In the Rough

Golf is one of many sports which include the use of a type of ball. In golf, one must place the ball on a tee (a T shaped: mount-like structure), swing the club at a particular angle, and then bring down the club with the appropriate amount of power. Once the club hits the ball, the ball will fly into the air, and will fall somewhere into the nearby scenery. The idea is to begin at a certain point of a golf course (the point is usually determined by the golfer’s skill) and to eventually get the ball to fall into the hole, which is outlined on the golf course by a flag.

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The first few rounds of my 2009 golfing year have thrown together a bit of a mixed bag if the truth being known.

The driving has been up and down (even considered leaving the driver out of my bag for my next round, which says it all).

Long Irons and 5 wood have been good and on several occasions made up for a poor tee shot.

Mid range irons have again been good with some accurate shots played into the green.

Wedge shots to the green have been up and down with some shots flying through the green and some coming up short.

By far the best part of my game has been my putting and some good long putts have been sunk, which I  hope continues.

It looks like a few trips to the driving range are in order though!!!!

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Every golfer who has the time and patience should try to hit a couple of hundred golf balls every 10 days (7 days would be better) if they want to improve their game and more importantly lower that handicap.

But what should we actually work on at the Driving Range?

The answer is simple is your whole game. Yes with every golfer there is strengths and weaknesses so what you should is work to these. If for example you get a hundred golf balls then tailor it so you are using 15-20 golf balls on the clubs you struggle to use and maybe 5-10 golf balls on the golf clubs you are comfier using, this way both aspects of your game should be strengthened.

Many of the game’s top professionals are lending their support to a campaign to have golf installed as an Olympic sport. Players including Monty and Tiger Woods have put their names behind the push to get golf into the 2016 Olympic Games.

Each of the 18 players to support the campaign has sent letters to the Olympic Committee members for each of their countries. The International Golf Federation is behind the campaign to get gold added to the Olympic roster.

Peter Dawson, the joint secretary for the International Golf Federation stated:It is imperative that the best players support our effort.

Golf faces some stiff competition to be added to the Olympics, as other sports being considered include squash, rugby sevens and karate.

The ICC may select two sports from the list of potentials, and are expected to decide in August this year.

Many golfers out there are superstitious about there fortunes in golf, I’m sure they make a lot of prayers or promises if things work or go well for them in a tournament, then they will do something good for someone else in the future. But I’m wondering have they ever thought of asking a psychic if they can predict there fortune. One famous psychic is a gentleman and from personal experience an amazing accurate friendly professional, Mr, David Charles Psychic.

The Psychic has done readings for the rich and famous and is renown in the industry for honest accurate reading with the utmost professionalism.

David Charles Psychic advised myself and my partner and 90% of what he said was scarily spot on an as you expect 10% was based on generic scenarios which I’m not sure were related or not but still I was very impressed.

If you are going to try something like this stick to a professional psychic and try David Charles Psychic and see what the future holds for you.

Many of you would of read my last article on the comments of South African Ernie Els about Rory McIlroy been the next heir to Tiger Wood’s throne of World Number One Golfer in the World but the next few days should see him take a big step to taking Tiger’s throne with a big win at WGC Championship.

McIlory is through to the quarter finals and faces arguably his toughest test next with Geoff Ogilvy waiting for him in the last 8. Ogily has won the World Golf Championship, been runner up and also has a major win. If Rory McIlroy can beat him then i don’t think their is anyone left in the draw who could beat him but only time will tell.

The remaining fixturs for the quarter final of the WGC are Ernie Els v Stewart Cink, Sean O’Hair v Paul Casey and Ross Fisher v Justin Leonard.

In the current economic climate Golf Clubs are not exempt from feeling the struggle with less players signing up because of cost and the general day to day cost of supplies also seemingly on the up.

A company in Indianapolis may have come up with the answer. At the recent 2009 Golf Industry Show in New Orleans Precise Path Robotics announced the first fully automated mower - RG3 (yes it even sounds like a robot).

The RG3 happens to be electric, which will be greener for the planet firstly but also should help Golf Clubs keep the green’s tidy and save cash. A triple winner really for the planet, pocket and players of golf courses.

The robot will help condition and maintain the turf without emitting any harmful Carbon Dioxides with it being an electric engine.

Now I don’t think their has ever been a round of Golf where i haven’t either stopped at the clubhouse after the ninth and bought a snack, brought several food items in my golf bag already or stopped the food cart during the round and munched through several bars of chocolate or on a good day a few pieces of fruit.

This must be a common element of a golf round for any player and it is something Michael Smoak picked up on.

Smoak’sstory starts back in early 2000 when he was playing a round of golf and also eating a bag of pretzels. After the round of golf Michael Smoak contacted several businessmen friends who also played golf and developed a snack for all golfers. The Pretzel shaped Tee.

Quickly after this a company was formed and the original Pretzel inspired the company name Tee-Zel, which has developed into a company producing mass golf snacks that are available throughout most golf shops (mainly in the US) .

The “America’s Original Golf Snack” as it has been nicknamed by Michael has since developed a few different snacks but to this day the Tee shaped Pretzel and the Cheez-Teez which is a cheese cracker snack.  

Has Sunday 8th February 2009 brought us the birth of a future Major Winner? Only time will tell but one thing we do know for sure their is a new male Woods in the world.

Tiger has confirmed today on his website that Elin Woods gave birth to Charlie Axel Woods on Sunday 8th February. This is the second addition to the Woods family after the birth of their daughter Sam Alexis Woods back in 2007.

With this been great news for Wood’s family and fans around the world is it a bad news for the golf fans looking for Tiger Wood’s return to the game?

Tiger stated in a recent interview that his family life will always come first and he may delay his return to be with his family and new born son Charlie. Surely this would mean he will be off for at least another month or two months subject to his knee regaining full fitness.

This now makes it very unlikely that Tiger will be playing at the Accenture Match Play Championship on 25th February as first thought.