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The neoprene rubber top of my 18-year old golf bag had started to deteriorate and was rubbing off on my clubs and hands so it was finally time for a new one. I don’t know what it is about golf bags for me, but I find looking for a new one as enticing as shopping for a new car. After all, this bag had served me flawlessly for 18 years and now I had to find one that would be my loyal companion for at least another 15 years! Who's ready for that type of commitment? I looked at some...

Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course sits in the middle of Richard B. Russell state park in Elberton, GA near the South Carolina border of the sate. The reservation and check in process was simple. We asked for a preferred tee time online and the course got back to us in a couple of hours with a time very close to the one we requested. Upon arrival, the starter came out of the club house and gave us a very friendly and thorough overview of the course, pin placements, cart rules, etc.  Front Nine: Since the course is situated on Lake Russell...

Do you consider yourself a lag putter? You know, the type of golfer that is so nervous about having a long second putt for par, or bogie, that they never get their first putt to the hole. As the old cliche goes "Never up, never in". Translated that means if your ball doesn't have the speed to get to the hole, it aint goin in! So how do you get over your fear of that next putt?  Well there are two things that you need to practice to improve your chances of making more putts, the first is improving your...

Every time I start grumbling about needing a new putter my wife is sure to remind me that it’s not the putter, it's “the Putter”, meaning me! Ahhh wives, ya gotta love ‘em, but they know nothing about a man’s need to collect as many golf clubs as possible before we die. Enter the new Works Versa #7H Putter from Odyssey, a putter I had picked up and put back down a number of times at golf shops in the area. I really liked the feel but, at first, thought it very gimmicky what with its vampire like teeth protruding from...