In the modern era of golf, many top players are seeking techniques from the gurus to enhance mental strength for the game. Ernie Els, who won the last British Open had visited mental coach to acquire mental skills before the start of the season in 2003, he spent some time with his ‘mind’ teacher and went on to shoot 30 under par and ... More

MINSK: Two Belarussians have been charged with involvement in a pro-democracy stunt in which a Swedish light aircraft dropped hundreds of teddy bears over Belarus last month, the KGB state security service said on Tuesday.
The stunt, mounted by a Swedish public relations company, led to Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko sacking h ... More

LONDON: London Olympic organisers are investigating how a bucket of condoms with a placard reading ‘Kangaroos condoms, for the gland downunder’ with the picture of a boxing kangaroo found its way into the athletes’ village without official consent.
Barcelona started the trend of supplying free condoms to athletes when th ... More

Hitting the ball a long way can be very advantageous, but if the ball does not find the fairway, it has no meaning. The most successful players are those who can drive them long and straight.
Alignment
Most players do not pick a target before they address the ball. You should go directly behind the ball and the target line and set ... More

LONDON: A crackdown by ‘logo police’ on brands being linked to the Olympics without official sponsorship rights is proving a challenge rather than hindrance for some companies who are relishing testing the limits.
London Games organisers have enforced strict rules to protect official trademarks and stop ambush marketing but ha ... More

BITHCE: A gang of thieves dressed as knights and armed with a sword and an axe robbed the organisers of a medieval festival in northeast France and made off with 20,000 euros, police said. The theft took place in the early hours of Monday as organisers were counting revenues from the festival in Bitche, near France’s border with Germany, a ... More

MADISON LAKE: Only an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny number of bikini-wearers turned out to strut their stuff in a southern Minnesota town. Organisers had hoped for hundreds of women to march in what was billed as the world’s largest bikini parade.
But the number of bikini-wearing women — and a couple of men in bikini tops — at ... More

Hitting the ball a long way is a combination of clubhead speed and a square clubface at impact. Sounds easy, but one may have to work a lot to perfect this move. The golf swing has a number of components and if one breaks down, they will immediately experience lack of power, accuracy or even both in some cases.
But incorporating a few rem ... More

NEW DELHI: Oreo marked her birthday this year with a pool party in a posh New Delhi neighbourhood. Nothing
unusual — except that the two-year-old is a dog. The Dalmatian celebrated with a cake of flour, cheese and chicken tikkas, garnished with a rib-shaped biscuit on top and spent the day splashing in a swimming pool and chasing h ... More

LONDON: Just. Stop. Raining. That was the unusual plea published in an editor-ial in The Times of London on Saturday, a measure of Britons’ growing frustration with months of miserable weather.
“Let us make our position clear: We are against this weather,” the venerable newspaper wrote in an unsigned opinion piece. &ldqu ... More

SALT LAKE CITY: A 59-year-old Utah man who wrote his own obituary before he died used the opportunity to come clean. Friends and family of Val Patterson learned last Sunday that the man they thought held a doctorate from the University of Utah received the degree thanks to a paperwork mistake and that he never even graduated.
Patterson di ... More

Revolution in technology means that today we have a large variety of golf balls to suit every level of play. Did you know that the golf ball today actually flies 50 or more yards further than those made some decades ago? In fact, the first golf balls were made from wood! A documented reference goes back to a John Daly playing with a wooden ball ... More

NEW YORK: A flight attendant on a weather-delayed plane yelled at passengers and challenged them to leave the plane if they dared before he was removed and the flight was cancelled. The incident, involving American Eagle flight attendant Jose Serrano, was caught on video.
But ABC News reported the airline, whose parent company is AMR Corp ... More

The ‘yips’ became a much-used term among golfers when Bernard Langer, Germany’s top golfer at one time, went through a prolonged phase of suffering from them. Commentators worldwide used the term to describe his slump in rankings.  Not familiar with the term? It is used to describe a strange phenomenon of losing total conf ... More

When you start playing golf, you dream of getting the ball to fly. Once that is done and a little consistency maintained, you will find
yourself on the golf course more and more. From there on, your focus becomes a never-ending journey of trying to score lower and lower.
I have been watching quite a few rounds of golf with weekend ... More

