by Jim Corbett In the years that I have been writing the advice column, “Ask Mr. Golf Etiquette,” there is one question from readers that keeps coming up over and over again. Golfers everywhere want to know why golfers everywhere holler “FORE!” when they send a ball careening off in the wrong direction. Generally,…

  By Jim Corbett I shot a golf ball into the air, It fell to earth I know not where. Straight at the sun, I did not look, Did I whap it with my slice? … or hook? So, swiftly in my cart I ride And search the course from side to side. I probe…

by Jim Corbett Ahhh, the problem of the slice. Every golfer who has ever picked up a club has had to cope, to one degree or another, with the problem of slicing. You hit the ball and you look up with the hope and expectation that the ball is going to travel in a beautiful…

  By Jim Corbett Whose woods these are I think I know. But I have sliced my drive and so I hope he doesn’t mind me hacking down these trees; some more will grow. My little caddie thinks it strange That I’m not at the driving range. So many things in self and swing That…

  by Jim Corbett As you play golf you will, no doubt, notice the many signs along the way to help you reach your goal. There are bushes or markers that indicate that you are 150 yards from the center of the green. There are sprinkler heads sprinkled all over the course that have yardage…

  by Jim Corbett   There are lots of rules and sub-rules and sub-sub-rules in the Official Rules of Golf, and they cover all kinds of circumstances and situations. And I’m sure that there are lots of parallels between all of these rules and the rules of life that we could all benefit from understanding.…