Iron switch a wise move

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Hackers

Following up on this post, I hit much better approach shots today, en route to a 76 (38, 38). I shot 76 despite my driver completely going bad. I had several punch outs or shots I had to hit under trees today. So that 76 was a good, grinding it out round.

The irons feel good for the first time this year. The putting is good. The short game is as good as it has been in years.

I feel a super low round (for me) coming soon.

Golf on TV this week – FedEx Cup Playoff Round Two

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Champions Tour • European Tour • LPGA Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods • Web.com Tour

Deutsche Bank Championship
PGA TOUR
Friday 9/4 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/5 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/6 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Monday 9/7 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS

Omega European Masters
European Tour
Thursday 9/3 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 9/4 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/5 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/6 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET GOLF

CN Canadian Women’s Open
LPGA Tour
Saturday 9/5 11:30 PM – 2:00 AM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/6 9:30 PM – 12:00 AM ET GOLF

Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
Champions Tour
Friday 9/4 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 9/5 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 9/6 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET GOLF

Switched out my irons

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Golf Gear • Hackers
Tags: golf clubs

My ball striking has sucked this year, and especially the last 2-3 months.

I had to do something to try and get my ball striking and especially my iron play, out of the funk it was in. My round last Friday included 15 missed greens in regulation, with 12 in a row! That is horrible. Amazingly I shot a 79 because my short game and putting are still solid.

After realizing how horrid my GIR’s have been lately I pulled my beloved Hogan irons out of the bag and replaced them with my MacGregor MT Irons. The Hogans are incredible irons, the best I’ve ever hit. They’re basically muscle backs but fairly “bladey” for lack of a better word. Unfortunately my game isn’t at the level where I can truly benefit from these clubs now and my confidence has been very weak. It is very difficult to trust your swing with precision irons when you have weak or little confidence.

The MacGregors setup quite similar to the Hogans when looking at them from above, but the head designs are quite different. They’re progressive back weighted cavity backs. The cavity backs make them a bit easier to hit.

I went to the range a few minutes before my round yesterday to get the feel for the Macs… I hit a couple of pitching wedges and they flew high and right at the target on the range. Right at it. I became “interested” to say the least.

I pulled some random clubs, 7, 6, 9 and they all felt great and flew right on line.

On the course

I played in a funky Texas Scramble yesterday, which mean I it two tee shots on every hole. On the par three’s I hit very solid shots, hitting all but one of the five par threes on this course in regulation. One 8-iron flew right over the pin and a 9 went to about six feet left of the pin.

I hit a couple of layup iron shots which went perfect and I struck many solid approaches.

With a ho-hum putting day I carded a 69 in that format, which doesn’t suck.

It is really hard to express how much better it feels to hit a solid iron shot and see it fly where you want it to go, and have it be the right distance. I’ve been missing that almost all year.

So for now the Hogans are in the garage and the MacGregors have earned a starting position. Next evaluation is the 3-wood…

Nickent changes from a dot com to a dot net? WTF?

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Golf Gear
Tags: Nickent Golf

Nickent Golf has a new URL. They were at www.nickentgolf.com but now they’re at www.nickentgolf.net. Change your bookmarks!

This is a bit odd

“Dot net” domains can be used for anything, fine. But typically they’re for companies who provide internet services. A “dot com” is much more popular than a “dot net.”

This makes me wonder really. If the core name is the same and they’re just changing from a dot com to a dot net, what transpired to make them change? Did they forget to renew the dot com domain or did someone else own it? Did they have a difference of opinion with a web developer and the developer owned the domain? Strange stuff.

Saw my pal Casey Jones on TV at last week’s Barclays

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous

I forgot to mention this Sunday. I was watching the end of the Barclays when I say my pal Casey Jones at the scorer’s table! As you may recall, Casey is the maker of really cool golf scoreboards and has a beautiful writing talent. He was obviously at the Barclays to draw up some good looking scorecards or scoreboards for the winners.

Way to go Casey!

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