Video Flyover of New Mexico’s Black Mesa Golf Club – 14th Hole

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Categories: Golf • Golf Courses • Golf Videos • HOG World Tour
Tags: Golf New Mexico • New Mexico • New Mexico Golf

Below is a video I captured at the HOG World Tour stop last week in New Mexico at Black Mesa Golf Club. This is a flyover of the fun par-4 14th hole. I call this hole “Island Drive” because it is a risk/reward driveable par-4 with an island of New Mexico desert in the middle of the fairway.

Video Flyover of New Mexico’s Black Mesa Golf Club 16th Hole

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Categories: Golf Course Architecture • Golf Courses • Golf Videos • HOG World Tour
Tags: Golf New Mexico • New Mexico • New Mexico Golf

Here’s a video flyover of the awesome par-5 16th hole at New Mexico’s Black Mesa Golf Club, also known as “Stairway to Seven.” I captured this will my “little” multi-rotor helicopter (some call them drones, but the word drone has a negative connotation).

More to come.

2014 PGA Championship TV Coverage – Bonus Channels for DirecTV Subscribers

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Categories: PGA Championship • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • Tiger Woods
Tags: Bubba Watson • Jason Dufner • PGA Championship • Phil Mickelson • Rickie Fowler • Rory McIlory • Tiger Woods

DVR Alert!

Below is the PGA Championship TV schedule, along with information about bonus coverage and channels for DirecTV subscribers. For 24/7 coverage of Tiger Woods’s parking spot tune into Golf Channel.

2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla Television Schedule

Thu,Aug 07	TNT	1:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Fri,Aug 08	TNT	1:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Sat,Aug 09	TNT	11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET
Sat,Aug 09	CBS	2:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
Sun,Aug 10	TNT	11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET
Sun,Aug 10	CBS	2:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Press Release From DirecTV

DIRECTV’s bonus coverage of major golf events concludes this year with the PGA Championship Experience, featuring professional golf’s last major, unfolding at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. Aug. 7-10.

Teaming up with TNT and CBS, DIRECTV will offer golf action on its exclusive four-screen Mix Channel, and alongside, access to an interactive menu of apps for an instant view of player stats, bios, scorecards and tee times.

The PGA Championship Experience Mix Channel (701) includes: the main TNT/CBS broadcast (702); Featured Group One (703); Featured Group Two (704) and Featured Hole(705). Any four channels on the Mix can be tuned to full-screen. The live coverage schedule is: 1 p.m. to 7p.m. EDT Thursday and Friday on TNT; On Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT on TNT and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on CBS; and on Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT on TNT, and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. EDT on CBS.

Viewers who want more in-depth information on players and pairings can select the red button on their remote to bring up the following list of interactive features alongside the broadcast video: Player Scorecard offers key bioinfo, player headshots, scores and stats; Player Bio provides player biographies and their scorecards, and fans can add a player to their favorites list; Pairings and Tee Times displays all groups and tee times for the current round.

DIRECTV’s Mix Channel, interactive coverage includes all four of professional golf’s major tournaments along with select PGA tournaments this year. For more information visit: http://www.directv.com/sports/golf

My 2014 PGA Championship Tiger Woods Themed Apparel Script

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Categories: Boneheads • PGA Championship • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Tags: Golf Apparel • PGA Championship

Every major championship I wait for all the golf blogs and golf media to regurgitate the latest golf “apparel scripting” which is bulk emailed to them by golf PR firms and golf apparel companies. Such a win/win for all involved. The bloggers/writers don’t have to spend time actually writing content, and the PR gets their message out! And it is such valuable information!

I wasn’t going to get up a 2 a.m. and watch the Open Championship, but as soon as I saw Jonas Blixt’s scripting I couldn’t sleep. I HAD to watch it. Then after the first round, I went to the golf store and bought every piece of Blixt’s scripting for all four rounds. Unfortunately he missed the cut. So sad for those dead Saturday and Sunday scripts. I threw the two weekend outfits in the trash. I never even got to wear them.

In the spirit of “glory’s last shot” in the 2014 PGA Championship, I’ve spent a ton of time and effort crafting my own apparel script (above). This script takes on the Tiger Woods daily theme for the week.

Are you interpreting that I think Tiger will miss the cut this week? I sure hope not. The whole golf industry is dependent on Tiger and it costs jobs and billions of dollars in the economy when Tiger misses the cut. We need him. In fact, if he misses the cut I think I’ll cancel my weekend tee times.

Let me know your thoughts…

Swing Caddie SC100 Personal Golf Launch Monitor Review

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Reviews
Tags: Voice Caddie

Swing Caddie SC100 Golf Launch Monitor

For several years launch monitor technology has been very expensive, and launch data only available to golfers willing to spend a fair amount of dough for monitor time or analysis. As technology advances and become less expensive, we will start to see more and more “affordable” swing analyzers, stand alone or in mobile phone/tablet form.

The Swing Caddie SC100 by Voice Caddie is the first truly affordable golf launch monitor, available currently at $269. That beats $8,000 to $40,000! Let us take a look at the SC100’s features.

Practice Mode

We all need more practice. But bad practice does not help. With the help of the Swing Caddie SC100 we can view shot distance, swing speed, ball speed, and smash factor. The unit also tracks the time and number of balls hit during the practice session.

What’s great about this mode is that the golfer can work on technique and changes to setup, then see how they translate to ball speed, swing speed, and distance. Perhaps moving the ball more toward the middle of the stance produces more ball speed because the shaft is releasing better at that position?

Target Mode

Target Mode is great. The golfer punches in yardage, picks a club, then the unit records 10 shots or a “round.” Statistics are displayed and graded for distance accuracy. This is a great way of fine tuning distances for every club. The benefits in short game are huge. Think about how hard those half lob wedge shots are. With the SC100 you can groove the exact swing for those pesky distances and bring that muscle memory to the course.

Random Mode

One problem and rut golfers fall into on the practice range is hitting the same shot over and over. 20 drivers. 20 wedges. 20 7-irons… We don’t hit 20 drivers in a row on the course. We may use half the bag in the first couple of holes.

Random mode produces random yardages for each shot, asking you to change to the proper club for that distance. The unit measures shot length for each swing and gives immediate feedback as to the accuracy of the club selection and shot.

Killed it! Glad I don’t play at sea level!

Remote Control

The SC100 comes with a remote control which fits very comfortably in a shirt or pant pocket. The remote allows the golfer to conveniently change settings/modes without having to bend down and use the more difficult buttons on the unit.

Critiques

At $269, the feature set of the SC100 is not going to be the same as an expensive launch monitor like a FlightScope or Trackman.

Missing launch monitor features in the SC100 include ball spin, launch angle, and an ability to change altitude. In the photo to the right you can see I produced a driver swing of 102 miles per hour and the total distance was 245. At altitude here in my home that swing would have produced a 280-290 yard drive. Boy am I glad I don’t play at sea level very often!

Conclusion

I really love having the SC100 at my disposal to check how I’m hitting my clubs and confirm my distances. The unit is portable and easily fits in any golf bag. I have it with me all the time. Though the unit doesn’t show sidespin, I can certainly see the ball curving on the range.

At $269 the SC100 is worth its weight in gold.

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