June 18th Is National SortaGolf Day

For the SGA, National SortaGolf Day serves as an act of solidarity, recruitment and defiance against the USGA.

And it’s no accident that we schedule SortaGolf’s National Day each year on the Saturday during play of the USGA-sponsored U.S. Open. This year that falls on June 18.

On this day, recreation golfers across the nation are encouraged to play using the Sorta 7 Amendments and invite their friends to join them in doing the same.

For members of the SortaGolf Association, this is the celebration of your Independence Day and you are encouraged to wear and use your official SortaGolf gear with pride.

"Let Freedom Swing"!

Rule #2: Inside The Leather Is Good

Is there anything quite as irritating as missing a short putt?

It's become an epidemic. The continual missing of short putts has been diagnosed to be an insidious disease, called the Yips, and according to the Mayo Clinic it effects almost half of all mature golfers.

Recreational golfers traditionally have treated putts "inside the leather" (i.e. a putt that is less than the distance from the end of the putter head to where the grip starts) as good.

(a) SortaGolf recognizes and reaffirms this time tested practice.

(b)This innovation significantly reduces the incidence of the “Yips” and virtually eliminates the embarrassment of four putts.

When putts inside the leather are treated as good it has the added benefit of speeding up play for everyone on the course.

Rule #1: Improve Your Lie

The first rule of SortaGolf is to "Improve Your Lie"....... watch, know truth and set your golf game free.

Golf's X Prize From The AGA

We salute the Alternative Golf Association for helping unleash the creative talents of the golfing industry.  Put me down for an order of a box of the winning ball.

Create a 25 percent longer golf ball, win $10,000!

Alternative Golf Association challenges science
to make the game more fun for the ordinary golfer

PALO ALTO, Calif. (March 22, 2011) – The Alternative Golf Association today launched the $10,000 Longest Golf Ball Challenge to inspire inventors and engineers to add fun for players of its new game, testing under the name Project Flogton (“not golf,” backward).

AGA founder Bob Zider, himself an inventor of Flexon eyeglass frames and golf clubs, conceptualized and funded the challenge to unleash equipment developers from the USGA’s conformance constraints. The prize-winning ball will be used for long shots only, and it does not have to have dimples or otherwise look like a traditional golf ball. It must, however, test out for 25 percent more distance for players of swing speeds of 80 to 100 mph than current USGA-approved golf balls do, and meet the criteria listed in the Official Rules.

The criteria include that the ball must roll on impact, have no more force on humans or windows than conforming balls and be marketable at no more than $1 at retail. One dozen of the balls must be submitted to the AGA by the contest deadline of June 1, 2011.

“We are not ball designers,” said Zider, a bogey golfer out of Sharon Heights in Menlo Park, Calif. “In the spirit of Flogton and the AGA, which has set out to develop a game with the help and input of players, we’re doing this to find the people who are smarter than us. I’m not even sure it can be done, but it’s my guess this may come from somewhere outside the golf industry.”

In preparation for the challenge, the AGA and Hot Stix tested several existing nonconforming balls against a standard Titleist ProVI (with a conforming driver) and found that the nonconforming balls currently on the market offered marginal or no improvement.  “If it’s only a 10 percent difference, that is the difference between hitting the ball in the center of the clubface and off center, as most people do,” Zider said.

Zider, Commissioner Scott McNealy, CEO Pat Gallagher and legal counsel Damien Eastwood launched the AGA in January at www.flogton.com to foster the creation and evolution of new games – “golf for the rest of us,” they call it – that could be played on existing golf courses.

“The reaction has been extremely positive among the golf course owners and operators, the equipment manufacturers and, most important, the people who play,” McNealy said.

McNealy has established a committee to review various game and rule proposals, but, he said, “Equipment advances are essential components of what we’re trying to do to make the game more fun for the recreational golfer, the new golfer, the aging golfer. We’re setting aside USGA conformance standards, and we want innovation on what might be possible.”

Contestants may find the complete rules and entry form at the AGA’s www.flogton.com. If none of the balls submitted by the contest deadline of June 1, 2011 tests for at least 25 percent more yardage than the conforming ball, no prize will be awarded.  The AGA will, however, continue to partner with equipment companies to test the limits of what is possible.

