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Traffic Interferes With My Golf Game.

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Literally. It messes me up. I’m not referring to the traffic that delays everything and makes me late. What I’m talking about is the traffic that zips by the roads and highways adjacent to golf courses. It make me nervous. Golf is not necessarily known as a dangerous sport but it has its moments.

I’m sure a bunch of us have heard of, witnessed someone or was on the receiving end of getting hit by a ball. Errant or not. I’m also pretty sure most of us were subjected to near misses – maybe even we were the source. This, unfortunately, is one of the few hazards of golfing.

Being the culprit of a bean-ball scares me more than being the victim. Especially when it includes the safety of others. Maybe it’s just me but I’ve noticed that courses with roads or highways within striking distance of the tee box seem to run down the left side. I’m a lefty and a hack…see my dilemma? Yes, I’ve heard all the jokes before about hitting from the wrong side but maybe there’s some truth to that.

There is a local track here that has a par 5 that just so happens to be right next to a fairly well-traveled road. Yep, you guessed it, it’s on the left side. Here’s where my problem started. I approached the tee and set up for the shot. Driver in hand, I’m ready to grip it and rip it 5 miles! Au contraire, my tee shot begins its journey straight and then with some uncanny external force, the ball drastically hooks left, right into oncoming traffic. Oh, the horror! Luckily the ball bounced in between cars and landed on someone’s lawn.

WTF! This is a serious mental obstacle for me now. Not only do I stink at the game, now I’m worried about public safety and they’re not even on the course! Maybe a little couch time will help…

Hit’em long…yell FORE!

Chip Shots: Pinterest and Golf

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So Golfstinks recently created a Pinterest page. Why? Well initially we weren’t quite sure. But the more we use this new social media tool, the more we like it. You share thoughts, ideas and inspiration through images. See a screenshot of our homepage below:

As of now, there’s not much golf-related stuff on Pinterest, but it’s growing (take us as an example). We urge you to consider creating your own Pinterest page – especially if you post your cool golf course photos so we can re-pin them on our “Sweet Golf Course Photos” board! And be sure to check-out some of our other neat pin boards like “Stinky Golfer Paradise” and “Creatures on the Course.”

Golf & Poison Ivy…Oy Vey!

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Being the nice neighbor I am, I figured I would lend a hand and help cut down a couple half-dead intrusive limbs from an old oak tree. Mistake #1. I get all up in the branch, which was maybe 20 feet long. Mistake #2. I then proceed to grab the branch and pull it down not paying attention to the massive vines of ivy wrapped through out the motherf***er. Mistake #3.

Needless to say, 300mg of prednisone, a bottle of calamine lotion, a bottle of rubbing alcohol and a week and a half of misery later…I missed my golf outing. Nothing intensifies missing something you’re looking forward to more than stupidity. I saw the ivy on the tree and it still didn’t register until too late! And who get’s poison ivy on the palm of their hands? I do.

This reminds me of when I was younger and played fall golf for half price at nicer courses. Fall golf is kind of like the off season in the south. A buddy and I would look in the woods bordering the fairways for golf balls and find a ton of expensive balls, mostly Pro V1’s!  After a summer of financially stable golfers stocking the lumberyard with balls, autumn really was our harvest. This is how we stocked up for the next season. Along with cashing in on the good balls, I usually wound up with a little poison ivy too.

So, what do you do if you come in contact with poison ivy on the course and can’t get to a faucet quick enough to wash it off? Well, you can carry some poison ivy wipes (which I recommend) or look to mother nature for the answer. Jewelweed! Jewelweed can be very effective with fighting poison ivy. Crush up some leaves and stems and rub the infected area immediately after contact.

Native Americans used to use jewelweed to combat poison ivy exposure as well as a lot of nature lovers whom also concur. And you’re in luck, it grows almost next to poison ivy. Here’s a pic of one type of jewelweed:


Whichever way you decide please be careful and educate yourself. A little research can keep you poison ivy free…trust me it’s worth it.

Hit’em long…yell FORE!!!

Chip Shots: There’s a Chance I Can Reach Them

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There’s one in every foursome – that golfer who will wait 275 yards out for the group ahead to putt-out and clear the green. Why? Because one time in 1996, all the f’ing planets aligned and he caught his 3-wood just right to roll one up on the green from (what he claims was) 275 yards out.

In our foursome, it’s Stinky Golfer Tom. I don’t know how many times I’ve bit my tongue when Tom is waiting from some ungodly distance for the group ahead to finish putting. “I’m gonna wait – there’s a chance I can reach them.” I want to scream: “IF YOU HAD A CANNON WITH A SNIPER SCOPE ON IT YOU STILL COULDN’T HIT THEM!” But I don’t. I just wait patiently while Tom eventually hits a worm-burner 50 yards down the fairway (much to the chagrin of the foursome on the tee behind us).

Of course I know – the one time I do tell him to not worry about the group on the green and just hit, he’ll launch a missile right at them.

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