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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
. 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 [...]
We have officially started the CrossGolf season with the GluGlühwein Cup. (Glühwein is like mulled cider) And once again the 2011 event was a resounding success. At a nasty 12 ° C folks seem to go for the beer more than the Glühwein. After an introduction to all Flights were distributed to the 9 cars [...]
Golf Channel Launches their PGA Tour Kickoff Sweepstakes give away: If you are hunting for prizes, start watching the Golf Channel for unique entry codes each day that could win you some sweet prizes. You can enter online at www.GolfChannel.com/2011-pga-tour-kickoff/sweepstakes/ or also via text messaging. The codes will show up during the Hyundai Tournament of [...]
MY HATS OFF TO THE CROSSGOLFERS: This is a nice little clip for all those golfers who want to play but are snow bound inside their warm hovels. All you need are some almostgolf balls and a few clubs. Pick some targets, like a dormant dump truck and start hitting away. The one thing I [...]
TEACHING GOLF BEGINNERS HOW TO LEARN TO PLAY GOLF OFF THE GOLF COURSE: Learning how to play golf is not that hard if it is as easy as walking out your back door and playing catch with your son or daughter. But when one has to go to a driving range just to practice,\ learning [...]
How “Bogey golf” Entered the Golf Lexicon It seems the guy who came up with the Bogey Man must have been a golfer, because he lent his name to a golf score of 1-over par. “You better watch out or the Bogey Man’s gonna get you!” According to the USGA Museum, “Bogey Man” was a [...]
THE PARIS PRO TOUR MASTER CLASS. This video screams “STREETGOLF” in all it’s artistic glory “The 19th hole” (http://www.19mtrou.com/index.php) out of Paris, has to be one of the best streetgolf, urbangolf or crossgolf video crews in the world. Who cares what they call it. Their videos are amazing and this one is no exception. It’s [...]
YES, ADDICTION EXISTS IN GOLF….but here are some tips on how to break your golf addiction. Of course you could begin playing off the golf course and actually have fun, without the pressure or the cost…but that’s just our opinion. Look at his first sentences. “A sport you pour time and money into’. Come on [...]
I wanted to put up this video because of it’s world importance. Yes, it’s not golf, but that’s the beauty of a blog. We want to provide our fans with all the coolest new clips and ideas, even if they don’t have to do with a golf ball. But wait, it does have to do [...]
If you’ve been around the golf course long, you’ve heard that the word “golf” is originate as an acronym for “gentlemen only, ladies forbidden”? That’s a big fat wives’ tale. Or, in this case, a big fat old husband’s tale. Okey, no, “golf” is not an acronym for “gentlemen only, ladies forbidden.” If you’ve been [...]
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