Said Gallagher: “We are hoping this inspires all equipment companies, inventors and innovators to see partnering with the AGA as a new market opportunity for equipment that can make the game more playable.”

USGA Conforming Equipment - Listen To Arnie

You may be interested and surprised to hear his position on golf equipment:

“We should focus on people having fun playing golf and using the equipment they enjoy using.

 As
 a long time adherent to and supporter of the great traditions of golf,
 I do not believe that the [USGA non-conforming] ERC II Driver is a threat to the basic nature
 of the game," Mr. Palmer continued. "Rather, I believe that it will be 
a tremendous asset to people's enjoyment of recreational golf. I also 
think that making the game more enjoyable will help the game to grow in 
the United States, and this is very important to me."

Sounds like Arnie has a heart for SortaGolf.

PS.  The Commish’s wife met Arnie at the Shark Shootout. She got
 to join him for dinner at Greg Norman’s table and he gave her a signed
 golf glove.

5 Reasons Why Golfers Hate Florida Scrambles

1.)  Don't get to play out my own ball
2.)  Watching four people miss the same putt
3.)  Takes 5 hours to finish with lots of waiting
4.)  We use the ’A’ player's ball 90% of the time
5.)  The winning team is always stacked

SortaGolf Successories: Equipment

Golf Successories: Improve Your Lie

The Seven Stages of Golf Grief

The Seven Stages of Grief has helped people all over the world deal with grief, loss and change.

    1.    Shock
    2.    Denial
    3.    Bargaining
    4.    Fear
    5.    Anger
    6.    Despair
    7.    and finally, Acceptance

Whether it’s the death of a loved one, the death of a marriage, or other life-changing event, 
these seven steps identify the choices we make that allow us to move 
forward, making the changes that result in our integrating the loss 
rather than being stuck in it forever.

My research has confirmed that the same process applies to golf.  Coming to terms with the inadequacy and injustice of one’s golf game is acheived through the Seven Stages of Golf Grief:

Shock:  “I can't believe I'm still not getting any better at this game.  My dream is to play better, consistent golf.”

Denial: “Another crappy round. This isn't happening to me, I'll play better next round.  My golf dreams will come true.”

Bargaining:  “Ok, if I buy this new set of clubs and take a lot of expensive lessons then I'll get better, right?”

Fear:  “Oh no. what if I never get good at this game.  What will my friends and family think?”

Anger:  “I hate this game.  With all the time and money I spend on golf I deserve to play better.”

Despair: “I'm never going to be able to enjoy this game.”

Acceptance:  “This is as good as Iím ever gonna get.  My golf dream is dead.”

Grieve not golfers.  There is another group of seven that offers golfing fulfillment and satisfaction.  It’s the 7 Amendments to the USGA Rules of Golf.  It’s the way golf was originally meant to be played and enjoyed.

Where Did The Term Mulligan Come From?

But where did the term Mulligan come from?  After much search, here's the best summary I could find:

“The term Mulligan is an unusual one. Like many golf terms it is steeped in controversy. Just where exactly did this term originate? Is it a reference to a person, a combination of words, or is it derivative of another language.

One proposed explanation is that in the late 1920s, a Canadian Golfer, David Mulligan, played golf with a group of friends at the St. Lambert Country Club, outside Montreal. David being the only golfer with a car, ended up driving everyone to the course. The drive took him over many rough roads and a really bumpy bridge found at the entrance to the course. Due the rough driving conditions, Mulligan's hands were in pretty bad shape by the time the trip was over. His “buddies” were nice enough to give him and extra drive off the first tee.


Many other clubs have claimed to also have a golfer that the term is based on, either mulligan or Mel Egan, etc. who would hit another shot whenever he could think of a good excuse to justify it. Another theory is that a group of golfers all hit bad tee shots and declared that they would “hit 'em all again”.”

We at the SGA salute you David Mulligan for your pioneering efforts on behalf of recreational golfers.  You are truly the original SortaGolfer.



And to all you unsatisfied recreational golfers, remember to abide by SortaGolf Rules Amendment # 7, "A Mulligan Per Round".

The Golf Swing Is Impossibly Hard

It’s not your fault that your golf game is so frustrating.  The deck is stacked against you, starting with the golf swing.

