The A Position

A 30-year employee of the Portland (Conn.) Golf Course died Saturday from injuries sustained during an accident two days earlier. According to published reports, Andrew B. Sloan of Colchester, Conn. was driving a three-wheel Cushman Turf-Truckster with a spray tank on the back. He apparently was on a hill at about 8:30 a.m. when the vehicle rolled over pinning him underneath. Golfers called 911 and they, ... Read more

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Here at The A Position we’re given a topic to address (or not) each month for The A List feature, and the task for May was to suggest an aspect of golf in need of renovation. Actor Bruce McGill joined in on the fun, and a baker’s dozen of strongly worded recommendations can be found by clicking here. Since colleague Susan Bairley and I were heading ... Read more

Listen to golf professionals talk about the fine line that is the difference between playing well and winning and you'll here many reasons that separate the two. Sometimes it's the swing being slightly off. Perhaps its ball position when putting. For others it's fitness. For most it's learning how to handle the pressure of the situation. When Fredrik Jacobsen came to Cromwell, Conn. for the 2011 ... Read more

  In terms of innovation, Odyssey’s new Flip Face putter is a breakthrough product. It’s a putter with interchangeable faces built into the design. No need here to install and correctly align different inserts. Rather, the Flip Face allows players, with the use of provided wrench (that’s ingeniously serves as part of a divot tool) to unscrew the face, allowing it slide open, rotate, and presto ... Read more

OK, what happened to the famed “albatross” ball of Louis Oosthuizen that he tossed into the gallery surrounding the second hole at the Masters on Sunday? Well, as you have probably seen or read, it was caught by Wayne Mitchell, 59, of New Tripoli, PA which is outside Allentown. Vice-President of Air Products, Mitchell and his wife were tournament guests of an executive of Dow ... Read more

What were we just saying about I.K. Kim? Time to envelop Lefty in a group hug for his near miss at the 2012 Masters. If you’re a Philly fan, that is. One of my friends who was over for our Easter feast and Masters viewing yesterday was cackling about Phil’s misfortune while rooting for Miguel Angel Jimenez. (This in vain, as Jimenez crashed and burned ... Read more

The shock of missing what appeared to be a gimme one-foot putt to win a major was all too evident on I.K. Kim’s face on Sunday. Had she sunk the putt on the 18th hole she would have won the Kraft Nabisco Championship and had the pleasure of the traditional leap into the pond at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. It was a ... Read more

  Note how this golfer has opened the blade of his wedge to point well to the right of his target.  This will allow him to enter the sand behind the ball and not dig into the sand.  The ball will go in the path of his swing and not in the direction of his open blade.   Two simple faults I see in poor bunker players and ... Read more

    Former PGA TOUR player and current Golf Channel personality Charlie Rymer has just come out and has spoken the same essential message that I’ve quietly been saying for last twenty years. Rymer like me loves the game, but he sees the game at  critical point stating “The golf industry has two options: evolve or die!”   Charlie and I through our travels are experiencing a waning enthusiasm ... Read more