New and Improved PlayGolfPlanet

by ccress on January 25th, 2010

We have begun making revisions to the site.  Our objective is to provide golfers with the tools that they need to find the best deals for tee times at the top courses.  The changes will allow golfers to; be part of their local community, organizing outings with friends, booking the hottest deals, redeem reward points [...]

PGA Tour is back in business minus Tiger Woods

by jberlinicke on January 8th, 2010

The PGA Tour is back on and it’s about time.
Those two months without it, watching the Silly Season and infomercials on the Golf Channel, got kind of old. So did the Tiger stuff, blah, blah, blah.
There’s a terrible cold spell in Florida right now and the rest of the country wishes it could be in [...]

It isn’t always about how far you drive

by jberlinicke on December 30th, 2009

If you area reading this, you must be a little more than a casual golf fan, which means you know how much more important it is to have a deft short game than to be able to knock it 350 off the tee while finding the occasional fairway.
Remember John Daly? Golf fans loved him for [...]

My favorite golfer that you’ve never heard of

by jberlinicke on December 23rd, 2009

You know who my new favorite player on the Tour is right now?
You’ve never heard of him. He is Derek Lamely who will be heading to Honolulu for the Sony Open next month. He’s one of the newbies on the PGA Tour after finishing No. 12 on the Nationwide Tour money list. Lamely also won [...]

This kid has that certain something

by jberlinicke on December 19th, 2009

This was the year one of the Jonas Brothers crashed the Shark Shootout.
Actually, it wasn’t one of the Jonas Brothers, but it was the closest thing. Rickie Fowler, who hits the ball a mile, has teen-age looks and couldn’t even drink legally until late Sunday, is the Next Big Thing. You know the stories about [...]