According to a study conducted by the USGA only one tenth of one percent of male
 golfers shoot par golf consistently.  Only two-and-one-half percent are below a five handicap.  Why is that?…Because the Golf Swing is Impossibly Hard!

We’ve all suspected that was the case but it took the scientific mind of Jack Kuykendal of Kuykendall Golf to discover the cold, undeniable science behind the tyranny of the traditional golf swing.

“These golfers, in great and ever increasing numbers, have gone off to some
 golf course in hopes, really in belief, of improving their golf
game.  They usually fail because they begin with a seriously
 flawed concept: The Traditional Finger-Grip Golf Swing. 

This is 
why the average handicap has remained static for years, even though
 there has been an overabundance of claimed improvements both instruction and club design.



The 
traditional finger grip demands an extremely complex, unnatural swing 
action that masters you, the average player and even 
better-than-average.  You can never master it.



The 
body, arms, hands club head and club face must be rotated on multiple
planes in both the back swing and the downswing.  These completely
 unnatural complex rotary movements make it extremely difficult to
 square the club face consistently at impact.

It
 is especially difficult even for a golfer of the highest proficiency to 
perform this action and square the club face consistently. 

Except
 for this very narrow, exceptionally gifted segment of the world’s 
golfing population and some relatively few others, all of whom have
 worked considerable long and hard at perfecting the impossible to
 perfect, it is extremely difficult to perform this complex motion and
square the club face consistently while it is moving at close to 100 
miles an hour.



Any
golfer is allowed about two degrees of club face error when hitting a
golf ball and trying to keep it in the fairway.  Not to hit it
 where it is exactly intended to go, but just to keep the ball somewhere
in the fairway.

 

Statistics
 show only 1% of golfers blessed with world class tempo and timing,
 and have at least 5 hours a day to practice, can regularly play at par 
or better.”



No wonder we’re all frustrated.  Thanks Prof. Jack.

Hot Balls: Why The Double Standard

It takes a pretty secure SortaGolfer to openly pull out a sleeve of ‘hot balls’ on the 1st tee.  Even though Rules Amendment #6 clearly states, “All Equipment Is Conforming”.

For some reason, using a ‘hot ball’ to get an extra 20 yards from the tee box is seen as the moral equivalent of taking steroids or using a corked bat.

Ironically, the same standard doesn’t apply to the other equipment we use, our clubs.  We don’t give a second thought to using a custom-fitted driver made with space age metals, graphite shafts, over-sized club heads (and spending $400 or more) in the hopes of gaining that same 20 yards.

A new TaylorMade  driver or a sleeve of “Hot Balls”, aren’t they just different paths to the same destination?

Will hot balls ever be widely accepted?  Not if the USGA has its way and that’s good news for pricey club manufacturers.

Your Golf Swing Has A Genetic Barrier

Everyone has a timing barrier, a level that each specific person cannot surpass.

This applies to the traditional golf swing by pre-determining how well, in terms of tempo and timing, each specific person can perform the five complex rotary motions that this extremely difficult swing requires.

Your uniquely personal genetic timing barrier affects your every attempt to keep club face error at impact to two degrees or less. Each person's range of club face error is pre-determined by that person's cerebellum and other brain circuits that govern coordination of body parts.

Your tempo and timing can never get better than the timing capacity of your brain circuits.

Your genetic timing can only be developed, not improved, because your tempo and timing potential was established before you ever picked up a club. You were born with it.

Said another way, you’re parents are as much responsible for your crappy golf game as you are.  Something to remember this Father’s Day.

Yes I Would Larry.

The Desert Sun sports writer Larry Bohannan article asks the question:

"So, would you use equipment that was non-conforming to USGA rules if you thought it would help you play better golf and make you a happier, more well-rounded and cheerful human being?"'  more

He correctly identifies that historically when an equipment manufacture dares to exceed the arbitrary equipment mandates "the USGA tends to win these kinds of stare-downs".

At the SortaGolf Association, we believe that ALL equipment should be conforming....along with six other common sense rules amendments that will dramatically increase your enjoyment of the game we love.  Learn more about the SortaGolf rules here.

