From BadGolfer.com with love: Ranking the top golf courses for (regular) guys who love golf
We all love golf course rankings, but there's quite a bias involved, huh? Host a major championship and you're basically guaranteed a spot on the list. What about the average duffer who's more impressed with the beer list than the slope/rating - or prefers friendliness over the fine, imported lotion in the locker room? Where's our list, hackers? Answer: Right here.
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Divine 9 Road Trip puts Carson City, Nevada golf memorably on the map
A tradition in Carson City, Nev., the Divine 9 Road Trip is a party on wheels. Participants play nine courses - such as Genoa Lakes Golf Club and Dayton Valley Golf & Country Club - two holes each, all over the course of 11 hours - plus share laughs, stories and spirits along the way.
... full article »Is having children worth sacrificing my dream of a country club membership?
I've been slumming it out on cheap public courses my entire life. At one point, aren't I entitled as a lifelong golfer to finally enjoy the fruits of my suffering on a well conditioned, thoughtfully designed private course from one of the game's premier architects?
... full article »The FedEx Cup: The most important tournament-ish golf-thingy of 2009
In 2009, the FedEx Cup is the last big event-ish-like thing-y that Tiger Woods can win, his final chance to save his season and possibly golf. If Steve Stricker wins, everything Tiger has accomplished in his career is for naught.
... full article »Sergio Garcia had no chance at Hazeltine, none! Why?
Like many of you out there, I have long been dazzled by the ability and charisma of Sergio Garcia. I fully bought into the idea that Sergio could be the next Seve Ballesteros and provide Tiger Woods with a generation-long challenge. And I, like many others, was terribly, terribly wrong.
... full article »The only two golf lessons you'll ever need
Forget all the lessons you took from golf pros. Forget the straight left arm, proper posture, head still, full shoulder turn, pronate, supinate, belt buckle to target, complete follow through, right elbow in pocket and the zillion other things some guy charged you $40 a half hour to remember. There are only two lessons you'll need in order to be a good golfer.
... full article »Like it or not, in golf, us old guys rule
Like it or not, folks, when it comes to golf, us old guys rule. The average age of an avid golfer is in the mid-50s, and 78 percent of that group is male. Here are the top 10 reasons why old timers love the game so damn much ...
... full article »What can be done about slow play in golf (Or: Why golfers don't carry guns)
Gambling and golf (or why a dime isn't 10 cents)
Straight down the middle (or: how to cheat in golf with ChapStick)
Barack Obama: BadGolfer.com's Bad Golfer Of The Decade
Spice up your raincheck with Mio Destino's new golf lingerie
A golf bailout? As economy struggles, PGA Tour must make the cut
Ultimate springtime golf fitness tips for "real" golfers
John Daly shocks, angers golf fans by not overindulging for an entire day
Ladies, don't be Wie: Know the etiquette of playing golf with men
We - men, that is - allow women to play golf with us occasionally, usually when we are either married to them or when the starter swears there is no other way. I've found that very often, women simply aren't aware of the rules of etiquette when playing with the physically superior.
... full article »Ten ways to be a lousy golf partner
Want to ensure you're never invited to play with the gals? Want to really annoy your golfing buddies? Here are some sure-fire methods to become the person no one wants to be paired with.
... full article »Donald Trump announces plans to buy New Mexico, turn it into golf resort
Donald Trump announced plans to buy New Mexico and replace it with a sprawling golf resort he intends to call "Trump Southwest." Trump said his plans would not just lead to the creation of the universe's greatest golf resort but also save the U.S. from the scourge of illegal immigration.
... full article »'Caddyshack' quotes: Making golf even funnier for the last 25 years
Taste is often considered subjective, but in fact that's just not true. There's a quick way to determine whether any person has taste: Can he quote freely and liberally from the best golf movie of all time, "Caddyshack?"
... full article »Now barely legal, Michelle Wie faces Playboy choice - Sleaze on!
How soon after Michelle Wie turns 18 does Hef call? Face it, that's all a significant number of Wie "fans" are interested in anyways. Sportswriters skirt around this issue, but the truth is plenty of the hoopla over Wie had to do with a thinly veiled (at best) trumped up sex appeal long before she hit legal age. Wie's team put her out there as a glamorous woman and Internet creeps lapped it up.
... full article »Tin Cup quotes: Lessons on golf and life from a washed-up driving-range pro
Ask a devoted Tin Cup fan about his first impression of the movie and the response is almost always the same: "I hated it." But first impressions are usually short-lived when it comes to this 1996 romantic comedy about a driving-range pro's quest to win the heart of the woman he loves by winning the U.S. Open.
... full article »Win easily on the golf course - cheat! Tips to help golfers win more bets
Straight down the middle (or: how to cheat in golf with ChapStick)
Golf-loving radio king Rush Limbaugh hits it right on Clooney, Clinton and Wie
Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu: Golf is more fun when you're betting millions in Las Vegas
Professional poker player Daniel Negreanu has always wanted to be a real athlete. Now, with the launch of the High Stakes Golf Tour on ESPN, he and other top gamblers can show off their chops in high stakes competition on a Las Vegas golf course.
... full article »Comic Mike McDonald can't stop talking about his (golf) balls
Why is it that all comedian Mike McDonald wants to talk about are his balls? Actually, there's a simple reason - McDonald has come out with his own line of comedy golf balls, and like his comedy career, it appears this venture will also be a success. At very least, his "World's Funniest Golf Balls" will be good for a laugh.
... full article »Celebrity golf tour: Nothing funny about a $2-million purse
You've watched some of these celebrity golf tournaments. Admit it. You probably tuned in out of curiosity, not to see golf at its highest level, but you tuned in.
... full article »How do you escape Brett Favre's returning shadow? New Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers golfs
How's Aaron Rodgers, the 24-year-old never-been-an-NFL-starter quarterback set to replace Brett Favre as QB of the Green Bay Packers, handling the pressure? He's golfing. Rodgers played in the American Century Celebrity Championship at Lake Tahoe, where he spoke to BadGolfer.com about Favre, gearing up for the season and his golf game.
... full article »Nobody loves golf more than TV's Raymond (Romano, that is)
Ray Romano is a hard-core golfer. His borderline-loopy zeal to make the cut in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am became fodder for an hour-long HBO special. What other megastar would put a link to the story he wrote for Golf Digest about breaking 100 at Augusta National near the top of his Web site?
... full article »As The Worm Boogies: The Dennis Rodman school of partying
At 44, Dennis Rodman is essentially a professional partier. Not in some frat-boy, can't-grow-up sense. He actually gets paid to party. For him, it really is a 9-to-5 job. 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Golden Palace, the online casino company, pays Rodman to be Rodman and go from event to event.
... full article »Big-play master John Elway roots for Michelle Wie to get her victory
Al Franken: Wrestling Rush Limbaugh wouldn't be fair
'80s football rebel Jim McMahon: "Golf's no fun without a buzz"
