Transitions Championship
PGA TOUR
Thursday 3/18 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 3/19 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/20 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET NBC
Sunday 3/21 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET NBC
WGC – CA Championship
World Golf Championships
Thursday 3/11 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 3/12 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/13 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET NBC
Sunday 3/14 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET NBC
Kia Classic presented by J Golf
LPGA Tour
Thursday 3/25 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 3/26 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/27 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 3/28 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
Trophee Hassan II
European Tour
Thursday 3/18 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 3/19 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/20 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 3/21 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET GOLF
The Cap Cana Championship
Champions Tour
Friday 3/26 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/27 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 3/28 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET GOLF
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Champions Tour, European Tour, LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour
Tiger Woods has just announced he’ll return to professional golf at The Masters. I would have thought he’d try to get one competitive round in before that to warm himself up, likely Bay Hill.
The Masters is a perfect place for Tiger to return because of the high level of security and the strict rules enforced on the grounds at Augusta National.
Will Tiger win or contend? I sort of doubt it, but he is Tiger Woods.
Tiger’s Press Release Below
Read more…
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I’ve just uploaded another batch of photos to the HOG 2010 Puerto Rico Open Photo Gallery, bringing the total to almost 250. In this batch are a bunch of shots from when I followed John Daly around. Boy was that fun. This guy has so much raw talent it is sick. Just looking at his technique in some of the still images I captured shows very well why this guy is so good. When he hits the ball it makes a different sound than when other players do.
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru PGA Tour John Daly, Puerto Rico Open
The Masters will be broadcast in 3D, for those with 3D capable computers or televisions.
I’ll be watching the Tuesday practice rounds in real 3D, AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL…
More here or here.
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I called this post “Part 1″ because I plan on doing a few updates today. But I’d rather spend my time on the course seeing the action and taking photos, than sit here in the press room looking at the backs of golf writers’ heads. With that in mind I won’t be in the press room for extended periods of time writing for hours. I’ll do that later. Time to gather content.
Tournament Status
Even though it is Saturday and the action has been going today for a few hours, the first round hasn’t been completed. In fact, some players haven’t even started their first round.
Above: Rocco Mediate chips close on the par-5 5th hole, en route to birdie.
Rain
By 2pm on the first day of play Thursday over six inches of rain had rendered the course uplayable. There are unconfirmed reports that there’s been over 14 inches of rain this week. Just to put that in perspective, the YEARLY rain fall for my home state of Utah is just over 15 inches.
The play I did watch yesterday was greatly affected by the standing water. I saw players’ drives hit the fairway and bounce backwards. They’re playing preferred lies due to the massive amount of water in the ground.
Notables
Skip Kendall is in the house, leading after his first round with a -7 65. There are a handful players sitting at -5. John Daly is in the field. His first round is done and he’s at -3. (Pictured right: Steve Flesch ponders his last shot from a greenside bunker.)
My Status
I have a terrible cold and cough. I feel like I’m going to hack out a lung soon. I went roughly two days without sleep and nearly 24 hours without food, getting here and doing the gig yesterday (Friday). Then I had a few too many adult beverages at the cocktail party. I was weak from being so tired and having not eaten. I woke up at 4:30am with a massive headache. I was obviously dehydrated this morning because I chugged about a gallon of water and “cramberry” (local spelling) juice. I’m good now though. I’m uploading about 90 photos from yesterday to the HOG Puerto Rico Open Gallery right now and then I’m off to hit the course.
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I’m SO tired I can’t even begin to express how I must crash and go to sleep. Today was a great day, full of awesome events like simply GETTING HERE. I met several PGA Tour players, shot a ton of images and the best part of the night was meeting my new pal and golf legend Chi Chi Rodriguez. I sat and talked to Chi Chi and his wife for a while. What a great guy, and the ambassador of golf to Puerto Rico.
I’d love to cover more, but I haven’t slept in nearly 48 hours… Must go to bed now. Stay tuned.
I’m also tweeting and facebooking my updates from Puerto Rico so check them out.
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I’m happy to announce I’ve been confirmed to attend and cover the PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open. I’ll be down at the Trump International Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico next weekend.
Being that I consider myself a blogger and not a journalist, I’m going to try and cover this in a way other than how the regular, stuffy and predictable golf media would. Anyone can tell you who birdied #15, and I probably will do some of that. But I want to find some angles which normal press simply doesn’t cover. Feel free to comment here if there’s something you’d like to see or hear about.
Stay tuned. I’m very excited for this opportunity. I’m going to try and get a round of golf in at one of the Trump courses there too, obviously for the pleasure of playing but for more content as well.
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Golf Media, PGA Tour, Site News Puerto Rico Open
What could possibly prompt the literary genius “OMG OMG OMG” in the title of this golf blog? That would be the letter I received in the mail today. The best piece of mail, ever.
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I like the new fashions of these new guns on tour. For one, they’re bringing more attention to the sport and they’re also creating entire product niches and markets with the white belts, fancy belt buckles, pastel and neon colors, diva sunglasses etc.
I only wish I was the brilliant one who coined the descriptive phrase “metrosexuals on tour” in reference to the Phoenix Open. That came from a forum thread over on The Golf Space. I’d already come up with my own name for the tournament, which I thoroughly enjoyed by the way. “Battle of the white belts.”
We have Rickie Fowler in contention, wearing some very killer but slightly feminine Puma gear. Those amazing Puma Cell Fusion shoes he was wearing are the same ones I’m reviewing right now. Stay tuned. Winner Hunter Mahan was sporting a white belt and cool sunglasses which looked to be a combination diva/Elvis style. No sideburns though unfortunately. Camilo Villegas was completely decked out in what I’d call “tightie whitie.” His whole outfit was white and fit very tightly. Ya gotta have the body for that kind of getup, like me. Right.
Other quotes… Hmm. “Battle of the flat bellies” (except for Mark Calcavecchia) or the other good forum quote: “put on ice skates and they would have fit in with the Olympic Men’s Figure Skating competition.”
I think these guys are cool. I’m really looking forward to the next few years on tour to see how they develop.
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Waste Management Phoenix Open
PGA TOUR
Thursday 2/25 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 2/26 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 2/27 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 2/28 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET GOLF
HSBC Women’s Champions
LPGA Tour
Saturday 2/27 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 2/28 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET GOLF
Maybank Malaysian Open
European Tour
Thursday 3/4 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 3/5 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/6 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 3/7 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Toshiba Classic
Champions Tour
Friday 3/5 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 3/6 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 3/7 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
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