Phil Mickelson's Tips From The Bunker

I spent the day playing in the sand but I wasn't at the beach. My practice session today was spent in the bunkers. I am making a conscious effort to practice all aspects of the game and today I got a little sandy.I always hear the teaching pros talking about how all amateurs spend too much time on the range practicing their irons and drivers. I've...

It's Hard To Score Low When You Don't Hit The Fairway

Yesterday was the first time that I didn't play a "desert" course out here in Arizona. McCormick Ranch Golf Course(MRGC) resembles the courses back home in Florida in that this course was mostly flat, and had trees instead of cactus. The rough was grass and not rocks and tumbleweeds. The difference, of course, were the cascading mountains in the...

Dogs Chasing Cars And Pros Putting For Pars Don't Last Long

I'm in Arizona for the next week and of course that means great golf. I live in the South Florida so I have some played some great courses, but I love the courses in Arizona. Every course I have been taken to has been in great condition with scenery that is to die for.I played at Arizona Grand Resort, formerly know as Phantom Horse yesterday with...

My Friend Sam's First Round Of Golf

I had an opportunity to take my friend Sam(Sam is on the left) out for his first full round of golf this past week. It was his birthday and he wanted to start off his day on the golf course. I think it's the perfect way to spend a birthday so I obliged.I took him to Miami Springs Golf Course where Sam Snead , Gene Sarazen , and Byron Nelson used...