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is cracking down on portly policemen after only a quarter of the 19,000 officers in the Punjab province passed a fitness test.
The plump police, responsible for safeguarding the most populous province, were warned in letters to trim their waistlines to the regulation 38 inches by the end of the month. Those who fail ma ... More

HOLLYWOOD: Uggie, the canine star of the Oscar-winning film ‘The Artist’, added his paw print alongside other Hollywood greats in a ceremony marking his official retirement.
The Jack Russell Terrier added his mark to the famous forecourt at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, where other stars of the silver screen such as Marily ... More

ATLIXCO: Sex sells — at least that is what the ruling party candidate is hoping as she seeks to rescue her fading chances in Mexico’s upcoming presidential election. Sitting well behind the frontrunner, Josefina Vazquez Mota of the National Action
Party (PAN) has appealed to women voters to use their wiles to ensure their hus ... More

You feel confident when you are playing well, but the real challenge is to remain confident while you are not. It is almost impossible for a golfer to stay focused and swing in a good tempo when he is not confident. Here are some guidelines that can help you stay confident during your game a little more consistently.
Confidence can be lea ... More

BLACKBURN: Two ice-cream slingers got into a heated argument in Blackburn, England. The results: A broken window, a dented van, and a seriously surreal video.
An onlooker captured the squabble on video from an upstairs apartment window. Here is the scoop: Zeheer Ramzan works for Mr Yummy. Mohammed Mulla sells Mr Whippy products. Apparentl ... More

BERLIN: Could a runaway celebrity cow replace late Paul, the ‘oracle’ octopus, as the next animal with the ability to foretell the fortunes of Germany’s national soccer team?
Yvonne shot to fame in Germany last year after she escaped from a farm where she was due to be slaughtered and roamed free around Bavaria for three ... More

Acceleration is the increasing speed at which the club head moves through the ball and is important not only for hitting shots of long distance, but also for short putts. In fact, if you find that you are missing too many short putts, the cause may be failure to accelerate
the putter head. Here is a drill that will help.
On the pr ... More

SAO PAULO: A pair of women’s underwear that fell out of a Brazilian legislator’s briefcase on the floor of Congress two weeks ago has been incinerated after no one stepped forward to claim them, O Globo newspaper reported on Thursday.
A group of five legislators was rushing into the Chamber of Deputies to vote on a cyber crime ... More

SAO PAULO: There is no denying it — this is a clear case of yellow journalism. Billboard Brasil has created a new musically interactive urinal that strums guitar chords while someone goes to the bathroom. The Guitar Pee is designed to look like an actual electric guitar and plays a unique set of notes with each use.
In fact, it even ... More

Golf is known as a gentleman’s game. It is perhaps the only sport played on such an expanse of open space that competitors often never get to see one another during the game, despite playing the same field under similar conditions. It is also essentially a self-regulating game: golfers should understand the basic rules.
One must und ... More

ATHENS: Athens has gained a new tourist attraction alongside its ancient Acropolis, as visitors flock to view the nearby upmarket home of a disgraced former minister that has become a symbol of corruption. “After the Acropolis museum, this has unfortunately become the second main attraction here — the home of a corrupt minister,&rdqu ... More

You often choose to play a chip shot when your ball rests approximately 10 yards off the green with no obstacle (water body, bunker or long grass) in front of you. Short grass between your ball and the green gives you the option of chipping or even putting this shot; choose whichever is more comfortable. There are many ways to chip. With good te ... More

A draw is a shot that starts out to the right and then gently curves back to the left. For many, shots start out right and then go even more right. Most amateurs dream of having a draw ball flight and work for months and months to find the right swing that can produce the shots. Most golfers hit a fade (left to right curve) because it is easier ... More

SALMON: When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand. The encounter with a rattlesnake sent Craig, 47, to the hospital, where he said he remained in excruciating pain and may lose feeling in two fingers. Walm ... More

KIEV: A Ukrainian women’s rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long championship.
The young woman, 23-year-old Yulia Kovpachik, is a member of the Kiev-based Femen women’s rights group, which be ... More

