Bubba Watson discusses The Masters

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Bubba Watson visited Morning Joe to discuss The Masters along with the hovercraft golf cart developed with Oakley.

Golf Baby – The video

This video is hilarious, as this little toddler never misses as he whacks at plastic golf balls in the basement. Is he the next Tiger Woods?

Golfing for women

So much golf content is geared towards men, so it’s always cool when we find a golf site to feature that is geared towards women. Check out the Golf Girl’s Diary, and excellent site by Patricia Hannigan that focuses on a wide variety of topics, including golf gear, history, news, pros and more. The writing is excellent and she comes up with stories you won’t find on traditional golf sites.

Poker Strategies That Work

It can be quite the challenge matching up to fellow players around the Poker table. Players are usually of varying skillsets and experience, and all employing different strategies to get the better of you. Poker is a socially stimulating activity that can also be enjoyed with friends to wind-down after an intense round of golf. Showing your golf buddies that your talents extend beyond the “green” is just as rewarding as the light-hearted social competition.

Remember Not Every Hand is Playable

Rookie poker players often make the huge mistake of playing every hand. It is important to remember that not every hand you are dealt in the game will be playable. It is okay to fold a hand every once in a while. This will not only save you money, but could help you develop a playing strategy for other hands.

Bluff When There is a Need to Bluff

There is this huge fantasy image of poker players sitting around a table bluffing every hand, but that is far from the truth. A good poker player will only bluff when there is a need to bluff. Remember, not every player will react to your bluff and if you bluff too many times you lose the advantage.

Walk Away From a Hand if You Are Losing

Poker players in the USA, especially new ones, have this belief that if they have already started playing a hand they need to ‘ride it out’. That is a strategy that will not only have you losing a lot of money, but one that will find you out of the game quickly.
The game of poker is unpredictable. Hands that look like they might be playable sometimes turn into unplayable hands. A good strategy to use is if the hand looks unplayable get out. It is easier to cut your losses early, then to invest more money in an unplayable and losing hand.

Leave All Emotions at Home

Whether you are playing in an online casino or at a casino’s tournament table, it is important to make sure that you leave all emotions at home. Never play poker when you are angry, sad, or extremely emotional. These emotions can overwhelm you and cause you to play hands that you might otherwise have sat out on. Save money and leave your emotions at home.

You can earn a little extra cash when you play poker in USA, but only if you play with a winning strategy. These poker strategies can help guide you to becoming a winning poker player that earns a little extra cash.

Sean Connery learned to love golf during filming of ‘Goldfinger’

It’s been 50 years since the first James Bond film, and Bullz-Eye.com has put together a James Bond Fan Hub to look back at all of the movies. In Bob Westal’s review of “Goldfinger,” the third Bond film, he noted this interesting bit of trivia from the movie:

Though he claims to have seen the movie only twice — at the premiere and many years later at the urging of his daughter — Sean Connery owes his lifelong love of golf to the film’s lengthy golf game sequence.

The golf scene is quite lengthy in the movie, as films from the 1960s moved at a much slower pace. Above we have a slideshow of several photos from the film, with Bond taking a swing and two photos of Goldfinger. One with Bond and the other with super henchman Oddjob.

Augusta admits first female members

Things are finally changing at Augusta National. The home of The Masters finally has some women as members, with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore being admitted as members.

Sights on the golf course

Sub5Zero is featuring a new photo shoot set a on a beautiful golf course. I’m sure it will remind you of some of the wilder golf outings you’ve had in the past!

Callaway Golf teams up with Justin Timberlake

Well here’s some interesting news. Callaway Golf and Justin Timberlake are teaming up.

Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) today announced the establishment of an advanced, creative position for multiple Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor, musician and avid golfer Justin Timberlake. A Callaway Staff Professional since 2008, Timberlake will lend his versatile talents as a Creative Director for the Callaway portfolio of Brands. Timberlake will engage in the development and execution of high-level concepts within Callaway’s marketing activities and offer wide-ranging consultation on the visual representation of the Brand. The multi-year agreement was announced by Jeff Colton, Sr. Vice President of Global Brand and Product, Callaway Golf.

“We have worked with Justin for more than three years now and have been thoroughly impressed with the level of quality he brings to everything he is involved with,” said Colton. “Justin is an extremely gifted artist and an avid golfer with a deep passion for Callaway products, and his creative energy will serve us well as we connect with the next generation of golfers. The opportunity to bring someone with his multifaceted talents into our creative matrix is very rare, and his input has already made an impact.”

Timberlake’s initial work as a Creative Director for Callaway will support the Company’s 2012 RAZR line of premium golf equipment, including the recently introduced RAZR Fit™ Driver. Callaway’s 2012 product line will be launched in the first quarter of next year via the Company’s upcoming “Epic Demo” campaign being shot this week in Las Vegas across several iconic city landmarks, including the Bellagio Fountain. Timberlake’s contributions to Callaway’s Epic Demo campaign, which features Callaway staff professionals Phil Mickelson and Alvaro Quiros, includes collaboration with the creative teams and Director Joseph Kahn.

This is either a brilliant move or an act of desperation by Callaway. I tend to think it’s pretty smart. It adds to the brand’s lifestyle appeal and will generate a ton of PR.

Training is always important

Golf isn’t just for beer guzzling weekend warriors any more. Tiger Woods proved that you can get stronger and be even more effective. Think about it. Of course you don’t want to ruin your swing, so flexibility has to be one of your goals. But you don’t have to give up your dream of looking like an MMA fighter just because you’re serious about your golf game.

Check out the video above and you’ll want to try the workout program used by Georges St-Pierre. This is not about bulking up, but instead it’s about getting incredibly fit. The intensity is real and it’s ideal for those of you who set the bar high for yourself.

If you want to improve your golf game, doing something to improve your fitness can only help. Find a workout routine that fits your goals and just be mindful of how it’s impacting your swing as well. That said, this program is not for the guy looking for a program to just get into shape. There’s nothing wrong with that, but if you’re looking for something more challenging this could be for you.

Golf Betting Dynamics Changing Rapidly

It was only a couple of years ago that Tiger Woods was the biggest overlay in all of sports as the golfer the masses would flock to each weekend for what they believed to be easy money. Woods had his name atop the Official World Golf Ranking for years on end and golf betting basically came down to who was the second choice after Woods.

It has taken the general betting public a year to catch on to the fact that Woods was nothing but a myth of the past and that his days of dominating golf were completely over. A new era has arrived in golf betting that is all about a fine crop of new players that adds significant parity and balance to a sport that needed it.

Betting on golf comes down to far more than who is going to win the next tournament. While you can certainly play those odds you can also get odds on different matchup pairings between the golfers as well as futures odds on the major tournaments as well as proposition bets on scores and such rarities as a hole in one.

Woods was always a highly popular choice on all of those different wagering options as he had a larger than life reputation that indeed turned into a myth that sustained itself for 2 years after his infamous fall on Thanksgiving weekend of 2009. Beyond the collapse of his phony image that he used to make hundreds of millions of dollars in endorsements and the destruction of his marriage; Woods has also had to deal with injuries that are decimating his ability to perform.

Woods has suffered an epic fall in which he went from number one on the Official World Golf Ranking all the way down to 55th. A new breed of names starting in order of ranking with Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker, and Dustin Johnson is where the action is for the new facts of golf betting life.

Handicappers are now looking at new dynamics that they didn’t care about when Woods was at the peak of his game such as board value. With Woods, the golf betting price was irrelevant but without him it is among the most important factors to consider. Matchups between golfers are now even and a new champion seems to win every week which makes this era the best ever.

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