The first of July is special to all Canadians. Its Canada’s birthday. This year Canada is 146 years old! Still young as a country, but deep in history. I believe that Canada is the best country in the world!
I am a grateful Canadian!
Author: The Grateful Golfer
Super Sweet Blogging Award
The Grateful Golfer has received the Super Sweet Blogging Award!
I want to thank Tales of Wild Boomba for the nomination.
The recipe for acceptance is as follows:
- Thank the Super Sweet Blogger that nominated you.
- Answer 5 Super Sweet questions. These can be found down below.
- Include the Super Sweet Blogging Award in your blog post.
- Nominate a baker’s dozen (13) other deserving bloggers. We’re keeping it to a half dozen (or 5). We’re running low on flour.
- Notify your Super Sweet nominees on their blog.
5 SUPER SWEET QUESTIONS
- Cookies or Cake? Both? Cookies – Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
- Chocolate or Vanilla? – Chocolate
- Favorite Sweet Treat? – Sweet Potato Pudding
- When Do You Crave Sweet Things The Most? – After Supper
- Sweet Nick Name? – Sorry Don’t Have One
5 NOMINEES FOR THIS SUPER SWEET AWARD
- Melissa’s Vegan Blog
- Morning Story and Dilbert
- The Happsters
- artborghi
- Top 10 of Anything and Everything
If you see your name on the list, your award is in the mail in a package marked ‘Perishable.’ Oh, this Super Sweet Blogging nomination’s too rich. We have to rest on the couch. Our tummies hurt.
You may ask why I would put this unique blog on The Grateful Golfer. At first, I was very surprised. However, after some research and following tons of links, I found that many of the recommended blogs were grateful about something. Sure, it was not golf, but they were grateful about things important to their lives….how could I not support something positive!
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
Launching for Distance
Recently, my golf ball is travelling 20 yards further off the tee. It only started two weeks ago and I am extremely grateful for the extra distance. Every reader will agree that being 20 yards closer on an approach shot is a gift from heaven. To accomplish this wonderful feat, I only changed one thing in my swing – the launch angle of my ball! Yup, that is it. Nope, nothing more complicated than that.
In an earlier post, I brushed over launch angle by discussion how high to tee my ball. But this is not the case this time. All I did was drop my right shoulder! I dropped my right shoulder and continued to swing the same way. The result was to catch the ball on the up side of my swing that results in 20 yards further….I am gob-smacked to say the least.
Stephen Salzberg at Forbes discusses launch angle and the optimum for the driver; Brent Kelly at About.com defines launch angle very well, Leaderboard.com also defines launch angle, but is slightly different, and Golf AcademyOne explains Golf Science and its relation to distance; all these articles are a great read if you want to see how a simple change can make a monstrous difference.
The video below is great to explain about launch angles and how they vary depending on swing speed, set up, etc. It was very helpful when I made my adjustment.
Hitting the ball further has really helped me enjoy the game of golf more….I wonder what else I can fix. I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
First Leg Complete
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking about my attempts to make the Base Golf Team. Well, I was successful. I shot a combined total of 161 over two days, which was good enough to finish first overall. I am extremely grateful to have made the team and hopefully I will play even better during the Regional Championship in July.
We have five men and two women on the team and it is an honor to represent your military base at any competition. The golf competition is extremely tough because of the number of participants. Usually, each base has 15-30 players tryout – the total number of players in my region will be upwards of 200 overall. This is whittled down to about 40 players for the regional competition. It is very difficult to win the team competition and even more difficult to win the individual event. I have finished second or third about seven times over the past 20 years and won the regional competition once. Overall, it is going to be every exciting to play in the three-day competition.
As the competition unfolds, I will keep you posted. I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
Rory McIlroy: One of the Nice Guys in Golf
Sam at 3underthru2 posted this personal account of Rory McIlroy. He really captured the essence of the world’s number two golfer. Thanks Sam, it is a story worth repeating.
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
Ever since his $250 million move to Nike, Rory has endured a rather torrid time on and off the course. He has received a lot of stick from the press and I imagine from his fellow players too for his current disappointing form. Questions concerning his move to Nike and for spending so much time with his Tennis star girlfriend, Caroline Wozniaki, must have developed into a continual weekly annoyance. However, despite the money, the glitz, the glamor and change in lifestyle, Rory still remains the same young man who grew up in the other Hollywood, Northern Ireland.
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