On number 11 on the Afton Golf Club — my parents took my daughter and me there to shoot 18.
It’s a par 5 hole.
I’m ecstatic.

Because I’m A. on a budget, and B. too much of a newbie to right about investing country club dollars into my game just yet, I’ve mostly stuck to the municipal clubs. Today I played Durand Eastman.
It was my first time on that course.
Only nine holes — I played over lunch — and I [...]

As a warm-up to the US Open.

Top prize is a trip for two to the Safeway Classic LPGA tourny in Portland Oregon.
Here’s the link. Deadline is coming up!
Enter for a chance to win a LizClaiborne.com Sweepstakes!

Posted this on the forum over at The Golf Space, my new favorite online hangout
1. Get a handicap. Time to grow up, LOL. I mean, it won’t be THAT embarrassing, will it???
2. Learn to do a better job getting my head out of the way so my body can just PLAY.
3. Cure my [...]

Via zoobat, here’s a youtube clip of an amazing shot by Natalie Gulbis. Enjoy!

So I can take pics when the tour hits Rochester the week after next.
I’m pretty excited! Stay tuned, I’ll post an update if my application is accepted. Or rejected. LOL

Via golfgal, there’s now a golf ball that floats.
Next up: little inflatable rafts golfers can use to retrieve their balls when they’re floating out in the middle of the water hazard
 

Them that know me probably suspect I love golf, in part, because of the stateliness of it. Yeah, I admit it. I love the fact that this is a sport that hasn’t lost that gloss of formality. Where you have to daub your clothes with a wee touch of starch before you head out to the [...]

On a short par three at a municipal park that is 10 minutes from my house.
Came within inches of my first birdie ever . . .