Any golfer can produce a good round, but to play consistently is the hardest part of the game. Whether you try to shoot an under par score or try to break 90, the goal is the same — to play your best golf that day. To play consistently, you need consistent planning. The best players have a specific system for practice, preparation, and men ... More

Most amateur golfers walk up to the ball, take address and whack it. Most do not seem to understand the importance of pre-shot routine. Neither do they take any practice swings nor pay attention to other fundamentals. Watch a tour professional, he practices five to eight hours a day and still practices swing — loosening muscles, judging th ... More

You hit the ball and it pitches the green and rolls off despite putting for a birdie and almost guaranteed par. You start to wonder how you can best save par for the hole.
Hitting a ball higher in the
air can be very beneficial. When you are close to the green, you will want your short irons and wedges to get great loft to have t ... More

Everybody wants to hit the ball far and straight. Here is a drill that can add few extra yards on your shots if you patiently try it for few weeks. This drill is designed to get you in a great back swing position for consistent ball striking.
1. Set up for the drill by putting your right hand on your hip (left hand for left-handers). S ... More

Very often we have talked about how to hit the ball long but this week let us talk about how to hit it straight. Long drives are no use if you cannot hit them straight. The most successful players are those who can drive them long and straight. So let us focus this week on straight drives.
Aim: Firstly you need to focus on your alignment; ... More

Keep in mind that when someone slices the ball, their body is moving faster than their arms and club. A person who hooks the ball too much is doing the opposite. Their hands, arms and club are moving faster than their body. Since most people slice the ball, it is easy to see that it is almost impossible to swing your arms too fast.
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Golfers rejoice as we are heading into the midst of the peak golfing season. Surya Nepal Masters (SNM), the country’s largest golf event is scheduled between March 13 to 17, 2012; the venue is once again the stunning Gleneagles designed Gokarna Golf Course. A major attraction this year is that the event is in the order of merit for the Pro ... More

Every golfer wants to hit far. They switch to latest high technology. Even the manufacturers and marketers of the golf club companies promote their club with a slogan, ‘few extra yards guaranteed’
Do not be surprised if even the best players in the game practice, work out at the gym and do regular physiotherapy to add a few ya ... More

The difference between good and great players is that the good players produce good shots out of good lies and great players can produce equally good shots even from bad lies. To handle bad lies you need to make slight adjustments on the stance, posture, and sometimes even on the swing. Most amateurs try to hit the same yardage even from bad lie ... More

To play good golf, you need to work hard. To play top level golf you need to work hard, be fit and also need to have sound fundamentals to produce a reliable swing. The difference between a good player and a great player is that a good player will produce a good shot once in a while, whereas the best player will produce good shots more often. More

Stand on any practice range and you will witness an oddly recurring event: golfers lurching their body right to left or front to back in a bid to generate more power. Especially if you have just began learning the game or have been out of practice, you are likely to move your body so much in order to create greater swing power to cover more ... More

Hitting the golf ball perfectly through the sweet spot gives you a magical feeling. No jerks and vibrations, just that buttery smooth feeling as the ball soars effortlessly towards the target. Golfers may hit as many bad shots on a round but one or two shots off the sweet spot draws these golfers back on to the course. The reality of the game is ... More

Very often we have talked about how to hit the ball long but this week let us talk about how to hit it straight. It can be a great
advantage to be able to hit it a long way, but long drives are no use if you cannot hit them straight.
Alignment: You should go directly behind the ball and the target line and set up your feet in a p ... More

How you line up a golf shot pretty much determines where your ball will end up. Aim and alignment are factors you can control before you swing, with a bit of extra attention. You need to align your feet parallel to the target line, place a square clubface to the target line and align your shoulders and hips in the same order.
Very often y ... More

Knowing the rules can largely contribute to your scoring. A number of times players are penalised due to ignorance but at times they are just not aware of the rules.
In our last pro golf tournament, a player would have won the tournament had he known the rules better. Due to the course condition, we were playing one foot preferred lies a ... More

Wonderful weather, sunny day and beautifully laid Nirvana Country Club, Health and Golf Resort (NCCHGR) in Dharan were a superb treat for the entire golfing enthusiasts, including this scribe, last week. The oldest golf course outside the capital city is also the only one in the eastern part of Nepal. Surya Nepal Eastern Open was played at the N ... More

In many tournaments that are played in my home club, golfers complain about slow play and say that they
waited at least 10 minutes on every hole. If you have been playing well and had to wait long between shots, you would easily lose your bearing on the swing and ruin your score immediately. Many times players on the course complain abou ... More

Almost all newcomers in the game want to first complete the round of golf. The first time they complete 18 holes turns into a celebration. Once they begin to play the course regularly, they begin to have an ambition to break a three digit score (100) for a round.

