Archive for July, 2011

Let me tell you about two of my newest best friends.  I call Hal Phillips and Tom Harack, Mr. Right and Mr. Left.  Guess why. Hal takes 55 seconds to pull the trigger but the perfomance that leads to the strike is priceless. A looong conversation with himself, both encouraging Read more…

The way you can tell there is a golf heaven is simple.  You play The Old Links at Ballyliffin in 65 degree weather, in shimmering, brilliant sunshine with a two club wind and close out your match one up with a par on the final hole.  The course is not Read more…

I know, I know, you’re not supposed to do it one day before a long trip with tons of golf, but… I took a lesson.  I have no chance.

So I just found out that Adams Golf, a Road Warrior sponsor, is going to have me test drive a full set of their clubs in Ireland on 10 different golf courses.   All 14 clubs.   I don’t expect to carry the bag 36 holes every day – but I do Read more…

It’s an amazing thing to me as I get ready to go play golf in Ireland for the first time next week that I’m as excited as even the earliest trips I ever took to play golf anywhere.   I’m going with three lunatics who want to play 15 rounds in Read more…