While John Updike has been appropriately eulogized as a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, art & literary critic, etc., he also deserves to be appreciated for his exquisite expressions that spoke to the heart of the beloved and mystifying game of golf. Thus, I was delighted to receive the quote below from the Shivas Irons Society. [...]

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Lorena Ochoa won the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday for her seventh win of the year. Was the difference that she tried harder, toughed it out, was good at “grinding,” or any such nonsense? Nah! Her secret was that she decided to have a good time and just play.
Here’s what she said, according to the [...]

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After several rounds with mediocre results both in terms of learning as well as score, I found more progress on Wednesday along the top quality track at Hiddenbrooke (the former home of the LPGA’s Samsung tourney). I had great friends and even a coach along for the ride. Neal Rogin, Scott Clark and I were [...]

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One of my favorite and most fundamental golf quotes is: “You don’t play golf to relax. You have to relax to play golf.”
You might think I’d have this in my bones by now, but yesterday despite the opportunity to play one of the most beautiful golf courses in the Bay Area—the Ocean Course at the [...]

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It’s one thing for little ole me to reflect on the greatness of Tiger Woods (as I did in the post below), but it’s another thing for one of the truly great sports heroes of all time, Hank Aaron, to say this:
“As great as Jim Brown was, and as great as Michael Jordan was, and [...]

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“Harry Vardon (1870-1937) always played well within himself. He always kept 10 yards of his power in reserve and there were times, when he hit the ball flat out, that he could add as much as 30 yards to a drive.”
– Gene Sarazan (1902-1999)

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I was at a Holiday party last night where instead of singing “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow,” they sang, “Let It Go, Let It Go, Let It Go.” What a great reminder. Not only is this a regular contemplation and challenge for me and most golfers (in my not-so-humble opinion), but [...]

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