You Know What I Hate… My Wedge Shot

So I’m playing golf a few weeks ago at a nice little course in rural Canada, and I’m actually striking the ball pretty well (I credit the great local Canadian beverages we carted around). I’m hitting decent off the tees, my second shot is (mostly) doing what I want.

But ultimately, I was still struggling to get to the green. Why? Because after a decent drive, and strong second shot, I was struggling to set myself up for a nice putt by attacking the green with a wedge shot. I was feeling so good that day (outside of my wedge game), I was even saving a couple long putts. If I had to take a guess, I’d say my wedge affected about 8 to 10 strokes in my round that day.

So I’ve been bombing around the internet looking for different instructions and I came across this quick 2 minute, 32 second video from PGA Golf Professional Brad Hauer demonstrating on how to be more consistent and hit a better wedge shots from 40 to 60 yards.

Take a peak, let me know what you think. If you have your own tips for practicing, let me know!

Cheers!

Get These Beer Festivals on your Calendar NOW!

Just received a notice for the upcoming Maine Brewers Festival and New Hampshire Brewers Festival… put on by the great people at Learn Your Beer.  While the New Hampshire festival is coming into its 2nd year (the first year was a great success), the Maine festival comes into its 17th year.

Here is a little bit about each fesitval:

Be sure to checkout LearnYourBeer.com for more news on upcoming New England Brewer Festivals!

Maine Brewers Festival (November 5th/6th at the Portland Expo): The 17th annual Maine Brewers Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 5th and 6th, 2010. This festival celebrates the quality and community of Maine’s craft brewers and their tasty celebrated brews. Great food, door prizes, interesting vendors, and fantastic music round out the experience. This event has become an anticipated New England tradition. We hope you’ll join us for fun, friends, and most importantly, great beer!

New Hampshire Brewer Festival (November 12th/13th at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester). This is sure to be a fabulous weekend of craft beer experiences. If you’re already a beer geek, you’ll have a good chance to sample some new brews and your old favorites, and have a great time while you’re at it. You can Learn Your Beer in some cool tasting seminars. This is a great opportunity to taste the good work of your local hard-working craft brewers, find a new “favorite beer”… and party and dance to great live music!

Get these dates on your calendar now! For tickets visit here.

Golf. Beer. Repeat. will  have more to come on these 2 great events as we get closer!

Cheers!

After Golf: The Halfway Cafe

From time to time, the folks at Golf. Beer. Repeat. will highlight great places to eat (and obviously have a pint or two… or more) after a round of 18. You can see previous After Golf submissions here. Today, we give you The Halfway Café with 7 locations across Massachusetts.

This is a very special After Golf entry for Golf. Beer. Repeat. For the first time in our short blog career, we were able to connect with co-owner of The Halfway Café John Grasso over a few pints to discuss what makes his restaurants a great place to go after a round of swinging the sticks. And speaking of swinging the sticks, DO NOT FORGET, the 11^th Annual Halfway Café Charity Golf Tournament is coming up August 2^nd! Sign your team up now!

Check out the Halfway Cafe at one of their 7 locations in Massachusetts

First off, when we’re talking about The Halfway Café, we need to start with the great menu items. The Halfway Café is world famous (or so they should be) for their 7 for $7 menu. This special menu offers 7 great options for just $7! And for those who like variety, these seven items change from month to month to insure regulars will come in with new options each month. In asking John what are three items everyone needs to try among walking into a Halfway Café, he says their burgers, steak/turkey tips and original steamers are favorites of his (and among the restaurants regulars).