Retweet Your Favorite TheAPosition.com Article Contest
Yep. It’s pretty simple. Find your favorite TheAPosition.com article and retweet it to your followers with an @theaposition in it. We’ll DM you for your address and mail you one of these sweet Chambers Bay Poker Chip Ball Markers. We love’m.
US Only and you have to have more than 25 followers. Limit around 80 (or whenever we run out of chips!) Thanks from TheAPosition.
... Full Story
Golf Majors
The atmosphere at any golf major like The Masters, PGA Championship, The British Open and the US Open are very similar. You know you’re going to be part of something special. Someone is going to leave a very special mark on the game of golf by climbing a very high mountain. It is the same at the 2010 US Senior Open at the Sahalee Country Club. From the moment I stepped out of my car I could tell this is going to be something special.
As I walked along the golf course parking lot you could see from the state of the fairways that the Pacific Northwest is made for golf. The grass naturally grows...
Full StoryDustin Johnson Looks on as TheAPosition Journalist Nails Bunker Shot
Having Dustin Johnson watch us today as we played Shadow Creek, the week after we followed his play at Whistling Straits, was just a little bit of added pressure. But for my colleague Jeff Wallach, playing the out of the bunker on the 17th hole, executing an almost perfect sand shot looked like a walk in the park. It was merely enhanced by the presence of Johnson, on the adjacent tee, giving Jeff’s shot an admiring look.
Jeff executed an almost perfect bunker shot that carried the perfect distance and rolled to within 5 feet of the pin. We also watched Dustin and...
Full StoryThe Venetian Casino stung by TheAPosition.com Journalists
Before attending the PGA Fall Expo, Jeff Wallach, TheAPosition founder, told his Mom that he’d play one dollar in a slot machine in Las Vegas for her. So at The Venetian Casino Jeff and I stopped by a ‘Play 4′ machine and loaded in a dollar. As a venture capitalist, I had negotiated putting up all of the capital in exchange for a 50% split of proceeds for my Mom. Not one of my best betting negotiations, but it was fine given the capital at risk. The plan was agreed to and sealed with our word along with a handshake. With the formalities seen to, Jeff stepped...
Full Story2010 USGA Amateur Open Chambers Bay
As you approach the gate to Chambers Bay you see posters of Arnie, Jack, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson holding their trophies from winning the USGA Amateur. The young faces of these great golfers remind me of Field of Dreams when Ray sees his father on the field for the first time
“It’s my father…My God! I’d only seen him years later when he was worn down by life. Look at him. He’s got his whole life in front of him and I’m not even a glint in his eye. What do I say to him?” -Ray
But the effect is not lost. These future greats were forged here...
Full StoryFreddie Couples Huevos Grandes Shot
With a the huge gallery watching Freddie Couples on Bear Canyon – the 431 yd, par 4, 14th hole – Freddie went for it. The 14th is a a horseshoe hole, bending from right to left around a canyon. But you can cut the fairway and fire straight at the green. Or hit a provisional if you fall short.
So first up Nick Price takes the easy route and drives it straight down the fairway. Then Freddie steps up. It’d be easy to put it where Price did and take the safe route. But Freddie had the hometown crowd rooting for him. ...
Full StoryPeter Uihlein wins US Amateur
Copyright Bob Senoff
It was chilly Sunday morning when I walked up to the driving range at Chambers Bay for the final round of the US Amateur. Peter Uihlein was warming up and his dad was sitting on a bench watching. We were the first three folks there. David Chung was over on the putting/pitching range and had not showed up yet. A few minutes later Peter’s mom showed up and talked about the possibility that she might need some warmer clothes before we started.
As... Full Story
In my last post about beginner golf I was being guided through the Interbay Golf Center pro shop by PGA professional Issac Henry-Cano. I covered the basics of how to learn about golf and the golf equipment you need to... Full Story
-
Beginner Golf
I distinctly remember what is was like playing beginner golf when I was in...