Fireworks in the Swilor/Guru match
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Categories: Hackers • Life • Miscellaneous
Categories: Hackers • Life • Miscellaneous
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Random stuff you find on the golf course.
How good is Luke Swilor?
Today’s match with Luke Swilor was a ton of fun. For me it was round 3 of the 2006 season and I didn’t expect much from my game. Fortunately I was pleasantly surprised.
Fireworks
Between the two of us we had 6 birdies and 3 eagles during our round! That would make one hell of a two man team! Lots of fun.
Play by play
It was probably about 35 degrees when we teed off. We started on the back 9 first. We both reached the par 5 in two (I hit an easy 5 iron and Luke probably hit a wedge or 9). Luke was almost as shocked as I was when I rolled in about a 60+ foot putt for EAGLE! Luke made birdie.
Next hole was a par 4 and I was in the green side bunker. I expected the sand to be frozen like the rest of the ground was. It wasn’t and my wedge got way too far under the ball and I barely got out. A 3 putt later and I’d wasted that eagle in one hole.
On the par 5 13th hole (our 4th), Luke knocked it on in two again and sank his eagle putt! I in turn birdie the next hole, a par 4. Luke follows with a birdie on #18 (our 9th). Even with a couple of pops I still was 3 down.
On the front (our back) I started out smokin’. I parred #1 while Luke bogeyed. I then rattle off two birdies in a row on the following par 3 and par 4 holes. I’m up 3 with pops to come.
Luke followed my birdies a couple of holes later with a birdie on #5, a par 5 which he knocked a 3-iron on from about 250. Keep in mind it’s maybe 40 degrees at this point.
I end up winning the back but the bugger Luke pressed on the 2nd to last hole. We tie that hole so it comes down the the final hole, a short par 5. Luke pushes his drive (see pic) under those trees way out on the right. I draw my drive around the corner but end up with a “tree up your ass” swing and can only wedge it out to 190. That was only my 2nd fairway missed all day. Luke hits an amazing restricted back swing 4-iron punch onto the green to about 10 feet! He makes another eagle to win the press and totals.
Total scores:
Luke Swilor 67
Mediaguru 72
Luke wins $7.00
I’m quite happy with how I drove and putted. Especially for the 3rd round of the year. I think Luke didn’t have his A game. That’s scary since he still shot a 67. I’d guessed he’d shoot a 66 on that course.
Strange things you find on the course
Out in the middle of nowhere we found this dvd case. It’s the case for a porno movie.
Here are my stats for the day, courtesy of mygolfdomain.com’s stat tracker:
Fairways 12/14 (86%)
Fairways Front Nine 5/7 (71%)
Fairways Back Nine 7/7 (100%)
Greens 10/18 (56%)
Greens Front Nine 5/9 (56%)
Greens Back Nine 5/9 (56%)
Avg Putts 1.61
Avg Putts Front Nine 1.56
Avg Putts Back Nine 1.67
Avg Putts Per Green in Regulation 1.6
Avg Putts Per Green Non-Reg 1.63
Zero Putts 0 (0%)
One Putts 8 (44%)
Two Putts 9 (50%)
Three or More Putts 1 (6%)
Sand Saves 0/1 (0%)
Non-Sand Saves 4/7 (57%)
Total Saves 4/8 (50%)
Eagles 1 (6%)
Birdies 3 (17%)
Pars 10 (56%)
Bogeys 3 (17%)
Double Bogeys 1 (6%)
Triple Bogeys 0 (0%)
Others 0 (0%)
Par 3 Avg Score 3
Par 4 Avg Score 4.1
Par 5 Avg Score 4.75
Par 3 Green in Regulation 1/4 (25%)
Par 4 Green in Regulation 7/10 (70%)
Par 5 Green in Regulation 2/4 (50%)
Fantasy Week 2
Week 2 is in the fantasy books and Bedford Golf is the winner with 218 points. For his efforts this week Bedford wins a box of Swing Juice golf/sports drink.
To see the current stats click the link below the sponsors. Speaking of sponsors, everyone click through here to them so they’ll see some traffic and want to sponsor our league next year!
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Callaway sues Acushnet over ProV1
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, February 13th, 2006
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Miscellaneous
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Miscellaneous
Callaway is alleging that Titleist has infringed on 4 or more of their patents in the manufacture of the ProV1 golf ball. Those patents were acquired by Callaway when they bought Top Flite in 2003. Apparently Callaway has been trying to negotiate a settlement with Acushnet (parent company of Titleist) for “quite a while.”
It’s interesting this came up. I was talking to the local Bridgestone rep a week or so ago, and the Titleist rep happened to be in the same room. They looked at each other with evil in their eyes and said nothing. It made me wonder what ever came of Bridgestone’s suit against Acushnet for supposed solid core technology patent infringement. I just found it…that battle is still going.
Who has the best lawyers and the most dough to spend? Who has the most dough to lose if they lose this battle? Acushnet. I imagine they won’t be holding back on defending themselves. Is Johnny Cochrin available?
Mediaguru VS Luke Swilor
This Tuesday I get to meet fellow golf blogger Luke Swilor. He’s a young pro who is trying to work his way up to the PGA Tour and blogs about his journey. Check out his blog.
For an inaugural match of my golf blog tour, Luke and I will be playing a round of golf this Tuesday. We’ll be playing at what I’d call a very easy track. This place is flat and straight with big greens. Many of the holes parallel each other, so you could slice the hell out of your drive and still be in a fairway (though it may not be yours).
Place your bets
The line in Vegas right now has me at about a 10 shot underdog. You have a match up of a young bombing pro, versus a 40 year old hack with a granny swing who just picked up his clubs for the first time since last year.
Golf blog tour?
What is the golf blog tour you ask? It’s basically me hooking up with golf bloggers and playing golf with them. I just made it up about 10 seconds ago. I play Luke this week. In about two weeks I’ll be in LA (LA LA Land) to play my good buddy Rich from eatgolf.com. I’m hoping Golf Chick will be in attendance as well. The Golf Grouch was also extended an invitation be he’s too scared and declined, sighting that he had a new job and had to work. Yeah right, chicken. I’m also working on a round with Jay Flemma but we can’t get our schedules and what states we’re in lined up yet.
“Media Eagle” photo credit: Rich @ eatgolf.com
Oberholser win, Weir meltdown
The Weir “comeback” is still in question I suppose. Today he started the final round at Pebble tied with Aaron Oberholser for the lead. He’d end the day with final a score of 78. Dropping a 78 in the final round of a PGA Tour event when you’re tied for the lead certainly qualifies to be called a meltdown.
Aaron Oberholser shot even par today and won convincingly by 5 strokes. This is his first PGA Tour victory and it may help get him into the Masters.
Strange happenings lately on tour. We’re seeing rounds where the leaders don’t even break par but still win. Nobody is making any kind of a run at the leaders. We’d like to see someone break through the pack and make one of these tourneys interesting for a change..
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