Mixing Work and Play....???

With the British Open taking place this week athletes from all over the world are flying in and working on the final tune ups for this weekend.  In what should most defiantly be a successful and entertaining event the media has already started to work on Tiger Woods and his way of practice. 

 The Parings for Thursday- Friday have been made official.Tiger Woods will be playing with Graeme McDowell and Louis Oosthuizen.  While Rory McIlroy will be playing with Phil Michelson.

 Lindsey told the New York Times in June: 

"We talk golf after his golf rounds, but mostly I listen, we really are normal in that way. Lots of people go home and talk to their wife or husband about their job. That’s what we do." 

 Below is a photo of Lindsey Vonn watching Tiger practice this week:

How Does A Handicap Work???

 

The Golf Canada Website describes what a Handicap is: 

 

"Through this system, each golfer establishes an "Golf Canada Handicap Factor" which is a numerical measurement of a player's potential (not actual) scoring ability on a course of standard difficulty.

The purpose of the Golf Canada Handicap System is to make the game of golf more enjoyable for golfers by providing a means of measuring one's performance and progress and to enable golfers of differing abilities to compete on an equitable basis.

The Handicap Factor is calculated using the best 10 of the player's last 20 rounds and updated with each new round played. The Handicap Factor travels with the golfer from course to course and is adjusted up or down depending on the length and difficulty of the course played, resulting in a "Course Handicap". The Course Handicap is the number of strokes a golfer receives from a specific set of tees at the course played and represents the number of strokes he would require to play equitably against a "scratch" golfer (a golfer with a Handicap Factor of "0.0'). The more difficult the golf course, the more strokes the golfer receives and vice versa.
The relative difficulty of a golf course is determined jointly by Golf Canada and the provincial golf association using the Golf Canada Course and Slope Rating System. Specially trained Course Rating Teams evaluate the difficulty of a golf course based on such variables as length and a number of obstacle factors (e.g. topography, bunkers, water hazards, severity of rough, etc)."

Hopefully this helps straighten out any confusing on what a handicap is.  If you have any questions please feel free to leave them below in the comment section.

Take A Kid To The Course Week.....

What is Take A Kid To The Course?
Developed by the National Golf Course Owners Association Canada to encourage families and juniors to take up the game of golf, this cross-Canada campaign is designed to illustrate how easy it is to improve both your score and your relationship with your children by bringing them out to the golf course. 

How can I participate?
HUNDREDS of courses will offer FREE golf to children under the age of 16 who are accompanied by a paying adult during the Take A Kid to the Course program taking place July 8-14, 2013.

The Goderich Sunset Golf Course is pleased to take part in this fantastic nationwide event.  We have done this for numerous years and really see the benefit of children coming out to play this fantastic game.  On a special note we also offer free club rentals to juniors playing on the Par 3 Executive Course.  So come on out this week and give the game of golf to your child for FREE!!!!

Caddie Fired Mid Round in LPGA U.S. Open.....

They say its never a dull moment on sports center.  I bet when they say that they have no idea what next big drama incident is going to take place.  Over the past weekend a second caddie incident happened.  Last week at the Travelers tournament Bubba Watson had a major disagreement with his caddie after taking a triple-bogie on home #16.  This weeks dilemma was on the LPGA.  Jessica Korda fired her caddie during the middle of her round while playing in the U.S. Open.  Talk about drama that is seriously nuts caddies aren’t there just to carry the bag they have a lot of pressure on them to make tough decisions and right club selections at every shot.  So since she needed a caddie she put her boyfriend on the bag to finish the round. 

Shane Bacon is quoted saying: “ A lot of people think the only job of a caddie is to carry the bag. That couldn't be more wrong. A caddie is a swing coach, a mental coach, a voice of reason and persuasion and the person that makes sure, if you go on tilt, that things can smooth over so you can finish your round and not post some absurdly high number.” About caddies.  I couldn’t agree more they are your only companion out on the course.  

Jessica stated: “I care about Jason a lot.  He is a great guy.  ''That's just how it happens sometimes in life. That was one of those things today that it just unfolded. It was very hard for me to do. I'm not that type of person to take these things really easily.'' After her round at the U.S. Open.

Hopefully this next week of PGA and LPGA play is easier on these caddies.

Housewives of the PGA.....

 

I have never been into the show Real Housewives of whatever but I got this crazy thought the other day that when a PGA event is on we always see the wives calm cool and collected on the side lines.  I was thinking they can’t possibly be that calm all the time.  Can you imagine the drama of the wives if you started pinning them against each other?   

I think that the Golf Channel should really consider Real Housewives of the PGA for their next reality show.  It could focus in on all the charity work they do for their husbands, their wardrobes, what they actually do with their lives since their husbands are at the golf course all day every day either playing or practicing. 

 I think it would be a great insight of what it really takes to be a PGA stars wife because it can’t be easy.  I’m sure if they were to dig deep enough there would be enough drama to keep ratings high and maybe we would find out about a few of the female feuds.  Sure this has been tried before and unsuccessful but with today’s social media influence I think that can be the difference.

 

 

 

 

Outfits and Missed Shots from US Open 2013

The Outfits from the 2013 US Open were defiantly very conservative.  Some might say boring I say classic.  The group of Tiger, Rory and Adam below are evidence of this:

 

They all look so happy to be there don't they??  Tigers look for the whole weekend was right on trend from my perspective.  Typically Sunday wear with the vibrant red shirt.

This course was anything but easy and the aftermath of some of the shots these pros took was in fact priceless.  The effort and swing tempo they had to get out of that thick rough must have been simply exhausting.  Here are some of the miss shot reactions: