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We have lived in Carmel, on the Monterey Peninsula for over 30 years...from our studios we are less than 30 minutes away from 21 of the great golf courses in the U.S. and we take advantage of them every chance we get.  One of the joys about playing golf here is participating in the locals golf grapevine..what days to play, what courses have been plugged, how the new greens are, etc.  Also, getting to meet the thousands of golfers who visit the Peninsula on vacation, business meetings etc...they always have questions...where else to play...and details about the courses...where to get the best steak for dinner...places to stay, and more.  With Web 2.0 and this fantastic Blogtronix platform we are able to expand the local grapevine, inviting you to post anything about golf that you want...hopefully, that will center on Monterey Peninsula golf, but it's wide open..perhaps you live in Monterey and you just played Vegas.  This is a place to help each other the same way we do on the courses.  Add your video clips, pictures, hyperlinks etc.  In order to post you must first sign up in the upper right corner of this page...it's a 30 second process...this will give you a username and password...No charge.  Golfstar is free...This is for and about golf and golfers...it's for you.

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March 16th is "Wellderly" day..a day recognizing the older people who don't act old...

An 80-year-old man moved to a new city and joined a new country club. When he
first showed up at the club, a lot of its members looked at him eagerly: an old
man, someone we can win some money from!

The 80-year-old man did nothing to dispell their reactions. "I hit the ball
pretty good," he said, "but I have a lot of trouble getting out of deep
bunkers."

"Aha!" t...
He was 26 over par by the eighth hole, had landed a fleet of golf balls in
the water hazard, and dug himself into a trench fighting his way out of the
rough, when his caddy coughed during a 12-inch putt.  The duffer exploded.
"You've got to be the worst caddy in the world!" he screamed.
"I doubt it," replied the caddy.  "That would be too much of a
coincidence."...
My Golf Game...erratic to say the least...

  One minute I'm Tiger Woods
  The next minute I'm In The Woods

  One minute I'm Tiger Woods
  The next minute I'm Gladys Woods, an 86 year old ex-kindergarterten teacher fr
om South Hampton...
  who has never played the game....
The Monterey Peninsula Foundation, which oversees the AT&T National Pro-Am (formerly "The Crosby") each February announced this week they will replace Poppy Hills in the tournament with the Shore Course at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club.  This will reportedly go into effect with the 2010 tournament scheduled for Feb 8-14.  Poppy Hills was not happy...The Monterey Herald quoted Northern California Golf Association President Michael Hexner,  ...
Tiger Woods is back!  He won his first round of "Match Play" 3 and 2 yesterday.

What does that mean...3 and 2?

What the Final Scores Mean

Someone unfamiliar with match play scoring might be confused to see a score 
of "1-up" or "4 and 3" for a match. What does it mean? Here are the different 
types of scores you might see in match play:

• 1-up: As a final score, 1-up means that the match went the full 18 holes 
with the winner finishing with one more h...
In My Hand I Hold A Ball, White And Dimpled, Rather Small.
Oh, How Bland It Does Appear, This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.
 
By It's Size I Could Not Guess, The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.
But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell, I've Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell..
 
My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same, Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.
It Rules My Mind For Hours On End, A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.
 
It Has Made Me Yell, Curse A...
My golf game's so bad I had to have my ball retriever regripped...
You can now post your scores on line if you are a member of the NCGA (Northern California Golf Association).  Just go to NCGA.org and on the right hand side you click on Post Your Score...Be sure to put your membership number and your last name, both in there and it will take you to the posting area.  This is so much better than having to do it at the course ("oh, I left my glasses in the car").  If you join at Rancho Canada or Laguna Seca (as w...
Played Poppy Hills on Saturday and for the first time got a look at the revamped hole #2...Grabbed my cell phone camera and took a picture..sorry for the poor quality but maybe this will give you an idea of what they did..

As you probably know Poppy sort of had two holes in one with the flag sometime being at the top and other times on the bottom..now they've eliminated the lower green and made it all one.  It's beautiful and a great hole....onl...
There are thousands of golfing entrepreneurs out there creating all kinds of gimmicks for golfers..and if it gets us 5 more yards off the tee or shaves one stroke every ninety days, we'll buy it...but, here's an idea that has to be the ultimate in total uselessness for golfers..and, it's embarrasing as well..Check out the commercial for the "UroClub"....



We can't wait to see the Uro Golf Club for women....and then, the inevitable question...wha...