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The “most grueling event in golf” is over and we have 32 graduates who get their PGA Tour card for 2006. Here they are, what they shot, and their winnings for the event:
Medalist John Holmes 69-69-68-67-66-69–408 (24-under) $50,000
2 Alex Cejka 73-66-68-70-66-68—411 (21-under) $40,000
T3 Nick Thompson 74-67-69-64-69-70—413 (19-under) $32,500
T3 D.A. Points 69-69-68-66-67-74—413 (19-under) $32,500
T5 Tom Byrum 67-73-68-65-72-70—415 (17-under) $26,250
T5 Nick Watney 72-71-66-68-69-69—415 (17-under) $26,250
T7 Daisuke Maruyama 70-71-74-68-65-68—416 (16-under) $25,000
T7 Michael Allen 64-68-71-69-70-74—416 (16-under) $25,000
T9 Hunter Mahan 70-74-72-66-67-68—417 (15-under) $25,000
T9 Will MacKenzie 71-73-68-69-67-69—417 (15-under) $25,000
T9 Robert Garrigus 68-71-70-67-71-70—417 (15-under) $25,000
12 Marco Dawson 76-73-68-69-64-68—418 (14-under) $25,000
T13 John Engler 73-68-71-72-67-68—419 (13-under) $25,000
T13 Jeff Overton 68-71-69-74-68-69—419 (13-under) $25,000
T13 Henrik Bjornstad 69-69-71-68-70-72—419 (13-under) $25,000
T13 Bubba Dickerson 73-70-71-66-67-72—419 (13-under) $25,000
T13 Ron Whittaker 71-73-67-66-70-72—419 (13-under) $25,000
T18 Ian Leggatt 76-72-67-68-69-68—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Ryan Hietala 66-78-66-69-72-69—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Brian Bateman 70-73-72-69-67-69—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Matt Hansen 69-72-72-68-68-71—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Alex Aragon 70-68-72-72-73-65—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Greg Kraft 66-72-74-67-69-72—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Mike Sposa 71-69-71-69-68-72—420 (12-under) $25,000
T18 Bill Glasson 70-71-67-68-70-74—420 (12-under) $25,000
T26 Danny Ellis 69-70-67-72-73-70—421 (11-under) $25,000
T26 Michael Connell 67-73-71-67-73-70—421 (11-under) $25,000
T26 Brett Wetterich 70-70-69-69-71-72—421 (11-under) $25,000
T26 B.J. Staten 72-68-70-65-74-72—421 (11-under) $25,000
T26 Frank Lickliter II73-68-70-69-69-72—421 (11-under) $25,000
T26 Bill Haas 68-72-73-69-67-72—421 (11-under) $25,000
T26 Mathias Gronberg 69-72-67-69-70-74—421 (11-under) $25,000
More interesting than this perhaps a few who didn’t make it:
(this isn’t all the players who didn’t make it, just a few that caught my eye)
Briny Baird
Dan Forsman (from my state)
Steve Stricker
Scott hend
Tripp Isenhour
Jay Don Blake (from my state)
Kevin Stadler
Larry Mize
Notah Begay III
Matt Goegel
J.P. Hayes
Bob May (almost beast Tiger in that awesome 2000 PGA)
Per-Ulrik Johansson
Skip Kendall
Looks like Bob May will get to play on the PGA Tour in 2006 due to a medical exemption…
We interrupt the Golfer’s 12 Days Of Christmas to bring a special announcement:
Happy blogday to Hooked On Golf Blog
One year old today!
As of the 1 year anniversary there are 488 posts and 392 comments. Comments before April 2005 are MIA though.
Some HOG history (if you can call it history…)
–>This blog was started at 9:32pm on December 5, 2004 at http://hookedongolfblog.blogspot.com. I originally started out as one of a million other blogger blogs. My template looked exactly the same as 100,000 others. I used blogger until I finally got fed up with the limitations it had. I really got fed up with the way it would just hang up: “Publishing….. Publishing….. Publishing……” forever. I’d cancel and try it again and the same thing would happen. Then an hour later I’d check my blog and there would be 5 copies of the same post.
