Guest Blogger - October 2011

05/15/12

Monsters Incorporated

It's eagles, birdies and now 'Nessie'

Posted at 11:03 AM | Permalink

05/07/12

Run, ride, swing

Fundraising triathlons for golfers gaining traction in La Crosse, Madison

Posted at 02:20 PM | Permalink

05/01/12

Watch your wallet

Gambling great Amarillo Slim fleeced them all – even Evel Knievel and Willie Nelson

Posted at 08:28 AM | Permalink

04/23/12

The Dan Plan

How good can you get dedicating six years and 10,000 hours of practice to the game of golf?

Posted at 02:08 PM | Permalink

04/16/12

Dispatches from the Bear Trace

Tennessee boasts a great string of golf courses located in its beautiful state parks

Posted at 12:22 PM | Permalink

04/09/12

‘Y’all come’

Visiting the Gulf Coast in spring means rubbing elbows with other Wisconsinites

Posted at 11:20 AM | Permalink

04/02/12

Don’t bet on it

New book proves once again that there’s no such thing as a sure thing

Posted at 12:00 PM | Permalink

03/26/12

Deep rough, deep thinkers

World Scientific Congress of Golf is global geek-fest of the highest order

Posted at 11:45 AM | Permalink

03/19/12

Looping, by the book

New book about professional caddies offers tricks, tidbits and some terrific golf tales

Posted at 03:57 PM | Permalink

03/12/12

Sometimes it isn’t bad to be a loser

In fact, this La Crosse scholarship fund depends on (golf ball) losers

Posted at 03:48 PM | Permalink

03/05/12

The skinny on me and Twiggy

The word 'fantasy' has a completely new meaning in today’s world

Posted at 02:40 PM | Permalink

02/28/12

‘Let’s write a book together’

River Falls golf pro gets an inside look at the book business thanks to friend John Sandford

Posted at 03:10 PM | Permalink

02/20/12

Reviving the golf economy

Chwala family rallies around effort to run the new and improved Lake Mills GC

Posted at 12:43 PM | Permalink

02/14/12

Inspirational Drossart gave back to golf

'Father of The First Tee' recently lost his long battle with cancer

Posted at 09:33 AM | Permalink

02/06/12

Filling out the twosome

golfmates.com matches players using the common denominator of a passion for golf

Posted at 02:53 PM | Permalink

01/30/12

Growing up fast on Hilton Head Island

Wisconsin teenager jumps into the game with full abandon – and a little help from Hank Haney

Posted at 02:14 PM | Permalink

01/23/12

Dispatches from the obituary page

Unlike money, you can take golf with you, but leave the clubs behind

Posted at 03:01 PM | Permalink

01/16/12

Optimism for ‘the Hope’

Wisconsin native rallies support for this week’s Humana Challenge on the PGA Tour

Posted at 01:27 PM | Permalink

01/10/12

‘I wanna be like Steve’

Wisconsin nice: Golf broadcasters fall back on the tried and true Stricker story

Posted at 02:44 PM | Permalink

01/04/12

Lord help my Twitter followers

An e-scribe tries to keep up with the Poulters and Faldos of the world.

Posted at 01:53 PM | Permalink

12/27/11

Tales of a one-armed caddie

This Madison golf nut earned a prized spot on the PGA Tour despite his disability

Posted at 10:59 AM | Permalink

12/19/11

Missed a putt for a 33

Kim Jong Il's amazing round and more golf minutiae pertaining to the rich and famous

Posted at 04:50 PM | Permalink

12/12/11

Golf-like-a-sheik, Wisconsin-style

Top Shelf’s “Great Lakes” package includes exceptional state golf courses

Posted at 03:11 PM | Permalink

12/05/11

Golf in the mirror

You would think Mike Zimmerman would be satisfied at cleaning up on bar bets with what he knows about left-handed golf.

Posted at 01:24 PM | Permalink

11/22/11

Better than ever

"The best golf course in New Orleans" reopens after being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Posted at 03:44 PM | Permalink

11/18/11

Season lives on

Die-hard players pursue final rounds

Posted at 03:26 PM | Permalink

11/15/11

North (as in ‘Pole’)

Compiling a golf Christmas list

Posted at 03:39 PM | Permalink

11/03/11

Perfect shot, times two

If you are going to make the papers these days, far better to do it for something better than, say, a 72-day celebrity marriage.

Posted at 01:50 PM | Permalink