WSJ Profiles New Nike Golf Ball

"Changing balls is much harder than changing clubs," said Anthony Kim, who's been playing the 20IX-S since December. (The 20IX line won't be available in stores until late April.) "With a new driver, that's basically just one shot you have to understand. But a new ball affects all 14 clubs in your bag, and you have to have confidence in how each of those clubs are going to play.".....read more

Remember Sortagolf Rules Amendment #6:  All Equipment Is Conforming.

Improve Your Lie Video

How To Deal With USGA-holes

Not everyone wants you to enjoy a more satisfying golf game.  In fact, some are so threatened by it, and SortaGolf, that they will get down right hostile about it. 

I like to call these kind of people USGA-holes.

You know the type; rigid, condescending and so blinded by their fundamentalist USGA dogma that they can’t tolerate anyone who doesn’t believe the same way they do. 

Being a SortaGolfer means being persecuted by USGA-holes.  It just comes with the territory, but as our numbers grow so will our acceptance.  Until that day, I’ve compiled the following responses to typical USGA-hole taunts for those SortaGolfer so oppressed:

USGA-hole:  There’s nothing wrong with the USGA Rules of Golf.

Response:  A recent Golf Online survey reported that only 23% of golfers admit to strictly following USGA rules. Why so few? Because adhering to the USGA Rules Of Golf produce a frustrating, unsatisfactory experience for the vast majority of golfers.

Golf is a difficult game, even for professionals. Made even more so for recreational golfers by the unforgiving, arbitrary and burdensome rules and mandates set by the USGA.

No one is more passionate about the great game of golf than recreational golfers. But for them the rules of golf are clearly out of step and, understandably, generally not followed.

SortaGolf provides an alternative solution and an updated common rules format all can follow. These (7) rules amendments greatly enhance satisfaction for the recreational golfer, while maintaining competitive integrity and the essential essence of the game.

USGA-hole: SortaGolf isn’t legitimate golf.

Response:  Considering the fact that research shows that only a small minority of golfers actually follow the USGA Rules Of Golf, we contend that SortaGolf is actually MORE legitimate for the recreational golfers who make up 95% of the total golfing population.

USGA-hole:  SortaGolfers are cheaters!

Response:  Is it cheating? Or is SortaGolf merely modifying the conditions of the game to reflect reality. Let’s face it; the USGA Rules of Golf, in its current form, is broken for the recreational golfer. And, unless you’re willing to strictly adhere to all USGA rules, you’re cheating. Is that fair? Is that satisfying? We say NO!

Over the course of history, even a document as great as the United States Constitution has benefited from a number of amendments. Certainly, the USGA Rules Of Golf could benefit as well.

SortaGolf is pioneering a better way for recreational golfers. All that you love about golf while minimizing the things you don’t. There’s no longer any need for recreational golfers to hide their real golf game anymore

USGA-hole:  With SortaGolf everyone will be shooting below par.

Response:  SortaGolf at its essence is about damage control for the recreational golfer, yielding a greater consistency of scoring.  Playing SortaGolf, you won't necessarily improve upon your previous personal best (using USGA rules) but you will most certainly score more consistently within its reach.

USGA-hole:  What about handicaps?

Response:  The purpose of handicapping is to help level the playing field between competitors of different skill levels by providing "strokes" based on historical performance. 

With SortaGolf, this desired leveling is substantially accomplished through the damage controlling properties of The Sorta 7 Amendments, which significantly reduce the separation between golfers of different skill levels. 

Sorta Golf naturally provides a more competitive landscape for golfers and, therefore, the role of handicapping is greatly diminished and simplified relative to the USGA.

Here is how it works.  SortaGolf handicaps are established based on a golferís previous best single 18 hole score, ever using USGA Rules of Golf:

       Best Score   SGA Handicap

            <75                           0

76-78                         1

79-80                         2

81-83                         3

84-86                         4

87-89                         5

90-92                         6

93-96                         7

97-99                         8

100+                          9

With their initial handicap established, Sorta Golfer handicaps are only adjusted lower, when a player lowers his best score.

I use these arguments on a daily basis and have found them to tame even the most savage of USGA-hole beasts.

