All About Famous Golfers

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Patty Berg is nationally recognized as one of the most accomplished women golfers. Born on February 13th, 1918 and was a golf school instructor, founding member and leading player on the LPGA, Ladies Professional Golf Association in the 1940’s, fifties and sixties. Berg began playing golf in 1931 at the age of thirteen, and her amateur career in 1934, winning her first title in the Minneapolis City Championship.

Berg turned professional in 1940, after winning twenty-nine amateur titles, and served as a lieutenant in the Marines during WWII. In 1948, she played an integral part in establishing, and later presiding over the LPGA. Throughout her career, Berg won fifty seven events on the LPGA and WPGA circuit, was the runner up in both the 1956 and 1959 LPGA championships, and achieved wins at the 1953, 1957, and 1958 Western Opens.
In addition to her impressive list of victories and wins, Berg was also well known throughout the pro golf circuit for her work within the golf school clinics she conducted on behalf of Wilson Sporting Goods, and she herself estimated that had led more than ten thousand of these clinics during the course of her career.

The LPGA tour began in 1944 as the Women’s Professional Golf Association or WPGA, founded by Hope Seignious, Betty Hicks, and Ellen Griffin. The organization struggled until nineteen fourty eight, when Wilson Sporting Goods began sponsoring it, and in 1951, the LPGA tour was founded, and Patty Berg was elected as president. A year later, the organization had a twenty-one event schedule, and Hall of Fame member Betty Jameson donated the Vare Trophy to the tour in honor of amateur great Glenna Collett Vare. A few short years later, in 1959, the LPGA Tour prize money totaled two hundred thousand dollars.

Without the talent, dedication, and effort of players like Patty Berg, women today would not have the benefit of LPGA affiliation, or the many women’s golf school opportunities that exist. For women who wish to improve their golf game, there are many great golf school opportunities available. In Arizona, golf schools like Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix Goodyear, Prescott, and Napa, in affiliation with the Eagle Golf School, offer three, four, and five day options, all taught by LPGA professionals. These packages include lodging, unlimited practice and play at the courses, daily lunch with an LPGA professional, and all applicable taxes. If you are ready to improve your golf game, Eagle Golf School is a great place to start.

Golf Club Caddy: Which Type Should You Have?

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Which do you prefer a golf club caddy or a human caddy? Most golfers have an unusual relationship with their caddies. Do you want an over talkative caddy who disrupts your game? Or a best friend caddy who listens?

Having a caddy can make the game much more enjoyable. Someone who gives you tips for which clubs are best for certain areas in the course; can be a bonus? A golf club caddy is useful for golfers who find that having a human caddy can sometimes become a hindrance to the quality of the game .
Golf Club Caddy types

Golf club caddies have many standards. It can be as small as a clothes pin used to help a golf club stand on its own, to a larger golf trolley. A Golf club caddy can also be a combination of a single piece golf club carrier with a golf stand , plus can include a rib for strength, located on the interior of the hollow body.

Some inventors have made a golf club caddy that’s a mix a golf club carrier and the golf stand which has a golf ball retainer pocket. This is placed by the hand grip and the throat and accepts at least one golf ball. The slot means is the golf ball pocket for easy reach of the ball in available by contacting the ball through the slot and sliding the ball toward the front of the carrier and out of the golf ball pocket.

Other invention of golf club caddy is a lightweight combination of a golf club carrier and support stand adapter with wheels. So that golf clubs can easily be rolled thought out the golf course. The clubs can also be quickly and easily be arranged from a standing position when they are placed in the location with the grip ends on the ground.

With longer golf courses being made, the need for a strong robust golf club caddy has grown. Choosing to have a golf club caddy can be convenient because the golfer can roll his golf bag around the course all by himself, if he decides to work without a caddy.

Even with the presence of caddies, a golf club caddy bag has become a standard. It eases the duties and the burden of having the caddies carry the golfer’s bag around. So whatever way you may decide to go, golf club caddy is here to stay.

Keeping in mind, from the mental point of the game, a human, to bounce ideas off and ask for advice, can be a major asset and can improve your game by leaps and bounds. The idea that you can always use or choose not to use the advice, plus working with a golf caddy as your friend makes the game more enjoyable, which is the real goal after all?