ANOTHER PRETTY COOL URBAN SPORT: Having been married to a Sicilian for a while, I am definitely a fan of any kind of bocce. It’s a simple, easy, safe sport to play virtually anywhere, but here’s the catch. Instead of using hard, dangerous bocce balls, they are using a version of hacky sacks. But my [...]
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN: Unlike last week, there were shots galore. This was an amazingly tight competition. We had eagles and hole in ones all weekend. Go Phoenix Open. Buy glow in the dark practice golf balls Buy golf targets and almostGolf balls Buy golfathon gear Check out our online registration and donation engine
A NEW WAY TO PLAY GOLF USING A FRISBEE DISC. This is an easy way to play pick up urban, street or crossgolf around the neighborhood. All you need is a frisbee, a club, an astroshag and some almostGolf balls and you can virtually play anywhere. This is serious old school pick up golf, but [...]
HERE IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW GOLF NEEDS TO CHANGE: I had to put this article up because it’s all about growing golf beyond the boundry of the golf course. Though almostGolf could not make it to the PGA Merchandise show, the word is out that they are the cutting edge of off-course [...]
NICE CROWD BUDDY!!! Nice intro, production value and CROWD OF STREETGOLFERS!!! This is a great streetgolf clip because they actually took the subway from hole to hole. Of course they had some holes in the subway as they were traveling. Putting on a moving subway is a putting feat of skill. This was also a [...]
MICROGOLF LEGO ANIMATION: Thanks to our crew at http://www.girlscrossing.de/ here is a nice little microgolf environment built of legos. This winter we are going to set up some killer micro golf courses and hopefully have a championships. I love this little guy. If you like action, check out Klaus Simianer and his microgolf trick shots. [...]
BUBBA ‘THE BOMBER’ WATSON DOMINATES, THEN BLUBBERS HIS WAY TO VICTORY: 2011 Farmers Insurance Open: Bubba ‘the Bomber’ showed everyone, even the great and powerful ‘Phil’ how to win a PGA Tournament with gusto. This Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open was a battle Royale between a known, Phil Michelson, a semi known, Bubba ‘The [...]
YOUTUBE PUTS MICRO-GOLFER TO THE TEST: Can you believe it. Klaus Simianer, one of our biggest urban-Crossgolfers in Europe also happens to be the king of Micro golf (pit green) As a result he got a call from Youtube. They are making a TV show and wanted to make sure Klaus wasn’t a fake. They [...]
URBAN-CROSSGOLF MAKES IT TO THE BIG TIME…TV Didi of urbangolf.ch in Switzerland landed a nice little urbangolf shot from ontop of what looks like a graffiti laced junker car…But they put the shot in a TV spot for what I think it beer!!! Bravo to beer commercials. INTERVIEW WITH DIDI OFF URBANGOLF.CH (Switzerland) But why [...]
STREETGOLF DRIVING RANGE: The 19th hole (http://www.19mtrou.com) in Paris figured out how to turn on new golfers by setting up a streetgolf driving range. They hit into garbage cans and shopping carts and clearly had a blast. How is that for growing the game of golf? It’s really taking the sport of golf back to [...]
. BEACH GOLF IS GOING CROSS AGAIN: Calling all urban-golfers the 3rd Cross-Beach-Golf-Trophy is on Sunday 6 March 10 clock. They are redesigning the Gromitz pier that juts out into the Baltic Sea. They are creating 8 hole courses/rounds. THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOURNAMENT!!! All Cross golfers and those who want to be, [...]
CROSSGOLF PORTAL STARTED OUT THE WINTER SEASON WITH GUSTO! They put on the first glow in the dark night cross golf event of the year in a nasty 12 degrees C…That’s centigrade for ‘@#$$%#$’ cold. Though they had a hard time filming the glow event…because it was dark, they had some nice sausages, beer and [...]
THE BOB HOPE DESEART CLASSIC TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK TO PRETTY SAD ATTENDANCE and not the greatest of high lights. Johanthan Vegas, a Nation Wide Tour stand out pulled some clutch shots to bring it home for the win, but there were no hole in ones or super killer fairway eagles. But it was the [...]
THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING WINTER. Since we began writing this blog the world of CrossGolf – urbangolf and StreetGolf have exploded. There is no better example than what’s been happening in Germany with Crossgolf-portal.de. They built a huge community. I guess it’s time to start some crews in the US. So if you want [...]
DO YOU THINK URBANGOLF AND STREETGOF ARE STILL FRINGE SPORTS? I don’t think so anymore. Our streetgolf buddies at the 19th Hole in Paris (www.19mtrou.com) have put together the first map of all the urban and Streetgolf clubs in and around France. These include a few clubs from Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Holland. CLICK ON [...]
WE STUMBLED UPON a new almostGolf distributor in Australia. Golf Gooroo. (what does this mean? What’s a gooroo?) From the clip, Cameron, looks like he’s a teaching pro and he knows his game. He shot this basic clip all about the ball and how it’s safe. Good work. He pretty covers all the advantages of [...]
HERE ARE SOME RULES OF STREETGOLF that the 19th hole in Paris came up with. What do you think? I agree with some of the rules but not others. I also think they are excluding some rules. But we are more interested in seeing what others think. THE RULES OF STREETGOLF – Respect the urban [...]
THE TRACKER MAKER JOHN DEERE IS GIVING AWAY A TRIP TO ROYAL ST. GEORGE…Very nice. John Deere is putting on a griveaway. You just have to watch three videos. Click here to check out the contest GRAND PRIZE: a trip to the British Open: (1): A trip for two (2) to The 2011 Open Championship [...]
WINTER GOLF IS FOR REAL. They even have their own grooming equipment. Sure this is ‘real’ golf with ‘real’ golf balls, but it’s in the snow. They even manicure the course every day. Now that is what I call true winter golf. They even have a driving range. How cool is that? WELCOME TO THE [...]
THE KORTRIJK URBAN GOLF SQUAD RULES!!!!! The urban-crossgolf season is breaking out of the winter dull drums and starting 2011 season with a bang. It’s course design time. Since the Urban Golf Squad are busy designing their course for their next event, we felt compelled to show their work and show what I consider the [...]
STUTTGART STADTPARK: Glow golf is on this weekend and everyone is invited. Rasti Dominik and his Golfellas Stuttgart crossgolf crew are hosting a night golf shoot around in the park. This is an event for everyone and beginners are always welcome. Come on out and have a great glow in the dark golf time. Golfellas [...]
THE SONY OPEN was filled with surprises thanks to a nasty storm that delayed play for two days. Then, on Monday they played a 36 hole marathon won by non other than mid-field player Mark Wilson. Of course Shaun Micheel drains a hole in one on the 17th during the second round. I think that [...]
THE IS NO LIMIT TO WHERE SPORTS CAN GO NOW!!! Now I’ve seen it all now. Here is the newest micro sport. Finger skateboarding. My only comment is…don’t you have something productive to do with your time? Get two feet and shred for real…dude. But you do have to appreciate the finger shred…I guess. The [...]
YOU’VE GOT TO LOVE THESE GUYS. Here are the golf shots of the week from the 2011 Hyundai Tournament of Champions. What I love more is the fact that the PGA Tour can catch these shots in flight. Bravo to Bubba the Bomber for hitting a shot I wish some day I could only get [...]
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