An entry from yesterday... boy I really need to get these videos out on the same date. A post-session video where I talk about reps and not screwing around with the swing any more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6t9lvX95v0
Friday, 18 November 2016
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Contemplation
This is the first installment of what I am going to dub a "VLog" or "Video Log". What everybody (including my family) doesn't realize is that I was going to pack it all in and leave golf and the golf industry. Sometimes though we get subtle reminders from unexpected places.
There is a band out there called "Bleeker" and they are all great guys. If you haven't heard of them yet... you will. A song of theirs came on and it all came back. So it all came back. Taylor, Cole, Mike and Chris thank-you. You made me realize what I still had deep down in side. The song has a different meaning I'm sure but it meant something at the time.
I'm hungry to continue this journey.
Until The Next Tee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cGaXqGXJ3M
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| Photo Credit: bleekerofficial.com |
I'm hungry to continue this journey.
Until The Next Tee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cGaXqGXJ3M
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Cradlz - Review Introduction
Recently, I reached out to Cradlz by Stinger with hopes of getting to review their product. Well the good folks from Cradlz responded and gave me a chance to review their Cradlz Smart Phone Holder. This is an introduction to the upcoming review that I made a week ago. Also in this video is a second product that I am reviewing a belt from KenRick Golf. More to come later.
Until The Next Tee!
Until The Next Tee!
Monday, 14 November 2016
Nordic Fire
So it's Monday and we got through another weekend unscathed and it's now time to put on our thinking hats. It's time to exercise our brains and get warmed up for the week. So with this said, let's play a little game of "Who Am I?".
"I'm Swedish and I am 34 years old. Even though I went to school at Oklahoma State University - Stillwater I play golf on the PGA European Tour. I have a driving average of 289.12 yards and my astrological sign is Sagittarius. Who am I?"
If you guessed Alex Noren then you are indeed correct. The Oklahoma State University alum is as hot as any golfer to come out of Sweden since Annika Sorenstam. I just find it so amazing that a Scandinavian country has a population of 9.5 million can produce so many world class golfers. Although, the number of golfers coming out from Sweden hasn't quite matched the number of hockey players. But the list is quite impressive when you look at the names. I already mentioned Annika, but then there is also names like Jonas Blixt, Jesper Parnevik, Anna Nordqvist, Fredrik Jacobson, Carl Petterson, Carin Koch, and some guy named Henrik Stenson. Now that I think about it Sweden has developed more Tour or World Class players than my beloved Canada.
Sun City, South Africa hosted the Nedbank Challenge hosted by Gary Player and with his win this week Noren claimed his fourth victory of the season this year. That win is also record-setting as no other Swede has won 4x on The European Tour in the same year ever. Noren joins a pretty exclusive club of golfers that won 4x in a single PGA European Schedule. Some other names on the list includes Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Miguel Angel Jiminez, Colin Montgomerie and Seve Ballesteros. All of whom are either World Golf Hall of Fame bound or are already inductees. What is it that makes Noren's game so good to see him work his way into 9th place on the Official World Golf Rankings?
If one was to look at his driving distance stats one would be inclined to think that his 289 yard average is middle of the pack. Remember two things when looking at that number. The first is that they use one upwind hole and one downwind hole to ascertain driving distance. Secondly, it may not always be a driver. His fairways hit is 57.59% his highest since 2012. His G.I.R is 72.39% and when you combine that with his average Putts Per GIR at 1.75 you have to know that his stroke average of 70.03 is made up on and around the greens. By the way, his stroke average is the best that it's been since 2011. Noren doesn't overpower golf courses necessarily but it goes to show that if you can hit GIR's, scramble well when a GIR is missed and limit the damage on the greens you can score well.
I think that the ceiling in really high for a guy like Noren to win more on the European Tour and even though he is not a household name in North America yet he will be. His eight victories since turning professional in 2009 is just a beginning. With wins this year in South Africa, the British Masters, the Omega European Masters, and the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open why would he not make more history by winning the Race to Dubai?
Until The Next Tee!
"I'm Swedish and I am 34 years old. Even though I went to school at Oklahoma State University - Stillwater I play golf on the PGA European Tour. I have a driving average of 289.12 yards and my astrological sign is Sagittarius. Who am I?"
| Photo Credit: europeantour.com |
Sun City, South Africa hosted the Nedbank Challenge hosted by Gary Player and with his win this week Noren claimed his fourth victory of the season this year. That win is also record-setting as no other Swede has won 4x on The European Tour in the same year ever. Noren joins a pretty exclusive club of golfers that won 4x in a single PGA European Schedule. Some other names on the list includes Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Miguel Angel Jiminez, Colin Montgomerie and Seve Ballesteros. All of whom are either World Golf Hall of Fame bound or are already inductees. What is it that makes Noren's game so good to see him work his way into 9th place on the Official World Golf Rankings?
