Announcing "THIS FOR BIRDIE!" — The Golf Blog

by Doug McAllister

I can hear it now, "Not another golf blog!" But why not? If golf is the great parable of life that many believe it to be and if golfers and golf holes are as different—when considering the nitty gritty of it all—as fingerprints, then why not another golf blog? And not just another golf blog, The Golf Blog!

Okay, that may be a bit over the top. The Golf Blog! But, if golf has taught me just one thing, it is that you might as well have confidence in your swing, or in this case, in your blog or message. Okay, so it was over the top! Assess me a two-shot penalty and move on to the next tee. But I digress.

With "THIS FOR BIRDIE!" my intention is to talk about one of my very favorite subjects, a passion, really: Golf!

I plan to talk about my favorite golf haunts, looking at courses I have played—primarily in Utah, but, once in a while, those that I have been lucky enough to play in other places. And not just the courses themselves. I want to gab about their practice facilities. I want to pontificate on their personnel (because nothing can make or break a golf course experience faster than great clubhouse folks or, conversely, the sticks in the mud who somehow think they are entitled and you are just there to pay greens fees!). I want to rate their practice facilities (which ones let you actually hit from grass and which ones believe that a real golf experience is AstroTurf covered cement pads!).

I plan to review books that I have read about golf and movies about golf that I have seen. Who knows? Maybe they will be books and flicks that you might like too!

We may even dabble a bit in my views of golf's current events. After all, everyone wants to chew the fat some about Tiger or Ernie or Paddy or about grooves, dimples or shafts. Who knows? I may even throw in a golflitical cartoon or two (Golflitical? You know. You remove "po" from political and insert...oh, never mind!).

So that's it. I won't bore you any more with the trivialities. And if you like what I have to say—great! If not...well...that's okay too.

Tune in tomorrow and we'll get started. In the meantime, hit 'em long and straight!