Callaway recently made the longest tour golf ball they have ever made.

The technologically advanced Tour ix Golf Ball features 4-piece inertia technology and dual core construction designed to optimize distance. The ball’s high-density outer core moves weight away from the centre of the ball for increased moment of inertia (MOI) resulting in reduced driver spin for increased distance and accuracy. The ball’s dual core construction allows for great distance off the tee while still offering spin around the green.

The lower compression inner core provides low spin off the driver for great distance while the higher compression outer core provides high chip-shot spin around the green. For consistency, the Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) was introduced too. It utilizes a Reaction Injection Moulding process called RIM, a seamless cover with uniform thickness to provide the ball with uniform texture.

Callaway’s innovative Thermoset Urethane Cover provides superior feel and short-game spin for excellent greenside control, thus, putting is made easier to the player.

The Callaway pioneered yet refined HEX Aerodynamics with Sub-HEX Design is incorporated into the ball for the very first time. It incorporates the hexagon dimples into the bigger hexagon dimples of the golf ball thus creating more stable ball flight.

Despite the aching knee, Tiger Woods wins the 2008 U.S. Open.

Playing for the first time since arthroscopic knee surgery two months ago, Woods was having bad game when he arrived at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California, 7,643-yard brute that was easily the longest track in major championship history. Over the course of his first game, Wood’s left leg occasionally buckling mid-swing, his face often twisted into a mask of pain, audible grunts and groans escaping after so many shots. Yet this son of a Green Beret simply soldiered on. Woods snatched this Open with typically heroic flourishes, but his 14th major championship triumph was mostly about a palpable refusal to give in — to the pain, to an exacting course and to anyone trying to take a trophy that Woods considered to be rightfully his.

After four days of bad play, Woods came to the par-5 72nd hole on Sunday trailing Rocco Mediate by a stroke. A horrible drive into a fairway bunker and a sloppy layup left him in the tangly right rough, 101 yards from a dangerous pin cut hard against a green-front pond. Woods muscled a wedge shot to within 12 feet, and our national championship was suddenly distilled into a moment thrilling in its simplicity: Make the putt or go home. One of Earl Woods’s most famous quotes was actually a whisper into his son’s ear at a critical juncture of a long-ago U.S. Amateur: “Let the legend grow.” It grows, still. Woods buried the putt, setting up the 18-hole playoff with Mediate, a likable 45-year-old veteran with a bad back and loose lips and not the foggiest idea of what he had gotten himself into.

Woods gave his competitors false hope on Sunday by making a mess of the 1st hole again, hitting a smother-hook off the tee and then doinking trees on his next two swings on his way to a double bogey. When Woods three-putted the 2nd hole he was suddenly two back of Mediate. Tiger steadied himself in the middle part of his round, and a pinpoint three-iron set up a birdie on the par-3 11th that put him back in the lead. But he gave it up twice with bogeys at 13 and 15.

Woods might never have had a shot at redemption had Mediate made a birdie on the 18th, but a cautious wedge doomed Rocco to a par. Westwood had a 20-footer for birdie to join the playoff, but the putt was timid. In the end only Woods could summon the necessary final-hole magic.

Wasatch mountain state golf, Utah

Midway, Utah is the site of one of the state’s most popular public golf courses. Voted one of the “Best Places to Play” by Golf Digest, the spectacular Wasatch Mountain State Park boasts a 36-hole facility, complete with a comfortable, full-service clubhouse, beautiful practice green and driving range and an on-site restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

The park’s challenging 18-hole Mountain Course (cart required) is carved from natural mountain contours, and is known for occasional sightings of roaming deer, elk, wild turkeys, moose and other wildlife. You’ll reach vantage points overlooking the beautiful Heber Valley below. Named a Golf Digest “Best Place to Play” in 2004. Golf Carts are required on this course.

