The 2010 PGA Championship - Balin Diary: A PGA Professional’s view of the PGA Championship

The 2010 PGA Championship - Balin Diary: A PGA Professional’s view of the PGA Championship: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

EQUIPMENT | In The Open Bag: Louis Oosthuizen | golf.de

The German golf site golf.de tells us what British Open champion Oosthuizen had in his bag for his amazing victory, with Project X X6B7 shafts on the woods and new Ping S56 irons, played for the first time in this tournament. See the clubs and the commentary thereto (in German) at EQUIPMENT | In The Open Bag: Louis Oosthuizen | golf.de: (below we have inserted English translations of the German terms used at golf.de)

"* Driver: Ping 'Rapture V2' (9 [degrees]; [shaft]: True Temper 'Project X X6B7')
* Fairway [woods]: Nike 'SQ Sumo' [woods and] 5 (13 und 19 [degrees]; [shafts]: True Temper 'Project X X6B7')
* [irons] (3-9): Ping 'S56' ( [shafts]: True Temper 'Dynamic Gold X-100')
* Wedges: Ping 'Tour S' Rustique (47, 54 und 60 [degrees]; [shafts]: True Temper 'Dynamic Gold X-100')
* Putter: Ping 'Redwood Anser'
* Ball: Titleist 'Pro V1x'
* [shoes]: FootJoy 'Icon'
* [golf glove]: FootJoy 'SciFlex'"

World's Best Golf Resorts at Condé Nast Traveler via Via Michelin

Via Michelin Travel refers to the June 2010 Condé Nast Traveler magazine Fourteenth Readers' Choice Survey of best golf resorts in the world.

Celebrating The Open Championship: Steve Elling at CBSSports.com: Up & Down: Champagne Louis? Could be the start of a beautiful friendship

Steve Elling at CBSSports.com celebrates The Open Championship of Louis Oosthuizen in Up & Down: Champagne Louis? Could be the start of a beautiful friendship

Golf Carts Take to the Streets : Prior Art in Lincoln, Nebraska nearly 50 years ago

This AP report hit the news stands yesterday: The Associated Press: Golf carts all the rage in Lyons, Colo..

One of the amazing things about life is how slow the American public has been to get the energy message. It is now 2010 and golf carts are only now taking to the streets?

In Lincoln, Nebraska at the time that I went to high school (1961-1964), my father, Arvids Kaulins, built an electric golf cart which ran on car batteries and we drove it on the streets regularly. In fact, my father often drove it to work and back (about 20 blocks each way on residential streets) -- and on some of those days I thus got to drive our 1957 Cadillac to school, which of course was a great thrill. The Caddy was of course an immense gas guzzler, but it was set off by the minimal energy used by the golf cart.

Louis Oosthuizen, Gary Player, The British Open Championship and Letters From St. Andrews Blog - ESPN

Letters From St. Andrews Blog - ESPN features a great golf writing from Wright Thompson about Gary Player, Louis Oosthuizen and the British Open Championship, among other things:

"Gary Player remembers ... how one Sunday afternoon can change everything.

'It's the biggest day of his life,' he says. 'Biggest day he'll ever have.'"

Read it all.

British Open Live Coverage: Round 4 Blog with Farrell Evans - Press Tent

British Open Live Coverage: Round 4 Blog with Farrell Evans - Press Tent: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"