The Girls Are Back in Town — LPGA Preview
The greatest four weeks for golf in Dallas-Fort Worth are upon us once again, and the ladies of the LPGA are here to kick things off at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. For the fifth consecutive year, the event will be held at Las Colinas Country Club during the last week of April. Although this star-studded spectacular hasn’t been …
Tech Talk — Turn Your House into a Smart Home
Looking to transform your house into a new smart home? We take an in-depth look at the process of installing home automation and help answer the questions to ensure your smart home is designed to respond to the way you live. What should a homeowner consider when making a technology plan? The most important thing anyone should consider is, how …
Wayward Shots — My Caddy Mentors
When I first decided to become a Tour caddy in 1992, I figured, how hard could it be? I’d played golf for 12 years up to that point, including a couple in college, and despite never club caddying, I knew it couldn’t be that difficult. Oh man was I wrong. The only time I was more wrong about something was …
Strategies for a Fairway Bunker Shot
For most golfers, playing a fairway bunker shot is the most difficult full swing shot in golf. Even from a perfect lie in the sand amateur golfers struggle with the execution of this shot. From my experience there’s two main reasons – your footing and balance – and then consistently having the bottom of the downswing in the proper place. …
Wilmington, North Carolina — A Carolina Treat That’s Cheap to Eat
by David Theoret The Beau Rivage Golf & Resort is like no other golf course – or resort for that matter – in the Carolinas. Sure, you can find plenty of courses in the state with fairways framed by towering Carolina pine trees, and there are several resorts that feature lush, Bermuda fairways leading to TifEagle greens. But there is …
Instruction — The Keys to the Takeaway
Starting the golf swing can make or break the result of the swing. If the takeaway is not swinging up the swing plane with the clubface square, you will need to compensate somewhere in the swing in order to hit a straight shot. The takeaway sets up the momentum of the swing. If the momentum gets started in the proper …
2017 Best of Private Clubs
It is that time again, DFW, where all of us at AVIDGOLFER Magazine get together for our Best of Private Club rankings. There have been a lot of changes and improvements at the country clubs and golf clubs across the Metroplex in the past year, and it has made the task of ranking them all that much more difficult. We …
2016 Cart Girl of the Year — Anna De-L
Congratulations to the AvidGolfer 2016 Cart Girl of the Year, Anna De-L! Anna was the Cart Girl of the Month in September 2016 representing Coyote Ridge Golf Club. See the stunning photos from her photo shoot below (originally published in the February Issue of AvidGolfer Magazine).
A Round with John Colligan
Originally featured in the August 2012 issue of AVIDGOLFER Magazine. As told to Robert Rodriguez These days have been a little rough for John Colligan. The Arlington-based course architect is a bit uncomfortable with all the attention that’s been placed on him. He hasn’t done anything wrong (we think), nor has he embarrassed himself. No, Colligan is just uncomfortable with …
Tech Talk — CES 2017: Technology Overload
The Consumer Electronics Show can be summed up in one word… Whoa! This year, CES, the largest global gathering of innovation and connectivity celebrated its 50th anniversary. The event once again took over the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sands Expo & Convention Center and many hotels throughout the Vegas strip. CES broke its previous record by filling up 2.6 million …