Inside Golf - September 2010

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Caption This!

Here we see Padraig Harrington working at the range, utilising a rather unique set of practice tools. Simply submit a funny caption to go with the story, and you’ll be in the running to win a prize from the Inside Golf prize locker. (Or, if humour isn’t your strong suit, see if you can guess what each of these tools will help him achieve and/or fix)

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Good luck

The quick nine quiz

By David Newbery

1. How many left-handers have won the US Masters? Name them.

2. Where will this year’s Ryder Cup between the Americans and Europeans be played?

3. Name the American and European team captains for October’s Ryder Cup.

4. What is the ruling if an animal picks up your ball and runs away with it?

5. Who won the most New Zealand Opens – Peter Thomson or Kel Nagle?

6. Which Australian golf club, formed in 1882, can lay claim to being the oldest existing golf club in the Commonwealth?

“They told me if I wore these pants my balls would drop!”

7. If a ball is covered by sand in a bunker, may a clubhead be used in searching?

August’s Caption This!
We received heaps of great captions
on our Facebook page and via
email, commenting on what John
Daly may have thought following
his missed putt on 18 at the Open
Championship.
The winner is:
Craig Bashall

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8. Which golfer invented the sand wedge?

9. Which of these golfers is the taller – Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson or Jim Furyk?

Answers at the bottom of the page

Designed by Arnold Palmer, this 18-
hole, par- 72 championship course
sits on the tip of Peninsula Papagayo,
nestled in the mountainside along the
Pacific Ocean.
This photo of the 446yd par- 4 fourth
hole (El Bajo) offers a 61-metre down-
hill drop to a valley-shaped fairway.
Just don’t go left. Or right. Or short.
Or long.
Submitted by Atholl Johnstone, Vic.
Reader Photo:
Four Seasons Golf Club Costa
Rica at Peninsula Papagayo

Links Laughs

The Golf Book we WISH we’d see Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Maxfli from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker (also see Chapter 8) Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance off the Shank Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9:00 a.m. Chapter 9 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water Chapter 10- How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three off the Tee Chapter 11- When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent Chapter 12- When to Re-grip Your Ball Retriever

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