I remember a time when picking a golf ball was simple. You had virtually three choices: Distance, Wound and Tour balls. The distance balls were a two piece construction with a rock hard cover – Top Flite, Nitro and Dunlop ruled the market with these guys. Wound balls were what we might call a…

It’s always hard to get a deal on that new piece of gear when you need it, but Golfsmith is sure trying to help you out. From now until September 30th, you can use coupon code 43PUB012 at golfsmith.com to save $20 on any purchase of $125 or more. This is a great time to…

A few weeks back, I covered the fact that you want to prepare for your blow up hole. You know that hole where nothing goes right and you end up walking off the green questioning why you even play golf anymore? This Stroke Saver is coming from the same general thought process, but at a…

  In an effort to help you improve you game over the winter, I’ll be featuring some great training aids and equipment deals on the Golf On A Budget Twitter page all week long. Most of these deals will be from Amazon and will be Prime delivery or add-on items that will ship at no…

  Many of you know that I recently scored an update to my bag, getting my first new set of irons in 10 years. Something that occurred to me while I was looking around was the craziness of how many choices there are in today’s club market. Now, Wilson didn’t seem to have this issue…

Sure, during the summer months those high spin, high cost balls may be pretty amazing to play with, but what about when it’s so wet that you worry more about losing a ball when it plugs in the fairway? Most people aren’t going to line up to pay $3.75 a ball for a Pro V1x…

  Just as I had laid plans for my next round at Snohomish Golf Course, I managed to sneak in and get a tee time for September 18th at Maplewood Golf Course in Renton, WA. Since Maplewood is quite a bit different than Snohomish, I thought I should adjust a few of my goals for…

Rockbottomgolf.com has a serious deal on a great piece of golf gear today. In their limited time Wednesday Deal, Scratch at Rock Bottom is dealing out TaylorMade AeroBurner Drivers for an unbelievable $119.99. This is a solid $30-80 less than everyone else has these drivers and fairway woods featured for. There’s also some deals to…

So here I am again, after breaking down my round recap and looking back at my goals for this round. I had a few simple ones this time, but apparently they aren’t so simple when I’m not striking the ball quite as well as I could be. The 79 that I posted on September 11th…

We’ve all been there. That round where everything goes just right. The perfect drive followed by that pitching wedge that settles 10 feet from the flag. You mark your ball as everyone that is outside of you takes their first putts. You take your time and get a good read on the break, you visualize…