May 28, 2021
By Paul Ramee, Jr. You’ve finally decided to ditch your hand-me-down set of clubs for a new set, or you’re just not getting the results you expected out of your current clubs. So you’ve decided to book a club fitting with your local instructor. Wise choice. While hitting demo clubs at your local golf retail outlet or attending a Demo Day are great ways to “kick the tires,” I highly recommend that you do an actual fitting with your instructor. He or she knows your swing tendencies and will better align the equipment to where your swing is currently at […]
April 5, 2021
By Dave Allen Cue Jim Nantz and the azaleas, it’s Masters week. Again. Isn’t it wonderful?! If there’s one good thing that came out of the pandemic it’s that we have two Masters in the same PGA Tour calendar season. It was only five months ago last November that Dustin Johnson set afire to Augusta National Golf Club, shooting a record 20-under par for his second major title and first Green Jacket. The local Columbia, South Carolina, product also set records for most greens in regulation (60) and fewest bogeys (4) en route to a five-shot win over runners-up Cameron […]
March 12, 2021
By Dave Allen Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune of playing such renowned courses as Pebble Beach, Pinehurst No. 2, Whistling Straits (Straits Course) and THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Never have I been more nervous over a tee shot than I was on the famed “Island Green” 17th at TPC Sawgrass, site of this week’s THE PLAYERS Championship. I’m sure I’m not alone. Standing on the tee, it’s hard to see any of the putting surface. All you see is water. Lots and lots of water. And then there’s the history of the hole. It’s […]