Teeing Off into a Bionic Golf Future
A thought piece explores brain chips, artificial muscles, and prosthetic limbs for golf raising questions about ethics and eligibility. It cites NASA scientist Bar Cohen on artificial muscles and a Serb patient with elective amputation, asking if bionic players would be allowed in USGA and PGA events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoseph Bar-Cohen
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bar- Cohen
Earth
Oskar Altmann
USGA
PGA
Quote of the Week on Luke Donald and the golf groupie
A commentator describes Luke Donald as a brave competitor behind the ropes facing a disrespectful spectator. The remark portrays a tense moment where a stare-down leads to the groupie’s silence and a noted display of nerve in golf culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Donald
Hell
Pitching in golf a syrupy full body action
The article explains pitching differs from chipping by using a full body motion to loft the ball high and land softly. It describes a clock analogy for lead arm position, weight distribution about 70 30 to the front, stance adjustments for spin, and a smooth swing driven by body rotation led by the back knee.
Presidential Golf Dream Foursome Sparks Humorous Speculation
The piece jokes about Barack Obama and John Boehner teeing off on June 18 with Donald Trump joining for a political golf spectacle. It notes Trump’s joke about a 2012 presidential golf match and cites handicaps and possible course bookings while delivering a light, partisan-tinged golf buzz in a New York Times context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barack Obama
John Boehner
New York Times
Donald Trump
Rodney Dangerfield
Trump
Obama
Donald
Boehner
Tiger Woods Splits From IMG Agent Steinberg
Sports Business Journal reports Mark Steinberg, Tiger Woods' IMG agent, is exiting. Tiger earned about 1 million for IMG while Steinberg was paid 3 million. overall endorsements dropped after deals with Gatorade AT&T and Accenture ended and Woods faced knee issues. Woods remains loyal to Steinberg and follows him out?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Steinberg
Tiger Woods
IMG
Sports Business Journal
Tiger
Steinberg
Gatorade
At&t
Accenture
Woods
Golf Spoke Here Open up the hole
A brief golf note discusses how a tee shot should set up the next approach with an optimal angle to reach the green. It emphasizes planning the path from tee to green for the best follow up shot.
Worst golf swings that somehow work beyond Darcy
Top four awkward swings that still yield results: Jim Thorpe with a whirly-bird finish similar to Palmer, Miller Barber whose silky choppy angles converge at impact, Jim Furyk with a looping inside move after a near ear height takeaway, and Tommy Gainey whose glove oddity precedes a surprising, effective swing through the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eamonn Darcy
Darcy
Aol
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
Miller Barber
Barber
Mr. X
Jim Furyk
Jim
Furyk
Tommy Gainey
Gainey
Youtube
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Tjinsider
Dragon Ranch Golf Club
Dragon Ranch
Golf Digest
Dragon Ranchgolf.com
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Turnpike
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