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The Foxy Golfball Thief

Miss Cellania — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:26:01 +0000

Tom Houk of Steamboat Springs, Colorado built a putting green in his yard, and got into the habit of leaving his golf balls where they landed until he returned. A few months ago, he woke to find all his golf balls gone! Houk produced more balls, but the next day, they would be gone, too. This continued until Houk finally spotted the thief.

A hairless fox was standing there with one of his golf balls in his mouth.

“We just couldn’t believe it and we thought he just snatched one,” Houk said.

The fox had more than one golf ball in mind.

“He doesn’t just take one ball,” Sally Houk said. “He came back and forth and back and forth until he took all of them.”

Tom Houk thinks the fox has taken nearly 100 of his golf balls.

What does a fox do with a hundred golf balls? Jerry Neal of the Colorado Division of Wildlife thinks he probably plays with them. No word on what size clubs the fox uses. Link -via Arbroath

Llama Caddies

Miss Cellania — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:27:54 +0000

Sherwood Forest Golf Course in Transylvania County, North Carolina offers a memorable golf experience every Tuesday. You can rent a llama to be your caddy! A llama from Fairway Friends Llama Farm will carry two sets of clubs for $40. This is a sure way to get kids interested in playing golf. Link -via the Presurfer

Apollo Astronaut or Pro Golfer?

Miss Cellania — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:31:36 +0000

The more astronauts we had, the less likely their names stay in your memory. Twelve men walked on the moon, but few of us can name those whose mission number was higher than eleven. In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you’ll be given names that could be a pro golfer, or could be an Apollo astronaut. Can you sort them out? I surprised myself by scoring 92%, or 11 out of 12. Link

Paragolfer Machine Lets Paralyzed People Golf

Alex — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:24:40 +0000

[Skip the intro to mark 1:00 for the good stuff!]

Being paralyzed shouldn’t stop someone from engaging in a sport lovingly described by Mark Twain as "a good walk, ruined," thanks to the Paragolfer machine by Parabasetec.

Check out the paragolfer in action (yes, it’s a promo video, but it’s amazing nonetheless): Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]. If you want one, be prepared to shell out upwards of $26K.

The History Of Miniature Golf (In 10 Fun Facts)

Queuebot — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:15:40 +0000

I did a little digging around and created a list of facts that tell the history of the great sport of miniature golf.

The Ladies’ Putting Club in St. Andrews, Scotland is considered the very first miniature golf course. It was built in 1867 for practical purposes as it was considered unacceptable for women to take the club back past their shoulder during this time period.

There were stories of 12-year-old boys, during the Great Depression, that for an initial investment of 90 cents would set up a miniature golf course in a vacant lot and turn a 1000% profit over the weekend.

Link

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by stevesteve8383.

Fancy Golf Clubs May Lead to Hearing Loss

Alex — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:57:28 +0000

We’ve always known that golfers are particularly blind to fashion, but now, it turns out that the sport may also cause hearing loss:

Players who use a new generation of thin-faced titanium drivers to propel the ball further should consider wearing ear plugs, experts advise.

Ear specialists suspect the "sonic boom" the metal club head makes when it strikes the ball damaged the hearing of a 55-year-old golfer they treated. [...]

The doctors trawled the web for reviews of the King Cobra LD club and said they found some interesting comments.

One player reported: "Drives my mates crazy with that distinctive loud ‘BANG’ sound." Another said: "This is not so much a ting but a sonic boom which resonates across the course!"

The doctors decided to recruit a professional golfer to hit shots with six thin-faced titanium clubs from manufacturers such as King Cobra, Callaway, Nike and Mizuno.

All produced a louder noise than standard thicker stainless steel drivers. The worst offender was the Ping G10 at over 130 decibels.

Link

It’s not a glitch. He’s just that good.

Robert Birming — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:42:04 +0000

As a response to a fan video regarding a bug in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 game, EA Sports and Tiger Woods demonstrate that the “glitch” (where it’s possible for Woods to walk on water) Levinator25 thought he found in the game, is not a glitch at all.

Link [YouTube] – via Micro Persuasion