Cover Story – Pudge Rodriguez
Photography Courtesy of Kelly Galvin, Photographer of the Texas Rangers and Texas LIVE! Special thanks to Catalina Villegas Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez played 21 seasons in the Major Leagues. During his playing career, he played in 2,543 games, amassed 311 home runs, 1,332 RBI and hit .296. He won the MVP in 1999 with the Texas […]
Exam Room – Testing Flexibility
There is no doubt that the amount of preparation taking place off the golf course has drastically changed over the last twenty years. The likelihood of a golfer spending time in a gym setting, working with personal trainers, or medical professionals was rare, and the term “golf fitness” was an unknown subject. In today’s world, […]
Exam Room – Supplementing Your Golf Swing
While golf can be relaxing, it’s also a great workout for the body and the mind. Keeping the muscles strong and the mind sharp will pay off on the course. Healthcare professionals often tell their patients to eat well and to take supplements, but few provide details. While every person’s needs are different, here are […]
Cover Story – Best of Private Clubs 2019
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to see which golf clubs passed the test in 2019. As we do every March, AVIDGOLFER ranks and rates every private club in the Metroplex. Over the last several years, renovation has been the name of the game when it comes to some of the heavy hitters in DFW. Courses […]
What to Expect When You Commit to ChiroSport
The vision of ChiroSport Specialists of Dallas was to have an integrative approach to health care that includes acute injury care, rehabilitation, performance training, and recovery therapies. It’s important for an injured athlete or client to be able to have access to all specialists under one roof. The communication and continuity of care is critical […]
After the Round – Walk On’s Bistreaux & Bar
A piece of Louisiana is making its way into the Metroplex as Walk-On’s is now open for business in Irving. Originally Walk-On’s opened their first location in 2003 in Baton Rouge in the shadows of LSU’s Tiger Stadium. Walk-On’s founders Brandon Landry and Jack Warner became good friends when they were teammates on the LSU […]
Wayward Shots – The Masters Marker
Perhaps you were the kid in the backyard passing a football to himself. Probably you complemented your thrilling catches and zig-zag runs with crowd noise, narration from Brad Sham, and an end zone dance. Cowboys win! Maybe golf inspired your athletic fantasy life. It’s a little embarrassing to recall teenage me hanging on the yellow […]
Tales From the Back Nine: Part III
Golf came to Oklahoma in 1900, when Scottish immigrant Alex Findlay designed Guthrie Country Club just north of Oklahoma City. Renowned architects have been following Findlay’s bootprints ever since. So, I figured, if some dude on a pony could usher golf into the Sooner state and leave a hero, then I could at least drive […]
Instruction – Sway Stop, Doorstop
One of the more common swing faults I see on the lesson tee is a lateral sway of the hips during the backswing. In many cases this leads to a “reverse sway” or hang back on the downswing. One thing that is for sure, a sway it going to lead to contact issues and a […]
Travel – Tales from the Back Nine, Part II
If we pick up where the last trip ended, then we would be sitting in the pickup truck, broken down in the pitch-black west Texas night, 18 miles from civilization. But with a new alternator in the old F-150, I was eager to get back out on the rural routes. I could have searched for […]