From the colonnades of palm trees to the lobby walls that slide away, this luxurious resort is designed to impress and continues to be my favorite Scottsdale resort. It’s relatively close in, has interesting architecture, beautiful grounds, and, in 2005, added a big new spa. What’s not to love? A 2 1/2-acre water playground serves as the resort’s focal point, and the extravagant complex of 10 swimming pools includes a water slide and a huge whirlpool spa.
If you want to hone your golf-playing skills before actually displaying it in front of others skilled in the game then DublisGolf’s “Putting Challenge” will train your Putts indoor and regardless of wind and weather. The Putting Challenge counts betting with 1-4 players. And, it features adjustable two 9 and 18-hole golf courses in the skill levels of amateur and pro. The golf simulator also features control panel with LED display and voice output is a plugin pipe rack mounted and around its own axis freely movable. And, as it is easily transportable with a compact design that sets-up in a few minutes without any tools you can practice golf at any time, wherever and whenever, and for as long as you want. The company also offers stylish Travel Case to carry it with you for playing in office during breaks or to be carried with you when you are outdoors. The Putting Challenge golf simulator sells for approx. $2,750 and the travel case will cost you an additional approx. $1,100.
The legends of Ghost Creek and Witch Hollow are as mysterious and elusive as the spectacular courses named after them by Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club’s founding owners – Gaylord Davis, Marvin French and Barney Hyde. Envisioning a serenely beautiful golf oasis reminiscent of hallowed stomping grounds such as Augusta National, these three private club pioneers overcame significant obstacles to build what are now considered two of the most outstanding golf layouts in the country…each a masterpiece in its own right, and each eliciting the chills and mystique of its namesake.
Here it is again, daylight savings time has passed, the Masters has passed and everyone is dusting off their golf clubs. When you take time off from your golf game, the finesse shots are usually the last part of your game to return to the sharpness of last summer because of one reason – lack of attention. Everyone goes to the driving range to practice the full swing because it is fun to watch the ball fly a long ways knowing you made that happen, but a great short game can save a very mediocre ball striking round.
For the summer, let’s look at the Srixon W-506 driver and I-506 irons.
Srixon has put together the easiest-to-hit driver yet. Allow me to introduce the W-506. With a power impact face, the sweet spot is expanded and covers more of the clubface, providing longer straighter drives that stay on target!
The I-506 irons give the look of a traditional player’s iron, but don’t be fooled. The I-506 has much more built into its ingenious design.
Now that the season has started and you have played a few rounds, you may be noticing that you need more practice. The area where the majority of players struggle the most is not usually around the greens, but the shots from 30 to 100 yards from the hole, or the pitch shot. Pitching the ball is when the ball flies further in the air, then rolls along the ground, the opposite of a chip shot - made with less than a full swing - in which the ball rolls further than it flies.