be brandon :)

Finally nailed down a partner for the tournament this weekend! Brandon from tualatin. He kills the ball...my only chance to coming close to winning will

Going to be in the p.p.s.f.c. Annual golf tournament aug 8th. At green mountain!

Me and ethan went to green mountain last thursday. Ethan did really good! Got his first par after sinking a 20 ft putt on a par 4! I shot a 44... Again...

Rain Rain, GO AWAY!!

Well, after a short 3 hours at the US Open, play was suspended due to a down pour of rain. And there is no end of the continuing rain in sight!

Puddles formed on some fairways, too, most notably at the 18th hole, which is built on a swamp. The 18th green, which is elevated, was virtually underwater when play was suspended.
The poor drainage at No. 18 -- it has had to handle nearly 30 days of rain since the beginning of May -- could provide an interesting wrinkle at the end of this championship.

USGA rules do not allow for a U.S. Open champion to be crowned in fewer than 72 holes, so play will continue until all four rounds can be completed. That means a Tuesday or Wednesday finish is not out of the question, especially considering the USGA was expecting rain through the weekend and into next week.

http://www.seattlepi.com/scorecard/golfnews.asp?articleID=234859

Bandon Dunes or Bust!

Bandon Dunes, Oregon

I have always heard of this nice, expensive golf course on the Oregon coast, Bandon Dunes. I heard it was right on the ocean, and it was a Scottish links course. I have always loved the links courses.

Today, I stumbled over some pictures of it on the website. OH MY GOSH!!!! What a beautiful course! Rated #2 in the Top 100 Public Golf Courses in America! The green fee is a small $225, but, God willing, I am going to play that course before I die!

-Jared

Winner of the 2009 Memorial

Great job, Tiger Woods! Way to finish the tournement at -12!

Ancient Golf book

If you get a chance, go to Google and type and take a look at "Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game." It was published in 1875. Very interesting point of view and history of the game.

-Jared

Tip of the day...

I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone’s golf game...

It’s called an eraser :)

reference-
http://www.coolnsmart.com/funny_golf_quotes/
_____________________________________

-It's funny... the cleaner I keep my game, the better I play.

I remember the last round I played, I was playing a slight dog leg left. I pulled my tee shot to the right. From the tee box, it looked irretrievable. So, I teed up a provisional and killed it about 250 yards straight. I was soooo temped to pretend I could not find my first ball. However, there it was, sitting up nicely, but behind a tree. I thought about it and decided to play the first one. I punched it out and it landed on the green- and I two-putted it for par.

Tip Of the Day

Taken from Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

BACKSPIN-An average golfer was pestering Tommy Armour to teach him how to put backspin on his iron shots.

The obvious answer is that if you hit the ball solidly, the loft of the club will put backspin on it. But this was too simple. The average golfer was sure Tommy must know some secret that made a good middle-iron shot land on the green and dance backward.

Finally Tommy said, "Let me ask you something. When you hit an approach shot from 140 yards or so, are you usually past the pin, or are you usually short of it?"

"I'm nearly always short of the pin," the average golfer replied.

"Then what do you need with backspin?" Tommy said.
___________________________________

-I love this short story of backspin. I, we, tend to over think golf sometimes. I have to remind myself from time to time to just let it come naturally. That's usually when I break 100...

-Jared

Congrats Steve Stricker

Congrats Steve for winning the Crown Plaza Invitational at Colonial!! In a 2 hole suddent death playoff against Tim Clarke and Steve Marino.

Scoring a with -17

Please keep Phil Mickelson's wife in your thoughts and prayers

After undergoing an extensive battery of tests Phil Mickelsons’s wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The couple married in 1996 and has three children aged 9, 7 and 6.
More tests are scheduled but the treatment process is expected to begin with major surgery, possibly within the next two weeks.

for more info, click on the link below.

http://www.philmickelson.com/

Today all the PGA golfers were wearing pink shirts to support Amy in this battle. What a thoughtful gesture.

Your age by Golf math

YOUR AGE BY GOLF MATH
First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to play golf (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ... If you haven't, add 1758.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.You should have a three digit number The first digit of this was your original number (I.e., how many times you want to play golf each week).

The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

more pictures

Bobby Jones pictured with his legendary rivals Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. These three men dominated world golf from 1914 through the mid-1930s. Together capturing 31 major championships. Also pictured is Johnny Farrell who defeated Bobby Jones at the 1928 U.S. Open.

Bobby Jones is pictured chatting with Masters champion Ben Hogan and his old rival Gene Sarazen. Once when speaking of Ben Hogan's game, Jones stated, "I thought I was a hard fighter. I thought Hagen and Sarazen were. We're not in a class with this fellow, Hogan. When he has a ninety-yard shot to play he expects to hole it."

Great Golf Movies

Here are some great golf movies that I could watch over and over:

Favorite Golf Pictures

Here are some of my favorite pics...

All these pics are at St. Andrews Golf links in Scotland, the home of Golf.

Bobby Jones, the only golfer to ever win the Grand Slam (all 4 majors in the same year) back in 1930. No other golfer has done that to this day!

Teeing off at Hole 18... could you imagine having all those people surrounding you while teeing off??

Young Bobby Jones with British Open champion Harry Vardon. Golfers of different generations. Comparable to Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.


I love this pic. You can see in the background, Harry Vardon on the right of the 4 men standing there. Teeing off at Hole 1.




Here are just a few of my favorite holes.

St. Andrews, hole 18 with the famous Swilken bridge. I can't even imagine how many famous players have walked over that bridge. I think all the way back to Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris, all the way through to Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, etc. Someday I will be able to see it in person!

Cour de Alene, Idaho- floating green. You have to take a boat out to finish the hole!

Hole 18 at Harbor Town

Hole 17 at TPC Sawgrass

Hole 12 at The Masters in Augusta Georgia.

Fairway Village

7:18am tee time. The sun was just peeking over the trees. The morning dew was still covering the fairway like a blanket. There was the smell of fresh grass and a promising round of golf ahead.

What a great round it ended up being. I've been on a really good streak lately, and it is amazing what confidence can do for your game. I was only +3 at hole 7. Then hole 7 eat me up, ending the hole with another +3, leaving me +6 at hole 8. But I parred 8 and bogeyed 9, leaving me with a 41 on a par 34.

Matt ended his round with a monster drive, just 10 yards short of the green, on a par 4! He walked away with a birdie. Matt, you did great, having not played for a year!

Ended the round at hole 19, at Sherries restaurant.

Until next time...

God Bless.

Jared

Back in action!

Hey everyone out there, this blog is back in service! Here to update you with my latest golf adventures.

It's been 4 years now, played a lot of golf! All over the place, including a 3 day trip to Sunriver, Or last september. Plan on going again this year.

Ethan, my son, has been really into Golf lately. I have been taking him to the driving range alot, and he has gone out with me on the actual golf course several times now. He is starting to see the big picture now, and seems to be more in love with this game.

Played Stone Creek last friday. Got in about 24 holes on the twilight deal. Then left there at 8:45 headed straight to Long Beach, WA where Misty and the Kids were. Played another 9 holes there the next day. That was Misty's first time going out with me. Ethan came also, he did wonderful!

Me and my brother Jason went to Green Mountain on monday, played 18 holes with a cart for free, courtesy of a tournament I played in last August for the Portland Pentecostal Church.

I shot about an 88 or so, did really good. Jason did pretty good for it being his first time out for about a year.

Hitting my driver pretty good at the moment.

We'll see where we end up next time. Stay tuned for more golf trips.