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Golf on TV this week

February 26th, 2010

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

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Champions Tour, European Tour, Golf Media, LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour , , ,

Poulter’s short game gets him his first win in the USA

February 22nd, 2010

Yesterday marked the first Sunday PGA Tour round I’ve watched this  year.  I’m a big match play fan, but the format is not generally all that great for TV.  Case in point is this year.  Two Englishmen competing with no Phil, Tiger, Stricker or any other big draws.  No #1 seeds either.

Classic case of short game beats long game – a.k.a. “Pinky did it”

Paul Casey can bomb it.  He was longer than Ian Poulter (dressed in all pink) on many occasions by 20-30 yards.  But length didn’t matter as much as short game, and Poulter’s was awesome Sunday. Ian made some incredible up and downs to keep the pressure and the lead on Casey.  Just when I thought he’d gag, he would hit a great recovery shot in what looked like near impossible situations.  Bravo.

Honestly, I haven’t watched much Poulter so I didn’t know much about his game.  I can now safely say that his short game is a great weapon.  At least it was this week.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru PGA Tour , ,

FREE TICKETS to Pebble TOMORROW

February 12th, 2010

I had two pairs of tickets for tomorrows PGA tournament Pebble Beach which I was awarding as prizes. One person has claimed one pair, but the other winner has not.

First come first served

The first person to go the will call window and say “Tony Korologos from Hooked On Golf Blog and The Golf Space is cool” will get a pair of tickets tomorrow! First come first served.

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New PGA Tour Fall Series Event: McGladrey Classic

January 19th, 2010

There’s a new fall series event for the PGA Tour, and a chance for us to watch golf another week, which doesn’t suck. The event will take place at Sea Island, October 7-10 and is sponsored by RSM McGladrey.

More details on the new McGladrey Classic tournament in the press release below. Click the “read more” link:

Read more…

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2010 PGA Tour Schedule Page Updated

January 12th, 2010

I’ve now updated my PGA Tour Schedule page to reflect the 2010 season.  You can quickly find that any time you need to know where they’re playing and what network is covering on a particular week.  Just go to the sub-menu PGA Tour Schedule from the Blog Pages menu.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru PGA Tour

2010 PGA TOUR Schedule

November 5th, 2009
Date Tournament Location
Jan. 4-10 SBS Championship Kapalua, Hawaii
Jan. 11-17 Sony Open in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
Jan. 18-24 Bob Hope Classic La Quinta, Calif.
Jan. 25-31 Century Club of San Diego Invitational La Jolla, Calif.
Feb. 1-7 Northern Trust Open Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Feb. 8-14 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Pebble Beach, Calif.
Feb. 15-21 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Champ.
Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun
Marana, Ariz.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Feb. 22-28 FBR Open Scottsdale, Ariz.
March 1-7 The Honda Classic Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
March 8-14 World Golf Championships-CA Championship
Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular
Doral, Fla.
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
March 15-21 Transitions Championship Palm Harbor, Fla.
March 22-28 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard Orlando, Fla.
March 29-April 4 Shell Houston Open Humble, Texas
April 5-11 The Masters Augusta, Ga.
April 12-18 Verizon Heritage Hilton Head Island, S.C.
April 19-25 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Avondale, La.
April 26-May 2 Quail Hollow Championship Charlotte, N.C.
May 3-9 THE PLAYERS Championship Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
May 10-16 Valero Texas Open San Antonio, Texas
May 17-23 HP Byron Nelson Championship Irving, Texas
May 24-30 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Fort Worth, Texas
May 31-June 6 the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley Dublin, Ohio
June 7-13 St. Jude Classic Memphis, Tenn.
June 14-20 U.S. Open Pebble Beach, Calif.
June 21-27 Travelers Championship Cromwell, Conn.
June 28-July 4 AT&T National Newtown Square, Pa.
July 5-11 John Deere Classic Silvis, Ill.
July 12-18 The Open Championship
Legends Reno-Tahoe Open
St. Andrews, Scotland
Reno, Nev.
July 19-25 RBC Canadian Open Etobicoke, Ontario
July 26-Aug. 1 The Greenbrier Classic White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Aug. 2-8 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
Turning Stone Resort Championship
Akron, Ohio
Verona, N.Y.
Aug. 9-15 PGA Championship Kohler, Wis.
Aug. 16-22 Wyndham Championship Greensboro, N.C.
Aug. 23-29 The Barclays Paramus, N.J.
Aug. 30-Sept. 6 Deutsche Bank Championship Norton, Mass.
Sept. 6-12 BMW Championship Lemont, Ill.
Sept. 20-26 THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola Atlanta, Ga.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru PGA Tour

Golf on TV this week – Tour Championship

September 24th, 2009

The Tour Championship
PGA TOUR
Thursday 9/24 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 9/25 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/26 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/26 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET NBC
Sunday 9/27 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/27 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET NBC

LPGA Challenge
LPGA Tour
Thursday 9/24 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 9/25 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/26 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/27 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF

SAS Championship
Champions Tour
Saturday 9/26 12:00 AM – 2:00 AM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/26 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/27 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET GOLF

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru Champions Tour, Golf Media, LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, Tiger Woods , , ,

Heavy rain threatening PGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

September 22nd, 2009

I’m not a “Twitter” fan.  I think there’s a reason the first four letters are “twit.”  But here’s a “tweet” from Stewart Cink on this week’s TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP:

It’s rained so much around ATL that many school systems are delayed or cancelled today. And East Lake closed all day — range and course.

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru PGA Tour, Tiger Woods ,

Is the PGA Tour playoff system finally right?

September 7th, 2009

I’ve been critical for the first two years of the PGA Tour “playoff” system, and for good reason.  It was a bogey.  Big name players like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were skipping playoff rounds. Last year Padraig Harrington won two majors but didn’t qualify?  That is actually a double bogey.

Has the tweaking of the playoff system finally worked?

Perhaps the tweaking and refining the FedEx Cup system has finally paid off.  During this weekend’s 2nd round of the playoffs, I watched every minute of all four days of television coverage.  I usually only do that during major championships.  Not only that, I was excited.  I was rooting for players like Steve Stricker and Paddy and Sean O’Hair.

Or…. Have players like Steve Stricker made it more exciting?

Maybe the system’s tweaks aren’t why I’m interested more this year.  Maybe the playoff is more exciting because of the players themselves?  The playoff isn’t a runaway for Tiger Woods now that Steve Stricker has taken the lead and Tiger has moved to 2nd place.  Now there’s some real pressure and excitement.

Whatever the reason, I hope playoffs in the years to come can be as exciting as this year’s.

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PGATOUR.com releases iPhone Application

August 24th, 2009

pga tour iphone appI’m an iPhone user. I got the thing so I could be more productive. I have the tools to do that now and I’m slowly but surely working toward utilizing my time better. I have many golf apps for the iPhone, some of which I’ve covered or will cover here. The newest iPhone golf application is the PGATOUR.com app.

I loaded the PGA Tour iPhone application tonight. For being released within the last day or so, the app is very robust and nicely done.

Within the app you can access leaderboards, player profiles, videos (though I had a window pop up saying the video format wasn’t supported) and lots of other neat PGA Tour nuggets.  It is nice to be able to check Tiger Woods’ putting stats while in line at the grocery store.

Oh, the app is sponsored by Nike Golf, who has ads all over in there. I guess you have to pay the bills somehow.

For just being released the PGA Tour app is pretty awesome.

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