Raise your hand if you played high school and/or collegiate golf. Keep it raised if you are still limber, aren’t paying three college tuitions and still knock that little white ball around 30+ times a year. I thought so. Here lies the origins of the vanity handicapper, aka the reverse bagger. The beginnings of a […]
The Makings of a Great Golf Trip So you’ve been to your local PGA TOUR event, taken that bachelor party in your heyday to Pinehurst and lost more money on the links than you’re willing to share. What do all of these memories have in common? They all were tailored around this game we love. […]
Story time! With the Masters starting tomorrow, we here at the World AM wanted to share with everyone our favorite Masters Memory. So sit back and enjoy the read. If you have your own favorite Masters Memory, be sure to share it with us on our Facebook Page! Scott’s Favorite Masters Memory Monday, April 4, […]
The 2017 Masters is upon us, and with that comes the World AM Staff’s picks for who will be donning the Green Jacket. We’ve taken a different approach than most golf analysts out there, though. We’ll be picking who we think is the favorite to win from 5 different categories and why. The 5 different […]
TopGolf, the premier golf entertainment complex that mixes the game of golf with your local watering hole, is quickly becoming an important piece to golf’s future. If you haven’t heard of it yet, let me run down what makes this exciting golf complex so unique. TopGolf is one part driving range, one part bar and one […]
You’ve been asked the question before, “What is your dream foursome?” For me, I’m picking guys like Cal Ripken and Steve Spurrier. But there are a TON of athletes who play a round here and there just like you or I. The only difference, pro athletes tend to be good at just about everything they get […]
We all want to play to our handicap in competitions and that is always a goal golfers have in handicap events, but what does this really mean and how hard is it to actually do this? Our World Am staff has discussed in person, over the phone and in past articles how a handicap is […]
Not all handicap calculation services were created equal. Since the dawn of the internet, hundreds upon hundreds of dot com services have claimed to offer USGA approved handicap calculations. From places like fairwayfiles.com to nethandicap.com, we’ve seen it all– and they aren’t pretty. When you think about it, who wouldn’t try to take advantage […]
Part of working in the golf business means you get to meet some very interesting and talented people. There’s one person out there who has always had my back and helped me out professionally on the way. This time he outdid himself. After another successful year working with the Monday after the Masters Pro-Am it was time […]
One of the biggest questions we deal with as a staff leading up to an event is “why do you use a participant’s lowest index in the last 12 months (otherwise known as a Low 12) rather than their current handicap index?” Most participants feel that their current handicap index is a better representation of how […]