On gentler terrain, where surrounding mountains slope away to the valley floor, lies the 18-hole Lake Course. Built in 1972, its season-long pastoral beauty, with tree lined fairways and eight lakes and ponds, offers just the right setting to make the Lake Course a favourite for high, low and “no” handicappers. Although golf carts are not required on certain times on this course, it is highly recommended that you rent one. With it’s steep valleys and challenging terrain, walkability on this course is fairly not good.

Wasatch Mountain State Park
1281 Warm Springs Dr.
Midway, UT 84049
435-654-0532

Situated in Myrtle Beach, Barefoot Resort and Golf is rated as one of Golf Digest’s Best Places to Play.

The course is reasonably playable if you rein in your ego and choose the right tees, but who does that anymore?

Seven holes along the Intracoastal Waterway highlight Greg Norman’s newest design at Barefoot Resort. Combined with open green complexes and fairways running up to the sand, the Norman course presents a stunning challenge for any golfer.

Tees and Fairway consist of GN-1, which is a hybrid turf developed by Greg Norman Turf.

The Love Course at Barefoot Resort is a traditional course with a Lowcountry character and incorporates Davis Love, III’s Carolina golfing experiences in the design. This visually striking course features course generous landing areas and greens complexes similar to those found at the 1999 U.S. Open.

The Love Course is a Par 72 and plays over 7,000 yards.

The approach areas consist of Tif-sport Bermuda grass.

Like many European courses, the course does not return to the clubhouse after nine holes. It is not a British linksland course, but rather a classic Lowcountry course, filled with live oaks, pines, sand, natural areas and native grasses.

Oh yeah, the club-twisting rough and the slick greens don’t make life any easier.

Annika was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 9, 1970.

In 1987, Annika joined the Swedish National Golf Team. She credits fellow Swede Liselotte Neumann’s win at the 1988 Women’s Open for heightening her interest in golf. She played in the World Amateur Golf Team Championships in 1990 and in 1992, when she won the Championship.

Annika also won the 1991 National Co-Player of the Year, 1992 Pac-10 Champion and was named to the 1991-1992 All-American team. In 1992, she was a runner-up for the National Player of the Year Award and also finished second to Vicki Goetze at the United States Women’s Amateur Golf Championship. The following year, Annika was invited to play in three LPGA events, finishing in the Top Ten in two events and earning over $47,000.

 In 1996, Annika again won three events, including the U.S. Women’s Open. She passed the $1 million mark in LPGA career earnings and won her second straight Vare Trophy for lowest season scoring average. 1997 brought six more LPGA victories, a homecoming win in a WPGET event in Sweden and a second Rolex Player of the Year Award. In 1998, Annika won four events, as well as her third Vare Trophy and third Rolex Player of the Year Award. She also became the first player in LPGA history to finish a season with a sub-70 scoring average (69.99).

That year she became the second player in LPGA history to win 11 tournaments in a season, and she set or tied 20 LPGA records. Her 11-stroke victory at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic tied an LPGA record for largest margin of victory in a 54-hole event. Including her victories on the Ladies European Tour, Annika won 13 events in only 25 starts.

Annika became the sixth player in LPGA history to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam in 2003, after winning the McDonald’s LPGA Championship and the Weetabix Women’s British Open. She won five other events worldwide that year, set or tied 22 LPGA records, and received her sixth Rolex Player of the Year Award.

Challenge is the operative word.

Nestled along the shores of Lake Thurmond is the Hickory Knob State Resort Park Golf Course. This huge reservoir lake serves as a defining feature of this challenging course, as the waters of Lake Thurmond are visible or come into play on every hole. In order to score at Hickory Knob, be prepared to hit a variety of shots. There is a tremendous assortment of slopes, contours, fairway widths, and bunkering, so bring your A game to this great golf tract.

Made by the famous architect Tom Jackson, this championship 18 hole, Bermuda grassed golf course for all skill levels is located in South Carolina’s only resort state park.

