Oh, I almost forgot….IT’S US OPEN WEEK!
Much of the talk this week will be about the famous Donald Ross creation: Pinehurst #2 (pic below)
While I haven’t played Pinehurst #2, I have played another Donal Ross course in Pennsylvania called Aronomink. Players in the know call it “The Mink.” The Mink is an amazing course (pic below). Near the first tee there is a bust of Donald Ross with the quote “This is my masterpiece.”
The Mink has beautiful tree lined fairways that undulate greatly. The undulation and design of the course causes many tee and approach shots to be quite deceptive. You think you’re striping one down the middle of the fairway, only to find out the fairway was 20 yards right of your line.
When you get to the greens they are huge with massive undulation and tiers. Most of the greens have specific quadrants you must hit or it is 3-putt city, just like Augusta.
When I was just getting started with my golf sites I did a little review on The Mink. It is located at my sister site Web Country Club. CLICK HERE for that review. I was fairly green when I did that review so it’s not quite up to par with the reviews I do these days. (sorry for all the puns in that last sentence) I’ll port it over here some time under courses-reviews.
It’s official. As of tomorrow (June 15) Carlsbad Confidential will come to an end, and will be redirected to the “people” section of TMAG’s site.
My buddy Jason was starting to get a neat inside golf blog going there, but the corporate lawyers had something else in mind. Jason says his posts there will be basically the same. Time will tell.
The TMAG insider blog will have other people posting inside info there as well, so perhaps this will turn out to be a good thing. I do hope they revamp what they are doing there. Right now it’s just a bunch of ads and promotional paragraphs disguised as a blog entries, with no author names and no comments.
To me what makes a “blog” is the personality of the blogger and his viewpoint. Corporate lawyers will do whatever they can to eliminate that.
Perhaps Hooked On Golf Blog will have a new anonymous contributor who seems to have an inside scoop on the golf equipment world eh? 🙂
UPDATE:
Jason has been kind enough to “clarify” my post on their situation and what they’re doing. So be sure to click on the comment link below for a more clear picture.
Thanks Jason
Related links:
https://www.hookedongolfblog.com/?p=220
https://www.hookedongolfblog.com/?p=61
Keep your eyes open. We’re seeing some major golf history unfold in front of us right now. Annika has just won her 2nd leg of this year’s LPGA grand slam by winning the LPGA Championship. Tiger could win his second leg this week at the US Open, but the odds that Annika gets it are astronomically higher in my book.
I better not forget to mention that Annika won the LPGA for her 3rd time in a row. Mark that down as another of the LPGA records she holds.
Michelle Wie had a good showing by taking 2nd place, 3 strokes back. Nice to see her competing against a field that she should compete against. The PGA tour can come, but Michelle needs to prove herself in some LPGA events first.
I’m sure my pals at TaylorMade are very happy now that Sergio has broken the ice with his first win this year at the Booz Allen Classic. This pic is great with that
r7 Quad driver
starring you right in the face. Sergio dropped a 65 on the field to claim the victory by 2 shots.
I was wondering about Sergio earlier this year when he lost the sizable lead to Vijay at Wachovia. He was nervous trying to hold on to the lead. But this type of win where he’s coming from behind seems to fit his fiery personality.
Apparently Tom Kite’s Viagra didn’t last quite long enough and he faded down the leaderboard with a 74. That would have been fun to see a 55 year old beat the young guns. If it was a Champions event he might have since he had the lead after 3 days.
After a day without a post, I’m in the zone right now. I’m just going with it.
Courtesy of a link from my pals at ShotTalk, I found this gem: The world’s worst golf swing contest.
#6 is pretty good. He holds the club like a hockey stick. But #8 is the best. The guy sets up with the ball completely outside his front foot. Then just before he hits it, he shimmies even farther from the ball… Classic.
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