http://www.19thhole.com/rss/Blogs http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_548/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_548/ From Michael Jordan to Justin TimberlakeWatch all of your favorite golfers battle it out on Bethpage Black July 4thTime and channel on our blog www.golfcapitalmagazine.blogspot.com Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:07:05 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_547/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_547/ blueprintGOLF is published for an international golf audience of parents and grandparents of junior golfers, junior golfers and junior jr. golfers, and anybody who is thinking about and already has introduced the game of golf to their child. blueprintGOLF is a quarterly publication delivered directly to your email inbox free of charge! Yes, free of charge. You need not pay even one cent; all you need to do is register as a reader and every quarter (for now) you will be sent one email with a link to the new issue. It’s that simple. 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Gary Planos, senior VP of Resort Operations, said “It’s disappointing but a reality in today’s current economic climate that title sponsorships are difficult to secure.” The inaugural Kapalua LPGA Classic that was held last October was on by Morgan Pressel. www.golfcapitalmagazine.blogspot.com Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:07:29 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_544/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_544/  Golf Capital Magazine will always be free. We can guarantee it.What we can not guarantee is that you will see a copy at your local Pro shop, driving range, golf course, country club, or resort. But if you send an email to golfcapitalmagazine@gmail.com SUBJECT: sign me up and you will have your very own personal copy of Golf Capital Magazine sent directly to your email in box for you to read at your best convenience. 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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:06:19 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_543/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_543/ TV and radio schedule on our blog www.golfcapitalmagazine.blogspot.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:06:08 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_542/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_542/ Have you heard the news?Be one the first, check out our blog www.golfcapitalmagazine.blogspot.com  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:27 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_541/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_541/ Greetings everyone! We are brand new to 19th Hole.com but so far we are feeling it like a new set of grips and we are loving it! We have accounts on other networking sites but personally like this one the best!We are on here to make some new friends so feel free to reach out to us!Thank you all in advance for your support, keep golfing. Dana NicholsOwner/ PublisherGolf Capital Magazinewww.golfcapitalmagazine.blogspot.comgolfcapitalmagazine@gmail.com   Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:06:01 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_540/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_540/   BallBrite is the innovative way to clean your golf balls and irons without the mess and hassle! BallBrite stays wet on the inside and never leaks, so you don't have to worry about your clothes getting dirty! It has a large surface area that actually cleans the ball and you can hook it on anything you want to. BallBrite is very durable, lightweight and easy to use!   Now you can enter to win a FREE BallBrite by going here http://ballbritepromo.moonfruit.com/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:06:03 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_539/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_539/  GolfGym.com, the leader in golf fitness announces its “Get Fit Fore Free” Giveaway where one lucky golfer can walk away with the Golf Gym PowerSwing Trainer for free. Made for Golfers of all skill levels, size and age, the GolfGym PowerSwing Trainer can help improve the fitness level and game for golfers of every type.   You can enter to win here http://golfgym.moonfruit.com   You can learn more about Golf Gym by visiting www.golfgym.com Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:06:30 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_538/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_538/ GreenFinder GPS turns your BlackBerry or iPhone into a range finder and now there’s a shot to get a FREE download by simply entering the giveaway sweepstakes. The GreenFinder GPS software is loaded with features, as accurate as the more expensive golf gps units, and allows golfers to add their favorite courses quickly.     The reason why so many golfers are using GreenFinder GPS is because it works and it’s a steal at $35. This awesome app is effective and easy on the wallet. The only thing better than turning your smartphone into a range finder is being able to do it for FREE. You can enter to win by clicking here.   