It took a bit of work and some time for me to get this done, but the asshole website/webmaster who was ripping off content from here at Hooked On Golf Blog and the HOG sister site HOGWire.biz, is now shut down.
Adios. Don’t f&%k with me. I will win.
I love GolfWRX’s “what’s in the bag photos” so much. Every week that they post one of their amazingly watermarked pictures of the latest winner on tour’s golf bag, I immediately print the photo on my dot matrix printer and take it down to Dick’s Sporting goods. I ask the PGA pro there to put together the EXACT set of clubs, just like the winner’s. After all, I know if I buy the same clubs, I’ll play just as good.
I’ve got 127 full sets of clubs in the garage. Maybe this week’s set will be the magic one? At least it will be useful, in terms of self defense.
Sure I poke some fun at GolfWRX, but finally they’ve posted an awesome and USEFUL “what’s in the bag” (also known in “the business” as WITB) photo: Robert Allenby. For those who may not know, Allenby was kidnapped, robbed, beaten, and dumped in a park in Hawaii after missing the cut at the Sony Open. Since then Allenby has reworked his bag, and the crack photogs at WRX have already snapped his new WITB, complete with the awesome trademark watermark.
What’s in the bag: Robert Allenby
I dream of the day I could post photos and WITB’s as good as WRX, but realistically I know it is only a dream. I have something to strive for, but I could never achieve such greatness…
Rukket Sports makes some very cool practice nets for all sorts of sports, not just golf. I have several now, like the full swing golf practice net I reviewed a while back. Perhaps the most important net for my game is now erected in my house, a short game practice net. I’m a 1.5 handicap with the short game of a 27 handicapper. If I could get that short game straightened out, I’d be a decent golfer. Perhaps this net is the ticket, and a bunch of practice this winter.
The Rukket short game net is really cool. It has three pockets the balls can be hit into for accuracy and trajectory practice. The sides collect mis-hit shots, or shots which are not on a perfect line.
The net can be set up outside (first picture above), or used inside like the picture below.
Indoor golf chipping practice…
Outdoor golf chipping practice…
The other side of the net can serve as a short game yardage marker. Below you can see several pictures of the net, configured with different numbers from 50 yards to 150 yards.
Critiques
One problem I have with this net is the spikes which secure it into the ground. The plastic is weak. If you don’t push perfectly straight down, you’ll snap the spike just like the one below.
No, I wasn’t trying to spike the net into my carpet…
Conclusion
At about $35, this is a no-brainer golf accessory. Having a fun way of practicing short game in the back yard or inside the house/office is fantastic.
FootJoy’s latest golf shoe has officially been revealed as of today. Check out the new Hyperflex golf shoes.
FootJoy Hyperflex Golf Shoe – click to see more
I’ll be putting these new FootJoy Hyperflex golf shoes into play as soon as the snow melts, and posting my review after several rounds. Stay tuned. If any sites post reviews about these shoes this week, don’t trust them. You can’t review a golf shoe in two days.
FootJoy Hyperflex Golf Shoes – click to see more
Footjoy Hyperflex Golf Shoe – click to see more
For more shots of these cool looking golf shoes, check out the Hooked On Golf Blog FootJoy Hyperflex photo gallery.
Since it is winter here, I’m going through the HOG World Tour archives and weeding out any reviews and photos which have gotten lost in the queue. One such review is of the most hopping, happening, coolest, wildest, craziest bar and restaurant in Bogota, Colombia: Andrés Carne de Res. This is like an indoor version New Orleans’ Mardi Gras, every night of the week!
One of many floors, packed with guests who are having a great time at Andres
Andrés Carne de Res is five stories of restaurant and bar, packed with hundreds of people at all times. The food is great, with separate mini kitchens on each floor. Each floor also can be home of one or several bars. Below is but ONE bar of many in the building. Looks like the wine selection will work for me…
Do you have Coors? I didn’t think so…
Part of the craziness that is Andres is the actors, ventriloquists (photo below), and musicians who float around and perform at each table.
Performers come to each table to entertain the guests at Andres…
Hello ladies! Why are you cupping your breasts?
Andrés Carne de Res was truly an experience of a lifetime. If you are ever in Bogota, Colombia, you MUST get to Andrés Carne de Res. I just realized I got this far and haven’t even mentioned the awesome Colombian food, drinks, and appetizers!
Fantastic and unique appetizers and food, Colombian style
Web.com Tour
The Web.com Tour stops in Bogota in the first couple of weeks of each season. Those of you who are golfers, golf media, players, or caddies on the Web.com Tour should be sure to stop in and have fun and food at Andrés Carne de Res when you are in town for the Web.com Tour’s Colombia Championship.
Related Links
Andrés Carne de Res photo gallery
La Cima Club de Golf – Golf at 10,000 Feet in the Colombian Andes Mountains
Gold Museum – Bogota, Colombia
Country Club de Bogota Golf Course Review
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