Here is the guide on breaking the 100!
• If you have s ... More

Even the best players in the game practice, work out in the gym and do physio-therapy to add a few yards into their game. This is prob-ably one of the most enchant-ing parts of the game. You will hear golfers boast at the Clubhouse Restaurant, “I hit 260 yards on par 5 and reached the green in two shots.” The joy of hitting long driv ... More

When you start playing golf, you dream of getting the ball to fly. Once that is done and a little consistency maintained, you will find
yourself on the golf course more and more. From there on, your journey becomes one of of trying to score lower.
One common phenomenon among beginners and even intermediate players is that on most ... More

Once the ball starts to get airborne, you really begin to enjoy the game and will continuously want to improve. For instance, if you shoot 90, your target will be to break that number the next time. I personally feel that the desire to get better motivates golfers to stay in the game.
From my experience, if you have control over wedges, y ... More

It is very difficult to produce shots that will keep you in the short grass and give you an opportunity to attack the flag. However, if you have a sound knowledge about which side to place the ball, at least you can have a go, regardless of the outcome!
Even the top players in the world cannot hit perfect shots every time, but they set a ... More

Not even the best players in the world can hit every fairway on their drives. PGA tours statistics of 2010 show that top driving accuracy was 75.65 per cent made by Joe Durant, golfing legend Tiger Woods was outside top 200 with below 50 per cent of fairway hits. After knowing these statistics, you will begin to worry less even if your ball ends ... More

Time and again, amateur golfers talk about having different handicaps in different clubs. Most of them, I feel, are unaware of the golf course’s ‘slope rating’ and ‘course rating’ affect a player’s handicap. The golf handicapping system allows players at any skill level or age group to compete with one another ... More

When I was growing up as an amateur golfer, the biggest fun and most looked forward event at Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC) used to be the club championship played in match play format. I still get thrills recalling about the good and bad turns I faced in those events.
In match play, unlike in stroke play, the long hitter has an enormous ad ... More

Regardless of how good a golfer you are or how good a swing you make, there is always enough room for improvement. One must build it with solid components so the same swing can be produced again and again. I encourage you to work on the basics listed below for
an easier way to approach your golf swing, which will likely lead to lower sco ... More

Millions of people are addicted to the game of golf. The sensation of the game may sometimes be just a psychological one, nonetheless there are a number of physical elements that add to the enjoyment of the game.
What makes golf an addictive game? What is the psychology behind golf? What makes a person love it, excel at it, pursue it ?
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You feel great as a teacher when your pupils feel content after hitting a great shot. When a good shot is delivered, even their body language will express satisfaction. Every now and then, some of the beginners that I coach give me the results that make everything worthwhile. Most recreational golfers work hard on improvising long games rather t ... More

It takes two shots to hit the ball 300 yards and then three putts for the remaining 30 feet! Trust me — putting is a game within a game. Once on the putting green, the goal is to get that ball into the hole in two putts or less. If we watch the amateur golfers, most of the time the first putt from a long distance puts them in trouble. They ... More

KATHMANDU :Golfers, especially amateurs, get easily frustrated after a bad shot or a bad hole inviting more bad shots and ruining their game. Why does anger and frustration adversely affect a golfer’s game? Let us find out.
When a player swings the club, his entire body must move in unison to make the swing. The ideal swing aims to ... More

As I watch golfers try and master the game of golf, I am amazed by how many of them waste eight to 10 shots a round by being poor chippers of the ball around the green.
Regardless of how good a player you are, you will eventually face some chip shots on every round you play. If you are not good at it, you will easily throw a number of sho ... More

The first encounter I had with superstar golfer Rory McIlroy was in August 2006 at the European Amateur Championship at Biella Golf Club near Milan in Italy. I was not even interested in watching his game until he posted a 65 on the first round of the Championship, then I decided to introduce myself and followed his game too. Later, he went on t ... More

