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By James Raia| 09/5/2007Recent News
Stretching Fitness For Golfers (And The Rest Of Us)
- Published 03/3/2008
Golfers need to stretch, and no one knows more about stretching and its benefits than The Stretching Institute. It has just released a new version of its software, InstantStretch. It has 30 new stretches to complement the 100 stretches currently in use by thousands of customers around the world.
With the new software, you can e-mail stretching routines directly from the software, customize printout with company names and personal data and store an unlimited supply of data.
A free membership to one of the the most dynamic health and fitness web sites on the internet and free lifetime upgrades are also included in the news software package.
For more details on a comprehensive stretching program for golfers (or for anyone interested in the benefits of stretching) as well as a variety of other stretching products, tips and expertise from The Stretching Institute, click on the banner above.
With the new software, you can e-mail stretching routines directly from the software, customize printout with company names and personal data and store an unlimited supply of data.
A free membership to one of the the most dynamic health and fitness web sites on the internet and free lifetime upgrades are also included in the news software package.
For more details on a comprehensive stretching program for golfers (or for anyone interested in the benefits of stretching) as well as a variety of other stretching products, tips and expertise from The Stretching Institute, click on the banner above.
Featured Articles
James Raia On Golf . . . Statistics & Harrison Frazar (5/6/08)
- By James Raia
- Published 05/6/2008
- James Raia On Golf
- Unrated
With rare exception, I look at PGA Tour event results every Monday morning. It reminds me of my youth when I was a statistics junkie.I’d watch the San Francisco Giants’ night games, particularly when they played the Los Angeles Dodgers. I’d keep a scorecard and then do the math at the end of the game. If Willie Mays was batting .304 entering the game and went 2x4 or 0x4, I’d update his average — sometimes without paper and pencil. I did the same for a few other players.
Now I look at the final-round golf scores to follow guys like Harrison Frazar.
WR Marshall's Golf Column: Me And Johny One Foot, Jonesin' (3/4/08)
- By James Raia
- Published 03/4/2008
- Golf Columnist WR Marshall
- Unrated
Me and Johnny One Foot are hangin’ at the Muni, puttin’ for nickels, waitin’ for our boy, hogan to show so we can tee-off. (Yeah, it’s hogan with a small ‘h’. He’s good, but he ain’t big ‘H’ good, and he ain’t nearly mean enough to want the big ‘H’.) One Foot blows it by the hole and sez, “I hear hogan is jonesin’ again.” I shake my head without lookin’ up and miss the putt. “Driver?” sez I. “Nah,” sez Johnny One Foot, sinking the comeback.
Peter Jacobsen: Ambassador (Future Commissioner?) For The PGA Tour
- By James Raia
- Published 02/14/2008
- PGA/LPGA/Champions Tour Profiles
- Unrated
Bumpy greens, bad weather, delayed rounds, transportation hassles, Peter Jacobsen has heard it all in the past four decades. But when the topics come up, 1995 winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am neither mentions the names of the complainers nor rants in harsh terms.Instead, Jacobsen pauses and then steadily switches into ambassador mode. As the second-oldest professional in the field (he’s nine months younger than Craig Stadler), Jacobsen, 53, doesn’t understand why some of the world’s top professional skip the tournament.
WR Marshall's Golf Column: Not All Hackers Created Equal (1/16/08)
- By WR Marshall
- Published 01/16/2008
- Golf Columnist WR Marshall
- Unrated
I came to golf late in life. Not the AARP rate if I play before 8 a.m., and don't forget the senior discount in the club house late, but a bit too late too have the muscle memory I’d have if I’d played as a kid.Hence, I have days where it looks like I can play, and I may be able to sniff 80, but those are countered by a greater number of days when I hack it up so badly I give my playing partners permission to me from course like I’m the gopher in Caddyshack.
I spent my youth surfing and climbing and getting hit in the head and jumping off things that should have resulted in insurance canceling injury. Somehow I dodged that bullet, and when sense finally found a way into my addled, waterlogged brain, golf found me a willing pupil.
The Best Golf Courses In The World: One Global Golfer's Opinion
- By Morgan Clarke
- Published 01/2/2008
- Global Golf News
- Unrated
We all have our lists: Restaurants where we have to eat, hotels we have
to stay, things we have to do. For golfers, it's the list of "Courses I
have to play before I die. I've been lucky enough to play golf on five continents and I've traveled with my clubs since the age of nine.Over the years, I've seen amazing variety in golf course design. I calculate I've played with 1,500 golf clubs, and I don't want to know how many balls I've lost. I've played golf courses that would be better used as cow fields and others I could play for the rest of my life.
Recent Articles
Golf Columnist WR Marshall: Devils In My Head (11/18/07)
- By WR Marshall
- Published 11/18/2007
- Golf Columnist WR Marshall
- Unrated
I am a golfer. I know this because I have this sweet pair of shorts with little embodied golf flags on them that only a golfer can wear.It’s this simple bit of J. Crew attire that marks my psychology as not just someone who plays golf, but as someone who is a golfer. And there’s a big difference.
Michael Jordan: Still Competitive (On The Golf Course) After NBA Retirement (Part #2)
- By James Raia
- Published 09/23/2007
- Celebrity Golfers' Profiles
- Unrated
Without the NBA or professional baseball (Jordan briefly played the Chicago White Sox organization in the mid 1990s) it's golf that now envelopes Jordan's passion to win. And while not on the level of Woods or the rest of the PGA Tour, Jordan's interest in golf is no different that his quest to win NBA titles.Now age 41, first learned to play golf as a college junior. Love and Jordan's roommate at North Carolina were friends, and when Jordan was introduced to Love and first play the game, he was enthralled.
Michael Jordan: Still Competitive (On The Golf Course) After NBA Retirement (Part #1)
- By James Raia
- Published 09/23/2007
- Celebrity Golfers' Profiles
- Unrated
Several years after his second NBA retirement, Michael Jordan remains as competitive off the court as he was during his enduring basketball career. But Jordan's office of choice has evolved from hardwood to boardroom and locker room to fairway.
Jordan's career has expanded from NBA player and executive to restaurant owner, entrepreneur, global businessman and golfing philanthropist. His intensity, once channeled toward defeating opponents, is now focused on business success and conquering charitable horizons.
Still, Jordan pursues his businesses and amateur sporting passions with the same focus as he did while accumulating five Most Valuable Player Awards in the National Basketball Association and winning six NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Jordan's career has expanded from NBA player and executive to restaurant owner, entrepreneur, global businessman and golfing philanthropist. His intensity, once channeled toward defeating opponents, is now focused on business success and conquering charitable horizons.
Still, Jordan pursues his businesses and amateur sporting passions with the same focus as he did while accumulating five Most Valuable Player Awards in the National Basketball Association and winning six NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls.
