August 2011
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Living on a Florida Golf Course
I lived on the 17th hole at Halifax Plantation in Ormond Beach, Florida a number of years ago. It was a nice house and a nice community with just one problem - I didn’t play golf at the time.
I know a lot of people who live in golf course communities. Most live in these communities for the membership. For instance while Halifax Plantation is semi-private, the courses just a mile away at...
Golfing in Port Orange Florida
My game has been suffering because I’ve been too busy to golf regularly. Oh, did I just say that. Say it ain’t so. Unfortunately it is. I’ve been busy consulting and building the Port Orange homes for sale section of my wife’s website.
It’s a shame, because right down the road from me in Port Orange are some very nice courses. Cypress Head is a public course...
September 2010
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Friday Afternoon Golf in Daytona Beach
Wow Did I Need This After a week in Tampa, it was back home last night and hoping for good weather for a round of golf. Well, it was a few degrees cooler today with a nice breeze so it didn’t take any convincing to head to the course. I’m a little nervous about my putting since I’ve been writing putting tips, but it was solid, especially my lag putting. I played the south...
USF Golf Course - The Claw
University of South Florida Golf Course I play The Claw yesterday. The Claw is the University of South Florida (USF) golf course in Tampa, FL. The course gets it nickname from the signature 14th hole. The top of a tree that creeps out into the fairway on the left side is the claw. It’s know to snag the ball of many golfers as they try to cut the dogleg. I played late in the day with a...
Turkeys - Take II
The video link didn’t work, so I put it up on YouTube. Here’s hoping for success.
A Great Round and then The Turkeys
Great Round and Then The Turkeys It was a great round at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Palm Coast, Florida. I had just finished my round and when I went to drive the cart to my Jeep, these turkeys ran on to the path. I had only played this course once before. I wanted to test how well I was reading greens so a course where I don’t know the greens well was in order. My putting was...
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Can You Make More Putts by Skrinking the Target?
There are many useful tips to help you score lower.. I am always on the look out for useful putting tips, but I’m also always looking for leverage. What I’m really looking for is ideas and techniques to improve all parts of my golf game and putting. Squeeze the Hole Before each round, using my pre-round putting routine, I make 10 putts from one, two and three feet. However, making...
August 2010
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Little Goes As Planned in Life or in Golf
I was all set to play golf this week on Monday or Tuesday, but it’s not going to happen. The hurricane in Puerto Rico has me in Tampa filling in for a colleague who couldn’t leave. He is reporting a lot of wind and a lot of rain. In San Juan, the power was out at his home from 7 am this morning until about 7:30 tonight. I was thinking about my abrupt change in plans and how it...
Great Day at the Golf Course
A Great Round of Golf The weather cleared after morning storms and I headed out to Daytona Beach Golf Club for a round. I decided to play the more difficult North Course today. It’s a great deal right now with $15.00 greens fees after 3:00 PM. The course wasn’t crowded, but that doesn’t mean it was fast either. I played in just under 3 hours. If there’s no one on the...
Rained Out Golfing Round
No Golf Today There will be no golf for me today. A blanket of rain is covering central Florida from coast to coast. I just looked at the NOAA radar and it looks ugly. That doesn’t mean I can’t take a few minutes a improve my game. Chipping is a big part of the golf game and very important to putting well. I first started doing this drill when I was living in Mid-Town in New York...
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Lag Putting Tips
Lag putting is what I consider a necessary evil. I’ve found the following few lag putting tips to work wonders for my game. The Hole is Not the Target When you’re lag putting, you shouldn’t being targeting the center of the hole. That’s too small a target. You need to be aiming for a much bigger target. Picture a three foot hole. Go ahead, expand the hole unitl it is a...
Was That a Cool Breeze I Felt?
A Cool Breeze in Florida I took the dogs outside for the final time about 10:30 tonight and I felt something I haven’t felt in months - a cool breeze. This was not a breeze moving the hot air around, this was an actual cool air breeze. It may seem like a little thing, but I’m hoping that it’s signaling that it’s finally cooling down a bit. I recently wrote a post on my...
A Day in the Hot Sun - Putting Tips for a Hot Day
Putting Tips for a Hot Day Putting in the hot sun can be a lot different. For a while clouds covered the sun and it was just plain hot. The lack of the breeze didn’t help. Then on the back side, the clouds move on and an explosion of heat can with the flaming sun. A hot day in Florida with the hot burning sun is a little different than in other areas of the country, but when there’s...
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