The surrounding park and amenities is a tremendous asset to this golf course. Not only will you find a comfortable clubhouse with a snack bar and full-service pro shop, but the park also has lodge rooms, cabins, a campground and a full-service restaurant. The staff at the park will assist you in arranging your golf package for the weekend or in planning golf outings and tournaments large and small.

Rated a Great Value by Golf Digest for its unique combination of bargain rates, challenging golf and picturesque scenery, Hickory Knob has everything you want in a golf course and more. Bring a foursome and stay a while.

My uncle used to tell me that the scores are not made on the tee-off but on the putting green. I have lived to tell you that this statement is indeed true in all forms and putting, requires a great amount of practice like any of your clubs. These 4 steps I have came up is my personal tried and tested regimen to remove “putter’s block” as what my uncle used to describe my dilemma at the green.

1.       Visualize

Visualize where you want your ball to be heading. Ignore the brakes while visualizing. Visualize a straight path from the ball to the pin. Align your putter to the appropriate intended direction.  

2.       Calculate

Now is the time to kneel down at the green, remove your gloves, and caress the grass to see how soft or coarse it is. Check to see where the breaks are. Adjust the backswing and follow-through accordingly.

3.       Dry-Stroke

Never underestimate the power of your dry-stroke. Your dry-swing would usually be much more ideal than your actual stroke or it may be much mire undesired. The goal of the dry-stroke is to incorporate all your visualization and calculations into a stroke well-coordinated and adjust it accordingly to any sudden change of external factors.

4.       Approach

If you did your dry-stroke right, approaching the ball, is already half the victory. With the dry-stroke, your ball approach could already hold a subconscious outcome. If your stroke did not go as what was planned, note that any frustration could harm your game. Never try to bail your score out by trying desperate strokes on the green. Be on the safe side and enjoy the game.

The green could be intimidating for some and be a time to make scores for a very few others. “Putter’s block” is natural, and the most natural thing to do to solve this dilemma is to embrace your fear and be optimistic about the outcome.

Born on January 21, 1940, in Columbus Ohio, Jack Nicklaus held a record in professional golf that no one could ever challenge it. Even Tiger Woods still has a long way to go in challenging his record.

Nicklaus shot 51 in his first 9-hole round of golf at the age of 10. By age 12, he was winning the first of 6 straight Ohio State Junior titles. He missed the cut in his first U.S. Open in 1957 at age 17.

Jack Nicklaus turned professional at age 18.

In 1959 and 1961, Jack won the U.S. Amateur Titles while playing for Ohio State.

At age 26, Jack had completed the career grand slam. He won all the majors a second time. And finally, with his 1978 British Open victory, he’d won them all at least three times each. His final major came in 1986, at the age of 46, with his sixth Masters.

By the time he was retiring on his career on 1998, The Golden Bear as they call him played 154 consecutive majors for which he is all qualified, from the 1957 U.S. Open to the 1998 U.S. Open.

Nicknamed “El Nino”, Sergio Garcia Fernandez is a Spanish professional golfer who started playing golf at age 3. He was taught and mentored by his father, Vitor. He won his first club championship at age 12. After 4 years, he set the record as the youngest player to be in the cut of a European Tour event. In 1995, he was also proclaimed as the youngest player to win the European Amateur. In 1998, he won the British Amateur.

Garcia turned professional in 1999, after shooting the lowest amateur score in the 1999 Masters Tournament.

In 2001, Sergio won his first PGA Tournament at the 2001 Mastercard Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. He also won the Buick Classic on the same year.

In 2002, he won the Mercedes Championships and in 2004, García won the EDS Byron Nelson Championship and the Buick Classic for the second time. His sixth PGA Tour victory came at the 2005 Booz Allen Classic. He also plays a limited schedule on the European Tour, where he has won six times.

On May 11, 2008, García won The Players Championship on the PGA Tour in a playoff against Paul Goydos. On the first playoff hole, the 17th, Goydos hit a pitching wedge that ballooned and fell inches short of the green and into the water, while García played a pitching wedge to within four feet of the hole. Goydos made double bogey while García made par for the win.