Playing the Odds – Legal Poker Has Arrived in Dallas
Can you LEGALLY play poker in Dallas? You bet you can at Poker House – Dallas! Residents of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex no longer have to travel long distances to neighboring states to play this great game commonly played every day in country club locker rooms, home game rooms, at the family dinner table, or […]
Agronomy – Tools of the Trade
What Tools Do I Need to Maintain My Lawn and Landscape? Welcome to the official start of summer (June 21 is actually the first day of the season). With the longest hours of daylight of the year, there is so much more time to golf. However, with the temperatures up and an occasional thunder shower […]
Fitness – Lower Body Stability
A good golf swing has many moving parts and requires much from the body. But before the body can perform a technically sound swing, it must be able to physically handle all that is required. In particular, the body must be stable enough to generate and transfer major energy. It must also be stable enough […]
The Meat Locker – Hamm’s Meat + Market Beef Plate Ribs
If you run among Texas pitmasters, then you often hear about the “King of Texas Barbecue.” While many may default to brisket as the title holder, the real ones know that the true mother of all cooks is the beef rib. Also known to many as short ribs or plate ribs, these colossal bone-in big […]
Drive Time – 2022 Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge Polestar Engineered
For years, Volvo’s much-deserved claim to fame was its peerless safety features, rather than sexy lines, as the boxy rides resembled rolling security-laden refrigerators. Not the most alluring silhouettes, but at least you had a great chance of arriving in one piece. Thankfully, Volvo designers have heard the shouts of customers demanding their safety in […]
Instruction – Iron Sharpens Iron
Inconsistency can be one of the most frustrating things in golf! Do you ever find yourself chunking your iron shots? The result of a chunked shot is the low point of your swing arc being too far behind the golf ball at impact. First, I will start with a couple reasons why you may chunk […]
Golf Science – Goal Oriented
The LA Open at the beautiful Wilshire Country Club in the heart of Hollywood is always an event to look forward to. With perfect weather, the amazing color involved in a women’s golf event, and most of the top female players in the world in contention, what’s not to love about the event, this year […]
Course Review – Country View Golf Course
The Dallas area is chock full of municipal courses for your golf dollar, but if you’re looking for cheap and challenging, the options can be limited. So, I would like to direct you to Lancaster and a hidden gem that not only maximizes your golf dollar, but also your creativity while managing a golf course. […]
Travel – Louisiana Golf
Standing on the 17th tee of Pete Dye’s TPC Louisiana, pondering what iron to pull in the face of a stout, southerly breeze with water guarding the railroad tie-lined green on one side and sand on the other, I thanked the golf travel gods for putting me here, in New Orleans, at long last. Somehow, […]
Feature – The Ticket’s April Fool’s Open
Last month, Dallas sports radio giant The Ticket held its second April Fool’s Open at Prairie Lakes Golf Course in Grand Prairie. If you are a Ticket listener, you likely remember the first incarnation of the event held at the same venue back in 2016. The inaugural event featured several Ticket personalities all vying for […]