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Sports Illustrated
April 3, 2000
John Garrity |
Back where it all started ...I then hit balls in solitude, enjoying the warm sunlight and the sight of my iron shots landing on target greens and my drives reaching the lower tier at the clubhouse end...Ten years ago, I left whatever game I had on that very patch of ground....   |
Sports Illustrated
April 8, 2002
John Garrity |
Caught between swings I didn't want to play this morning. Or rather, I wanted to play, but I was afraid I wouldn't have any fun. Whenever I make a swing change, I am in deep trouble for a couple of weeks... |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
John Garrity |
Ready to come out swinging Here's my current swing thought: I'd like to take a swing at the airline employee who left my golf clubs sitting on the luggage cart in Phoenix yesterday... |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2002
John Garrity |
A lesson learned What's the point in being in Florida in March if you can't hit golf balls? |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2002
John Garrity |
Stanger straightens out swing A lesson from golf swing guru Rob Stanger... |
Sports Illustrated
April 19, 2002
John Garrity |
Trying to find a groove Awareness of the target line is number one. Awareness of what the shaft and clubface are doing are numbers two and three... |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2002
John Garrity |
Derelict in my golfing duties I've been too busy with Sports Illustrated business to write about swings and things. |
Sports Illustrated
June 17, 2002
John Garrity |
Taking hints on and off the range A visit to the Wyndham Wind Watch driving range. |
Sports Illustrated
November 18, 2002
John Garrity |
A tuneup at the Lesson Tee Getting the golf club into the right plane. |
Sports Illustrated
October 17, 2002
John Garrity |
Shaking off the cobwebs My golf swing is suddenly like a beloved standard that I used to play on the piano and later forgot. Fortunately, I have people I can turn to. |
Sports Illustrated
November 13, 2000
John Garrity |
Home on the Range The author, an avowed range rat, learned plenty about a mostly mom-and-pop business while searching in vain for his swing... |
Sports Illustrated
August 10, 2000
John Garrity |
Two swings for the price of one So when you say, "I hope you find your swing," I take it to mean the swing that's right for me, the swing I deserve, the swing that will make me forget a decade of comic futility. And guess what? I have found that swing. To be honest, I have found TWO swings... |
Sports Illustrated
April 12, 2001
Jaime Diaz |
Augusta changes the right way Watching Tiger Woods bomb his final drive and leave himself a 78-yard flip to the 72nd hole at last week's Masters seemed to confirm that the Augusta National Golf Club has become too easy for the world's best players. I'm still not totally convinced... |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2000
John Garrity |
Golfing with Grandpa ...Instead, I hit balls at three Chicagoland driving ranges.... |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2001
John Garrity |
All this for one lesson I flew to Palm Springs, Calif., for a lesson -- and, boy, did I get one, thanks to America West Airlines... |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2000
John Garrity |
Something old and a lot of new The spirit of renewal extends to golfers... |
Sports Illustrated
March 21, 2002
John Garrity |
A scare on the course Heat exhaustion cuts short this writer's coverage of Bay Hill... |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2002
John Garrity |
Hitting the range with Tom Fazio At the recommendation of golf architect Tom Fazio, I drove down PGA Boulevard and turned in at the lushly landscaped gates of the new Mirasol development... |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2002
John Garrity |
Divoting images I still have divots on my mind. Two days ago I spent an hour watching tour star Scott Hoch hit balls on the range at Isleworth Country Club in Orlando... |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Mitch Anthony |
Exceptional Advice Advisors can learn about giving great advice from the approach taken by golf instructors. |
Sports Illustrated
October 29, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
A peek at revamped Augusta National We have a verdict. The new, longer Augusta National Golf Club is going to be a bitch during next year's Masters Tournament... |
Sports Illustrated
November 28, 2000
John Garrity |
A virtual golf lesson I mishit every one of my hillside shots, chunking the ball or hitting it off the toe. When I got home at the end of the week, I ran to my computer and fired off an e-mail to Rob Stanger, hoping he could fix the problem overnight with an e-lesson... |
Sports Illustrated
April 30, 2001 |
Playing 18 at Augusta Would golf have anything to gain from Olympic inclusion?... What will you tell the grandkids about seeing Tiger play?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
May 29, 2000
John Garrity |
From the masses Answers to some emails about how to improve your golf game. |
Sports Illustrated
December 15, 2000
John Garrity |
The year's best ranges From Week 1, when my driver swing magically reappeared on the range of the new Kapalua Golf Academy, to Week 45, when I got to warm up at a trio of pristine ranges at Reynolds Plantation, I kept finding green grass and rainbows. Here, then, are my top 10 practice plots of the year... |
Sports Illustrated
June 10, 2002
John Garrity |