Rule 1: Improve Your Lie

According to a USGA study only one tenth of one percent of male golfers shoot par golf consistently. Only two-and-one-half percent are below a five handicap. Why do so few  golfers produce good results? The reason is clear, it's because the golf swing is impossibly hard! 

It's very reasonable that most recreational golfers are frustrated by the game.  The traditional golf swing demands an extremely complex, unnatural swing action that can never be mastered. The body, arms, hands, club head and club face must be rotated on multiple planes in both the back swing and the downswing. These completely unnatural and complex rotary movements make it extremely difficult to square the club face consistently at impact, even for a golfer of the highest proficiency.

The margin for error in the golf swing is minuscule. A golfer is only allowed about two degrees of club face error when hitting a golf ball to keep it in the fairway. Not to hit it where it is exactly intended to go, but just to keep the ball somewhere in the fairway.

Unless a golfer is genetically blessed with world class tempo and timing and has at least 5 hours a day to practice, they can never hope to join the golfing elite who regularly play at par or better. For the vast majority of golfers not so blessed at birth, a frustrating fate awaits.

(a) The first rule of SortaGolf is to be sure to Improve Your Lie so as to give you the best possible chance to play your best golf. Golf is challenging enough even from a good lie. There's no reason for golfers to be further penalized by poor course maintenance or the randomness of nature.

Golfers instinctively know this and have over the years developed solutions of their own, like "bumping 'em in the fairway". Now this kind of progressive thinking can be expanded to almost every shot you play. The last thing you should be asking yourself before addressing the ball is, "Could my lie be improved?"

(b) Proximity to the original location of the ball should not be an impediment to this process. As a result, if it is necessary to move your ball a full clubs length in order to accomplish the task, then you should do so. This is especially true if a little extra distance will not only provide you with the optimal lie, but will also have the added benefit of allowing you to more easily avoid an obstacle (a tree, for example)or otherwise provide you with a better approach to your target.

Although, improving one’s lie cannot result in moving your ball closer to the hole or result in taking the ball from the rough to the fairway. The only areas of the course were this rule does not apply is in sand traps or on the putting surface. There, you must play the ball were it lies.

Gimme Mulligan or Gimme Death

Frustrated with your golf game?  Most golfers are.  But what can you really do about it?  The
golf establishment preaches that the secret to improving your game lies in buying the latest clubs and balls or expensive lessons coupled with endless hours of practice. Does it work? 

Not likely.  The sad truth is that USGA’s own research shows that there is almost never
significant improvement for golfers who have been playing for more than
three years.  We’ve all been brainwashed to believe that the anguish and disappointments experienced almost every round are simply ‘part of the game’.

It’s not your fault. Golf is a difficult game, even for professionals. Made even more so for recreational golfers by the unforgiving, arbitrary and burdensome rules and mandates set by the USGA.  A Golf Online survey reported that only 23% of golfers admit to strictly following USGA Rules of Golf.  Why so few? 

Because adhering to USGA Rules of Golf produce a frustrating, unsatisfactory experience for the vast majority of golfers. Are we supposed to just accept this as our golfing lot and toil in perpetual frustration?  Absolutely not!  We at the SortaGolf Association say, Gimme mulligan or gimme death!

Every golfer deserves to play a better, more consistent and satisfying round of golf and thanks to SortaGolf that’s exactly what you’ll do.  It’s simple, easy and best of all you’re probably already following many of its common sense principles.
 SortaGolf features a revolutionary collection of rules amendments called the Sorta 7.  This ‘Golfer’s Bill of Rights’ will dramatically improving your golfing satisfaction without expensive new equipment and lessons or build calluses on the practice tee.  It provides an updated rules format all golfers can gladly follow while maintaining both competitive integrity and the essential essence of the game.

Recreational golfers everywhere unite!  Demand the satisfaction you deserve and declare your independence from the USGA Rules of Golf. The SortaGolf revolution is here.

Nothing Equitable About A Scramble

The Pope of Slope provides compelling rationale on why its so hard to have equity among teams when playing a Florida Scramble format. 

You have asked one of the toughest questions in handicapping and achieving equity in a scramble format is hard to accomplish.

