GOLF DIFFERENTLY As usual I’m late to the game as I attempt to write about Top Golf several years after it has hit the mainstream. I just happened to be in Ohio, doing my Ohio thing, and from my hotel parking lot I saw poles and nets that shot up high into the night sky, […]
The thrill of competition vs. the joy of not keeping score (and everything in between) To score or not to score? That is the question. I think it all comes down to what is fun for you… I played competitive amateur golf when I was younger and enjoyed it to a great degree. Playing week
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“As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong” -Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching Golf is a paradox. When you swing out to the right the ball hooks left, you hit down to make the ball go high, you
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In looking online at several goals of North American Parks and Recreation Departments, I have compiled a list of ways The Golf Park might help in achieving your municipalities own potential goals and objectives. Improve and enhance natural resources, parkland, and recreational opportunities Anticipate the needs of the changing community and structure programs and facilities
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This post epitomizes The Golf Park. Grab some wiffle or foam balls, a golf club (maybe a 9 iron) and a loose piece of turf and go have yourself a game. Street hockey and pickup basketball have been popular for years, now its time for some drop in golf! It’s my feeling that so long
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I love watching the majors on television. I try and catch full Sunday coverage of every men’s major and most Sundays of the ladies major action. As a matter of fact, I’m watching Sunday coverage of the Women’s US Open as I write this. What I notice most is how defeatist the narrative is with
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Misshapen metal baskets, old balls with the thick red stripes surrounding and weathered old mats. Perfect! It was June of ’89 in Moose Jaw on my 10th birthday and my parents bought me a set of Northwesterns – a common starter set with only odd numbered irons but a complete set of woods (1, 3,
I was born and raised, up until 10 years old, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Hillcrest was one of two golf courses in town (the one that didn’t have oil sand greens to putt on). Soon after my Grandpa Hank took me out to the fields to try swinging the golf club for the first time,
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The Golf Park Blog puts a voice to new ideas that are designed to break down the games barriers while working to cement a new golf culture throughout our communities. Golf is already Canada’s #1 participation sport – now lets work to give everyone new access points and reasons to try the game – especially
