August 31st, 2007 — US Amateur from kevin @ Course Ladder
This year (2007) the US Amateur was held at The Olympic Club. The format of the tournament is a 2 day stroke play event (medal round) where the top 64 advance to match play. During the 2 day stroke event they use 2 courses. The Olympic Club happens to have 2 world class course. The Lake [...]
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August 31st, 2007 — Miscellaneous, Reviews from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
Back on June 21, 2007 I wrote a review on these really cool golf scuptures by Flog Dog. They’re golf statues made entirely from Union Pacific Railroad ties.
In my rave review my only critique was the stand:
“My 2nd critique is on the black polished base my Jones came with. There’s a big screw that [...]
August 31st, 2007 — Charity Events, Golf Goods, News from golfchick @ The Golfchick
September is National Ovarian Cancer Month. Teal is the official color representing the awareness campaign.
LPGA members will wear ribbons at events in September
The LPGA announced that players have been requested to don the teal ribbons at events during the month of September.
The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional members also get involved. The president of that [...]
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August 31st, 2007 — LPGA Tour, Lorena Ochoa from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
Lorena’s latest triumph. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Lorena Ochoa won the Safeway Classic last weekend in Portland, Oregon, the third consecutive victory for the world’s No. 1 women’s golfer.Have a great holiday weekend. Play some golf if you can.The Armchai…
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August 31st, 2007 — Charity Events, News from golfchick @ The Golfchick
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August 31st, 2007 — Equipment from DeepRough @ The Deep Rough
Here are some pictures of the Callaway Hyper X Driver which should be released in the not too distant future. Looks like it should be the replacement for the X460 driver.
Tags: callaway, hyper-x
Related StoresAugust 31st, 2007 — Accessories, Apparel, Equipment, Reviews from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
A few days ago I did my review of the cool new Tattoo Golf shirt. As a follow up to that review I’m doing a quick mention that Tattoo Golf makes killer golf gloves as well.
Of course the glove is black.
On the course
I’m not usually a glove wearing player, but when it’s hot and [...]
August 31st, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
If you haven’t you should!GolfBug.tv, the world’s first broadband TV channel dedicated to golf, has just joined forces with one of the UK’s leading digital entertainment providers, Simply Media, and the results are impressive. The new look is ultr…
Related StoresAugust 30th, 2007 — Blogs And Blogger Stuff, Golfchick Performance And Progress from golfchick @ The Golfchick
Golf more, rant less.
Every day starts a new year.
This might be a difficult one (the resolution, not the year). Bear with me.
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August 30th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
Just got in from a late arriving flight - Air Canada (go figure) and a quick run to the Bar-B-Barn for great ribs.On Friday morning I have a presentation for a course I have not worked on before, where the club is considering at rebuilding all 18 green…
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What is it with people using golf clubs as weapons?
This week, there is another story about a kid attacking someone with a golf club. The story says some other kids helped lure the victim to a secluded area where the teen carried out the assault.
I know they have the word club right in the name [...]
August 30th, 2007 — PGA Tour, Tiger Woods from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
Friday start this week which is good since I forgot to get my fantasy team set before today!
Here are the TV times for week two of the Tiger Woods, I mean FedEx Cup playoffs.
Deutsche Bank Championship
PGA Tour
Friday 8/31 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 8/31 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/1 3:00 PM - [...]
August 30th, 2007 — Site News from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
I have SO many golf products to review it’s getting crazy.
Yesterday I took my cameras, stands and a ton of golf stuff over to the course and set up to shoot a bunch of pics and video of many of these golf products. It was really hot and humid out there. About 1.5 [...]
August 30th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
6:00am (Saskatoon)I’ll post again later as I make my way slowly to Montreal today through a series of flights.I opened the Star Phoenix this morning to see the Master Plan for the course at Saskatoon Golf & Country Club in the Sports Section. The…
Related StoresAugust 30th, 2007 — Golf Swing from DeepRough @ The Deep Rough
FootJoy is running a Flextability Sweepstakes where you can win yourself a set of the new DryJoys featuring Stability PODS. What is ‘flextability’ and what are PODS? Well here’s a brief description:
The Stability PODS outsole features seven individual TPU Stability PODS surrounded by dramatically enhanced OptiFlex™ zones. The result is breakthrough FLEXTABILITY™– stability [...]
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August 30th, 2007 — Golf News from admin @ Golfing Community | Golf News | Golf Equipement Deal
By Tiger Woods choosing to sit out the playoff at the Barclays tournament players are not too happy to see the number one player in the world come back in the mix. Now being mentally and physically ready to play in the Deutsche Bank Championship Woods is on the prowl.
Even though his absence has put [...]
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August 29th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
There’s been lots of ink spilled over the Fedex Cup. Most of it negative. Putting together such a big…thing…and integrating it into the culture of a sport is a huge multi-faceted undertaking. There will be hits and misses, it’ll be adapted in the c…
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Finishing fourth in the Barclays this past weekend the fourth ranked South African is flying across the big pond to his home in London. His children are preparing to return the school and Els says he wants to be home with his family and he withdrew Tuesday for this reason.