First off, in any scramble format, the teams with the best golfers always will have a big advantage. A single digit handicap player hits better drives, approach shots and putts than beginner golfers. Rarely does every team have one good player and usually there is a big difference in the skill level of the best (A-class) player on each team. The team that happens to have a near-scratch golfer has a big advantage over other teams that is hard to overcome.

Also, without knowing what the playing ability of the competitors are, you just can’t have a competitive tournament. Players that show up without a USGA Handicap Index come without providing any evidence of their skill. What makes the problem even worse is that the term “playing ability” is hard to define in a scramble because USGA Handicap Indexes are based on total hole scores covering 18 holes. There are lots of different ways to develop a 17.0 Handicap Index, for example. You might be a “Wild Willy”, who hits the long ball, but without much accuracy and not much finesse in the short game. This is a player who can help his team off the tee, but may not be much use for the rest of the way to the hole. You might be a “Steady Eddy” who hits short, but straight shots and stays out of trouble most of the time, unless there is a long carry over water on a hole. Steady Eddy is a great player to have on a team–after the tee shot has been selected. Most of us might fit better in the category of “Average Andy”. We hit some good shots and some bad shots and some of our shots might get used by the team.

Whichever category that a player fits into, the USGA Handicap Index is not a great way to determine “playing ability” in a scramble, just because handicaps are based on total scores and not how you got those scores. A scramble is based on the individual components of playing a hole–Driving ability, approach shot ability, and getting up and down, which includes chipping, bunker play and putting.

SortaGolf’s 7 Amendments provide a better format for corporate and charity tournament outings. 

Does SortaGolf Have Handicaps?

The purpose of handicapping is to help level the playing field between competitors of different skill levels by providing ‘strokes’ based on historical performance. 

With SortaGolf, this desired leveling is substantially accomplished through the damage controlling properties of The Sorta 7 Amendments, which significantly reduce the separation between golfers of different skill levels. 

SortaGolf naturally provides a more equitable landscape for golfers and, therefore, the role of handicapping is greatly diminished and simplified relative to the USGA.

Here is how it works.  SortaGolf handicaps are established based on a golfer’s previous best single 18-hole score over the last (5) years:

       Best Score   SGA Handicap

                <75                       0

76-78                         1

79-80                         2

81-83                        3

84-86                        4

87-89                        5

90-92                        6

93-96                        7

97-99                        8

100+                         9

With their initial handicap established, SortaGolfer handicaps are only adjusted lower, when a player lowers his/her best score…utilizing the Sorta 7 Amendments, of course.

With SortaGolf, we all carry a single digit handicap!

Women Golfers Are From Venus

There’s a gender gap when it comes to SortaGolf.  

A concept that is intuitively obvious to men, a more satisfying game of golf, is one that most women struggle with.  Despite the fact that SortaGolf’s 7 Amendments are an equal opportunity satisfaction enhancer.

It would appear that the USGA Rules of Golf dogma has the kind of opporessive grip on women that the Taliban could only hope for. It’s shameful.  Women have just as much right to a satisfying game of golf as men do.

The SGA is committed to expanding female participation and supports outreach programs that help identify, recruit and encourage women to embrace SortaGolf.

Oprah, can you help?

Why Play SortaGolf?

A recent Golf Online survey reported that only 23% of golfers admit to strictly following USGA rules. Why so few? Because adhering to the USGA Rules Of Golf produce a frustrating, unsatisfactory experience for the vast majority of golfers.

Golf is a difficult game, even for professionals. Made even more so for recreational golfers by the unforgiving, arbitrary and burdensome rules and mandates set by the USGA.

No one is more passionate about the great game of golf than recreational golfers. But for them the rules of golf are clearly out of step and, understandably, generally not followed.

SortaGolf provides an alternative solution and an updated common rules format all can follow. These (7) rules amendments (see tab above) greatly enhance satisfaction for the recreational golfer, while maintaining competitive integrity and the essential essence of the game.

Giuliani Candidate For SortaGolf

The former NYC Mayor is not only a right-thinking American, he’s also a right-thinking recreational golfer.  I recently read his best selling book, ‘Leadership’, and was gratified to read the following excerpt from p. 286-7: 

"Every time I found myself trapped on a golf course, I would cringe at the endless rules.  It’s hard enough just to hit long and strong without the frustration of adding strokes when your ball’s in the water or or cruelly lips out after a seemingly perfect putt. 

