Slow-Mo No Go
Tony Finau plays fast because of mosquitoes. On the modest public course where the tall Utahn learned the game, he found that long pauses gave the skeeters a better chance to land, so he and his brother kept up a brisk pace. Brooks Koepka plays fast because there’s the ball and there’s the target and […]
Course Review – Whitestone Golf Club
Whitestone Golf Club has long been a destination for those in the southern half of Tarrant Country. Just off Highway 377 South about 15 minutes southwest of Downtown Fort Worth, this course opened as we welcomed a new century back in 2000. In the years since, the course has seen its ups and downs, but […]
Exam Room – Getting Loose
If every time you play a round golf you experience some post-round tightness and feel like someone swung their sand wedge directly into your body, you’re not alone. Let’s face it, you are not a spring chicken and the days of trunk golf are followed by several days of muscle soreness, ibuprofen and ice. Well, […]
Cover Story – College Days Revisited
To become a PGA TOUR player, you need talent, determination and self-minded focus to do nothing but eat, drink and sleep golf. Except in the fall, of course. That’s when the Tour players passion for the game they play for a living, takes a back seat – or at least an equal seat – to […]
Golf Science – Golf in 3D
As this is AVIDGOLFER Magazine’s Golf Science column, it seemed completely à propos to acquire some insights about the golf swing from Michael Jacobs, who recently authored the book “Science of the Golf Swing”. Jacobs is a Golf Digest top 50 and Golf Magazine top 100 golf instructor and has also been, at 40 years […]
Feature – Magic in Maricopa
It’s hard to believe that in the land of triple-figure golf courses and lots of triple-figure heat this time of year, that there might be a course so good it would be worth wearing out your travel GPS to find a desert hidden gem. In fact, it would be a grave golfing error to not […]
Drive Time – The Porsche Macan S
The Porsche brand brings visions of quick, superb handling, engaging sound and downright adrenalin driving cache, delivering on the euphoric promise their rides check the boxes on all sensational counts. And now with three four-door options, Porsche is no longer deemed all fun but light on practicality. The latest model, originally born in 2015, is […]
Tales From the Back Nine, Part IX – Highway 380 West
Maybe you heard the tall Texas tale of the two frontiersmen who frantically climbed into a small cave by the Clear Fork Brazos River to elude a band of Comanches, arrows whizzing by as the men crawled through a hole in the rock along the steep bank. Whew, safe at last. But one problem: Their […]
After the Round – Five Sixty
If playing 18 holes while making your way through the endless oak trees and drastic elevation changes at Stevens or Tenison Park Golf Courses in Dallas didn’t fulfill your craving for the outdoor beauty that North Texas has to offer, then perhaps wetting your appetite in a variety of ways at Five Sixty would be […]