Join The Hooked On Fantasy Golf League! WIN GOLF GEAR!!!

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, January 6th, 2006
Categories: MiscellaneousSite News
HOFG

It’s time for some fantasy golf my friends! This is a great way to have fun, keep track of your favorite players and tournaments, give your fellow competitors a rash of hell when you beat them, and win some nice golf prizes!

I’ve set up a new group at Yahoo fantasy sports. You’ll need to have a Yahoo ID if you don’t already. Not a big deal. It’s free to sign up for the ID and for the fantasy golf.

The group name is: Hooked On Fantasy Golf
The group number is: 4649
The password is: masters
Official league discussion board:
http://forum.webcountryclub.com/index.php?topic=562.0

When you sign up comment in here so we know who you are!

Join up and let’s get a big fantasy golf league happening! I’m going to try to make arrangements with equipment sponsors for Hooked On Golf Blog to provide a prize or prizes for the winners. I’m not talking about a sleeve of Pinnacles either folks. I’m hoping to get a BIG prize for first like a new driver or golf bag or something like that. Don’t miss out!

Attention site sponsors and equipment manufacturers: Please contact me if you’d like to sponsor the HOFGL league for 2006. I’d like to see a sponsor for first, second and third place at least. Posts or information regarding the league would contain sponsor info such as “Hooked On Fantasy Golf League. Sponsored by xyz golf company.”

UPDATE: I’ve already locked down two prizes! Wow, two prizes after this post is only 8 hours old! I can’t tell you from what company yet, but you would NEVER guess who it is! I’ll let you know as soon as I’m “allowed” to.


Kapalua Day 1

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Categories: PGA Tour

Welcome to the 2006 PGA season. I like watching golf in prime time for sure. But with a TIVO watching golf on your own schedule is the only way.

The changes at Kapalua are quite interesting. They changed the contours of 8 greens and reseeded all the greens with a different grass. The greens are much faster. It was fun to watch some of the delicate putts they had get blown off line by the wind.

Olin Browne leads after day one. He’s got a one stroke lead over Vijay and two over David Toms and Sergio Garcia.

The worst hole of the young PGA season goes to Jason Gore who lost two balls enroute to a 9 on the par 4 13th hole. But his 80 wasn’t the worst score of the day. Brad Faxon carded an 82. 82 isn’t that bad. Remember that Kapalua is a par 73. 😉


T minus 5 hours and counting

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Categories: PGA TourSite News

The PGA starts in 5 hours (with our without Tiger, Phil, Padraig and others). I’m extremely excited for this year.

The TV times for this week’s Mercedes Championships

TH 7-10:30 ESPN
FR 7-10:30 ESPN
SA 7-10:30 ESPN
SU 7-10:00 ESPN

All times Eastern

Through the year I keep a “this week on tour” module on the site. It has been in the lower left column and contains whatever TV times and channels I can dig up. I may play with that module and try to make it more dynamic sometime this year.

Now LET’S GET IT ON!


A female’s puzzling golf blog

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Categories: Golf MediaSite News

I think female golf bloggers are hot. There are more and more of them popping up and I love it.

Sarah5 has an interesting golf blog called the Royal Green. She has some kind of gift (or she’s just good at finding software that does it) for creating golf word puzzles. She does about one per week.

Here’s a golf cryptogram she created on why Padraig Harrington won’t be at the Mercedes Championship next week:

S OXHDECFP RXIFNH’C IHNDTECYHN ESCCSHQ NXLH CX

ROTSECKYE NSHHDT OYBSHQ CX COSHA YUXIC KP QXFZ

UDRYIED S’N UD JFYPSHQ QXFZ SH Y LDDA’E CSKD,

EXKDCOSHQ FSAD COYC.

Check out her site for the answer if you get stumped: http://theroyalg.blogspot.com/

A count of the current list of golf blogs in the HOG Master Links Section is now at 69 after adding Sarah5’s. I’m sure there are more out there though…


Happy Blogday Bogey Lounge

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Categories: Golf Media

Everyone stop by one of the best golf blogs in the blogosphere and wish Bogeyman a happy blogday. Bogeylounge is one of the most well designed and written golf blogs. He’s one of the “veterans” of golf blogging for sure.

My buddy Bogeyman and I have a lot in common: 1. We love golf. 2. We have golf blogs. 3. We’re Greek!


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