If one was to look at his driving distance stats one would be inclined to think that his 289 yard average is middle of the pack. Remember two things when looking at that number. The first is that they use one upwind hole and one downwind hole to ascertain driving distance. Secondly, it may not always be a driver. His fairways hit is 57.59% his highest since 2012. His G.I.R is 72.39% and when you combine that with his average Putts Per GIR at 1.75 you have to know that his stroke average of 70.03 is made up on and around the greens. By the way, his stroke average is the best that it's been since 2011. Noren doesn't overpower golf courses necessarily but it goes to show that if you can hit GIR's, scramble well when a GIR is missed and limit the damage on the greens you can score well.
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| Photo Credit: sports.yahoo.com |
Until The Next Tee!
Friday, 11 November 2016
Lions and Tigers and... Mongoose Oh My
In a recent blog post I talked about how golf being a worldwide game can have it's fair share of problems politically. But, as many problems as there can be there is also great reason to celebrate the game and it's play around the world.
As a viewer in North America you don't really get to see and hear the things that you do in comparison to what there is overseas. When comparing the PGA Tour to the European Tour it's like comparing monochromatic pictures to "Technicolor". Where the PGA Tour has some exciting vista changes from the opening of the season in Hawai'i and then the move to California and the "West Coast Swing" and from there "The Florida Swing" while some of the geography changes in a way it's still sort of vanilla. The European Tour on the other hand makes stops in seemingly exotic locales on 4 of this planets 7 continents. With that we see changes in climates and more importantly to the world view different cultures.
If there is one thing that I absolutely love it's waking up, turning on The Golf Channel and watching the action from across the world. I am a nature guy by... nature and I love seeing the kangaroos on the golf course. Or hearing the call of the loudest bird on the planet (the Kookaburra). The sounds and scenes of the country's that the European Tour visits is like going to a massive buffet feast. I like hearing the wildlife in Malaysia on the golf telecasts. How can you not watch in amazement the scene from today in Sun City, South Africa where a pack of Mongoose casually played through the green without touching a ball. I guess the ruling would have been replace it nearest to the spot? I mean golf on the PGA Tour has some pretty cool things too like the American Alligator of the southern states, the pods of Humpback Whale that we see in Hawai'i and Pebble Beach (Monterrey). Or maybe a Scorpion in the Arizona desert. Other than that, the only wildlife we see or hear are the drunkards that continue to shout "mashed potatoes" after a tee shot. I would comment on #16 at the Waste Management Open but that would make me a hypocrite because I would love to be immersed with beer in hand in that setting. Or better yet... playing in front of them.
I realize that most Australians would disagree with me on the kangaroos and kookaburra's and that most Floridians or Alabamans would disagree with me on alligator's because they live with them every day. But I love these types of things as they are as unique to me as squirrels are to the Japanese. I was floored to watch a group of Japanese tourists be so captivated with squirrels one day in a park. This was until I found out that they don't have squirrels there. Sometimes you take such small things for granted I guess and therein lies the beauty of the game. It gives golfers and viewers alike to take in the sights, sounds and cultures that otherwise we may not see.
Until The Next Tee!
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| Photo Credit: tripadvisor.com |
If there is one thing that I absolutely love it's waking up, turning on The Golf Channel and watching the action from across the world. I am a nature guy by... nature and I love seeing the kangaroos on the golf course. Or hearing the call of the loudest bird on the planet (the Kookaburra). The sounds and scenes of the country's that the European Tour visits is like going to a massive buffet feast. I like hearing the wildlife in Malaysia on the golf telecasts. How can you not watch in amazement the scene from today in Sun City, South Africa where a pack of Mongoose casually played through the green without touching a ball. I guess the ruling would have been replace it nearest to the spot? I mean golf on the PGA Tour has some pretty cool things too like the American Alligator of the southern states, the pods of Humpback Whale that we see in Hawai'i and Pebble Beach (Monterrey). Or maybe a Scorpion in the Arizona desert. Other than that, the only wildlife we see or hear are the drunkards that continue to shout "mashed potatoes" after a tee shot. I would comment on #16 at the Waste Management Open but that would make me a hypocrite because I would love to be immersed with beer in hand in that setting. Or better yet... playing in front of them.
| Photo Credit: golfchannel.com |
Until The Next Tee!
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