Goodbye Frances!

No Three Putts survived friggin Hurricane Frances. Luckily my family was safe and there was no damage to my house. Here's the results: a tree leaning against the house, my palm trees need a good pruning, a portion of my fence is down, and I was without power for only about 20 hours. Other than that we got through Frances with flying colors. My father has been without power for 3 days now. My neighbor and I cut down the leaning ficus tree this morning and I had fun raking the debris in the yard. I found myself practicing my golf swing with each stroke of the rake. I also got the damn boards off the windows, nice to finally have some light. Hopefully Hurricane Ivan will not be heading this way next week.

Shattuck Golf Club

Every year I get an invitation to play in the Franklin Pierce College alumni golf club at the Shattuck Golf Club in Jaffrey, NH. I've never made it up there to play in the tournament, but I've heard it's a good golf course.



Shattuck Golf Club is right near the base of the beautiful Mount Monadnock. Mount Monadnock is a great mountain to hike. It happens to be the most hiked mountain in the world. Also, it is said from the top of Mount Monadnock on a clear day you can see 6 states. I could never figure out if this is true or not. It's not like there are signs sticking up or any other way to identify each of the states. Regardless, this part of southern New Hampshire is beautiful.



I hope to make it back up to Rindge for an alumni weekend one of these years. I also remember a few really good restaurants in Keene that hopefully are still there. Some of the best french onion soup ever was once found in Keene. There's also a nice public golf course called Brentwood Golf Course that I used to play quite a bit.

Phil Mickelson splits with Titleist

Apparently Phil Mickelson and Titleist have parted ways. Not sure exactly why, but Phil is now free to sign with another equipment company. Rumor has it Phil Mickelson is in talks with Callaway Golf. Mickelson had 16 months left on his contract which was worth more than $4 million a year.



Phil leaving Titleist makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. Phil is having the year of all years, why in the hell would he change things? This is obviously not something that Titleist wants. The most popular golfer on tour leaving them can only hurt Titleist. So it must be a move on Phil's part. Could it be that Phil wants more money? A greedy thought, but yes it is likely he does want more money. Who knows, maybe Mickelson wanted a line of clubs, clothing and balls named after him. If it was his wife's idea, then maybe I could understand it. After all she is a MILF.



Perhaps Phil was contacted by the ailing Callaway Golf and has been enticed to try and be their savior. If so, then I think this makes some sense. Kind of like how Tiger is the primary focus of Nike Golf, Phil would be the Callaway Golf poster child and focal point. I doubt he'll start playing different clubs or balls until after the Ryder Cup, but who knows money can make a lot of things happen. Could you imagine the press Callaway Golf would get if Mickelson started playing them the week of the Ryder Cup. Talk about helping sales.

Damn you Frances!

Hurricane Frances sucks! I was supposed to take my family to Disney World tomorrow for the Labor Day weekend. Instead I'm outside putting up boards on windows. All I can say is I hope it does not hit Jupiter, Florida. As of now it is not looking good for us though. With that being said, No Three Putts will most likely be signing off for a few days. I'll leave you with my favorite Francis quote:



Psycho: Any of you homos call me Francis, and I'll kill you. Touch my stuff, and I'll kill you. Touch me...and I'll kill you.



Sgt. Hulka: `Lighten up, Francis...

Golf or Tennis?

Without a doubt, golf.



Honestly, I think the only fair way to really compare golf and tennis is to put Maria Sharapova up against Natalie Gulbis. By far they are the hottest women in tennis and golf.





Although both Maria Sharapova and Natalie Gulbis are hot. I'd have to go with Natalie Gulbis. Any chick that looks like her and can golf, as far as I'm concerned, is perfect.

Yankees get whooped!

As a Red Sox fan I must celebrate the little things in life. Such as the Yankees getting their asses kicked by the Indians 22-0. The Sox are 3 1/2 back. The next month should be some great baseball.



Perhaps this is the year Red Sox Nation will conquer.

Three Putt Poker

This blog is so popular they named a golf poker game after it. I'll be honest with you, I've never played three putt poker. Click here to read how it's played. The next time I play golf with my buddies I am definitely going to give three putt poker a try. I love golf, I enjoy friendly wagers when playing golf and I love taking my buddies money.