Balls Magazine Volume 18

ballsofsteelandfury - July 11, 2023July 9, 2023

As you may remember, I was scheduled to play a tournament using only four clubs. I sought advice from the DFO Commentists and settled on the following four clubs: 5 Wood 7 Iron Pitching Wedge Putter I ended up shooting an even 100! This was a satisfyingly good result! As you know, my goal has been

Saturday Night Open Thread – The No More Fireworks Dammit Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - July 1, 2023July 1, 2023

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I love the 4th of July. I specially have loved spending the 4th outside the USA. I remember vividly spending one 4th in Rome while traveling and hearing about a fireworks display being put on by an ex-pat club in the city. We went (I was in a group with Americans

Balls Magazine Volume 17

ballsofsteelandfury - June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

As you may have noticed, I have been lax in publishing new episodes of Balls Magazine. That's not to say that I haven't been playing golf. I have. I've just been really damn busy with a lot of work and real life stuff. To wit, here is the latest: I played

Saturday Night Open Thread – The No More June Gloom Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - June 24, 2023June 24, 2023

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I am getting better. I remembered that I committed to write the Saturday Night Open Thread at least two hours before post time. WHOOHOO!! There are a LOT of things to discuss: The weather has turned for the better. We are now in PEAK LA mode. It's sunny and beautiful without it being

Saturday Night Open Thread – The June Gloom Edition part trois

ballsofsteelandfury - June 17, 2023June 17, 2023

It just dawned on me that I was supposed to be writing tonight's Open Thread. AGAIN! WOOPS! Fuck me in the goat ass. I swear one of these weeks I'll remember and prepare. Things to discuss: I played golf in the rain AGAIN on Thursday. I didn't do as well as the last time.

Your 2023 Women’s World Cup Preview Extravaganza! Part 1

ballsofsteelandfury - June 14, 2023June 13, 2023

If y'all are not excited about the Women's World Cup, this year, I don't know what's wrong with you. Perhaps you should try some of Hippo's pills. I would have loved to have been there, but real life gets in the way and it's just not possible. I've been to

Saturday Night Open Thread – The June Gloom Edition part deux

ballsofsteelandfury - June 10, 2023June 10, 2023

It just dawned on me that I was supposed to be writing tonight's Open Thread. WOOPS! I will do a real good Karen Carpenter job. Several things to discuss: I played in DAY ONE of my golf club championship today. I broke 100 and scored a 98. Day 2 is tomorrow. I'm in

It’s No Good to say Goodbye: Part 7

ballsofsteelandfury - June 6, 2023May 27, 2023

It's so nice when you are working with true professionals that are good at their job. The Franco bullet perfectly grazed the shoulder pad on his suit and landed square in the middle of the decorative pillow on the bed. The Sally bullet went through her hair in the gap between

Saturday Night Open Thread – The June Gloom Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - June 3, 2023June 3, 2023

It has been remarkably cold and wet in Southern California this year. We started with Atmospheric Rivers in January that bled into February and even into March. Then we stopped getting Rivers and just got good ole regular April Showers. Those eventually relented and we thought the sun would finally

How did We Do? Morning Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - May 31, 2023May 30, 2023

I like to check back at the end of the EPL season to see how well we did at predicting stuff. Call it an accountability thing or call it a competitive thing. Either way, here is a handy dandy table showing the final results plus how we predicted them: ACTUALHippo LitreBallsMan

It’s No Good to say Goodbye: Part 6

ballsofsteelandfury - May 30, 2023May 16, 2023

We had been on the road for a couple of hours when I farted. "Really?" "Sorry. I guess I overdid it yesterday with the tapas." "Dude!" It was pretty bad, I had to admit. We had started off hesitantly, not sure if we could trust each other. After an hour of talking shop, we reached

Balls Magazine Volume 16 and Saturday Night Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - May 27, 2023May 28, 2023

As you may have noticed, I have been lax in publishing new episodes of Balls Magazine. That's not to say that I haven't been playing golf. I have. I've just been playing really shitty golf. To wit, here are my results from my last three rounds: 107 at Santa Anita Golf