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Golf Short Game Tip: Use No-Chipping Sign as Target When Practicing Chipping

Use No-Chipping Sign as Target When Practicing Chipping While at the practice putting green last week I found a golfer there practicing his chipping. After watching him for a few minutes I realized the brilliance of…

First Look: $121 ScoreBand Golf GPS Watch

Along with my testing of a reasonably priced $173 golf laser rangefinder by ScoreBand, I’m testing the ScoreBand Golf GPS Watch and Scorecard. This unit runs $129 at retail (very reasonably priced) and serves as a golf GPS and wrist mounted…

I Propose a New Golf Iron Naming Scheme Which Golf Marketers and Some Manufacturers Will Hate

Why is your brand new shiny pitching wedge as long as your old 8-iron? Because it IS an 8-iron. Hot off the presses is the announcement that TaylorMade just came out with a new set of irons. Kind of a bummer…

First Look: $173 Golf Laser Rangefinder by ScoreBand

Here’s a first look at a new $189 (retail) $173 (street) golf laser rangefinder by the company ScoreBand. I reviewed a ScoreBand product a couple of years ago, a small wrist watch style golf score keeper. Yesterday I did my first…

Category: Golf, Hackers, Miscellaneous

Golf Is Right Where I Left It

Majestic… Had my first round in over a month, and only my 3rd round since about November. It was the first league day for one of my two men’s associations. Conditions were pristine. No wind and…