New golf blogs
Point 1 Golf is a Chicago based golf blog that just started up. He’s focusing on golf in Chicago and local events/tournaments. Good luck.
Kiwi has a new golf blog he’s working on, no posts yet but I’ll let you know when he does.
Luke Swilor is a neighbor of mine and an aspiring pro. His blog cronicles his road to the tour. We plan on playing some golf here when the weather improves.
Down fore the count?
What is up with MJ these days? Just a server directory there now.
Bunker Mulligan‘s site is now taken down. RIP Bunker.
Still on the blogroll?
And I’m wondering how long a blog (not just golf blog mind you) should stay in someone’s blogroll without any new posts? Opinions? Some golf blogs out there still rank highly in search engines yet they haven’t posted in months. (Musey, Primary Rough, World Golf Views etc).
Eat Camera
My good buddy Rich from Eat Golf has finally gotten a decent camera. Go there and check out his wildlife pix. Look real closely at all of them. You’ll pay for this Rich. You’ll pay…
Here’s a quote from my 2005 preview of the Bob Hope:
Rant about the Bob Hope
The Hope is basically a shootout. If you like seeing low numbers, this one is for you. But what I DON’T like is watching freaking Michael Bolton golf. I’ll have to keep my distance on this one.
A year later my thoughts are exactly the same. Sure I’ll be tuning in to this tourney, but most likely when it’s pros only. Last year I thought this tournament was the George Lopez show. Guess what folks…I can’t stand George Lopez. He’s not funny. I swear I’ll turn the TV off the first time the camera goes on him.
Other players I “Hope” not to see:
Justin Timberlake: His name and golf should never be used in the same sentence.
Michael Bolton: Imagine yourself trapped in an elevator playing his music.
Rush Limbaugh: Stick to radio pal. Think he misses to the right?
Mary Povich: Stick to terrible TV pal.
Marshall Faulk: My favorite NFL player
Look out Freddy and Appleby. There’s a new “boom-boom” in town and his name is Bubba Watson.
Bubba is a new player on the PGA Tour. He finished 21st on the Nationwide in 2005. He was in the top 10 on the Nationwide Tour 5 times last year and he’s already notched a top 10 in his first PGA Tour event.
His 8th place finish at the Sony was good enough to earn him $244,800. He earned $202,437 during the entire Nationwide season in 2005. Good start.
Boom Boom
The reason I’m writing this article is because of Bubba’s length. This left handed Ping player led the Nationwide in driving distance in ’05 with an average of 334 yards. He had 4 of the 10 longest drives recorded on the Nationwide last year.
“Boom Boom 2.0” was bombing it 100 yards past Rory Sabbatini and simply blowing the announcers away. He was carrying the ball in the air over 300 yards. His driving average in the Sony was 336.3. That is average folks. Ping is going to love this.
Bubba had a great reply during his post round interview:
Announcer: “When is the last time someone out drove you?”
Bubba: “My father when I was six years old.”
David Toms being carted off the golf course in a stretcher is now a distant memory. Toms won the 2006 Sony Open with a final score of -19 after shooting -5 on Sunday. Perhaps he won because he was drinking Swing Juice.
Chad Campbell who was tied with Toms going into Sunday couldn’t get it going and managed an even par round, good enough for a 2nd place tie.
Rory Sabbatini cost Campbell a fortune by shooting a career low 62 and jumping up to a tie for 2nd.
And look who just made about 15 times more dough in the year’s 2nd tournament than he did in all of 2005: David Duval. Did he just catch lightning in a bottle? Did the blind squirrel find a nut? Or is Duval really going to be a force this year?
No Tiger, no Phil, no Ernie and no Retief. I didn’t miss them. It’s the PGA Tour and there’s plenty of good golf with or without them.
Sony Open day three
Chad Campbell went low in round three with a 62 but playing partner David Toms went even lower with a 61. Aim low sheriff, aim low.
Campbell and Toms are now tied at -14, 7 shots ahead of anyone else in the field. Unless something “special” happens from the field, Toms and Campbell basically have a match play situation for the final 18.
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