http://gettingunder90.com Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:34:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For a bit more than 15 years I was a loyal Allstate customer.  It all began when I moved to Palo Alto from out of state and needed an insurance agent.  I called a smart friend of mine and he suggested that I call Harold Lorber of Allstate Insurance.  If there was a Hall of Fame for great agents Harold would be an inductee on the first ballot.  Every complex question I had Harold worked ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2012/04/06/allstate-insurance-agents-the-best-and-the-worst-and-now-pemco/ It's that time of the year.  Tomorrow our nation will come together to watch the Super Bowl and the ads for the Super Bowl.  A few years back I told a gal friend of mine that Super Bowl parties were great places to meet men even if you know nothing about football.  You see with a huge group of men all interested in the game the only thing that would be it better is a ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2012/02/04/3-super-bowl-questions-every-woman-should-know/ Ken Igawa was a high profile signing for the Yankees costing them $46M.  He played 16 games in the majors and has spent the last 4 years in the minor leagues.  It's and intriguing and well told story.  The question is where does Ken end up next year? This is a terrific in detph profile of Ken Igawa by Bill Pennington of the NY Times.  It's a bit unusual because he's really the NYT's main golf ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2011/07/23/ken-igawa-the-46-million-dollar-mystery/ There are a lot of lessons in golf to learn.  I've watched my friends who used to play college sports get ready to hit.  They have a completely different approach to getting ready.  So I asked Jeff Ritter one of our top instructors "What are the pieces of a good set up routine?  He focused on three main elements: eyes, blade and feet.   Eyes  "The first thing to consider is the role of the eyes. Your eyes ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/09/06/lessonsingolf-setup/ 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. ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/09/01/retweet-your-favorite-theaposition-com-article-contest/ One of the confusing things about golf is the number of different tournament formats that are played.  Part of that is on display at the USGA Amateur Open.  The first two days were stroke play meaning that in order to make it to the next stage you needed to have one of the 64 lowest scores for the two rounds of golf.  In stroke play all they do is add up your total strokes on ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/09/01/2010-usga-amateur-open-match-play/ 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 ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/08/29/us-amateur-peter-uihlen/ 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 ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/08/27/freddie-couples-huevos-grandes-shot/ 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 ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/08/23/2010-usga-amateur-open-chambers-bay/ 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 ... ]]> http://gettingunder90.com/2010/08/18/the-venetian-casino-stung-by-theaposition-com-journalists/