Translation requested

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Categories: Golf Balls

I don’t know if this text is Japanese or Chinese or some other dialect. Anyone out there have a translation for this?

Annika Sorenstam had her baby

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Categories: LPGA Tour • Miscellaneous
Tags: Annika Sorenstam

Congrats to Annika and Mike:

Mike and I are happy to announce that I gave birth to our little girl at 3:30AM this morning. Ava Madelyn McGee is six pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long. We are all doing well and we truly appreciate the support we have received. We are VERY excited about our new addition and will keep everyone posted in the coming weeks. Thanks!

Jack Nicklaus will join Arnold Palmer as honorary starter at the 2010 Masters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Categories: Champions Tour • European Tour • PGA Tour
Tags: Arnold Palmer • Jack Nicklaus • The Masters

I just mentioned the fact that I’m GOING to Augusta for my first time next year in the last post. Last night I invited the 2nd of my three guests, my best golf pal whose name happens to be “Arnie.”

Jack Nicklaus will be joining the other “Arnie,” Mr. Palmer next year at The Masters as honorary starter.

“We are delighted and fortunate to have such a great ambassador and icon of our sport take part in this tradition. He has inspired generations of golfers and having Jack join Arnold on the first tee next April will be a special thrill for his many loyal fans around the world.” ~Masters chairman Billy Payne

Billy is right. Jack has inspired many, including me. I had the pleasure of meeting Jack a few years ago and he was VERY nice and easy to talk to.

“I have always had great respect for Arnold and his legacy at the Masters and I did not, in any way, want to infringe on the opportunity for Arnold to have and enjoy this Masters tradition for himself. He is so deserving of this honor, and thus I felt it was his time, not mine.” ~Jack Nicklaus on Arnold Palmer’s reign as solo starter.

Fist pumping at the mailbox

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, August 28th, 2009
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: The Masters

For the last several years, at least five, I’ve been religiously sending in my application for Masters practice round tickets. For years I’ve waited for that envelope from golf Mecca, Augusta National, to arrive.

This year I missed the deadline. I realized a day or two late, that I’d forgotten to send in my information to get into the Masters practice round lottery.

I thought to myself, “it has only been a couple of days, so just send it in anyway…”

Fist pumping at the mailbox

Today I had a fun round of golf with my Dad, my uncle and a good friend. I had a great practice session on the range but couldn’t bring it onto the course. My round was at best, mediocre.

When I got home I checked the mail, which lately hasn’t been all that thrilling. All there usually is in my mailbox is junk mail and bills. Today was different. Today changed what I’ll be doing the first week in April, forever.

I finally won the practice round lottery. I’m going to The Masters in 2010. I had goose bumps. I had goose bumps again when I told my 13 year old son, that he was coming to The Masters with me. He thought going to the practice rounds meant watching Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on the driving range, he had no idea that we were going to be on “the grounds” walking every hole and taking about 402,038 pictures.

Masters Tickets

Why did this change my first week in April “forever?” Because once you get practice round tickets for one year, you are automatically eligible for the next year. No lottery.

I couldn’t be happier. I have four tickets. One for me, my son and two special people who I’ll name shortly.

Practice with a purpose today

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, August 28th, 2009
Categories: Hackers

I’m playing golf at the nicest course in town today, 2:15pm. I’ll be with my dad, his cousin and another Greek guy who is really cool. The picture below is looking back up the fairway from #1 green at Hidden Valley CC… Lovely.

My game has been bad this year, but has shown some signs of returning, until yesterday when it relapsed to the state of complete hack status.

I’m going to hit the range a good hour or two early today and REALLY try to figure some things out so I can have some confidence in my ball striking.

Goals for today’s pre-round range session

1. Where the hell do I put the ball in my stance? I think it is highly possible that I’ve got the ball too far forward on all shots.

2. How high do I tee the damn ball? With my old Ping driver I used to tee the ball high, but the new Nike I have may respond better with the ball teed lower.

3. Is my driver set up right? With my Nike STR8-FIT I’ve got it set to 1 degree flat and 1 degree closed. I may tweak those settings to be sure I’ve got it set up the best for my swing.

4. Can I put into play what my coach is trying to teach me? My posture is much better lately. Can I release into a nice high finish? Can I swing without casting, lunging or swaying? Can I stay behind the ball?

5. Is my stance wide enough, too wide, too open, too closed? I don’t seem to really have a feel for where it should be right now.

6. I feel the need to pound a bunch of sand and lob wedges. I think that really helps groove my bigger swings and release.

So there are all my issues to resolve with the first half dozen balls. For the rest of the 100 ball bucket….

While I’m playing my DVR will be working at home, recording Tiger Woods and all the other PGA Tour players in round two of the Barclays. TV coverage today is on The Golf Channel from 3-6pm Eastern BTW.

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