Thanksgiving

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Categories: Miscellaneous

It’s Thanksgiving morning and I’m enjoying a coffee while my little guy (4) plays with his train on the kitchen floor. What a great morning.

Opportunities

I’ve just arrived home from a tremendous HOG World Tour trip to Morocco. After 34 hours I arrived at 12:30am Thanksgiving morning. On the flight back I was thinking about how thankful I am for opportunities like this which come up because of this blog. Opportunities like this don’t just happen because you have a blog per se. They happen as a return for the hard work I’ve put in for the last 11+ years. Still, I’m thankful. Who would have imagined that I’d be visiting an incredible mosque in Morocco because of a golf blog?

Rabat Mosque

People

I was also thinking about all the great people I’ve met through having a popular golf blog. Some are simply business associates in the golf industry, and many have developed into very good friendships which will last a lifetime. I’m extremely thankful for the connections I’ve established in the golf world. I’ve met so many interesting, smart, creative, and great people. You have enriched my world and for that I thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

HOG World Tour Visits Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco

I’m still traveling and I had a small problem with my brand new MacBook Pro. The power cable plug broke. That and non-existent or extremely slow internet access has made it tough for me to post from the tour. I’ll be catching up for a while.

The HOG World Tour made it’s first golf stop in the African continent at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco.

Royal Golf Dar Es Salam
Rabat, Morocco

Royal Golf Dar Es Salam is a Robert Trent Jones, Sr. design. “RTJ” is one of the all-time greats of golf architecture.
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Above are rocks which could be found in places on the course. They had some kind of crazy erosion, producing perfect holes.
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Below is a map to show you just were Royal Golf Dar Es Salam is. Stay tuned for a more in-depth review and more photos!
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HOG World Tour Morocco

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, November 18th, 2016
Categories: Golf • Golf For Women • Golf Life • Life • Reviews • Travel
Tags: Morocco • Morocco Golf

Greetings from Rabat, Morocco. The HOG World Tour is here discovering what a great place to visit Morocco is, and to show the world that there is some great golf to be played here. For those who aren’t quite sure where Morocco is (I wasn’t sure either), the country is located in the north west corner of the African continent.

One highlight from today was my first visit ever to a mosque.
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It has been an extremely long 2.5 days. I’ve had two red-eye flights and a 13 hour layover in NYC. I’m super tired. Today was a settle in day, and touring day for the city of Rabat. Tomorrow is the first round of golf. This is a quick check-in. I will be posting much more here and on Twitter and Facebook about this Morocco trip, so tune in.

Cemetary

HOG World Tour Stops in Manhattan

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, November 18th, 2016
Categories: HOG World Tour

Greetings from New York. Here’s a shot from the One World Trade Center looking back uptown to the Empire State building and a new residential high rise on the right I haven’t seen. I dig the skinny square look.

New York is a short stop on the way to the current HWT location, Morocco. Stay tuned for more!

myCharge HubMax Portable Charger

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
Categories: Golf • Golf Accessories • Golf For Women • Golf Gear • Reviews
Tags: Christmas Golf Gift • Golf Accessories • Golf Gifts • Holiday Golf Gift

Man do I have a lot of portable USB/Lightning devices: Two iPads, a 7-inch Android Tablet, a 10 inch Galaxy Tablet, iPhone, Samsung Phone. That’s not to mention all of the portable golf devices I have which charge via USB: Portable golf GPS units, GPS Watches, GameGolf, Arccos, Mobitee PIQ, TLink GPS. Woa wait a minute. I have even more devices that charge off of USB. I have two portable Sony cameras which rely on micro USB charging.

HubMax in action, charging my phone and a Golf Buddy GPS

When I’m out and about or traveling, invariably one of my zillions of devices’ battery dies. That’s where my new myCharge HubMax Portable Charger comes into play. HubMax is a great USB/Lightning charger. Let me tell you this, myCharge is in charge!

HubMax Features

HubMax is a portable charging device which has a Lightning cable for Apple devices like iPhones, Apple Watches, and iPads. It also has a built in micro-USB for standard devices like smartphones, fitness devices, tablets and so on. And in case those two cables don’t cover it, there’s a standard USB port on the side. This is perfect for some of my golf GPS watches which have a standard USB plug on one end and a bizarre proprietary charging setup on the unit.

The HubMax is one of a series of four Hub units. The HubMax is the 2nd to the top of the list in terms of the amount of power it holds, at 10,050mAh. The biggest unit, the HubUltra has a capacity of 12,000mAh while the smallest unit, the HubMini, clocks in at 3,000mAh.

The Max provides me about 6x the battery life of my phone. When I’m out on the HOG World Tour I can use a lot of battery power between GPSing golf holes, shooting pictures, and sharing photos and content from the course with my phone. Now I need not worry about having enough battery life.

The unit’s Lithium ion battery and technology allows it to charge very fast, up to 50% faster than comparable units. It also charges devices up to 65% faster. Great to plug it in during lunch, between two rounds of 18.

The footprint is about 2x as thick as a smartphone, but not as tall or wide.

The unit plugs into the wall (photo below). The charging prongs conveniently fold in for transport.

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Conclusion

The myCharge Hub series runs in price from $49 for the Mini to $149 for the Ultra. My unit, the HubMax, runs $99. On and off the course this is a fantastic accessory for the golfer or the golf spectator. A portable charger like this would make a great gift for the golfer who has lots of electronic golf gadgets.

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