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     1. 125,000 golf balls a year are hit into the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass

    2. The longest drive ever is 515 yards. The longest putt ever is a monstrous  375 feet

    3. Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, is actually right handed. He learned to play golf by mirroring his father’s golf swing, and he has used left handed golf clubs ever since.

    4. The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.

    5. Tiger Woods snagged his first ace at the tender age of eight years old.

    6. Balls travel significantly further on hot days. A golfer swinging a club at around 100 mph will carry the driver up to eight yards longer for each increase in air temperature of 25½F.

    7. The longest golf course in the world is the par 77 International Golf Club in Massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8325 yards.

    8. The highest golf course in the world is the Tactu Golf Club in Morococha , Peru, which sits 14,335 feet above sea level at its lowest point.

    9. The longest golf hole in the world is the 7th hole (par 7) of the Sano Course at the Satsuki Golf Club in Japan . It measures an incredible 909 yards.

    10. The largest bunker in the world is Hell's Half Acre on the 585-yard 7th hole of the Pine Valley Course in New Jersey .

    11. The largest golfing green is that of the 695-yard, 5th hole, a par 6 at the International Golf Club in Massachusetts , with an area in excess of 28,000 square feet.

    12. The driver swing speed of an average lady golfer is 62mph; 96mph for an average LPGA professional; 84mph for an average male golfer; 108mph for an average PGA Tour player; 130mph for Tiger Woods; 148-152mph for a national longdrive champion.

    13. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

    14. The first golf balls were made of thin leather stuffed with feathers. Tightly-packed feathers made balls that flew the farthest. Feather balls were used until 1848.

    15. The youngest golfer to shoot a hole-in-one was Coby Orr, who was five years old at the time. It happened in Littleton , Colorado , in 1975.

    16. 22.8% of golfers are women.

    17. Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502 to ensure citizens wouldn't waste time when preparing for an English invasion.

    18. The term birdie comes from an American named Ab Smith. While playing in 1899, he played what he described as a "bird of a shot", which became "birdie" over time.

    19. The word golf does not mean "Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden". This is an internet myth. It is thought the word golf comes from the Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve", meaning "club". Historians believe this was passed on to the Scottish, whose own dialect changed this to "golve," "gowl" or "gouf". By the sixteenth century, this had evolved into the word we know today.

    20. Don't feel bad about your high handicap --- 80% of all golfers will never achieve a handicap of less than 18.

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The gospel according to St. Titleist

12/5/2012

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The Gospel According to St. Titleist
    (Some are new to me, but a few are repeats from earlier posts)
  1. Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe
than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. Grantland Rice
2. Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike
golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count
past five. John Updike
3. It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world
is when one is playing golf. Robert Lynd
4. If profanity had any influence on the flight of the ball, the game
of golf would be played far better than it is. Horace G. Hutchinson
  5. They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more
complicated than that. Gardner Dickinson
6. If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork as poorly as they do
a golf club, they'd starve to death. Sam Snead
7. Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.
                                                                                 William Wordsworth
8. If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. Dean Martin
9. If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead
of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going
back to pick it up. Tommy Bolt
10. Man blames fate for all other accidents, but feels personally
responsible when he makes a hole-in-one. Bishop Sheen
11. My handicap? Woods and irons. Chris Codiroli
12. The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put
a flag stick on top. Pete Dye
13. I'm hitting the woods just great; but having a terrible time getting
out of them! Buddy Hackett
14. The only time my prayers are never answered is playing golf.
                                                                                             Billy Graham
15. If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the
wrong golf ball. Jack Lemmon
16. It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they
are still rolling. Mark Twain
17. Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good
at either of them. Jimmy DeMaret
18. If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I
hit it straight, it's a miracle.                                      All Us Hackers
19. The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't
improve your lie. George Deukmejian
20. Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes
out of a bagpipe. Lee Trevino
  21. Reason they call it golf is cuz all the other four-letter words
were taken.    Woody Woodbury
  Finally:
  22. The No.#1 Golf rule you MUST follow: take the car keys out
of your golfbag before you throw it into the creek.

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Truths about golf

9/18/2012

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When I die, bury me on the golf course, so my husband will visit.
-Author Unknown

I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come up sliced.
-Author Unknown

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.
-Raymond Floyd

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flag stick on top.
-Pete Dye (His golf courses reflect this belief!!!)