Related StoresAugust 29th, 2007 — Video Lessons from DeepRough @ The Deep Rough
Do you chicken wing it? Take the club head well across the line? Do yourself a favour and check out this video lesson by Shawn Clement, the Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre. This should help you with feeling extension in your arms in your swing.
While you are here, be [...]
Related StoresAugust 29th, 2007 — Brandi Jackson from The Squire @ Golf Babes
Did you know that Brandi Jackson once had country music star Vince Gill as her caddie? It’s true. That’s them together to the right at the 2005 LPGA Franklin American Mortgage Championship, a tournament Gill hosted with his wife Amy Grant.
Here’s how it happened: Brandi attended a Gill concert at Clemson University in 1995. She was backstage after the show along with many other fans waiting to
Related StoresAugust 29th, 2007 — Chip Shots, GCA Roundtable, GCA Threads from Sir Putts-a-lot @ On Golf Architecture
Each Wednesday, I’ll post a few quick points from the week in golf architecture.Mike Cirba started a good thread on Golf Club Atlas about ground level tee boxes and their seeming fall into obscurity. While not reaching pandemic levels, it seems more an…
Related StoresAugust 29th, 2007 — Golf Media, Miscellaneous, Site News from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
My “other” site is called The Golf Space. TGS is a free golf networking and community site. I’d say it’s everything for golfers that myspace is for strippers and teenagers, only without the porn and spam…
At TGS each member (over 2300 now) has his or her own profile, blog, matchmaker, photo galleries, golf [...]
August 29th, 2007 — Ben Hogan, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
It’s been a few weeks since I completed The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan, a novel by John Coyne. Coyne is the author of more than 20 books, most of them horror novels, and a few of them golf books.I admit I was skeptical when I began reading John’s st…
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August 29th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
7:07am (eastern)I’m sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to Saskatoon. I’m heading back to Saskatoon to review the working drawings that I have prepared for the new nine holes to be built next spring. This is a good chance to walk the desig…
Related StoresAugust 28th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
Up till yesterday Ernie Els was still planning on “making the short journey from New York to Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship”. That’s what he wrote in his blog less than 48 hours ago. Earlier today however, he announced he’ll skip this tourna…
Related StoresAugust 28th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Sir Putts-a-lot @ On Golf Architecture
So I’ve neglected this for far too long.With my recent career happenings, I’ve been given a bit more time to keep things current and that’s going to be the plan. Ideally, and concurrent with my participation in Golf Club Atlas’s discussion group, I can…
Related StoresAugust 28th, 2007 — Reviews from DeepRough @ The Deep Rough
Andrew over at oobgolf got his hands on a copy of Tiger Woods 08 and has put together a nice little review. Check it out, he does a great job with the initial review. If you have played the game, and have any comments, please feel free to let us know.
Also be sure [...]
Related StoresAugust 28th, 2007 — Golf Media from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
My pal GolfBlogger has revamped most of his site with a new look and style. I have been so used to the old version over the last few years but I must say the new look is very sharp.
GolfBlogger is one of the original and best golf blogs so go check it out. Now [...]
August 28th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
I wrote about golf guys in pink months ago. The topic however still seems to be sizzeling, and laden with sociological implications, as Dan Bernstein recently described in his story, Sex and the Golf Shirt.Love the look or hate it, there’s no doubt pin…
Related StoresAugust 28th, 2007 — LPGA Tour, Life, Miscellaneous from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
For you single guys looking for a lady who is a great golfer, athletic, hot and rich:
Annika Sorenstam is engaged now. Scratch her off your list.
August 28th, 2007 — FedEx Cup, Pro Golf And Golfer Commentary from golfchick @ The Golfchick
Okay, I haven’t paid that much attention to the FedEx Cup from the start so I’m a little behind, but I can’t be the only one!
I remember hearing or reading that when the FedEx Cup Playoffs began the points would reset. Silly me, I thought that meant to ZERO. Isn’t that a reset? I [...]
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August 27th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from mulligan @ The Golf Blog
Tiger Woods’s new video game, 2008 version, comes out tomorrow. Tiger will be on whirlwind promotional tour in NYC, with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange to ring the opening bell. Maybe he can stop the stock market from slumping. His website has…
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August 27th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
I have an early flight Tuesday - so here is the post now - although I likely will post something that evening about where I am and what I’m doing.Turns out after I identified my top 40 with all potential conflicts of interest (clubs I’ve worked with) I…
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August 27th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Chunkedit @ The Golf Blog
Here’s an interesting story posted by the AP:”A growing number of cities and counties are mandating the use of electric or gas-powered carts, believing they are needed to speed play and therefore allow more golfers on the course.Officials in Nassau Cou…
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2007 — News, Pro Golf And Golfer Commentary, Solheim Cup from golfchick @ The Golfchick
Betsy King, captain of this year’s United States Solheim Cup team, announced her picks and assembled the team for a press conference yesterday.
Here is the team that will be representing the U.S. against Europe at the Solheim Cup in Sweden September 14-16:
Captain: Betsy King
Assistant captain: Beth Daniel
(The first 10 players qualified for [...]
