Fantasy Golf – PGA Championship Winners

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
Categories: Fantasy Golf • Miscellaneous • Site News

PGA Championship Winner: GPT

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Under Armour Nitro Sunglasses

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, August 12th, 2013
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Reviews

Did you know Under Armour made eyewear/sunglasses? I didn’t until recently. I had only associated the brand with killer apparel. Now I associate UA with killer sunglasses too! I’m doing a few quick reviews of some Under Armour sunglasses so let’s get going. Today’s featured pair is the Nitro model, typically for youths or those with thinner heads (unlike me).

Under Armour Nitro Crystal Red Black Gray Sunglasses

Under Armour Nitro Sunglasses – click for more

Under Armour Nitro Sunglasses Features

ArmourFusion frames built from titanium and “Grimalid” provide strength and flexibility
Lenses are 10x as strong as regular lenses
20% less distorted peripheral vision
Lenses are highly resistant to scratching and smudging
Secure fit
100% ultraviolet protection

Looks/Style

As you can see in the photos, these shades are very stylish, sporty and I dare say aerodynamic.

Fit

The Nitros are meant for a smaller fit, best for youth or thinner heads. My lovely lady is very athletic and loves how these shades stay in place during levels of high activity.

UA Nitro Sunglasses

Vision

On a recent trip to the mountains (which you can see reflected in the lenses of the featured image in this article) my lovely lady was gushing about how clear and vibrant the colors were. During athletic activities, especially golf, clear vision and high detail are very important.

Conclusion

At only around $50, the Under Armour Nitro’s are great shades for young golfers, ladies or those with a thinner head shape.

2013 PGA Championship Commentary

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, August 12th, 2013
Categories: (British) Open Championship • FedEx Cup • PGA Championship • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • The Masters • Tiger Woods

Boring

There’s your attention-getter. Think of the four majors. The Masters is ALWAYS exciting. The U.S. Open is ALWAYS intense. The Open Championship (British Open) is ALWAYS interesting because of the style of golf and the history.

After the conclusion of the PGA Championship I was asking myself, “was this boring or what?” But I couldn’t figure out if that was because the course didn’t produce excitement, like Augusta National does or other “Open” venues do. Is Oak Hill boring? Was it the setup?

It dawned on me that perhaps it wasn’t the course that made the tournament, especially the final round, seem boring. It was the play. Hear me out before you block me from your social networks…

The final pairing was perhaps one of the best pure ball-striking pairings possible. Jim Furyk is a methodical dart thrower who is not long but is extremely accurate. Other than perhaps the 16th hole in last year’s U.S. Open I’m not sure Furyk has missed a fairway, or if he did, it would be only by a foot or two. Jason Dufner was deadly accurate. You could literally see his ball landing on, and finishing on or near the middle cutline of the fairway. You know, the place where the mowers split the fairway.

With both players in the final group so accurate, there were no wild shots and therefore no chances for brilliant recovery shots. No drama.

Maybe It Wasn’t Boring

Then again, I just started recalling all of the absolutely brilliant approach shots Jason Dufner hit. It seemed like he had some kind of wedge into every green. Dufner’s approaches were so dialed in, they almosted landed in the hole on numerous occasions. Most of them were intentionally flown past the pin where they’d spin back to easy birdie range. Those were really amazing shots under the pressure of a major.

The most excitement of the final round may have been when Dufner nearly missed a putt which was easily less than 12 inches. No wonder he takes his time over those.

Furyk’s Slow Play

Jim Furyk needs to take 5-Hour Energy just to get through his pre-putt routine.

Furyk’s routines are completely out of hand and impossible to watch without losing my sanity. Don’t get me wrong. I really like Furyk, but he’s the poster child for slow play. His pre-putt routine is awful. He reads the putt, gets over it, takes his putter back like he’s going to hit the putt, stops, backs up, does it again, walks the putt off, does it again, asks Fluff (caddie) for a read, rinse, repeat. 47 minutes later he hits the putt… OMG. I can’t wait to see the 24 handicapper with the tattoos and the wife beater shirt doing that at the muni course next weekend because he saw Furyk doing it.

Jim: Speed it up, please.

Tiger Woods

After Tiger Woods’s dominating victory at the Bridgestone, golf scribes and the regular clueless media awarded him the Wanamaker trophy before the tournament started. Good thing they decided to play the tournament to find out who the real winner would be.

