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
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 [...]
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 [...]
WHAT CAN YOU CALL BUBBA WATSON? The Bubbanator? Bubba the Bomber? The master blaster? I can’t decide on his nickname because Bubba went beyond the realm of long drive king. He actually put his short game together with his game altering long drives to win the Farmer Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Though Phil Michelson [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DRIVER – DRIVER OFF THE DECK AT THE 2011 HYUNDAI TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS: Bubba Watson show’s the entire package at the par 5 18th hole at Kapaloa. As the opening stop for the PGA Tour, the 2011 Hyundai Tournament of Champions sports the 36 players who won a PGA tour event last year…and they serve [...]
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH TIGER? Now you can thanks to the Dubai Desert Classic this Febuary 9th 2011. How cool is that? Now you just need to work on your game because I can’t think of a worse experience than to fork out $5k to get to Dubai, then hit a 96 while [...]
ONCE AGAIN WE MUST SAY…THESE GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD: Try hitting a clay pigeon with a golf ball in the Dubai desert…and yes, they finally did it. How impossible is that? The pigeon is the size of a golf hole and it is moving!!! Try that on for size. They must have been out in [...]
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 [...]
JONATHAN BYRD DOES IT IN EPIC STYLE: Most victories on the PGA Tour consist of a tap in for birdie and a one stroke win. Then there are the grand 50ft putts or the hole out from a bunker or the round 60 yards out. Then there is what happened Sunday at the Justin Timberlake, [...]
Webb Simpson’s stripes a beautiful hole In One during the first round of the Justin Timberlake, Shiners for kids Open at TPC Summerlin (2010). He used a hybrid on the 231 yard par 3. Congratulations Webb Simpson
FINAL ROUND 4 HOLE OUT: The amazing thing was that Sir Rocco Mediate won his stripes on Sunday. He wa s in the middle of a complete old man melt down. He had lost five strokes to the field and went from a walk in the park to having to make every clutch shot with [...]
THIS IS A BIG OCCASION FOR OFF-COURSE GOLF INSTRUCTION: Josh Jacobs, the founder of TGA, Total Golf Adventures was selected Among Golf Top 40 Under 40 Most Influential People by GOLF Magazine. Josh has created one of the largest junior golf education programs where they go into schools and teach with the almostGolf ball. He [...]
I HAD TO POST THIS VIDEO: Gap of Dunloe, Killarney: This is one of those nutzo and amazing things you get to do when you are a top notch PGA pro with some time on your hands. The fact that these guys are so good they can hit basically knock down 2 irons and drivers [...]
PGA TOUR GOLF: THE FIRST IN OUR SERIES…THESE GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD. They say on tour ‘these guys are good’ well, check this out. Bubba Watson shows what years of pounding balls on a range can do. The one catch is that he says don’t try this at home…well…I say go for it. Just don’t [...]
PGA TOUR HOLE IN ONE: Allenby does it again Buy practice golf balls Buy Golfathon targets and gear Buy glow golf balls
Highlights from Dubai Desert Classic 2008. Miguel Angel Jiménez makes a hole-in-one during the first round at the par 3 7th with a 6-iron Buy practice golf balls Buy Golfathon targets and gear Buy glow golf balls
TIGER HITS A HOLE IN ONE: January 2008 Buy practice golf balls Buy Golfathon targets and gear Buy glow golf balls
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