Tagged: golf

An older video (from 2010) courtesy of the European PGA Tour in which four golfers attempt to knock clay pigeons out of the sky with a golf ball. Including the missed shots makes the actually hits seem much more epic and worthy of celebration. [ Thanks, Tommy! ]

Not sure who this guy is or what his occupation is, but this video of him sinking a putt in what appears to be his office building is pretty damn cool. Granted, this was probably the eighth hundred take before he finally nailed it, but hey...he did it, and I'm impressed. That's one way to enjoy your lunch break. [ With Leather ]

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks Well, it was actually cloudy. Bad start. It was Sunday though, yesterday in fact. And I was lazing. Full on. Pants off. Couch on. Watching The Masters on TV. Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera battling it out for the green jacket. It's about half three in the afternoon. Tired enough [...]

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Close your eyes and take yourself back 82 years ago. The year is 1931, two years after the worst stock market crash in US history, and you are 145 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia and only two miles west of the South Carolina border. Walk down a short par-4 length road aligned with picturesque magnolia trees and you will find a man overlooking a 365-acre parcel of land. That man? Robert Tyre “Bobby” Jones Jr. The land? Augusta National Golf Club. As much as we would like to believe it, Augusta National has not been nurtured and cared [...]

It's one of our favorite weeks of the year - Masters week on the PGA Tour. The tee times and schedule for this weekend's big event at Augusta were announced on Tuesday, and they are as follows: Thursday Tee Times and Pairings (EST) 8 a.m.: Sandy Lyle, John Peterson, Nathan Smith 8:11 a.m.: Larry Mize, Brian Gay, Russell Henley 8:22 a.m.: Ian Woosnam, David Lynn, Kevin Na 8:33 a.m.: David Toms, Richard [...]

We've come to the end of 2012 and Phish's four-night New Year's Run at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tonight the quartet returns to MSG to finish off the run with their seventh three-set, New Year's Eve performance at "The World's Greatest Arena." [Photo via @phishfromtheroad ] You can watch this evening's show live via a LivePhish.com webcast. For commentary from the Garden, we recommend following @bizarchive . Setlist... [...]

Augusta National, site of the famous Masters golf tournament,  will admit its first female members  after 80 years as being exclusive to the Y Chromosome. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina tycoon Darla Moore will become the first female members in October. Former club chairman Hootie Johnson, said infamously in 2002 that Augusta might one day have a woman in a green jacket, “but not at the point of a bayonet.” Condoleezza Rice is great choice for Augusta. [via cosbysweaters ]

Charlie Leduff is a Detroit-based journalist, probably best known for his 2011 article  Mother Jones  about the death of Aiyana Mo'nay Stanley-Jones . His latest piece on Detroit is a bit lighter, but still worthy of your time. LeDuff golfed his way across Detroit, setting up a single, 18-mile long golf hole. t’s a par 3,168, 18-mile, single hole course. The 46-year-old Pulitzer Prize winning writer carries only four clubs in his bag while facing extraordinary hazards that took years to form. He strokes his way through grassy fields, abandoned houses and crumbling landmarks. The half-way [...]

I wonder how Gordon Smart managed to convince himself that people are ringing on Brad Pitt's door, asking him to play golf is a true story. A source said:[...] “Neighbours have buzzed on their intercom and asked if Brad wants to play golf at a nearby course. They have even offered to lend him clubs in case he hasn’t got any.” What neighbourhood does this actually happen in? Outside of the 1950s? -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

Today is foggy and damp with rain expected. I noticed stalwart golfers when I drove pass the course. Some were pulling their clubs while others rode golf carts with the striped awning tops. In the fog, I could only see the golfers closest to me. The others were mere outlines. When I crossed the bridge over the river, the houses along its banks were barely visible. It started to rain a bit as I turned onto my street. As I was driving home, I saw a car with only one lit headlight and right away I said padiddle [...]

2012 Yamaha DRIVE PTV 48V Electric Golf Cart Tanzanite Blue This brand new 2012 Yamaha DRIVE PTV 48-volt electric golf cart sets a new standard for performance, comfort, and reliability. It includes a powerful 48 volt Hitachi electric motor with Yamaha's own motor control unit, HybriCore™ chassis (that is 20% lighter and 2.5 times stronger than others on the market), regenerative braking system, Tru-Trak II™ independent front suspension, and maintenance-free rack-and-pinion steering. It also features an automotive style dash with 4 cup holders, the industry's largest and most comfortable OE seat, and a ClimaGuard™ top [...]

Not only is Gordon Smart doing the pointless golf thing again this year, but he's now convinced that it's such an important event, he's doing a preview . A preview of a jolly. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

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In a bit of old news now, you've probably heard Tiger Woods won yesterday's Chevron World Challenge and ended a 749-day winless funk he was stuck in since all those [...]

Cole World: Dreamville Golf from Gneiss Pictures on Vimeo . After scoring a hole in one with Cole World: The Sideline Story , J. Cole takes a break from his tour, and heads out to a golf course in Dallas to play golf with his team. Spotted@: NR Follow @QuezKHH Related posts: Video: J. Cole Begins Cole World Tour Footage of J. Cole's stop in Vancouver, the first show... [...]

Though a lot more serious (deadpan?) than the miniature golf course  in the Basement of Ahlgrim’s Funeral Home , the new 820 sq. ft. green and fairway at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue definitely falls into the same world. They're both functional. But where the Ahlgrim's mini course serves to comfort the grieving children and provide a little escape, Sunset Hills  is a full-on cemetery with 1,281 plots and a vault for cremated remains (accessible through the golf hole itself). Arne Swanson, Sunset Hills' funeral home marketing director, explained the concept to [...]

Photo and autograph courtesy of the G Archives. Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer is the second person I’ve met who has a drink named after them.  The first is Shirley Temple.  The golf legend is 82 today.  Do you wonder if he goes into a restaurant and orders “my drink.”  If anyone knows, drop us a line.  We love useless trivia (as evidenced by all that we share with you each day). Also born today:  baseball great Roger Maris, actors Ryan Phillippe, Colin Firth, singer Jose Feliciano and rocker [...]

Photo by G. Golf "Watching golf is about as exciting as watching flies fuck" - George Carlin

A finales del mes pasado me sorprendí bastante al leer que el bajista de Judas Priest , Ian Hill , confesaba en una entrevista que el guitarrista K.K. Downing había abandonado la banda para dedicarse profesionalmente al golf. Era una razón demasiado heavy -nunca mejor dicho- para ser verdad y ahora el propio Downing lo desmiente con un extenso comunicado en su web oficial . Extraemos los puntos principales: Quiero a Ian como un hermano y nada cambiará eso, pero sus declaraciones en este caso son erróneas, [...]

Alice Cooper's well-documented love of golf causes some sort of problem. How does what is perhaps the world's dullest activity fit with the carefully marketed stage image of Alice Cooper? He's got a workaround : He told BANG Showbiz: "Alice hates golf. Alice the character hates golf. I love golf but he hates it. That's why I'll never do a golf DVD - nobody wants to see me play golf, they want to see Alice play golf, but he hates it." This sounds a bit like a child trying to blame their imaginary friend [...]