gull-darned thing is awkward to carry and I feel like folks are watching me putt, which makes me nervous and guess what…I still can’t putt!

I had given up…thinking there is no perfect way to put…especially for those of us who just cannot get a feel for the greens or read the breaks…you know…see the line. But, what do you know...low and behold along comes a break through in modern technology that is the answer to all my woes!

Danny Orr over at Seeitgolf and his pals are my new best friends, ’cause they have developed the most effective, innovative danged putting video you have ever seen! I mean this thing ROCKS!

I reckon most of you know who Aron Baddeley is…a hot young PGA tour player from “down under”. Well, Mr. Aron and a team of who’s who experts in the golf industry teamed up with SeeItGolf and produced a distraction-free, zone-like training environment that can be easily downloaded from your computer to your little personal media gadget.

I can’t tell you exactly how this works…you have to see it for yourself…all I can tell you is I am danged impressed and I think you will be too. It only costs about thirty bucks…so, go over and take a peek. You can download it right from their website to your computer then to your personal media thingy and take it to the practice green this afternoon!

So, what are ya waitin’ for? Hey... you can get your money back the next time you and your pals play. Just don’t tell them about it until you have thumped them for at least thirty bucks!

Thanks Danny Orr and SeeItGolf...Now I can putt!

I play golf while my Automatied Business makes me money...learn how!

PGA Needs Some High Octane

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:19:00 +0000

My britches are all wadded up and here’s why; I saw a headline on another blog on another blog...“NASCAR” in the driver seat; PGA in the rear view mirror.” The subject was how NASCAR is winning the race (excuse the pun) in the negotiations for television contracts, causing the PGA to fight for their scared TV “tee times”...enter the revised, re-revised FedEx Cup.

That got me to thinking. The PGA Tour’s TV coverage is really only exciting to real die hard golfers and then only if Tiger is not in the hunt. No offense to Tiger, but I just want to vomit at the media’s obsession of Tiger. Hey, he’s to golf what Mahmoud Ali was to boxing...OK? Now, get over it!

Watching a PGA event on TV anymore is about as exciting as watching your mother-in-law come through the front door with here luggage in drag; on the other hand...watching a NASCAR event on TV or at the track, on the other hand, is like seeing her ass disappear in the rear seat of a taxi heading out for the airport.

The TV Golf has become so boring even us die hard golfers are having a tough time tuning in. The in-the-booth anchors sound like they are funeral director dropouts and the annalists come across as self appointed psychics who pretend to know every golfer’s intended or unintended execution of any given shot. They are annoying critics, who think only they can analyzes any and every swing flaw of every golfer who has ever wrapped his fingers around the shaft of a nine-iron.

To me, they come across as a bunch of blow hearts who think that every nanno second of every minute must be filled with splattering their verbal graffiti through my surround sound speakers! Talking about that, why in the name of auditory senses do they put microphones on the players then paint their oratory graffiti over the very conversations the fans strain to eaves drop on? Shut up already!

I say let’s have Gary McCord, David Feherty, and John Madden do and be in charge of announcing and directing all TV coverage. Put John Daily in charge of analyzing swings and the beer commercials put Scott Hoch and Rory Sabbatini in charge of public relations and Ian Poulter in charge of dress codes. Or, even better, let’s have a CSPAN golf channel, it could be called GSPAN, where all we could hear is balls being spanked (thanks Srixon), birds singing in the trees, the splash of turtles diving for cover following a sudden and painful thud on their shell from an unsuccessful attempt to skip a ball across #16 pond at Augusta and the occasional passing of gas by the old farts on the Champion’s Tour. GSPAN, could be the golf channel of the future….hey, don’t get me started on the Golf Channel.

Some folks think NASCAR is just a bunch of fancy painted cars going fast and making left turns. They’re right, except those fancy painted cars are traveling at 180+ miles an hour, door knob to door knob, bumper to bumper, gas cap to gas cap while trying to avoid being slammed into a concrete wall head long at a high velocity and being catapulted into the air, flipping end over end down an asphalt race track strewing expensive parts all over the place while other very expensive cars swerve and scatter to avoid the same fate as the driver of the car in flight clinches his teeth and hangs on for dear life. Now that is exciting!

If you are a race fan and have been to a track, you know one of the neatest things about attending a race is to have a scanner and listen to the conversations between the driver, his spotter and his crew chief during the race. Even if you don’t attend a race in person, you can still, via the wonders of cyber-scanners, listen to Earnhardt cuss, Gordon whine, and Steward swear revenge Goodyear right in the comfort of your worn out sweat stained Lazy Boy.

Why don’t we wire up the golfers and their caddies, rent scanners at a PGA events and listen to Fuzz ask Jim “why don’t you just tighten up your belt one more notch so you don’t have to keep hitching up your pants before every shot?”

Yeah, that’s what we should do and then we could listen to the real thing instead of having to listen to a booth full of crows sitting up in the deer stands squawking their oratory blabber all over our expensive Bose surround sound speakers.

I enjoy watching the Champion’s Tour because the guys playing have already carved their initials in the Eisenhower trees of golf, or are club pros that are finally getting a shot at their life’s dream. Plus, these guys realize and appreciate the value of the fans, and are not afraid to look someone in the eye and actually speak to them! I also enjoy the European Tour’s announcers...they are far more respectful of the game and the fans than their American counter parts.

We die hard golfers need to rise up and let our feeling be heard. Golf is not meant to be a spectator sport, it’s a participating sport. So, quit watching golf on TV, give that old Lazy Boy to the church, wipe the cob webs off of your dried up golf bag, call your pals and get out there and play. Oh, by the way, don’t forget to stick a few extra sleeves of Scruffy & Pal golf balls in your bag.

We can’t all be race car drivers, but we can swing and curse at a golf ball while having a few beers with our pals as we pretend we can hit a eight iron 200 yards over a stand of trees onto a green the size of the trunk of a ’57 Cadillac. And, we can celebrate a 100 yard cart path bounce that gives us a career driving distance or the topped chip that goes scalding across the green, catches the pin dead center jumps straight up in the air and falls in the cup for a birdie.

If we must have it, spectator golf desperately needs some high octane infused into it, especially the TV coverage. How about a little more attention and respect to the fans, a whole lot less talk, player/caddy microphones with scanners, and a great big dose of get-over-yourself!

A very wise and thoughtful man once said: “If you don’t change your direction, you will end up where you are heading”.

Did you hear that Mr. TV producers?

Have a nice day!
Crash

GOLF - MARTINIS - SEX

noreply@blogger.com (Thanks For Dropping By!) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:11:00 +0000

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