Joe Ditzel
Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
Golf
Duck Soup at Balboa Golf Course
We had two weeks of steady rain in Los Angeles. I’ve lived here since 1991 and I can’t remember more
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The Only Blues You Should Be Playing is B.B. King
You used to be able to shoot a round of golf in a few hours. Now a round of golf drags on longer than a weekend with your relatives. It takes all day to finish 18 holes. You play the first hole and then you wait. Finally, you tee off and then you wait. You go to your tee shot and wait until they are off the green. Slow play has never been worse.
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Cranked and Spanked
I’m lousy, lousy, lousy at golf. Except sometimes I crank a drive. This past Saturday I hit my longest drive
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Delusional
At Lost Canyons (Sky Course) the 18th tee is 415 yards from the green (silver tees). The tee is set
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Partly Cloudy
I decided to go golfing. I looked out the window-it was overcast and gray. Better check the Yahoo weather page. The Yahoo weather page has weather outlooks, satellite views, radar scans, precipitation measurements, pollen counts, travel planners, everything- a weather junkie’s dream. "Partly cloudy", it said. "No rain today." I grabbed my clubs and headed for Griffith Park.
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Circle The Carts! Thar’s a Crazy Man in Them Thar Hills!
The ball rolled three-quarters around the edge of the hole and lipped out. It came to rest two feet way from the cup.
"It could be worse", I said, smiling, leaning on my putter.
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The Mulligan Brothers
Jimmy shanked his tee shot into the woods. He pulled a second ball out of his jeans pocket with one smooth move.
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