Pop up ads removed

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Categories: Site News

I’ve been trying out a new ad provider here since around Masters week. I just pulled the ads. They weren’t making much dough at all, and the last time I logged in an obnoxious popup ad appeared which really ticked me off. Anyone who has read any of my web rants knows I can’t stand having to wait for flash animations or popups to get to a page. I just leave. I don’t want that happening to HOG patrons.

Golf on TV this week – The big guns are in action

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Angel Cabrera • PGA Tour • Phil Mickelson • Quail Hollow Championship • Tiger Woods

Set your DVR or tune in, because Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Angel Cabrera and a whole bunch of other big guns are in action this week at the “Quail Hollow Championship.”

Quail Hollow Championship television coverage:
PGA TOUR
Thursday 4/30 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Thursday 4/30 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 5/1 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 5/1 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 5/2 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 5/2 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Saturday 5/2 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 5/3 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 5/3 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Sunday 5/3 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM ET GOLF

Open de Espana:
European Tour
Thursday 4/30 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 5/1 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 5/2 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET GOLF
Sunday 5/3 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET GOLF

New HOG contributor: 4Checker a.k.a. Golfer In Kilt

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, April 27th, 2009
Categories: Miscellaneous • Site News
Tags: Golf • Golf Writer • Hooked On Golf

For years HOG has been a one golf geek show. A couple of years ago I had two additional contributors. One was a golf fitness guy and the other was a lady on the Futures Tour trying to make it to the LPGA. The lady written a few posts which turned out to be plain copy and pastes from her own blog. She wanted me to offer her autograph as prizes for site contests. At that point I checked out her professional record, and she’d won a grand total of $668.00. I won more than that on $2 nassaus against my hacker friends last year. The fitness guy’s posts were decent, but mainly I was being used to drive traffic to his site so he could sell his products. I canned ’em both and that experience soured my thoughts on having other writers for a while.

Fast forward to 2009. My backlog of reviews to write is insane. I’ve got about 20 books to read and review. At two books a year, I’m booked for the next 10 years plus. I’ve got about 100 different golf gadgets in my queue, a dozen golf clubs and at least six boxes of golf balls from various companies. And somehow I got on the barbeque sauce mailing list. In my kitchen cupboard I have over 21 bottles of barbecue sauce waiting to be consumed and evaluated. Yeah I get it, golf and BBQ sauce.. WTF?

Introducing 4Checker, a.k.a. Golfer In Kilt

Over at The Golf Space I’ve gotten to be pals with Stefan/4Checker /Golfer In Kilt. He’s a mid handicap player from Texas who has a passion for golf and is very active on the site. He has written a few nice pieces as a contributor at The Golf Space and is a faster reader than I. So I’ve now added him as a HOG contributor to help with the book review load, and the task of evaluating gear or items which would be more suitable to a mid handicap range. Being a 1 handi myself, I really am not the right guy to evaluate game improvement clubs. Most of them I’d just hit to the left!

4Checker’s first HOG piece is already posted before this introduction. It is a book review on the book Golf On The Edge. Check it out and give him a warm HOG welcome!

Book review: Golf On The Edge

Written by: 4Checker - Golfer In Kilt | Monday, April 27th, 2009
Categories: Golf Books • Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Reviews
Tags: Golf Book

Greg Norman made headlines a few months ago when he suggested that professional golfers should take a pay cut in light of the financial crisis we’re in. While it may appear inappropriate that a tournament winner will take home a million dollars for a four day tournament while thousands of people are losing jobs and savings due to a near collapse of our financial system, it’s important to remember that for every millionaire on the tour there are thousands of professional golfers who struggle and fight for every single dollar and who are losing money for every tournament they play in. “Golf On The Edge” is the book about these golfers.

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Obama asks Tiger Woods to bail out the U.S. Government. CAPTION CONTEST!

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Categories: Miscellaneous • Tiger Woods
Tags: Obama • Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods met President Obama at the White House. Tiger Looks pretty good in a suit, but I prefer a red golf shirt. No word on what they talked about.

I think it is time for a caption contest for this photo. I’ll run it here at at The Golf Space. Maybe I can come up with a golf related boobie prize for the best caption.

Here are my first few captions which hit my cranium over my morning coffee:

“Obama asks Tiger Woods to bail out the U.S. Government at the White House.”

“Tiger Woods at the top of Obama’s list of CEOs who make too much money.”

“Obama asks Tiger Woods to help him promote socialism by sharing all his money with the US citizens.”

“Obama blames the probable bankruptcy of Buick on Tiger’s excessive endorsement fees. Asks Tiger to buy the company.”

Comment in your captions below.

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