Author: Sean Ogle

I’ve been telling people for years that a trip to Bandon Dunes in the off season may not be such a bad idea. While still full, you’re not dealing with the same level of crowds that you will in the summer, and it’s a fraction of the price – especially if you’re an Oregon resident. As an example, in February my buddy Nick and I went down there for a weekend, and to play all 5 courses and have a 2 nights lodging, we each paid just over $500. In July that’d be a round and a half – with no lodging!…

See our review of the most recent release, Arccos 360 right here. Or buy a set of sensors on Amazon or their website. A couple weeks ago I first wrote about Arccos Golf, a new stat-tracking device similar to the Game Golf which I’ve written about in the past. I had a great call with the company’s founders Sal and Ammad, and to be honest, it all felt a little too good to be true. When I picked up Game Golf during their Indiegogo, I was excited for months about it’s potential, but found the stats to be a bit…

Before heading up to Northern Michigan for my golf road trip, people told me that Arcadia Bluffs and Bay Harbor would duke it out for best views and my favorite course in the area. As you may know, Arcadia Bluffs ended up being one of my favorite courses in the country – but that in no way diminishes Bay Harbor and what it has to offer. Definitely one of the higher end public resorts in Michigan, from the moment you walk in you feel like you’re at a first rate resort. Bay Harbor features 27 holes of golf split into…

Obviously the hardest part about playing the Top 100 golf courses is access to many of them. The question I get asked most is usually “how are you going to get on Augusta?” The answer? I have no idea, but really, that’s the least of my concerns right now. When you aren’t a member of a prestigious club, are young, and because of such, don’t have the money and the connections as say a NYC investment banker, getting access to any private course is difficult. But that’s one of the reasons I want to do this – to prove that even if…

Earlier this year I wrote my in depth thoughts on the Game Golf platform that I was excited about for the better part of 2013. Game Golf is a device that you wear on your belt, that pairs with tabs on each of your golf clubs to track stats and distances throughout your entire round. I’ve played nearly 20 rounds with that now, and they’re making improvements no doubt, but there’s one major problem I keep running into: I’m forgetful. If I hit a couple bad shots, the last thing on my mind is tagging a shot.  Often I find…

I love lists. I love golf. It was only a matter of time before I started compiling a few lists of my favorite golf experiences out there – so I figured I’d start with the most obvious. Over the last year or two, I’ve had the opportunity to play a lot of good golf courses, and for the past week I’ve been trying to definitively narrow them down to my top 25 (I’ve played a lot, but not enough to do a true top 100 list). Here’s the result. I’d love to hear which ones you agree on, as well…

I should preface this article by saying I’m not someone who has used a lot of rangefinders on the course. That being said, the more I play and the better I get the more I find myself wanting to know exact distances to the pin. This past week I got my hands on a Bushnell Pro X7 Jolt (With Slope) rangefinder, and all I can say is my rounds will never be the same. Seriously, this is by far the best device I’ve yet to test for the site, and is it a coincidence that in my first round with…

What’s there to say about Bandon Dunes that hasn’t already been said? David Mclay Kidd’s masterpiece is what started the Bandon craze and without it, the world class golf destination would be nothing like it is today. So what is it today? For starters it’s the only golf resort in the world to boast 4 courses on Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest. Oh, and all of those things you usually see at high end resorts? Expensive homes and hotels? Insane greens fees? Over priced restaurants? None of that is to be seen at Bandon. It’s simply, as their tagline states “Golf…

A few months ago I reviewed Zepp’s original golf product Golfsense. The premise? A swing tracker that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. While obviously for under $200 you’re not going to have a full on Trackman system on your hands (no pun intended), but the Golfsense was actually a pleasant surprise with how well it performed. Check Out Zepp Golf on Amazon for $149 So What Exactly is Zepp Golf? Zepp Golf is a Bluetooth device that tracks all of your movements during your golf swing. It then provides feedback on each aspect, and gives an overall rating…

So I’m about a year into my quest to play Golf Digest’s Top 100 and Top 100 Public golf courses in the US. I’ve played: 23/100 Top 100 Public 11/100 Top 100 7/100 Top 100 in the World I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone back to each of these Golf Digest lists, to see if there were any courses in a certain area. Pretty much whenever I’m going somewhere I look for a course I can knock off while I’m there. What I’ve been looking for and haven’t found is a visual map of all of the…