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9 Reasons to Keep the Woods and Driver at Home Next Time You Play Golf

By MoneyNing • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: Featured Article, Golf Tips

While I’m still waiting for my golf clubs to arrive (I recently got fitted and the shafts of all my fairway woods and drivers are being replaced), I couldn’t help but go play 9 holes anyway.  To my surprised, I shot 44 on the front (for all you critics, it’s a par-35 nine holes measuring [...]



Are You Obsessed with Your Score?

By MoneyNing • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Play Golf

I’m playing tomorrow and sometimes I find myself being restless.  While I play golf quite a bit, I still get nervous once in a while about my game the next day.  Will I play well?  What about my iron game?  Is my putting stroke going to act up?  The thoughts just race through my mind [...]



The Torture Round of Golf

By MoneyNing • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Golf Stories

We all had that round before.  That round of golf where 18 holes seem like 80.  The time goes by slow, and the hole that normally takes you 4 shots to finish now take 8.  I experienced that round today.
I was on a hot streak lately, shooting comfortably in the 80s for the past 3 [...]



Focus on the Golf Course to Lower Your Score

By MoneyNing • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Golf Tips

Golfers are seldom focused during the round these days.  They talk on cell phones, check emails, chase the animals and even bring beer.  When they address the ball, they think about what whether they have the right club, all the tips that they’ve read on the web and what to eat for dinner.  Then after [...]