Top Hand Golf

Those golfing gods seem to be that way.  When you're feeling like a whipped dog, and just when you are ready to take your clubs to the c...

There have been a number of books written on playing golf out of your mind; having a Zen-like approach to playing the game.  Golf is such a ...

I played in a Golf Association of Ontario event at Briar Fox Golf Club this weekend.  I was playing number one for our club and was lucky en...

I like to tease Carl about being "the Grumbler," but he can still play pretty good golf for an old budgie.  I had a message from B...

I was playing a match the other day against Steve and Spiro, where I was playing their best ball.  We have a lot of fun with these matches, ...

Jeff and I made the hour and a half drive from Picton to Bellemere Winds, a lovely course that looks over Rice Lake near Keene, Ontario.  We...

People always like to argue in favour of their favourite player when it comes to discussions about who was the greatest player of all time, ...

I wrote an article today, essentially bragging, about my latest round of golf.  I was feeling rather self-satisfied--not because I'd sho...

I think, after fifty years of playing this game, I have finally settled on what I need to do to play my best.  Believe me, I've tried ju...

What is it about secrets?  Like most people, golfers love to know the secret; the secret to hitting the ball farther, or the secret to hitti...

I played today with Steve, Radar, and Billy.   As we were preparing to tee off, Billy asked me if I was going to congratulate him.  I asked ...

Wouldn't it be nice.  Wouldn't it be nice to watch the best players in the world hit, sometimes magnificent, golf shots without havi...

I regularly hear that golf, as a game, is in trouble.  Apparently, people are quitting the game.  Fewer people are joining clubs.  I hear th...

I have written several stories about my dearly departed buddy, Gerry.  He was my best friend.  The interesting thing about him was his capac...

I missed our game on Friday to play out of town, but Billy assures me that Carl the Grumbler was in great form.  Apparently, he came adorned...

You often hear golfers admitting, as though it's a sin, that they don't practise enough. They also often are heard to say that they ...

Every club has its characters. We've got Carl the Grumbler. If it wasn't for bad luck, Carl would have no luck at all. Just ask him....

I have come to learn the virtue of taking some protein along with me when I play. I have traditionally been from the John Daly school of gol...

Are you suffering from paralysis by analysis? Have you tinkered with your swing to the point that you can't find anything that seems to ...

My buddy Gerry taught me lots of things by the way he lived.  He was smarter than your average bear; a big, loveable, mountain of a man.  He...