On the very first hole, Randy saw me struggling with my swing, with the golf ball flying all over the place.  ‘Rudy”, he said, “this isn’t the PGA Tour – we’re here to have fun.  If you miss-hit your drive, tee up another ball.”

Suddenly, it became clear to me: golf is supposed to be pleasurable, not a torture.  I was hooked!  I had caught the strange fever that has driven so many people to spend endless hours knocking a dimpled rubber sphere into a small hole hundreds of yards away.”

Mr. Mayor, I couldn’t agree with you more.  SortaGolf, and its Rules Amendment #7: ”A Mulligan Per Round“, was made for guys like you and me. 

The Seven Things The USGA Doesn't Want You To Know

1.)  We’re Not That Good:  The average 18-hole score on a full-size course is 97 for men and 114 for women. It’s an even 100 for all golfers. The average golf score has changed very little over the last 50 years, despite all the significant advances in equipment technology. Only a very small elite break 80 on a consistent basis.

2.)  And That’s Not Gonna Change: USGA research has shown that very rarely will a golfer significantly improve after playing for 3 years.

3.)  We Don’t Want To Be Reminded Were Not Good:  Less than 20% of all golfers maintain a handicap, which averages 19-20.  When asked what they’d like to shoot, most golfers say they’d be satisfied if they could shoot 85 on an 18-hole regulation course on a regular basis.

4.)   But We Try To Make Golf More Enjoyable:  Only 23% of golfers admit to strictly following the USGA Rules of Golf.  Why so few? Because adhering to them produces a frustrating and unsatisfactory experience for the vast majority of golfers.

5.)  But That’s Not Enough: The number of rounds played has been flat for years despite a significant number of new course openings.

6.)  And Many Are Losing Interest Or Giving Up: Core golfers, who account for 80% of rounds played, are playing less and three million golfers leave the game every year.

7.) Which Is Why The SortaGolf Revolution Is Here to improve satisfaction among recreational golfers while maintaining competitive integrity and the essential essence of the great game of golf.

Who’s really doing more ”for the good of the game“..the USGA or the SGA?

What's Your Golfing ROI?

How much do you invest in your golf game each year?  How much money on clubs, balls, clothes, dues, lessons and travel?  A recent survey by Golf2020 puts that number at $4,355 on average for avid golfers.

But your investment doesn’t end there.  How much of your precious leisure time is invested in practice, playing and getting to and from your courses of choice?  I suspect, and I’m sure your wife would concur, it’s a big chunk of time.

Which begs the question, “how’s the ROI on your golf investment?”

For alot of us recreational golfers the sad truth is that our golf investment is a chronic “underperformer”.  If it were a stock, you’d sell it.  If it were a girlfriend, you’d dump her.

The golf establishment would tell you that the secret to improving your ROI lies in the latest clubs and balls or expensive lessons coupled with endless hours of  practice.  They’ve convinced you that the frustrations and disappointments you experience almost every round are simply ‘part of the game’.  Or in economic terms, you should accept below market returns from your substantial golf investment.  Well, we at the SGA say BUNK!

What’s the solution to improving your golf investment ROI?  It’s SortaGolf and the Sorta 7 Amendments to the USGA Rules of Golf.

SortaGolf was developed for you, the recreational golfer, with the express purpose of improving your enjoyment of the game.  You deserve to play a better, more consistent and satisfying round of golf and thanks to SortaGolf that’s exactly what you’ll do.

SortaGolf features a revolutionary collection of rule amendments, called the Sorta 7.  These amendments will dramatically improve your game without expensive new clubs and lessons or spending endless hours on the practice tee.

It’s simple, it’s easy and best of all you’re probably already following many of its common sense principles.  Everything you need to know to become a SortaGolfer is here for you at this website.

SortaGolf at its essence is about damage control for the recreational golfer, yielding a greater consistency of scoring.  Playing SortaGolf, you wonít necessarily improve upon your previous personal best (using USGA rules) but you will most certainly score more consistently within its reach.

So spread the word!  The SortaGolf revolution is here.  It’s time to declare your independence from the USGA and "let freedom swing".

The SortaGolf Manifesto

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