Tiger Woods returns next week at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational – Media feeding frenzy coming soon…

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Tags: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods will be back in action next week at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. Can Tiger improve his world ranking which has dropped below 20 for the first time since something like 1997? I think perhaps making a cut should be more of the focus. Wait a second. There is no cut in that event! Brilliant move.

And no news yet as to who may be the caddie? Who will have the chance to make up for all of those bad high fives which Tiger and Steve Williams missed? I guess my resume got lost in the mail.
Update: seems as if Tiger’s friend Bryon Bell will be on the bag this week.

And what about Tiger’s swing coach Sean Foley? Just a few days ago Foley said Tiger hadn’t even hit a ball since the TPC, and now he’s playing in the Bridgestone. Odd.
Update: Foley is said to be on board and will be seeing Tiger tomorrow.

The announcement from Tiger’s web site

Tiger Woods will return to competition next week in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, he announced Thursday.

“I’m excited to get back out there,” said Woods, who has been idle since withdrawing from The PLAYERS Championship after nine holes on May 12 after sustaining a mild medial collateral ligament strain to his left knee and aggravating a strained left Achilles tendon.

Both injuries were originally occurred during the third round of the Masters, when Woods hit a recovery shot out of pine straw on the 17th hole. He went on to shoot 74, but followed with a 67 on Sunday and tied for fourth.

Following the advice of his doctors, Woods has rested and rehabbed his left leg, and just recently began hitting practice balls.

Woods has had great success at Firestone, winning the WGC event seven times. Last year, he tied for 78th, marking the first time in 11 appearances that he has failed to finish in the top four.

In 2011, Woods has competed in six PGA Tour tournaments. He has posted two top 10 finishes and has made five-of-six cuts.

So we have Tiger returning to golf and a SEVEN word quote? I dug deeper to find 12 more words on Tiger’s twitter, which hadn’t been updated in 11 days:

Feeling fit and ready to tee it up at Firestone next week. Excited to get back out there!” ~Tiger Woods via twitter

Let the media feeding frenzy begin in one… two… GO

Well the pundits will be pontificating profusely from now until a week from Sunday. Of course the big story this week won’t be anything about the Greenbrier. It will be about Tiger’s return.

Nationwide Tour’s 2011 Utah Championship Image Gallery

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Web.com Tour
Tags: Web.com Tour

I’ve uploaded another batch of images from the Nationwide Tour’s Utah Championship, just about a five minute drive from HOG World Headquarters at Willow Creek Country Club.

Danny Lee tees off on #17 with sunlight hitting him through the tall pine trees. Click for more.

There was a nice gallery following around the Utahn Tony Finau, who competed on Golf Channel’s Big Break TV show.

Tony Finau tees off on #12 - Click for more.

Ted Oh Golf Swing Video

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Categories: Golf Videos • Miscellaneous

I was milling around the practice range at the Nationwide Tour’s Utah Championship today when player Ted Oh asked if I could shoot some shots of his swing. He wanted to take a look at some of his positions while on the range to see if it looks right. So here’s a video of his swing from down the line and in front. I told Ted his swing looks almost as good as my granny over-the-top epileptic dual chicken swing inside out face open swing. He agreed.

Good luck to Ted this week.

TaylorMade R11 Irons – Sneak Peek MONDAY August 1st!

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear
Tags: TaylorMade

I’ve updated this post out of respect for my relationship with TaylorMade. To see images of the R11 irons and read my first impressions, tune in Monday the 1st of August.

New TaylorMade r11 Irons - click for more TaylorMade images

New Precept Lady iQ+ golf ball

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear

Normally I reserve press releases to the new Hooked On Golf Blog “HOG Wire” site. I’ll do a quick mention here and you can check out the whole press release at HOGWire.biz.

Bridgestone Golf, HOG sponsors for fantasy golf and various other programs, announced today a new Precept Lady iQ+ golf ball. Though they’re designed for ladies, I’ve actually tried previous Lady iQ’s and they performed surprisingly well! Let the jokes begin. I know.

For the whole scoop, click here to read the release on the HOG Wire.

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