–>During Masters week of 2004 I registered my own URL and powered up WordPress. I was able to import all my blogger posts into WordPress, but not able to port over the comments. So pre-April there are no comments now. I’d compare WordPress to blogger like this: Augusta National compared to a flea bag municipal executive course.
–>I happily blogged about whatever golf subject I wanted to with no idea how long I’d be doing it or where it would go. For the hell of it one day I was trying to make my blogger template look better so I put a ProV1 ball up in the header. Not 15 minutes later I got an email from some guy I’ve never met before who offered to send me a box of Maxfli prototypes if I took it down. And that was HOG’s first “sponsor.”
That one moment changed my outlook on what this site could be forever. I realized that there were hardly any golf blogs out there. I’d say at that time there were about 5, maybe 10. And only 3-4 were worth a damn. Those 3 or 4 are still around and are some of the biggest and most popular golf blogs in cyberspace.
–>On 1/5/05 I started up my golf forum: Web Country Club. Getting a golf forum hopping is much harder than a golf blog and that was quite a learning experience. WCC is no golfwrx by any means. They have about 8000x as many members. But give it some time…
Here is the first golf blog post I wrote from 12/5/04:
I’ve got a pal who lives about 2300 miles from me. He’s my best friend and he’s a big time blogger. His blog has had 6,000,000 hits this year! So he talked me into playing around with blogs. This is my first real blog so here goes!
I’m a golf freak. I play 4-5 times per week. I’m self employed and I pretty much prioritize my work schedule around my golf rounds. I should be more serious about my business life but I swear I have a major addiction. It could be worse I guess. I could have an alcohol addiction or drug addiction. It’s just golf so it is no harm, except it can be expensive.
I get so mad sometimes I swear I’ll never play again. As soon as one of my golf buddies calls up I’m out the door. I’ve got a core group of about 8 guys who are all very good golfers. Most are 5 handicaps or less. We even have a couple of scratch players. We always bet and have many team games. It is a lot of fun and I can usually come out OK with my bets if I play well. I can pay for my round and make a buck or two with a decent round.
Well OK that is my basic first post. I’m going to try to set up this blog and make it look cool now.
At least id didn’t sound like a million other first blog posts: “Hi. This is my new blog. I hope I can find something to write about. OK, bye. Giggle giggle.”
The future?
I’ve had SO much fun blogging about golf. I’ve learned more in this last year about golf, computers, marketing, business, nice people, ass holes, google…. you name it. I’ve gone from 1 web site to over 10.
I’ve had offers to merge with other golf sites. I’ve written for other sites (golf and other subjects). I’ve met so many cool people (and a few jerks). I’ve found some amazing golf products through my newly formed “connections” and I’ve formed valuable business and friend relationships.
I have every intention of trying new things, and seeing just where this site can go. Maybe some day a big company like Titleist or Ping will come to me and say “Tony, we’d like to offer you a bunch of money and free golf gear if you’ll be our in house golf blogger. Oh, and you’ll have to golf a bunch as part of your job as well. Don’t worry, we’ll pick up the tab…”
You never know…
A year of golf blogging is in the books. I sincerely hope one year from now I’ll be writing “two years of golf blogging is in the books.”
My good friend Rich at Eat Golf has been working very hard on a golf course directory of all the courses in the US.
Rich is some kind of super geek and when he gets his mind set on something he gets it done. I remember him mentioning this idea and literally what seemed like a few weeks later he had it done.
I’ve been considering adding a list of courses to my Master Links Section, but it would be pointless to do that when I could just send you to the Eat Golf Course Directory.
The directory obviously gives you a map and directions to courses in the area you select, but also instantly gives you other info about that course such as the current weather conditions, whether or not it has a range and practice facility and more.
Users can help Rich get this database’s info better updated by inputting their own details on courses they know about, and adding their own comments.
Very well done Rich. Very well done indeed.
For the 4th day of Christmas I’m not putting a particular piece of gear on the list. But this item will help your golf game more than new gear or accessories:
One the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
Golf lessons from a PGA professional.
(sing with the instrumental version of The 12 Days of Christmas)
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…Maxfli Blackmax golf balls
On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to me…Gimme A Ruling golf rules game
On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me…An Ogio Grom stand bag
On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…A lesson from a PGA pro
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