Cover Story – Best of Public
Here we are. Another November, and another chance to run down AVIDGOLFER’s top courses in Dallas/Fort Worth. Overall, this has been a pretty solid year for courses condition-wise. Over 11 inches of rain in February kept courses plush through the summer months, and a soaker of a September and October meant courses stayed green (although many of them were closed …
Scene and Be Seen – Texas LIVE!
Arlington has long been the place for entertainment in the metroplex. From Six Flags, to Hurricane Harbor (which is still Wet N’ Wild to me), to the Rangers and the Cowboys. If you want to take in a game, or take a spin on the Judge Roy Scream, then A-town is the place for you. As the area continues to …
Cover Story – Guitars and Two-Putt Pars
By Art Stricklin and Eli Jordan Country music has long been a staple of southern living. From Luckenbach to San Antonio, from Cheatham Street and Gruene Hall to Billy Bob’s, Waylon, Willie and the boys were the beginning of a music revolution. Country music was eventually thrust into the mainstream with the emergence of mega-stars like George Strait and Garth …
Feature – The 2019 Major Championship Venues
Now that the 2018 PGA TOUR season is in the books, it’s time to look forward to the 2019 year. Specifically, we should take a sneak peek at the four majors and their venues. The 2018 season saw Patrick Reed break through at Augusta, the emergence of Brooks Koepka as a superstar with a pair of major wins at the …
Drive Time – The 2018 Mercedes AMG GLS 63
With the unmistakable popularity of the SUV/Crossover segments, you knew taking the option volume opportunity “to 11” would surely follow. Yes, many long luxury three-row rides will haul folks and cargo in opulence but there’s always someone willing to build and pay six figures for that extra vroom. Mercedes-Benz’ AMG performance division devised the superlative GLS63 that’ll take you from …
Wayward Shots – Superstition Attrition
Crotch, butt, shoulder, shoulder, nose, ear, nose, ear … Rafael Nadal’s obsessive pre-shot self-touching amounts to a Disorder and I’d feel sorry for him if not for the fact that he’s won over $100 million from pro tennis and 17 of its majors. All who watch sports are unwitting and sometimes unwilling witnesses to such ritual tics. Can Eli Manning …
Instruction – Driving it Home
The most important club in the bag is the driver. There is no other club that sets you up for scoring success like the driver. When the driver is going long and straight, it takes a lot of pressure off of the rest of your game. PGA Tour statistics show that the closer you are to the green off of …
Golf Science – Chamblee Decoded
Brandel Chamblee is a former PGA Tour player and a current commentator, writer, and lead studio analyst for Golf Channel. That means he is capable of analyzing golfers’ play from an insider’s view-point, having been-there-done-that. He is, moreover, not someone who merely makes desultory commentary like, “That player’s putting was not up to par today” or “This player looks like …
Travel – A Trip to the Tropics
By Robert Rodriguez The tropics are quiet right now – gone are the days of hurricane-force winds and menacing rainstorms. We hope it stay like that for quite a while, as Mother Nature has shown she can be quite menacing over warm waters. It was heartbreaking to see the destruction left in the wake of these major storms at many …
Course Review – Sky Creek Ranch
Nestled into the suburbs of Keller, lies the majestic Sky Creek Ranch. A beautiful 18-hole course designed by the world-renowned Robert Trent Jones Jr., a man whose courses are synonymous with possessing uniqueness while being environmentally conscious. Sky Creek Ranch’s design and layout is no different from that. The first thing you notice when pulling into Sky Creek ranch is …