Playing

I have had four surgeries on my right knee, a full ACL repair and three snips on my meniscus.  When it’s damp or I play several days in a row, it tends to be sore. Since COVID-19, I have been playing…let’s just say quite a bit!  Despite stretching at home and lifting weights, my knee […]

These are such strange times.  So strange that it doesn’t seem quite right to blog about fantastic golf vacations or great golf clothing.  Frankly, it all seems very inconsequential right now.  The reality is that none of us are traveling and, I suspect consumer spending on discretionary items is way down. Having regrouped, I was […]

We’ve now had time to get used to the many new rules issued by the USGA and the R&A in 2019, (even though it seems like they were implemented just yesterday). Perhaps the change causing the most conversation is whether to leave the flagstick IN or OUT.  It seems that whenever I’m playing with an […]

I keep getting asked what I found notable while walking the 2020 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando last month.  My answer: women’s golf, particularly apparel, is no longer an afterthought of the major vendors.  Also, new boutique women’s clothing lines, more than one dozen driven out of business by the Great Recession, are again entering […]

World Handicap System A friend of mine, Connie Norwood, a former LPGA teaching professional, put this together for our club, TPC Summerlin.  I hope this is helpful! Acceptable Scores A round has to be played By The Rules of Golf and the ‘Modified Rules of Golf for Players with Disabilities’. When a player is accompanied […]

I am writing this blog to support and further women’s golf— and making sure our game is accurately portrayed is key.  The LPGA has come a long way as this article from ESPN reveals.   Tiger is not the record holder for the number of professional golf tournaments won, as I think most men and […]