Getting by with three clubs Playing with a handful of clubs is recommended by some teaching pros -- the ones, I think, who don't have club-endorsement contracts. It forces you to play creatively and develop your shot-shaping skills. |
Sports Illustrated
January 9, 2001
John Garrity |
Bonding with fellow range rats I finally got out of the ice box. Monday afternoon I hit three bags of balls at the TPC at Sawgrass, which has one of the better practice facilities in the country... |
Sports Illustrated
July 8, 2002
John Garrity |
Even Hall of Famers lose confidence On golfing with hall-of-fame third baseman George Brett. |
Sports Illustrated
July 23, 2003
Rick Reilly |
Wanna Get Teed Off? Let's just test your knowledge of the dumbest set of rules in sports. (The proper response to each item is, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!") |
Sports Illustrated
October 1, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Hits and misses Checking out some new golf courses and new equipment... |
Sports Illustrated
January 28, 2002
Rich Cardillo |
The Pebble Beach experience An amateur's dream come true... |
Sports Central
April 12, 2009
Bobby Campbell |
What a Beautiful Game What started out as a phone call asking to play a friendly round of golf, turned into an all-out war. |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
John Garrity |
Users chime in My favorite golf book of all time is Rex Lardner's Out of the Bunker and Into the Trees... Search for the Perfect Swing... Several more readers have offered help with my greenside-bunker problem... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
January 4, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
A holiday golf adventure It's 2001, at last. On the golfing front, 2000 ended kind of quietly. A blast of cold air and snow brought an early end to the golf season for those of us in the Midwest and East. I went to Pinehurst for Christmas, and even there the season was on life support... |
Sports Illustrated
October 8, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Daly is going down the right road John Daly isn't the easiest guy to figure out. A few weeks ago he was talking about how much he missed playing in the Masters this year and how badly he wanted to get back there in 2002. After some confusing decisions, he seems to be on the right track to a Masters invite... |
Sports Illustrated
April 22, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Joining the 59 club The golf question of the week: If high school kids are shooting 59, can Armageddon be far behind? On second thought, don't answer that... |
BusinessWeek
August 7, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Tee It Up, Ladies Women-only golf clinics offer a nonthreatening way to get into the game. |
Sports Central
April 18, 2006
Ryan Ballengee |
Golf Technology: Myths, Reality, and Answers What is valued more in golf - technological advancement or the grand tradition that makes this game special? |
Sports Illustrated
December 28, 2000
John Garrity |
The year's worst ranges Some of the worst golf ranges. |
Sports Illustrated
October 12, 2000
John Garrity |
Strapped Scrambling for my swing deep in the heart of Texas... |
Sports Illustrated
August 20, 2002
John Garrity |
In the midst of a golf drought My swing is gone again. I haven't actually tested it, but the Force drains out of me whenever I don't swing a club for two or three weeks. I'll be lucky to get the ball airborne when I hit the range. |
Sports Illustrated
June 28, 2002
John Garrity |
Fielding a few lobs I'm still getting e-mails about Keith Shin, the Texan who thought any good athlete could crack the PGA Tour with a year of diligent practice. |
Sports Illustrated
June 16, 2000
John Garrity |
The fine line I shot a 99 yesterday morning at Spyglass Hill, and at one point my playing partner commented, "Six must be your favorite number." He was too polite to add that the repeated motif, "6-6-6," was a clear indication of Satanic influence. |
Sports Illustrated
July 31, 2000
John Garrity |
Trappings of the Turnberry sand The day after the British Open, I played Turnberry, that coastal gem with the lighthouse and the view of Ailsa Craig. I hit the ball pretty well, both off the tee and from the firm, tight fairways, and had a terrific time. But I putted poorly... |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2001
John Garrity |
A Middle East adventure I drove out to the Emirates Golf Club outside Dubai for a quick look around, watched Tiger Woods hit some balls on the beautiful practice range, and then headed back into town for a little tuneup of my own.... |
Sports Illustrated
April 11, 2001
Alan Shipnuck |
Leftovers from Augusta Random musings on an epochal Masters... |
Sports Illustrated
March 18, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
A golfer's dream The Hooters Tour is where professional golfers go to dream... |
Sports Illustrated
November 25, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
So bad they're ... bad If you get lucky, a bad golf course can be so bad it's good. |
Sports Central
February 23, 2005
Vincent Musco |
A Tiger Grand Slam in 2005? Tiger Woods turns 30 this year. He has not won a major tournament since the 2002 U.S. Open, contested 31 months ago. |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2002
John Garrity |
Mixing the best of both worlds As so often happens, I'm currently caught in a trough between two warring principles. On the one hand, I am totally committed to the swing method taught by Rob Stanger. On the other hand, I am a true believer in the tempo-training trail blazed by John Novosel. |
