tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100905722011-06-08T01:13:38.331-05:00Harvey Penick says in his <b>Little Red Book -- Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf:</b> "I read somewhere that the average male golfer shoots about 92. I don't believe it. Not if he counts every stroke and plays by USGA rules. Playing from the men's tees and holing every shot, the average golfer won't break 100."<BR><BR>This Blog is full of insights and random thoughts about my journey as the Average Golfer. I hope you enjoy it. Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1144623074260297682006-04-09T17:45:00.000-05:002006-04-09T17:51:14.273-05:00

HIGH BRIDGE, NJ – In the first official round of golf for the season (see Dannenfelser Cup Rules), the younger Dannenfelser, Pete, came out the victor in a match that was much closer thatn the score card indicated. At 6:34 in the morning on Palm Sunday, 2006, the thermometer read 31 degrees, but the winds were whipping across the links-like High Bridge Hills Golf Club making the wind

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1144357347326698442006-04-06T15:57:00.000-05:002006-04-06T16:02:27.493-05:00

The Dannenfelser Duo, father Randy and son Pete, have been playing golf together since September of 2003. In 2004 and 2005 they started maintaining handicaps and have played many (many!) rounds together. Usually for $1.00 per hole or other such bets. This year the Dannenfelsers announce the official launch of the Dannenfelser Cup Series Golf Championship. Guaranteed to include at least five

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1123525473610954252005-08-08T13:23:00.000-05:002005-08-08T13:24:33.630-05:00

This weekend I played three rounds in a 27 hour period. In that time I had some moments of sheer brilliance and others of utter incompetence. I also learned some important lessons about my game, the way I play and the way the changes in your game come to life.I am finally at a point in my game where I can legitimately expect to break 100 every time out (unless it’s a new and/or difficult course

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1123005173378980982005-08-02T12:52:00.000-05:002005-08-02T12:52:53.390-05:00

Yesterday I had one of the coolest days of golf I’ve ever had. I’ve had good days on the scorecard (by my standards), I’ve had fun days playing with my Dad (which is just about every single time we head out) and I’ve had other good experiences be it meeting interesting people, phenomenally lucky shots or just a great view from a tee box somewhere. But yesterday may have been one of the few days

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1122233029426662002005-07-24T10:36:00.000-05:002005-07-24T14:27:43.550-05:00

I returned to the links yesterday after a nine-day hiatus. My golf game was a victim of circumstance. Niece and nephew-in-law came visiting this past week from their home in Houston with their fourteen month-old daughter -- my grandniece -- whom I met for the first time. (Naturally, she's the smartest, most beautiful child presently toddling the earth, but that's a blog for a more appropriate

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Why is it that whenever I golf alone, I shoot where I feel I should be shooting, but when playing with others, I tend to suck horribly?I shot my best score ever on June 9 - a 93 on a par 72 course. I achieved that by sinking a long birdie putt on the 18th green. I followed that by not cracking the century mark in 4 of my next 5 rounds. I even shot 43 over in one of those rounds. Two were played

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1116965769316787652005-05-24T15:03:00.000-05:002005-05-24T15:36:01.733-05:00

I should begin by giving you a profile of my golfing self:I’m 58 years old, five foot ten inches tall, a flabby 200 pounds, right-handed all the way. In my younger days, I walloped softballs well over outfielders’ heads, ran a mile in around six minutes, kept hockey pucks out of nets using my cat-like reflexes, and made fun of the wimpy-boys who played golf.Two years ago golf stopped being a

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I played with my Dad again this past weekend at a course that we both have a love/hate relationship with: High Bridge Hills. We both love the layout, the challenges presented on each hole, the setting and, I especially, love the GPS in the cart. We both hate the deep rough and fescue, the high price tag for a muni and the fact that we always seem to score higher than we feel like we play.This

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This past weekend marked the opening of the Father/Son golf season between Randy and Peter Dannenfelser. 2004 was their first full year of competition and this year, while there will be a lower number of matches, look for them to be a bit more competitive.The opener was scheduled to be a 36 hole all day affair at Rolling Greens on Saturday, May 14. However, 12 completed holes into the round,

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I had a morning free today to play golf before going into New York City this afternoon. So, I got up at my usual time for work and went over to my local course, the one I live on but have yet to join, Beaver Brook Country Club. I recieved an email from them offering a great rate this week so I couldn't pass it up. For some reason, although the course is only a 122 slope and a 70.4 rating, I am

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1111074967847162002005-03-17T06:51:00.000-05:002005-03-17T10:56:07.853-05:00

Here in NJ we have gone a whole week without snow! It seems that every single time the weather was looking up, Mother Nature, akin to an angry monkey, would throw some fecal matter our way. We were teased with a 60-something degree day two weeks ago and all of us who own golf clubs thought that that stupid ground hog was wrong only to be slapped in the face with an snow storm followed by frigid