Having begun his business with an ordinary ‘single shutter’ Bhat-Bhateni Cold Store in 1984, Min Bahadur Gurung has transformed it into a
leading supermarket and department store chain that enjoys an annual turnover of around Rs 2.5 billion. Having recently opened a new store at Koteshw ... More

One technique which you need to add to your armoury of golf is ‘bump and run’, also known as ‘chip and run.’ This shot is
usually played within the periphery of up to 50 yards from the green; you ideally bounce the ball before the green and roll it up to the green or towards the cup. You need these shots especiall ... More

The experts of the game could not have said it better when they said that golf is inconsistently consistent. You always hit different shots and no matter how good a player you are, getting into trouble in some shots are just inevitable. The real joy of the game is basically trying out
variety of shots and the skills required in producing ... More

Most of you might have been in a situation where your ball might have landed nicely in the semi rough and you might have hit 20 yards longer on your usual shot. But never ever be mistaken that you have started whacking it longer! This is the result of getting a flyer shot. If your ball is lying nicely in a longer grass, you are likely to get a f ... More

Some players are miffed on the course because their ball flight is miserably low and they are unable to stop the ball on the green with their approach shots from the fairway. Players with higher ball flight have better advantage when it comes to stopping the ball on the green. A shot with higher ball flight drops d ... More

To play good golf, you need to work hard. To play top level golf, you need to work hard, be fit and
also need to have a sound swing mechanics. The difference between good player and great player is that good player will produce good shot once in a while, whereas the best player will produce good shots more often.

If you wi ... More

It is very fascinating to see a golf ball spin back on the green. It may look easy when we see it on television or on a professional golf tournament but it is most difficult shot to execute. Some club golfers talk for years about the shot they played and spun back 10 feet. Many aspiring golfers in my club ask me, “How do I spin the ball?&r ... More

Very often players who try to hit the ball far lose out on hitting it straight. If you drive the ball 300 yards and have to chip out on your second shot, the big drive would not be of any advantage for you. Therefore, hitting the long way is important to keep you in position to score low, but it is more crucial to hit the ball straight.
T ... More

Sometime last week I was giving a lesson on course to a mid-handicap golfer. At the end of the round, I told him that if he had worked on his short chips for few hours, he would have saved at least 10 strokes on his round. Most golfers spend valuable time practicing long shots, while only few work on the short game ... More

Most chairpersons and CEOs of major corporations, despite their hectic and busy schedules, still manage to make time for the round of 18 holes golf.  A round of golf would take minimum of four to five hours. Are they really enjoying exercising on lush green fairways, sparkling greens, and immaculate surroundin ... More

Quite a few good amateurs at my club ask how one could synchronise the movement of the club and the body? They sometime even inform me that they have gotten into the zone and synchronised their movement of the body and swing. But unless you understand the basics properly or are ignorant about it after getting the feel, chances of playing consist ... More

Golfers rejoice. We are in the midst of the peak golfing season. The month of April has been rejuvenating for the golf scene in Nepal. The agreement between Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd and Nepal Professional Golfers Association (NPGA) has taken the sport to newer heights
as the former has committed to provide Rs 11.2 million for the development ... More

Few weeks ago, I wrote about how to hit it long, but long drives are no use if you cannot hit them straight. The most successful players are those who can drive them long and straight. So this week, let us focus on how we can hit the ball straighter.
Alignment
Firstly you need to focu ... More

To play decent golf, you need a good swing and to play exceptional golf you need a feel. And to get the feel, you need to practice. But needless to say, if you practice without a goal or some thoughts, you are not going to improve your skills.

