The Walmart Golfer

No offense to Walmart.  I love Walmart and I shop there all of the time.  But each month or so I inevitably get a mass emailing with "New Pics of the Shoppers at Walmart!"  And inevitably the pics are of people in outrageous clothing, inappropriate clothing for their body types or lack of clothing with numerous tattoos and piercings.  So what does this have to do with golf?

The Dreaded Handicap...

I am always amused by people who are happy that their handicaps have gone up.  More strokes, they say!  Hmmm.  I thought the goal of golf was to get better...

This is a terrific article by John Paul Newport who writes golf articles for the Saturday Wall Street Journal. I was unaware that different countries have different handicap systems. Interesting. Enjoy:

The Many Ways Golf Beats Politics

I found this great article in Sat., Aug. 6th's Wall Street Journal. John Paul Newport writes a golf article for the Journal almost every Sat. during the golf season. Enjoy! Thanks John Paul!

"At the beach last week, with plenty of time on my hands, no golf planned and a good Internet connection, I became obsessed with the political debt debate in Washington. Could there be a more perfect way to ruin a family vacation? As penance and out of gratitude for the game, I've compiled the following list of ways that golf, compared with politics, is wonderful."

You, Your Spouse and Golf, A Very Combustible Combo

It's like when you were a kid and for Halloween you'd add vinegar to baking soda...You knew that sooner or later that combo was going to boil over.  Well, that can be what happens when a woman plays golf with her spouse.