Except for the summer-ending round Friday afternoon, I’d spent August in slump. I simply could not get off the tee box with my driver with any consistency, and it really brought my entire game down. Maybe I was approaching my problems the wrong way, I wondered. I’m sure I had been over thinking the entire…
I fully acknowledge that I am susceptible to sometimes wanting it too much. This applies to my golf game just as much as the rest of my life. I try to keep perspective; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I knew going into this swing reconstruction process was just that, a process, which would require…
I generally enjoy Arthur Hills courses. They are big, wild, sometimes cruel golf courses that test golfer’s shot making at every turn with gigantic greens at which to aim. Persimmon Ridge Golf Club in the outskirts east of Louisville may be one of the crown jewels of Hills’ design portfolio. I recently had the opportunity…
Perhaps the most ridiculous of all the ridiculous rules of golf is right there in its very first rule. Rule 1-3 is a very unsophisticated rule that says you have to play by the rules, and if you decide and agree with someone not to play by the rules, that it and of itself is…
I have heard interviews with professional golfers and writers over the years that say that when Ben Hogan hit a golf ball, it made a different sound than when anyone else hit the ball. So, as I approached the 17th fairway at Valhalla to begin my PGA Championship experience, I expected to be shocked and…
The rolling hills of Houston Oaks Golf Course may be the Lexington area’s best kept secret to those golfers not from the Bluegrass region. It’s a fantastic golf course. Houston Oaks is an above-average layout that is kept in above-average condition year round (Bryan and I played Houston Oaks a few days before Christmas 2013).…
Fresh off alternating several setbacks and successes, I showed up for my long overdue 8th golf lesson mentally somewhere between having my chest puffed out and my tail tucked between my legs. My new full swing is at a point that I need periodic check ups and corrections, but there is plenty within my golf…
Lexington’s Tates Creek Golf Course is located near the heart of the city’s south side, nestled up against several widely disparate neighborhoods. It is far and away the most “muni” of all of Lexington’s city courses. John Mark and I have probably played Tates Creek a combined 150 times between us, so I guess he…
I am extremely grateful to have spent a rain-soaked Friday at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club outside Louisville, Kentucky. Despite the soggy conditions, I can’t help but feel like it was a real privilege to watch the greatest golfers in the world compete for a championship in my home state. The day provided…
If you’re heading to Louisville for the PGA Championship this week, I’m sure there will be no shortage of official partners and sponsors asking for your patronage and your tourism dollars. There will be parties and all manner of bars and restaurants buzzing and hopping with tournament energy. Whether you’re rooting for your favorite professional…
Last Saturday was just “one of those days” on the golf course. It was one of those days when I couldn’t get off the tee box, wasn’t striking the ball well with my irons, and even had my wedges and putter betray me. My round was one of those golf outings that if I were…