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August 27th, 2007 — FedEx Cup, Sergio Garcia, The Barclays from The Armchair Golfer @ ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
Sergio Garcia at The Barclays. (Photo courtesy of John Coyne)I like the new high-tech PGA Tour scoreboards as shown alongside Sergio Garcia in the above photo. I had read about them but didn’t see them live until I attended the Wyndham Championship in …
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August 27th, 2007 — Golf Swing, Video Lessons from DeepRough @ The Deep Rough
For those of you who ‘hit at’ the golf ball, this is a great video to help get you to swing through the golf ball. There are some nice examples relating the feeling of the swing to other sports: golf, fishing, soccer, football, skipping stones. Great stuff, as always, from Shawn Clement.
Side note, [...]
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
After claiming her third straight LPGA title at the Safeway Classic yesterday, Lorena Ochoa is heading back to Mexico for a one month break… to the disappointment of some, who would like to see her go for four in a row. “I’m very happy with my three …
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Sam Weinman @ Teeing Off
It’s likely you won’t be hearing from Alex for a little while because he’s slipped into a blogging-induced coma.
And now that I’m back, a few quick assessments of the week:
Was the FedExCup debut a success? Given the parameters, I’d say yes. The Barclays did not have the game’s No. 1 player, but it did [...]
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Rich Beem flew the grew on 18 yesterday and his ball ricocheted and hit Ian Baker Finch in the neck. Finch immediately plopped to the ground, but luckily he was OK. (More) This video is from earlier in the week when Beem had a birthday.
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2007 — Golf News, PGA Golf and Major Tournaments from admin @ Golfing Community | Golf News | Golf Equipement Deal
Steve Stricker ends a 6 ½ winning drought at Westchester Country Club by birding his last four holes to be K.J Choi by 2 strokes and finishing 2 under 69 and 16 under 268 total. Stricker birdied an 8-foot putt on the par 5, 18th hole for the win. Raising his arms in triumph he [...]
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Ian Andrew @ Ian Andrew's "Caddy Shack"
I thought I was on the panel and did provide my own top 40 out of the 125 or so courses that I have played in Ontario. I didn’t see my name on the list of panelist top 5 picks – I was late and may have been left out for that reason – so I thought…
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August 27th, 2007 — Golf Babes from admin @ Golfing Community | Golf News | Golf Equipement Deal
Female golfers are taking over golf. The are making great strides in the sport and should be supported. Each week will be featuring group of women golfers, professional golfers, amature golfers, and cart girls. All are well come and will be profiled here at whereigolf.com.
Introduction Where I Golf.com: Golf Babes
Natalie Gulbis
Eva Longoria
Michelle Wie
Se Ri Pak
Cart [...]
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August 27th, 2007 — Balls, Equipment, Reviews from Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ Hooked On Golf Blog
Titleist has released new versions of the NXT Tour golf ball, the NXT Extreme and NXT Tour. I’ve been playing both flavors for a while now. In this article I’ll be reviewing the new NXT Extreme Golf Ball. My NXT Tour golf ball review can be found here.
Titleist NXT Extreme Golf Ball
The [...]
August 26th, 2007 — Golf News from Mike Sigers @ Travelling Golfer
Despite the “international prediction” by my fellow golf blogger, Ron Mon, Steve Stricker wears the title of Champion as he leaves the Barclay’s.
He’s also the lead dog in the FedEx Cup points chase. He might or might not stay there for long, but as the boys from Georgia proved in the Little League [...]
Continue reading → Stricker Wins Despite Ron Mon’s Prediction
August 26th, 2007 — Laura Diaz from The Squire @ Golf Babes
This scan is a page from a Golf Magazine issue in 2005.
Congrats to Laura for making a late charge and playing her way onto the U.S. Solheim Cup team.
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I ran into Ed Downing, a long time Starter at Metro, at the U.S. Amateur championship match at the Olympic Club Sunday. Turns out that a friend of Ed’s was hosting Michael Thompson at his home all week. Thompson, a senior at Alabama, fell to Colt Kno…
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August 26th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Patricia @ Golf Girl's Diary
After an inauspicious start on a rather soggy course, The Barclays provided some pretty stellar golf watching. Tiger was absent, Vijay didn’t make the cut and Phil never quite made that charge, but the Stricker story … 40 year old guy who lost his to…
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August 26th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from allCarry @ The Golf Blog
You’ve gotta love it when a grown man is reduced to crying on the 18th hole. Only this time it was out of joy, not heartache. Steve Stricker birdied 4 of the last 6 holes to win the first Fed Ex Cup tourney at Barclay’s, with a very emotional victory…
Related StoresAugust 26th, 2007 — Golf Blog Posts from Alex Myers @ Teeing Off
What a week it’s been. We’ve made it through the first-ever PGA Tour playoff event and all things considered, I think it was a great success.
Will people every take this playoff system as seriously as golf’s four major championships? Probably not. Still, this does add a new dimension and it clearly brings more attention to [...]
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