I’m glad that Annika Sorenstam got herself back in the winner’s circle today. She defeated Paula Creamer on the first hole of a playoff at the Stanford International Pro-Am. That marks victory #71.
All due respect to Lorena Ochoa, Annika is still #1 in my book.
One of my favorite companies, Bobby Jones, has announced that their new series of wedges is now available for purchase. Check out my interview in the video below where my buddy Jesse Ortiz tells me about these wedges he worked on along with Dave Pelz.
Bobby Jones’ Press Release
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It is April 24th. I had a 9:32 tee time today with my Thursday group but we canceled because it was going to rain.
It isn’t raining… it’s SNOWING.
There have been many large golf companies jumping on the golf blogwagon. Quite frankly, most if not all of them have been failures. All they ended up being was a rehash of their current advertisements, press releases and another outlet for their corporate double talk.
FootJoy has entered the blogosphere at http://www.footjoyblog.com and I’ve been personally told they won’t make the same mistakes other large golf companies have when running their blog. They promise to give some real blog-like perspective, rather than simply spewing out the same old boring corporate lines and press releases.
Is the FootJoy blog a real blog?
Test #1: Blogroll One of the first things I look for in a “blog” is whether or not they have a “blogroll.” A blogroll is a set of links to other blogs or sites. The corporate sites I’ve been critical of in the past have never really had a “blogroll” because they weren’t willing to take their chances legally, or support other sites which may have ads, links, or promotion for their competition.
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The scene: My regular grudge match against the local PGA pro. I’ve beaten him two rounds in a row and won the front nine convincingly. He’s got a putt on #16 to save par, possibly win $2.00 and have some bragging rights. This putt is about a 3-4 footer. I’m closer for par.
They say that golf brings out a person’s inner personality… He somehow misses and throws a fit, throwing his putter up in the air and slamming his hat on the ground. He didn’t realize his $200 Maui Jims sunglasses were on his hat. His putter hits the ground, his hat bounces toward the hole, and his Maui Jims split in two.
Being the opportunist I am, I always carry my camera. I snapped the picture below, which couldn’t have been set up better intentionally. I wait for him to clean up his mess, then I calmly walk up and drain my dagger-in-the-heart putt.
Pictured below from top to bottom: The ball, the hole, his hat, my ball marker, his putter, the right half of his sunglasses, the left half of his sunglasses.
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