FoxSports' New Golf Web Series is a Raunchy Ace!

A little over two weeks ago, Stinky Golfer Chris wrote a post pleading with the Golf Channel to feature more quality programming - namely programming that your typical average Joe golfers can relate to.Fast forward a week or so and I receive an email embedded with the trailer for a new animated web series called "Of Course" - set to debut this coming Monday on FoxSports.com. As creator Skadaddle Media perfectly puts it, Of Course "unveils the truth behind what happens when four friends get together on the golf course." Well I say, let the good times roll! The show's characters (Doug, Bender, Tim and Eric) go from talking trash to talking about sexual experiences to telling a few jokes at the expense of their wives - all while they shank, slice...

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Fore & Cheers! Do You Drink & Golf?

I've posted about drinking on the course before - mainly about the antics that ensue from the combination of a good buzz and a golf cart.But drinking and golf go back long before the golf cart was invented. Think about that for a second - the Scots invented the game - what are the odds old Tom Morris kept a flask wedged between his mashie and spoon?I know that many who belong to the Tennis Shoe Crowd strap a cooler of beer to the cart simply because they don't know what else to do on a golf course. But what about those of us that play more frequently?Here's where I'm a bit confused. I like beer. I have a couple drafts in the 19th hole after nearly every round. But I never drink on the course. What makes this strange is that I'll smoke a nice...

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Help! I Need New Golf Clubs!

So I have this set of golf clubs, right? Thing is, I've had these golf clubs for some time...going on twelve years now. Actually, it's the first set of golf clubs I had ever purchased when I was originally introduced to this great game.The set came with irons three through nine, three woods (driver, 3 and 5) and a pitching wedge. Two of those woods (the driver and the three) are long gone...as is the wedge. The driver was once replaced with a nice Callaway Big Bertha. I lost the ability to hit that straight and it no sooner found its way to eBay. I replaced the wedge with one I received as a gift and added another one later.Putters have come and gone. Bags have done the same. But what's remained consistent through all of the change surrounding...

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Golf and This Thing of Ours

Recently, I ran across an interesting article about mobsters Al Capone and Sam Giancana's passion for golf. These two Chicago gangsters actually used a nine iron for what it was meant to be used for. Not for nothing but I'm glad I wasn't around to keep score.Dave Kindred, a contributing writer to Golf Digest wrote:One dark and steamy Chicago summer night, the telephone rang as Harry Pezzullo watched the fights. Golf pros don't get many late-night pleas from clients. But there was no confusion once Pezzullo heard Sam Giancana's voice. The ganglord said to the pro, "Get your ass down to the club." Money had changed hands that afternoon, most of it leaving Giancana's. He wanted the pro to look at his swing. More than that, he wanted it fixed....

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Tiger: BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...

*UPDATE* - Did we even need a press conference? You could have just read our post from the night before! (see below)I'm sure you've heard by now that Tiger Woods is going to hold a press conference tomorrow at 11 AM EST; Well, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. You mine as well play the video of A-ROD from last spring training and just superimpose Tiger's face over Alex's. Do we even need a press conference? I'll tell you what's going to happen right now, 12 hours BEFORE the camera's turn on: He's going to apologize. Apologize for all his transgressions. Apologize to his wife. Apologize to his children. Apologize to his fans. Tell us how he made a mistake(s) and conjure up a few tears for good measure.Basically, he'll go through the motions of what public relations...

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Bigfoot Stole My Golf Ball

Have you ever hit what you thought to be a awesome drive, only to have your ball disappear on you? Well, I've been a victim of this "phenomenon" so many times, I started wondering where all those golf balls could've ended up. I mean, are there millions of golf balls lost in some vortex somewhere? To me, it seems very fishy whenever your golf ball pulls a Houdini act.Can't you envision Sasquatch (or some other "thing") lumbering out to the fairway from the trees, pausing to look around for a second, then snatching your golf ball before retreating into the depths of the underbrush? Don't laugh, like a creepy forest, scary house or old cemetery, golf courses are not immune to reports of strange activity...In Roxborough, Colorado, two course workers...

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Total Recall: Danger Comes To The Golf World

What is the world coming to? Toyota and Honda screwing up their cars? The two companies commonly referred to as building the most reliable cars are dropping the ball? What's next? Snow in July?! Health insurance companies dropping their rates?! The Yankees slash payroll?! Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!!The fact is, there are recalls every month. And eventually, there are recalls on seemingly just about every car manufactured. Maybe your car isn't one of them. Maybe you've already had the recall taken care of. Well, don't feel too safe yet my friends. You see, the recalls extend a bit farther than your local roads and highways. It seems you may be in just as much danger on your local cartpaths and fairways.Everyone knows the...

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Four Strokes and seven yards to go...

As we get close to President's Day, I began to wonder how many presidents were golfers and how would they rank amongst each other.So, with the intentions of embarking on an arduous journey of research and collecting data, I went online and with the click of a few buttons found the following list thanks to Golf Digest!Without further ado, the ranking of golfing presidents:1. John F. Kennedy2. Dwight D. Eisenhower3. Gerald R. Ford4. Franklin D. Roosevelt5. George H. W. Bush6. George W. Bush7. Bill Clinton8. Barack Obama9. Ronald Reagan10. Warren G. Harding11. William Howard Taft12. Woodrow Wilson13. Richard M. Nixon14. Lyndon B. Johnson15. Calvin CoolidgeWho would of thought that with such a short term, unfortunately, JFK would be leading the...

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10 Sure-Fire Signs You're in for a Long Afternoon on the Golf Course

I started playing golf at the age of 14. In the ensuing 20+ years, I (like many) have developed the ability to accurately gauge golfers just by looking at them. Now don't get me wrong - you can't always judge a book by its cover, but any of the signs below usually mean I'm in for a long (and somewhat interesting) afternoon on the links - and all this can be ascertained BEFORE you actually tee-off on the first hole. Let's take a look at some easy observations: 1. They carry a ball retriever There it is, sticking out of the golf bag like a sore thumb. Whether it's used to fish-out their own errant shot or the errant shot of somebody else, it's going to come out of the bag and the rest of us are going to have to wait. "But I can get it, I see...

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