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
-Hank Aaron

Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five.
-Paul Harvey

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?
-Al Boliska

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
  -Ben Hogan

Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.
-Chuck Hogan

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
-Jack Lemmon

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
-Mark Twain

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are
plenty.
-Harry Vardon

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
-Woodrow Wilson

A golfer's diet: live on greens as much as possible.
-Author Unknown

Gone golfin' ... be back about dark thirty.
-Author Unknown

May thy ball lie in green pastures.... and not in still waters.
-Author Unknown

If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I hit it straight, it's  a miracle.
-Author Unknown

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Money Putts

8/7/2012

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One full revolution of an ordinary golf ball is six inches long, nearly the same length as a dollar bill. Remember that the next time you putt, Eric Johnson, director of instruction at Oakmont Country Club, said.

"You want the ball to just trickle into the cup at the edge," he said. "Each dollar bill length past the hole reduces the cup size 12 per cent. A ball that dies at the hole can fall in through the front, back or side doors. That's a lot more hole. Each extra roll is costing you dollars."

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Still the one.....

7/3/2012

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A 2010 survey of 750 amateur golfers revealed the pro golfer they'd most like to tee it up with was then 81-year-old Arnold Palmer (second was Phil Mickelson; third, Jack Nicklaus).

Learning of the results Palmer said, "Well I'm absolutely flattered. I think it's because I enjoy people. I talk to them. My number one rule for a friendly round of golf: Make sure my partners enjoy their games. I offer tips. I compliment good shots. It's important to let people know you enjoy their game as well as your own. And then we can all enjoy it a little more at the 19th hole."

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A good reminder

6/16/2012

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Beware of Lightning

      If this summer's lightning season is typical, then at least 25 more fate-tempting golfers will qualify for the annual Lightning Strike and Elec-trical Shock Survivor International convention. Five others will qualify for coffins.
        Ron Holle, a meteorologist with Global At-mospherics International, says lightning is so dan-gerous and so unpredictable that there is no safe place on a golf course.
         "You're either in the clubhouse, or you're in danger."

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The 24 Laws of Golf -- Author unknown

5/15/2012

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LAW 1:
No matter how bad your last shot was, you should have Inner Peace knowing that a worse one is yet to come. This law does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime.

LAW 2:
Your best round of golf will be followed almost immediately by your worst round ever. The probability of the latter increases with the number of people you tell about the former.

LAW 3:
Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. Though this cannot be proven in the lab, it is a known fact that the more expensive the golf ball, the greater its attraction to water. Expensive clubs have been known to be partly made with this most unusual natural alloy.

LAW 4:
Golf balls never bounce off of trees back into play. If one does, the tree is breaking a law of the universe and should be cut down.

LAW 5:
The higher a golfer's handicap, the more qualified he deems himself as an instructor.

LAW 6:
A golfer hitting into your group will always be bigger than anyone in your group. Likewise, a group you accidentally hit into will consist of a football player, a professional wrestler, a convicted murderer and an IRS agent -- or some similar combination.

LAW 7:
All 3-woods are demon-possessed. Your Mother in Law does not come close.

LAW 8:
Golf balls from the same "sleeve" tend to follow one another, particularly out of bounds or into the water. See LAW 3.

LAW 9:
The last three holes of a round will automatically adjust your score to what it really should be.

LAW 10:
Golf should be given up at least twice per month.

LAW 11:
All vows taken on a golf course shall be valid only until the sunset.

LAW 12:
Since bad shots come in groups of three, your fourth consecutive bad shot is really the beginning of the next group of three.

LAW 13:
If it isn't broke, try changing your grip.

LAW 14:
It's surprisingly easy to hole a 50-foot putt when you lie 8.

LAW 15:
Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.

LAW 16:
Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.

LAW 17:
It's not a gimme if you're still 4 feet away.

LAW 18:
The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

LAW 19:
You can hit a 2-acre fairway 10% of the time, and a 2-inch branch 90% of the time.

LAW 20:
Every Time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make a double or triple bogey to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.

LAW 21:
If you want to hit a 7-iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to use it to lay up just short of a water hazard.

LAW 22:
There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.

LAW 23:
A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.

LAW 24:
Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.

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Still the one.....

A good reminder

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