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New Format for Blog

Nikki — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:52:00 +0000

If you've been here before you no doubt have noticed this site has a new format. I haven't finished fixing all the little quirks, but I wanted to create my own custom template – the previous one was an off-the-shelf theme. If something isn't working on the site, please let me know and I'll fix it.

LPGA Golf Clinic

Nikki — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:06:33 +0000

I ran across an ad today for an LPGA Golf Clinic for women – the ad says, “Learn how to make the golf club one of your most powerful business tools.” It is a one-day event sponsored by MetLife to help women both improve their golf games and learn how to use the sport as a tool for building business and business relationships. It is touring several cities from March through November in 2010. I thought about going, but the price is a little steep for me – $350. However, if you check it out at the website, you can also sign up for a free sweepstakes to win some good golf stuff. If you want to know more about it, you can go to www.lpgagolfclinics.com/win.

There’s an App for That! Golf Apps for iPhone

Nikki — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:38 +0000

After I had played a couple of courses and games I wanted to have a way to keep track of my scores, progress, places played, etc. Since I have an iPhone, I thought I would check into whatever Golf Apps were available. I found a couple of really great ones. All of them are available from the iTunes App Store.

First, to track scoring and courses, I found GolfCard from Senygma, Inc. This terrific app has modules for tracking golf partners, courses, rounds played, scores, and individual play per hole. It also provides stats on your progress. And I really love the great range finder. I am thoroughly enamored with this app and am having lots of fun tracking the improvement of my golf game. They have a complete users guide at www.senygma.com/golfcard.html. This app is also available for the Google Android phone.

Another useful app I found is iGolfrules from www.golfrulesmadeeasy.com. This handy program provides sections on Stroke Play, Match Play, and a Relief Finder, all of which clearly and easily explain the sometimes complicated and arcane rules of golf. It is much easier to find things in it than trying to look it up in a book, and, since you are likely carrying your cell phone anyway, it doesn’t add any weight to your golf bag.

You’ve got to see the Tour Pro app to believe it. It provides you with a map of possible golf situations you might find yourself in, and then gives advice on strategy, clubs, stance, swing, etc. One of its best features is the video feature which provides a video demonstration of whatever stroke is being recommended – one in slow motion and one at normal speed. This app features Kevin Streelman.

So, if you have an iPhone, try it! You’ll like it! Click the iTunes link in the right sidebar to go to iTunes and purchase these apps.

The Loch Ness Golf Balls

Nikki — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:27 +0000

This story was reported this week on CNN:

“Golf and the Loch Ness Monster: these two symbols of Scotland collided in an environmentally disastrous way this month when scientists searching for Nessie found 100,000 golf balls instead. Footage from the expedition shows numerous golf balls illuminated against the dull brown of the lake bottom.

‘From the moon to the bottom of Loch Ness, golf balls are humanity’s signature litter in the most inaccessible locations,’ U.K. lawmaker Patrick Harvie told CNN. And though the golf balls left on the moon by astronauts back in 1971 would have dissolved a long time ago, here on Earth, golf balls take much longer to decompose — and they release a high quantity of heavy metals in the process. The core of golf balls contain dangerous levels of zinc, which attaches itself to ground sediment and poisons surrounding plants and wildlife. Torben Kastrup Petersen, course manager for the Danish Golf Union, says the full impact of golf ball pollution is unknown. About 300 million golf balls are lost or discarded every year in the United States alone. ‘There has been very little research on the environmental impact of golf balls, but it’s safe to say the indicators are not good. We are planning to collaborate with environmentalists in America to conduct more tests to fully explore the extent of the problem’.”