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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
THIS IS HOW A DRIVING RANGE IS DONE ON A BUDGET: This is also one of the first videos we ever created. I had to go into the oldest hard drives to find this video. My driving range began when I started prototyping the almostGolf ball. It took 72 sessions at the factory before we [...]
IS THIS STREET GOLF or SUBURBANGOLF? These guys have the right idea…But the wrong balls. Sure, they couldn’t afford the golf course, but to go to the store and buy crappy wiffle golf balls to play a marathon 3 mile long course is a tough one. I recommend real off-course golf balls next time and [...]
2009 – 10 – 11 TURKEY CUP: This is backyard golf at it’s finest. Let’s talk classic neighborhood golf…Wisconsin style. Brian Weiss and his Wisconsin crew from golftrips.com pulled off another year of the Turkey cup. This years Turkey day was devoid of snow, which made shot making a tad better. The event was put [...]
HOW TO USE THE ALMOSTGOLF BALL TO PRACTICE IN YOUR BACKYARD: Execute the cut lop: If you don’t already know, Dave Pelz is the #1 most successful golf coach in the business. Not only does he coach Phil Mickelson, but he’s had over 12 other players win majors. No one can touch that. He’s also [...]
A GOLF FUNDRAISER WHERE YOU KEEP ALL THE MONEY…NOT THE GOLF COURSE: For nearly a generation golf has had this myth out there that golf tournaments are good fundraising mechanisms. Well, I hate to spoil the party but good charity fundraisers do a few things. They raise a lot of money for a charity and, [...]
THE SECRET IS OUT: There is more than one way to play golf…finally. Most people don’t realize that you can now leave the golf course and play golf nearly anywhere. All you need is an almostGolf ball, almostShag, (to reduce neighborhood divot damage) and a single golf club. Now you can play golf for free. [...]
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF OFF-COURSE GOLF? In the past if you left the golf course and played golf in cities or down streets you were asking for trouble because the traditional golf ball is very dangerous. Today, if you play urbangolf, streetgolf or crossgolf you now have an option to play with a [...]
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