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Callaway Performance Centers

Posted on: November 25th, 2011 by Peter Kessler 1 Comment

Let me first say that I love the Adams clubs I have been playing lately, they are really terrific. So when I spent a couple of hours in a custom Callaway fitting session at The Annika Academy at Reunion, just outside of Orlando, I was really curious to see how Read more…

Raymond Floyd – Golf Talk Live Transcript

Posted on: September 28th, 2011 by Peter Kessler 1 Comment
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Golf Talk Live – Raymond Floyd Transcript Segment 1 Originally Posted: April 23, 2001 TEASE RAY FLOYD STARTED WINNING PGA TOUR EVENTS IN 1963 AS A 20 YEAR OLD. IN 2000 HE ADDED ANOTHER SENIOR MAJOR AT THE AGE OF 57 AND EARNED COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS. SINCE Read more…

GOLF Magazine Interview: Nick Faldo

Posted on: September 28th, 2011 by Peter Kessler No Comments
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By Peter Kessler – This interview appeared in the August, 2003 issue of GOLF Magazine. When Nick Faldo walked the legendary courses where he evidenced his brilliance, his head down in deep concentration, he was criticized for being a cold fish. When he practiced relentlessly on the range, seeking perfection, Read more…

Home Again

Posted on: August 1st, 2011 by Peter Kessler No Comments
Tralee Golf Course, hole 17, photo by John and Jeannine Henebry.

Home again but I sure miss those courses and the people and that perfect Irish weather!  And those hospitable Irish hospitals, where they forgot to give me the bill for the meds and the crutches and the care.   Who else has ever ruptured a tendon in their hip hitting a Read more…

Ireland Rocks

Posted on: July 27th, 2011 by Peter Kessler 1 Comment
Rosapenna Golf Club, hole 6 on The Old Course, photo by John and Jeannine Henebry.

The Irish Tourism folks have treated us gloriously, as has Adams and Perry Golf.  Great idea to call Perry Golf and organize a trip to this amazing country.  The golf is like nothing I’ve ever played.  The shades of green are unique to Ireland, the way the light changes the Read more…

Adams Golf

Posted on: July 27th, 2011 by Peter Kessler No Comments
Ballybunion Old Course, hole 11, photo by John and Jeannine Henebry.

Ignore Wallach’s assessment that I didn’t get to demo the clubs.  I played 45 holes with them.  They rock.  Wallach’s game does not.  So my guys came in claiming they knocked basically 25 shots off of their respective games yesterday, each using one Adams golf club, and then cried that Read more…

The Malton Hotel in Killarney

Posted on: July 26th, 2011 by Peter Kessler 1 Comment
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I love Ireland.  Families play together, putt together, hang together, play nine holes at dinner time.  Just like I do with my kids. Lucky man.  I’m at the Malton Hotel in Killarney.  The rooms look over a stunning Irish garden.  Took a long sit in that garden in back.  Gorgeous day.  Read more…

Lost balls

Posted on: July 26th, 2011 by Peter Kessler No Comments
Enniscrone Golf Course, hole 16, photo by John and Jeannine Henebry.

I told Hal I would encourage him, tell him his shots were terrific, help with his swing when he asks, tell him how handsome he is over the golf ball, but as much as I love him, I won’t be traipsing after him looking for lost balls in the dunes.  Read more…