Article List for Golf Fitness – Spirit of the Game
From the Bottom of the Cup
GENTLEMEN, START YOURRRRRR…Drivers? By: Steve Gomen That sound you hear is not that of pit row on the NASCAR circuit, but the violent pummeling of calculator keys trying to figure out who qualifies for the PGA’s brand new FEDEX CUP championship. That’s right, the PGA tour is about to enter a new era. Instead of […]
No Boundaries
By: Kristi Gomen LUCK happened that night in April when I stood and watched the publisher of Golf Fitness Magazine being interviewed for a golf/talk radio program in Orlando, FL. FORTUNE, however, happened as I sat with Ken Peck, double amputee and Marketing Director for the National Amputee Golf Association and learned about his passion—golf. […]
The British Open Championships
By: Jack O’leary The Men… It was the seventeenth day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty that eight golfers showed up at the Prestwick Golf Club and played the 12-hole golf course three times in one day to decide the first British Open Championship. This seems a […]
Etiquette Story
Cell phone – check. Sharpie – check. Megaphone – check. Let’s go watch some golf. Etiquette has always been a big part of our culture. We pride ourselves on being polite and acting proper in certain situations. Proper etiquette always gets noticed and more importantly improper behavior really gets noticed. For instance, when out to […]
Byron Nelson; Playing with His Heart and Using His Mind.
By: Kristi Gomen Byron Nelson, who achieved one of the most remarkable records in sports history when he won 11 consecutive pro golf tournaments in 1945 was not just “lucky,” as some might say, he was well versed in the mental spirit of the game. Many have tried to follow in his footsteps, and many […]
Caddy For A Cure Offers Caddy Opportunity For PGA Champion Rich Beem At AT&T Classic
Caddy For A Cure, Inc., the opportunity of a golfing lifetime to go inside the ropes and caddy for the world’s best players at PGA TOUR venues, announces the participation of world-class PGA TOUR player, Rich Beem, at the upcoming AT&T Classic at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia, on May 13th. Caddy For A Cure […]
Tiger Woods Returns to Competition after Knee Surgery
By: Karen Palacios-Jansen World No. 1 player Tiger Woods, who will be paired with No. 2 Phil Mickelson and No. 3 Adam Scott in the first two rounds of the US Open at Torrey Pines, according to an Associated Press report, will attempt to win his 14th major championship. But after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on […]
Suzann Pettersen: Can She Bounce Back, Yet Again, to Win a Second Major?
By: Karen Palacios-Jansen Suzann Pettersen returns to Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota the site of this year’s Women’s U.S. Open, to try to capture the second major championship of her career and establish herself as one of the best women players in the world. This is the same course where six years ago, she […]
Achieving Greatness With Goals Part 2
By: Bill McInerney I’m going to once again remind Golf Fitness Magazine readers that human beings in general are goal-oriented, goal-driven creatures. Every single day of our lives we move from one goal to the next, even though the goal may not have been written out or planned. Some of our goals are simple, like […]
Achieving Greatness With Goals Part 1
Nicklaus, Hogan, Palmer, Woods How many of you actually sat down on January 1st and made a list of New Year’s resolutions, or things that you really wanted to accomplish this coming year? Probably a large percentage of you … if not this year, you have at some point attempted to do so in your […]