The Golf Scene Newsletter
The Golf Scene Newsletter
Your Weekly Golf Fix
Issue #11 — June 2026
This week:
- We purchase a golf course we probably can’t afford.
- We find two golf balls in the same hole.
- We investigate a swing fault that may require government-approved excavation permits.
Just another normal week in golf.
Issue #10 — June 2026
This week we discuss:
• A golf training aid that should have come with a warning label
• Why some golf courses apparently need loan officers
• Whether you suffer from Early Extension
(If you’re not sure what Early Extension is, there’s a reasonable chance you have it.)
As always:
instruction,
observation,
sarcasm,
and just enough golf advice to help your next bad shot become slightly less bad.
Issue #9 — May 2026
This week we explore:
the emotional devastation of a golf course running out of hotdogs,
the dangers of premature unhinging in the golf swing, and
the generally accepted golf rules that help prevent society from collapsing on the 10th tee.
As always:
instruction,
observation,
sarcasm,
and just enough golf advice to help your next bad shot become slightly less bad.
Issue #8 — May 2026
This week we explore:
Why golfers became obsessed with birds
The mysterious legality of the “foot wedge” Why solid contact is the true foundation of the golf swing
Plus:
A reminder that golf is not soccer… no matter how much your feet get involved.
Issue #7 — May 2026
Why do golfers yell “FORE!”? What exactly qualifies as a damaged golf club? And somewhere in the middle of all this chaos, Larry’s Three Horsemen return alongside a swing grip that may or may not resemble a lobster attempting to escape a seafood restaurant.
Issue #7 continues golf’s ongoing tradition of confusion, emotion, and unnecessary spending.
Issue #6 — May 2026
• New golf clubs now cost roughly the same as a small kitchen renovation, so we investigate whether modern equipment has officially lost its mind.
• Used golf equipment gets examined — including why some putters appear to have survived a low-speed car accident.
• Grip pressure enters the spotlight with the 10–1–3 Grip-O-Meter Drill, because strangling the club rarely improves anything except forearm fatigue.
• We also continue exploring the strange universe that is golf equipment, where “forgiveness” somehow costs an extra $400.
Issue #5 — May 2026
• A whiskey bottle may or may not have helped create 18 holes of golf, which is either history, mythology, or excellent marketing.
• Those pesky coloured stakes get explained, because apparently red, yellow, white, and blue all mean different kinds of trouble.
• Hole-in-one stories take centre stage — including the joy, disbelief, and suspicious amount of witnesses required.
• Golf bags get inspected, because some golfers are carrying enough equipment to survive a minor expedition.
• Centeredness of hit gets its moment, because the middle of the clubface remains annoyingly important.
Issue #4 — April 2026
• Metal spikes disappeared from golf, mostly because apparently tearing up greens, carpets, and clubhouse floors was frowned upon.
• Free relief and penalty relief get sorted out, which is helpful because golfers love rules almost as much as they love three-putting.
• Golf balls go under the microscope — because yes, the one you found in the pond in 1997 may not be helping.
• Soft spikes may be missing from your shoes, which could explain why your footwork looks like a baby deer on laminate flooring.
• Club path and clubface at impact get their moment, because the ball keeps insisting those two things matter.
Issue #3 — April 2026
• Ever hit a shot and immediately wonder if the clubface filed a separate flight plan?
• Tee boxes get explained, because apparently even starting the hole needs rules.
• A questionable water cup makes an appearance, and honestly, that’s probably enough said.
• Contact gets the spotlight — because the golf ball remains stubbornly interested in where the club actually hits it.
• A few golf mysteries are examined, judged, and left only slightly less confusing.
Issue #2 — April 2026
- The 5C Golf Performance System makes its debut — because apparently “just swing better” is not a complete coaching philosophy.
- A golf rule gets dragged into daylight, kicking and screaming.
- The lowly golf tee finally receives the unnecessary attention it deserves.
- That first warm day of the season: the clubs are in the car, but your swing is still in the basement, hiding behind the furnace.
- Costco golf clubs get inspected, questioned, and possibly judged.
Issue #1 — April 2026
Houston we have Contact…or maybe not, embedded balls – confusion or a gift? and we investigate why golf holes are exactly 4.25 inches wide — which, surprisingly, wasn’t decided by a committee of frustrated putters.
We also compare public versus private golf life, question whether you actually need that new driver, and introduce the Brush the Grass Drill — a concept many golfers accidentally avoid at all costs.