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I am going to go on record right now and say that there is only one good golf movie and that is, of course, Caddy Shack. Caddy Shack II was an abomination and an embarrassment to all those who were in it. But Caddy Shack was and is a classic. Name some other golf movies and you get the same response. Tin Cup? Not even close. Happy Gilmore? Try Crappy Gilmore. Legend of Bagger Vance? Um,

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As The Average Golfer, I find myself watching a lot of golf on TV. By “a lot” I mean much more than I used to but still not more than an hour or two per week. I really can’t sit still long enough to watch before I either want to go play or my butt goes numb. This weekend, however, was different. The only exception to the rule above is when it is one of the Majors. Then I try to catch as much

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Lake Las Vegas is actually in a town called Henderson, Nevada – about 20-45 minutes off the strip depending on traffic. If you watch the CBS show CSI, then you’ve seen pieces of it as occasionally a case takes them out there. It is a fairly exclusive community that features three hotels, one of which is the Ritz-Carlton where I have the privilege of staying with my wife as she works all day.

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… of course it was on a 15 hole par 53 course.Located literally right next to LAX, the Westchester Golf Course is a fun course. It is more than a glorified par 3 pitch and putt, which is what I thought it was going to be when decided to play here. While not particularly challenging, it still tried my patience every now and then.I arrived at the course at 6:30 in the morning. I had the morning to

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1109173483823966702005-02-23T10:23:00.000-05:002005-02-23T12:20:13.653-05:00

As I had mentioned in a past blog, one of the ways to make it through a northeast winter is to plan business trips to sunnier climes. Well, I had an opportunity to do business in Los Angeles this week, plus take a day and a half vacation in Vegas on my way back east. My wife is staying at the Lake Las Vegas Ritz Carlton for work! Perfect! LA and LV in February. I got the clubs packed and ready to

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Last night, when the sun went down and the temperature followed it, I played a round of golf. I was paired up with a 40-something guy who called himself “FatAzzHacker.” He and I played a close round and during the it I got to know that he was from Washington, DC, he used to be a 14 handicapper and he played golf regularly up until a few years ago when he compressed a disc in his back. I played

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1107211293638230432005-01-31T17:32:00.000-05:002005-01-31T17:41:33.636-05:00

Well, today I was asked to fill out a demographic survey and this multiple choice question was there: "What is your favorite sport?" In the past, without hesitation, it was "hockey." Always was. I think you know what I selected. That's right: RUGBY. No, of course it was "Golf." At first I was thinking about pinning that on the fact that the NHL is helplessly bogged down in a (much needed

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As I mentioned in my first entry, I have gone through four sets of irons in my still relatively short golfing journey. I started with a set of Knight clubs purchased for me by my father as a Christmas gift and as an urging to get me to take up the game he was about to start playing – another blog for the story of how I started playing, I assure you. They had graphite shafts and were absolutely

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Well, a snow fell last night that essentially killed any chance of playing again - possibly even going to the range - until probably March. And a lot more snow is on the way this weekend! A bit depressing, but, that's the price we pay for living in the NorthEast. (I still got my Golf Channel, Tiger Woods PC golf and my indoor putting cup!) So, as I was digging through some files on my

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1105979521863105862005-01-17T11:27:00.000-05:002005-01-17T11:35:16.316-05:00

How much influence does the type and/or brand of ball used by the average golfer have on his game? Can the wrong ball have a negative effect? Is there a particular ball that will have a very positive impact? These are all very good questions, I feel, and I can’t seem to find an answer. There’s low and high spin, low and high compression, different numbers of dimples, two-piece, three-piece and

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I was analyzing my game the other day. I have read somewhere that the average score of all golfers is 100. That takes into account everyone from the duffers to the local pros. That said, as the average golfer, my goal at this stage in my game, is to break 100. I am usually anywhere between 98 and 103 on a typical par 72 course. My lowest score is +23 and my highest score (since the fall) has

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Winter is so hard on us average golfers – espescially here in NJ. Over the last few years, the winters have been so varied in temperature and precipitation that you are tempted to go out and play but when you get out on the course you are greeted with course conditions that, I believe, are not good for people who are relatively new to the game. Either you are playing on frozen ground that makes

Pete D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05238820571417363704noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10090572.post-1105466016886430062005-01-11T15:53:00.000-05:002005-01-11T12:53:36.886-05:00

So, first off, I am new to this Blog stuff. Believe it or not, I have been in web marketing for over 8 years and this is the first attempt at Blogging I am making. OK, that’s out of the way. Now let’s get to what’s really important: GOLF! I have been playing since July 2003. A friend of mine dragged me out onto a course as part of a work outing. I sucked. I was absolutely horrible. But, I

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