I receive about 20-30 press releases a DAY. Most are the same tired old ones, but this one seemed worth posting, because it meant that HOG readers would have a chance at winning free stuff. Free stuff is the best!
Mirassou Winery is giving away a golf getaway and tickets to the LPGA CVS/Pharmacy Challenge:
One winner and a guest will receive the California wine and golf getaway of a lifetime, including round-trip air transportation to San Francisco, hotel accommodations, VIP passes to the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge tournament, a meet and greet with a LPGA player, and more. Plus, the winners will also dine California-style at a special dinner with wine expert David Mirassou. Visit http://www.mirassou.com/golf/sweepstakes.asp to enter now through July 31.
Also at www.mirassou.com/golf is the “Perfect Pairings” online cookbook, which features delicious recipes and Mirassou wine pairings from LPGA Tour members Kristy McPherson, Laura Diaz and Jill McGill, along with video golf tips from the players.
Maybe I’ll enter the thing myself. I’ll win and the unnamed LPGA player I’ll get to meet will be Anna Rawson… 
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru LPGA Tour CVS Challenge, LPGA, Wine
As I predicted a few days ago, Carolyn Bivens has quit the LPGA commissioner gig. Had she not quit, she would have been booted out.
Marsha Evans is the interim commissioner until a replacement can be found. The LPGA hopes to have a permanent (as permanent as is possible) replacement by year’s end.
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru LPGA Tour Bivens, LPGA
Michelle Wie has failed to qualify for the women’s US OPEN, and stuff. She missed qualifying by one stroke, like.
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru LPGA Tour LPGA, Michelle Wie
The LPGA Tour announced that this year will be the last for the Corning Classic, a tourney which has had the same sponsor since 1979. They were unable to find new sponsors.
LPGA Corning Classic Jack Benjamin:
“This is a most difficult decision for all of us. Everyone involved with the event is passionate about it and about the LPGA players who have been a part of it for more than three decades.
But the realities are that the revenue opportunities in the marketplace will not support the components needed to successfully host a major event like this in our community moving forward.”
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru LPGA Tour Corning Classic, LPGA
Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis are golf babes, yes. Crowd favorites with the boys (and some heterosexually challenged girls as well I’m sure) and for good reason. Man if you only knew what I typed here and then deleted. I have to watch what I type. I could get myself in trouble… Anyway, in my eye Paula and Natalie are distant bogeys on the scorecard compared to Anna Rawson.
I don’t normally cover many of the 20 or so press releases a day that hit my in box. But any chance to “work” on, google at, slobber over, pics of Anna Rawson and I’m good to go.
I got some cryptic emails from GoDaddy saying I should go to Phoenix for a big announcement a while back. Had I known it would involve Anna, I would have caught a plane, bus, car, skateboard or plain walked there. The announcement was that Anna was named a GoDaddy spokesperson.
Maybe someday I’ll meet Anna. I just hope I don’t swallow my tongue when I do.
UPDATE: Perhaps I need some medical help. I posted this golf blog at 5:30pm my time. Since posting it, I’ve been staring at it. It is now 5:49pm. Where did the last 29 minutes go? Can’t do math either, it was 19 minutes. Must… go… to… different… page… 5:51pm now…
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Golf Media, LPGA Tour, Miscellaneous Anna Rawson, golf babe, LPGA
Here are this weeks golf television times. For your Tiger Woods fix check the WGC – Accenture Match Play times. You better tune in or DVR Wednesday because if Tiger loses, that would be your only chance to see him this week.
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WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship
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Wednesday 2/25 |
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Thursday 2/26 |
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Friday 2/27 |
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Saturday 2/28 |
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Saturday 2/28 |
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET |
NBC |
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Sunday 3/1 |
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Sunday 3/1 |
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET |
NBC |
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Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun
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Thursday 2/26 |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Friday 2/27 |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Saturday 2/28 |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Sunday 3/1 |
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open
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Thursday 2/26 |
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Friday 2/27 |
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Saturday 2/28 |
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Sunday 3/1 |
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Moonah Classic
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Saturday 2/28 |
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET |
GOLF |
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Sunday 3/1 |
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET |
GOLF |
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Toshiba Classic
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Friday 3/6 |
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Saturday 3/7 |
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Sunday 3/8 |
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET |
GOLF |
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Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Champions Tour, European Tour, Golf Media, LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods Champions Tour, European Tour, LPGA, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods
I’ve always been a huge Annika Sorenstam fan. I haven’t jumped on the Lorena Ochoa bandwagon yet. I’m very glad to see Annika get her 70th win in Hawaii at the SBS Open, after going over a year without a victory.
As I’ve said many times, it’s a privilege to have watched golf during the Tiger AND Annika eras.
Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru LPGA Tour Annika Sorenstam, LPGA
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