Remember how fun it was when you got to stay up all night and watch movies as a kid? Well, now you can stay up all night and play golf at the Arctic Open in Akureyri, Iceland. At the world’s northernmost 18-hole course, where the sky is never completely dark during a few weeks in summer, it’s possible to have dinner and drinks until midnight before teeing off. Talk about earning some boasting rights. 
HBO Sports is debuting a new film about the early years of iconic golfers Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus, and their historic match-up at the 1960 U.S. Open. Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open is not just for golf fans but fans of history as it seamlessly intertwines the lives of three sports greats against the backdrop of a great historical era.
WGT was lucky enough to catch a viewing at the world premiere in NYC on May 30, and thoroughly enjoyed it, so be sure to check it out!
Air Times
The film will air Wednesday, June 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO, to coincide with the 108th U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
Other HBO playdates: June 15 (2:30 p.m.), 17 (11:45 p.m.), 20 (9:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m.), 21 (1:30 p.m.), 25 (11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.), 28 (11:45 a.m.) and 30 (6:30 p.m., 5:15 a.m.), and July 6 (12:30 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: June 12 (8:00 p.m.), 23 (7:00 p.m.) and 29 (7:00 a.m.), and July 1 (4:50 a.m.), 5 (8:00 a.m.) and 15 (6:00 a.m.)
HBO On Demand availability: June 16 - July 6
Father’s Day is coming up on June 15, and to help you avoid the usual last-minute dash for a gift (and end up with just a greeting card), here are some golf gift ideas:
Red Envelope - Free shipping on purchase of $75 or more
GolfSmith - Gifts organized by price range
GourmetGiftBaskets - Golf gift basket filled with goodies
Golf Guys - Gift cards good on any of the 13,000 US public courses
PGA.com - Golf lessons for dad with a PGA instructor
Photo: Red Envelope
The WGT staff loves snacking. Now that it’s crunch time, we go through half a dozen bags of sweets every week. We also love anything golf-themed, so these photos of golf cupcakes really got us salivating. Oh well, back to the Snickers bars…
Left Photo by debbiedoescakes
Right Photo by clevercupcakes
In case you haven’t heard, Pete Dye, the designer of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame earlier this month. His imaginative designs on the Ocean Course (coming soon to WGT) made for some truly amazing photography. We can’t wait to unveil the new course in late summer!
Some live on golf courses, others on golf balls…it’s all a matter of perspective. I’ve seen a lot of close-up shots of golf balls, but never one with Atlantic slippers clinging on. Wonder if they have a Plan B ready for high tide.
Rememberance and thank you, to all who have served and are currently fighting for our country.
Photo Credit: allthepages.org
PGA and LPGA professionals nationwide are offering free 10-minute golf lessons during the month of May. For those WGT players who don’t play real golf, this is a great way to be introduced to the game. Hurry though, there are less than 10 days left in the month!
Congratulations to the following WGT players for winning prizes in our April drawing:
TaylorMade Burner: hulr2
World Golf Tour Shirts and TaylorMade Balls: DecentHairJelly, jreichma, RStuto, watcoh, dohertt, Manx
Congratulations to the winners! The drawing for May winners is coming up the first week of June.
Hole #6 on the Charity Challenge is arguably the toughest to master on WGT. Luckily, many helpful WGT players have offered tips to make a decent shot. Below are a few of them, so try some out and let us know how they worked out!
Greggles
“The trick with no.6 is (if you use pro clubs, which you should) to put the ball at the front of your stance, with backspin halfway between the centre and the bottom, you then can either aim left at the hump and purposely fade it (if you aim left then you can totally slice it and it will be ok) onto the fringe and it rolls close, or you can leave the aim and fade it less (about half way between the “perfect shot” and the “push” line), as for power it’s about 1/2 cm from full…this is a risky shot but can be very good.”
Tibbets
“The trick to #6 is…..SWITCH TO PRO CLUBS! If you’re just starting to play this game, use beginner clubs for 2 weeks tops, then switch to Pro Clubs. If you’ve played hole #6 400 times already with Beginner clubs, you’re way overdue to switch. Trust me, you can’t get any decent scores with beginner clubs on this course, and small amount of time you invest in getting used to the faster speed will be worth it within a week, as you will get scores much lower than you ever would have gotten otherwise.”
TheCaptain
“The trick on #6 is to go after it. If you play it safe, the best you can do is ~17 feet. If you aim for the fringe, like on the old #2, it will sometimes hit and slow down and get you within 10 feet. But it’s an all-or-nothing shot, if you miss hit it, you’re probably in the water. I use the beginner clubs, full backspin, about 5 ticks less than full power on the 3-iron, and aim at the bump on the fringe. I think I have gotten under 10 feet about 3-5 times.”
iconian
“Closest I got was using 1 club short, max power, and hitting left of best shot, maybe 2mm? It hits fringe and rolls over hill and down. I got that shot maybe 4-5 times total out of 400? Always inside 15ft.”
ptolemy
“Only way I am able to get inside 30 ft, is to use club short, max top spin, max power and hit left of the perfect by —>”