Instruction – Putting
Happy New Year! I can’t believe another year has gone … it’s amazing how fast time flies! What are your new year’s resolutions? I encourage you to reach out to me with your goals for the year, so we can talk about ways to reach those goals. E-mail me at kirsten.pike@invitedclubs.com To start 2023 off, […]
Course Review – Texas Star Golf Course
DFW golf experienced a huge boom of new courses in the late ‘90s. Texas Star in Euless was one of those courses, and since 1997 it has been one of the premium daily fee courses in the area. Now, 25 years later, it still routinely finishes in the top 5 courses in AVIDGOLFER’s public course […]
After the Round – Social Oak Wine & Whiskey Lounge
Wine and whiskey are two libations that just about everyone can stand behind. Whether you are a connoisseur or someone who just enjoys trying new and exciting brands, there is a spot you must try in Trophy Club. Social Oak Wine & Whiskey Lounge combines an inviting, comfortable atmosphere with the latest technology to create […]
Golf Science – Up Your Endurance for 2023
Happy New Year all. If your goal for the new year is to score better at golf, and if you’d like to work towards that goal by training better and fueling better, here is some useful information from a very recent (published April 2022) review paper titled ‘Competitive Golf: How Longer Courses Are Changing Athletes […]
Travel – Northern Majesty
Golf in the target-rich environment of Canada is known for spectacular views, lots of on-course wildlife and famous course layouts by famous designers. As the saying applies here, though, it’s a great season, but a short season. Translated, Canada, known as the Great White North for a reason, is under a blanket of snow and […]
Feature – Welcome Home, Paul!
When English author Thomas Hardy penned his famous book in the 1870s, ‘Return of the Native,’ there was no golf involved, focusing on romance and drama instead, but when the PGA of America found its new Director of Golf at its new 36-hole public facility in Frisco, they very much turned to a Lone Star […]
Feature – Kathy Whitworth 1939-2022
It was March 10, 2019. A crowd of junior golfers sat within the high-ceilinged, Mira Vista Country Club clubhouse, awaiting the commencement of the Kathy Whitworth Invitational welcome dinner. Among that group was my 12-year-old self, both wide-eyed with excitement, and undoubtedly red-cheeked from enduring the standard 20mph breeze of a spring day in Fort […]
Cover Story – Benjamin Vincent
If you a longtime reader of AVIDGOLFER, then you have likely seen many of our illustrated covers. What you may not know is who is behind them and how they are created. As we embark on the 25th anniversary of the magazine, we wanted to pull back the curtain and give our readers an inside […]
Ask the Superintendent – Tips to Get Ready for Spring
Happy New Year Avid Golfers, and welcome back to the monthly behind-the-scenes question and answer session that is “Ask the Superintendent.” January is often a time that we, as superintendents, look to evaluate the previous season, organize things (personally and professionally) and set a few new goals for the upcoming golf season. Last January, we […]
Fitness – The King of the Swing
There may be no other muscle group that can drive power in your golf swing more than the glutes. This muscle group is comprised of three muscles that maintain stability and produce force in our movements. Unlike some of our big ‘mover’ muscles such as hamstrings, the glute muscle group is meant for force production. […]