Learn more about GreenFinder GPS  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:06:17 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_537/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_537/ What can juniors learn from Hogan? When junior golfers today think about legends of the game, they usually think of Nicklaus, Palmer, Trevino, and Player...Unless they have a grandparent who may have told them about some of the true legends of the game, they may never have heard about them at all. So what can junior golfers today learn about one of the greatest golfers ever, Hogan?...ADVERSITY, and how to handle it! As every golfer can attest, golf brings adversity, but Hogan experience one of the most horrific car accidents that almost ended his life. The doctors thought Hogan would never walk, never mind play golf again...but what did Hogan do? HE KEPT ON WALKING! Everyone faces challenges and difficulties in life. It is important to understand that challenges don’t necessarily come to stay, they eventually will pass and only leave you stronger and more prepared to handle what will come in the future. Each event acts as preparation for the moment at hand. If you take this approach, challenges will become easier. This, of course, can be applied to golf -- you will encounter challenges on/off the course both mental and physical, so use them as opportunities to understand areas where you need improvement. Build on the things that you did well and play to your strengths. Just like Hogan did in his life! blueprintgolfmag Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:06:18 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_536/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_536/ Graeme Baxter has always been recognized as a golf artist with a big heart for kids. Graeme has recently increased his 2009 charitable contributions for the benefit of children’s charities.Limited Edition lithographs with a value of $120,000 will be gifted to five children’s charities. The golf artwork can be used in charity silent auctions, raffles, closest to the hole, longest drive, tee prizes and other fund raising activities. Recently one of Graeme’s lithographs sold at a charity golf event for GBP £70,000 (about $110,000).If you would like to submit your request to nominate a charity to be receive 100 Limited Edition lithographs, please send your cover letter explaining the children’s charity and how it benefits kids. The charity can be anywhere in the world.Please send to: charities@BaxterGolfArt.com and we look forward to hearing from you. If you have questions or comments, please post to this chat. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:06:24 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_535/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_535/ The US Open provides the toughest test of the four majors. The winning score is typically over par, which for the best players in the world, doesn’t happen very often. The courses are long and tough and Bethpage Black is one of the toughest. A sign visible from the first tee says it all: “The Black Course is an Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only For Highly Skilled Golfers”. You have to grind from start to finish. Even Tiger said this week: “This is probably the most difficult golf course we’ve faced from tee to green.” Huge emotional swings are inevitable at any major, but this one is sure to provide them in abundance. There will be some good luck but a lot of bad. Nightmare holes a plenty. Maintaining composure and a positive state of mind in the face of such adversity will be the key to performing well. Past US Open champions seem to come from a group of players with a laid back, calm demeanor and this one will surely be no exception. Tiger probably has the best mental game of any golfer to walk the earth, he can simply make it happen when it matters most. A reformed angry-man, Geoff Ogilvy (2006 winner) now looks like “cool” personified and Retief Goosen (winner in 2001 and 2004) has to be one of the most relaxed guys in golf. Ernie “The Big Easy” Els (winner in 1994 and 1997) and Jim Furyk (2003 winner and nicknamed “The Grinder”) further prove the point. When the pressure is at its most intense, these guys have the inner calm and clarity of thought to get the job done. We can all learn from this. Golf is the ultimate mind game and at the major championship level it’s at its purest. Many players have the ability to win this weekend, but the mental game will be the deciding factor. Watch how the winner demonstrates the temperament and composure necessary for great golf. They will all have disaster holes, but they will forget them quickly, stick to their routine and give the shot at hand their best effort and focus. To help you learn the mental game techniques of the world’s best golfers and how you can learn to score better, visit golfstateofmind.com Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:06:25 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_534/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_534/ What’s a golf “bucket list”? Well, the film The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, told the story of two men who made a list of things they wanted to do before they “kicked the bucket.” Now, a “bucket list” stands for any list of must-do things before you die. What golf course is at the top of your “bucket list”? John Kim at PGA.com, created a list with categories that include personal golf achievements, courses that he wants to play, people he wants to play with and professional golf events that he wants to see. On the top of his personal golf achievement list is to break par for a whole round, and at the top of his courses to play list, is The Old Course. What would make your golf “bucket list”? Please share! Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:44 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_533/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_533/ Golfers like to express who they are, through their clothing, their clubs, their friends — and apparently their golf carts! Custom golf carts are in high demand, and they just keep getting wilder, with luxury carts comprised of Hummers and Cadillac Escalades with 16″ chrome wheels. A line of “tricked out” golf carts was even introduced at the New York International Auto Show! Although Escalades and Hummers were the featured carts at the show, other models like doorless replicas of antique cars, such as the 1932 Ford Roadster, are very popular. The carts are designed by Unique Golf Cars, and have a top speed of about 45 miles per hour. Brent Kelley, of About.com, is asking readers to submit photos of customized golf carts that show off their owner’s personality. He says “Are you one of those golfers who owns his or her own golf cart? If so, then you might also be one of those golfers with a tricked-out, souped-up, or otherwise customized golf cart.” So, if you have done any work to your golf cart, share with the rest of us! Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:26 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_532/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_532/ Your cell phone is not just a phone anymore, and now with the many “apps” on the Apple iPhone, your phone can help you do almost anything, but can it help you get a better score in golf? Maybe! Now you can use your iPhone to read the wind velocity with the Wind Meter application. It has taken a considerable amount of testing time and program updating for this device to give good approximate wind readings, but it’s up and running now! This top 10-selling weather iPhone application is being used for golf, sailing, boating, kite surfing and other outdoor activities.  But before you run out a buy an iPhone or the application, Terry Lane of BuzzinGolf has this advice, “with most golf clubs banning the use of mobile phones while on the course, I see the use of this actual device being limited to reading the wind speed before you start a round, more than other hand-held devices that can be used before each shot.” Watch the application in use. What other applications would be helpful on the golf course? Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:59 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_531/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_531/ On Saturday, 28 golfers competed in the Touchstone Energy Million Dollar Hole-in-One Shootout at Old South Golf Links. Jon Piccione, a Hilton Head Island amateur golfer, won the contest but not the million dollars. Piccione, swinging a 6-iron, knocked the ball to 12 feet, 7 inches, which was good enough to win the Shootout and earn him the grand prize of $1,000 cash and a trip to Las Vegas to play in a pro-am event. After the contest, he couldn’t help but wonder what might have happened if he had used a 7-iron. About his winning shot, Piccione said “I hit a 6-iron and teed it up a little higher, because I was planning for a mis-hit, but I hit it as pure as I could hit it.” Piccione was not the only golfer with an impressive shot on Saturday. Here are the top 5 finishers:Jon Piccione 12 feet, 7 inchesJon Pannone 17 feet, 7 inchesClayton Brown 27 feet, 9 inchesTed Morris 29 feet, 11 inchesGary Caron 33 feet, 8 inches Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:40 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_530/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_530/ Golf has been long viewed as a sport that is played mostly by the older generation, but Waggleroom.com is reporting that is not necessarily the case. Blogger Ryan Ballengee says that according to the National Golf Foundation, at the end of 2008, nearly half (45%) of 26.2 million golfers in the United States, were younger than 40, while one-third were more than 50 years olf.We all know Tiger Woods helped tremendously in getting younger generations interested in golf, and recently the two tournament wins by amateurs this season on the European Tour, and several top players under the age of 20, have invigorated the sport as well. Despite the push to expand golf to all ages, the Sports Business Journal 40 Under 40 list only contained one golfer, the USGA’s Chief Business Officer Pete Bevacqua, says Ballengee. “For the future health of the game, there have to be more young voices that are prominently guiding the game,” says Ballengee. “The way that the game is sold and marketed to the public has to appeal to an audience that skews younger.” How do you feel about Ballengee’s comments? How would you suggest golf appeal to younger audiences? Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:21 -0700 http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_529/ http://www.19thhole.com/rss/link_blogs/id_529/ Tradition National Golf Course, located near Hilton Head Island, and designed by Tommy Fazio, was recently reviewed by Lisa Allen of Worldgolf.com. Allen thought the most scenic par 3 was the No. 3 hole, and that the No. 7 hole, a signature hole, was “gorgeous”. She had these tips for future players of the course:-On No. 12, put your ball close to the pin because a canyon bisects the green. You don’t want to have to putt through it. -No. 15 lulls you into complacency, but don’t fall for it. Stay on your game, or your ball will trickle into the drink on the left. Bunkers are all along the right-Putting it on the green on No. 16, there is a sea of sand in front and behind. Smack dab in the middle is the green. It makes your second shot a little stressful. Overall, Allen summed up her experience at Tradition National with this thought, “Tradition National is a versatile golf course that invites creative play.” Have you played Tradition National? If so, do you agree with Allen’s review and pointers? Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:59 -0700