Arnold Palmer Center For Golf History

photo credit: cliff1066   With a brand new renovation of the USGA Golf Museum in Far Hills, N.J., the USGA decided to name a new wing after one of golf’s greatest players, Arnold Palmer.  The new Museum took 5 years to construct at a cost of $20 million.  It is 33,000 sq. ft. and will include archives that recount the past 100 years of golf history.  The building will accomodate at least 40 more years of growth for the Museum.

The Palmer Center, is a modern two story wing of which nearly a third is devoted to exhibit space, with the remainder a research center and archives.  Between the two structures there are more than 2000 artifacts on display.  Learn more about the Museum at www.usgamuseum.com.

Lee Trevino Merry Mex

photo credit: gary.hisanaga   Lee Trevino started golf late in life. During duty in the U.S. Army, Trevino began playing golf. Once discharged he took a job with a local driving range in El Paso, Texas, his hometown. Trevino hit an average of 1000 balls per day even with bleeding hands.

In his prime, Trevino was one of the most popular players, ever, on the PGA Tour. Always ready to sign autographs and give interviews (even during play), Trevino was golf’s master of ceremonies. Trevino roused cheering fans with his mastery at “working” the ball. Lee Trevino’s trademark was a band-aid which he consistently wore on his right forearm. When asked why he wore it his reply was “I wore it to cover the name of my x wife!”

Arnold Palmer

photo credit: cliff1066   Arnold Palmer took the world of golf by storm in the late 1950s and early 60s. Back then TV was in it’s infancy and McDonalds was breaking the world record with over 1 million hamburgers sold. Baseball, not football, was considered “America’s Sport” and golf was just “no big deal.” Palmer changed all of that.

With his charismatic personality and playing ability, Arnie captured the hearts of America and catapulted himself and the game of golf into the national limelight. It’s hard to say what it was about him that brought out admiration and love from the fans. Perhaps it was his come-from-behind victories (one after another) or maybe it was his idiosyncrosies that drew you to him. Arny was just a good old fashioned American sports hero and that’s the way we like’em.

PGA Tour Web-site

www.pgatour.com photo credit: nsaplayer   is where you can get all of the latest PGA Tour information. Especially interesting are the PGA Tour statistics where you can learn all about your favorite PGA Tour Professional.

There are tournament schedules posted with course information and incidentals that may be helpful to you as a spectator. Along with tour dates, there are lists of players that will participate in each event. If you plan on attending a PGA event this web-site is a must.

News articles about the latest PGA Tour news are posted regularly. These articles usually relate to the latest tour event or any golf news that may involve PGA Tour Players.

The PGA Tour web-site keeps you informed and interested in all of the latest happening on the PGA Tour. It should be on every player’s “favorites” list.

Practice on the PGA Tour

photo credit: mandj98 Nearly all PGA Tour Professionals spend a huge amount of time on the practice range. In order to play at peak performance, hitting hundreds of shots per day is a requirement. What these tour pro’s are most concerned with is maintaining a consistent swing tempo. This should be a good example for all amateur golfers.

Swing tempo and good timing go hand in hand. For the average player, a good tempo is very hard to develope playing weekend golf. If your tempo is not consistent there is no way to guage shot distance.

The order of the day is simply more practice. Learn your shot distance with each club and watch your scores drop dramatically, you’ll be glad you did.

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