Here are some pointers that you can work on to develop a feel for your game.
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A top shot can be really frustrating even for beginners. A common problem for beginners is that they top the shots often and sometimes lose interest in the game.
Here are some reasons why beginners top the shots and some tips on how to cure them.
Head up (lifting your head at impact)
Very often, beginners a ... More

If you have been playing the game a couple of years, you would often know the mistakes you make. Yet you will find it very hard to correct them. Ever wondered why? It may be great fun hitting hundreds of golf balls at the practice range, but practicing the right swing and getting the fundamentals right is what you ... More

If you have no greens to work with and have rough or some obstacles before the green, you actually end up with no shot other than to play lob-shot (a shot that makes the ball fly quickly up and lands softly). This is considered to be the most
difficult shot in golf!
Every golfer in the game would want to try these shots but even t ... More

Most golfers want to hit the ball and put very little focus on building a proper golf swing. In fact, majority of teaching professional will frown upon the use of the word ‘hit’ because in fact, it is a swing that hits the golf ball and until you grasp this concept, you are making a serious uphill journ ... More

The governing bodies of golf have outlined rules of golf for the game to be fair from all aspects. On the sideline, they have outlined etiquette of the game to ensure respect and uniformity of the game is maintained by all golfers around the world for safety and enjoyment. The key to having the best golf experience begins with the know-how of co ... More

Most seasoned golfers just walk up to the ball, take address and whack it. They do not seem to understand the importance of proper pre-shot routine. Neither would they take any practice swings nor pay attention to other fundamentals to hit a proper shot. But players
who have good pre-shot routine definitely perform better in tournaments ... More

Being unable to reach the par 4s in two shots or unable to hit the par 5s in three shots will unnecessarily add pressure into your game. So, adding that 20 yards in your drive will make an unbelievable difference to your game. How can you achieve your power potential, and how can you generate add-itional clubhead s ... More

SYDNEY: The remains of Australia’s most famous outlaw, Ned Kelly, are finally to be laid to rest, 132 years after he was hanged for murder. Kelly’s descendants, who received the bushranger’s remains after they were exhumed from a mass prison grave, said they will hold a private church memo ... More

NEW YORK: New York police will begin asking city pharmacies to stock decoy bottles fitted with GPS devices among powerful painkillers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone in the latest bid to combat gunpoint robberies of drug stores.
Police hope that in the event of a robbery, the ‘bait bottles’, which w ... More

Playing out of sand is considered tough, more so if your ball is buried in the sand often, which is called a ‘monster shot’ in the golfing paternity. Even professional golfers find it hard to play these shots and are happy to come out and remain on the putting surface.
Most players try to play it ... More

BRASILIA: A judge in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state has confiscated copies of wildly-popular trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey and other erotic books from two stores, saying proprietors must seal the novels to prevent children leafing through them.
Police and judicial officials in the Rio town of Macae seized 64 books, including 11 copies ... More

Every now and then, golfers ask me, “How can I hit the ball a few yards longer? One of my friends just bought this new technology driver and he says he’s been hitting 20 yards longer. The shape of that putter looks so comfortable, maybe I should get one too.”
With questions like these comm ... More

NEW YORK: Nudists in famously tolerant San Francisco lost a bid on Tuesday to block a city ban on nakedness in public places, when a federal judge threw out a legal challenge that argued public nudity was akin to political expression.
San Francisco city leaders last month approved the ban on baring it all in ... More

If your ball is lying nicely in a longer grass, you are likely to get a flyer shot. A flyer shot can sometimes put you in serious trouble and ruin your scores.
I have had my own learning experience while I grew up as an amateur golfer. On one of the par 5s, I drove my ball around 280 yards in the semi-rough, ... More

Russian ‘sleeping judge’ resigns after video exposé
MOSCOW: A Russian judge has resigned after a video apparently showed him asleep during a trial that ended with him sentencing the defendant to five years in a penal colony. Critics of the Russian justice system, which has a not-oriously high conviction ... More

If the ball flight is low, even though you hit correct yardage on your shot it will invariably go off the green. This will have major impact in scoring. A birdie could turn into a bogey or a par could turn into a disaster. The situation can be more complex when your ball lies behind the trees and you need to produc ... More

Tourists treated to dolphin ‘superpod’ sighting
CENTRE CITY: Think of it as the anti-Carnival Triumph experience. A group of tourists on a boat off the coast of San Diego were treated to a sight both unusual and awesome — a ‘superpod’ of dolphins.
Footage ... More

A bogey golfer in average scores 90 in a round — 36 long shots, 34 putts and about 20 chip shots. Most of these players focus on practicing long game and occasionally practice putting, purely because most putting greens are next to the starting tee. If this golfer would improve on his chipping, his putts woul ... More