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Getting To Scratch

Many sports players develop injuries due to repetitive movements, including golfers and tennis players. Rotor cuff tears, tendinitis, knee cartilage wear, and various other problems occur from a very active sports lifestyle. Various websites and supplements cater to correcting the effects of these hobbies on our body and lifestyles. These bodybuilding forums have many posts and [...]
Phil Mickelson, who fell apart late last year after taking the PGA tour by storm in early 2006 won his 30th career title at Pebble Beach in California. The left-handed Mickelson pocketed $990,000 to exceed $40 million in career earnings with his win in Cali. This is a much better way for Phil to start the [...]
The past weekend at the Sony Open wasn’t about Vijay Singh or defending champ David Toms. It wasn’t about Michelle Wie making the cut, but it was about a teenager making the cut. The youngest teenager in the last 50 years to make the cut in a PGA tour event that is. Hawaii’s own Tadd [...]
On Friday, one local high school student famished and one local high school student flourished. Michelle Wie missed the cut again at her fourth Sony Open playing at her Waialae Country Club home course. But the big news was coming from a few holes ahead of Michelle Wie. Tadd Fujikawa, who last year became one of [...]
The Sony Open, the second stop on the 2007 PGA Tour is underway, as first tee times went off at 7:10 am HST. (That’s 5 hours behind United States East Coast Time). Vijay Singh is coming off a big win at the Mercedes Championship on Maui and David Toms, last years Sony Open winner at the [...]
Quick news on the Michelle Wie front. It looks as though Michelle Wie will be headed to stanford come fall where she will attend school. She won’t be able to play golf because she’s already turned pro so she won’t really be following in Tiger Woods’ footsteps. She seems excited but I’m not sure how long [...]
Now-a-days it seems like there’s a club for every single situation you might find yourself in on the golf course. There’s a club for those tough long bunker shots, there’s new hybrid clubs to add to or replace your fairway woods, there’s new green side wedges, loft wedges, mid-wedges, approach wedges, and a whole slew [...]
If you’re ever playing a round of golf and you find that your ball lies on or against an obstruction you are allowed to move the obstruction out of your way. But what if the ball moves when you move the obstruction? If you move the obstruction and doing so causes the ball to move you [...]
It’s winter and you’re driving past your favorite golf course wishing the snow on the ground would disappear. You pass by hole number eight, the long par 5 where you were blew an eagle attempt with a 4 foot whiff of a putt. You think about heading to the nearest indoor putt putt to perfect [...]
Ever wonder what the most expensive golf ball was. I haven’t, I don’t need to cause I’ll never want to buy it. I once had to pay $45 for a dozen golf balls at Koolau Golf Course Because I forgot to get balls before hand. If you’ve ever had to play the course you’ll know that [...]