Another year goes by where Tiger doesn’t win a major. With five victories on the season, one can only conclude that not winning the majors is now a mental issue. He may be getting in his own way, putting too much pressure on himself. Who knows.

Think about where Tiger has won (majors or regular tour events). He’s dominant on certain courses and other courses he avoids. Horses for courses. If he had his choice, he certainly wouldn’t choose to play Oak Hill. It isn’t exactly Firestone Country Club to him.

Phil Mickelson

Honestly, I didn’t expect Phil to contend this week (thus I didn’t pick him on my fantasy team). This has been one of Phil’s best years and I thought he’d have a bit of a Scottish hangover after winning the Scottish Open and the Open Championship, aye?

Rory McIlory

I was happy to see Rory McIlory getting his game back. I really feel professional golf needs him and I certainly want to see him at his best. When he’s bad he’s bad, but when he’s good nobody can beat him. I dare say not even Tiger.

Who Else?

Many players were in the running this week. Jason Day seems to have a knack for great play in majors. Henrik Stenson could be the best player in the world right now, without a win on the season. He finished 3rd this week at the PGA, 2nd at the Open and 2nd last week at the Bridgestone.

In the flying under the radar and flying without ever having been seen on the TV broadcast category, David Toms’s final round 67 jumped him up to a very respectable solo 7th. Did anybody see him during Sunday’s broadcast? I didn’t.

Ian Poulter, Howard Stern

I’ve never met Ian Poulter. For a long time I figured he was probably an arrogant chap who I didn’t care to meet. But the more I see his personal tweets, the more I respect the guy. He at least has the golf balls to call out these idiots who are yelling after golf shots, “get in the hole,” and “mashed potatoes,” etc. These people need to shut up. I wish the PGA of America had the kahunas to kick those people out.

Poulter’s comments on the subject even got a rise out of Howard Stern, who corrected Poulter for the spelling lf Babba Booey. Poulter then came back with an entertaining slam of stern citing that he has more twitter followers (1.5 million) than Stern (1.4 million). That was entertaining.

So cheers to Ian. I just might be the newest Poulter fan club member. He’s not a PR machine robot like some other players, if you know what I mean.

Bye Bye 2013

The majors are over for 2013. I’m already dying for the 2014 Masters, but then again I was dying for that one millisecond after Adam Scott made the winning putt in the playoff against the studly Angel Cabrera a few months ago.

FedEx What?

For the rest of the season all we golf fans will be hearing about is the FedEx Cup. That’s all fine but I don’t think many casual golf fans either care about it or even understand it still.

2013 PGA Championship Final Leader Board

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, August 11th, 2013
Categories: FedEx Cup • PGA Championship • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • Tiger Woods

1	Jason Dufner	-10	68	63	71	68	270
2	Jim Furyk	-8	65	68	68	71	272
3	Henrik Stenson	-7	68	66	69	70	273
4	Jonas Blixt	-6	68	70	66	70	274
T5	Scott Piercy	-5	67	71	72	65	275
T5	Adam Scott	-5	65	68	72	70	275
7	David Toms	-4	71	69	69	67	276
T8	Jason Day	-3	67	71	72	67	277
T8	Zach Johnson	-3	69	70	70	68	277
T8	Dustin Johnson	-3	72	71	65	69	277
T8	Rory McIlroy	-3	69	71	67	70	277
T12	Graeme McDowell	-2	70	69	73	66	278
T12	Boo Weekley	-2	72	69	70	67	278
T12	Marc Leishman	-2	70	70	70	68	278
T12	Roberto Castro	-2	68	69	71	70	278
T12	Marc Warren	-2	74	67	68	69	278
T12	Kevin Streelman	-2	70	72	66	70	278
T12	Steve Stricker	-2	68	67	70	73	278
T19	Keegan Bradley	-1	69	72	72	66	279
T19	Hideki Matsuyama	-1	72	68	73	66	279
T19	Rickie Fowler	-1	70	68	72	69	279
T22	Michael Thompson	E	72	67	72	69	280
T22	Matt Kuchar	E	67	66	76	71	280
T22	David Lynn	E	69	69	71	71	280
T25	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	+1	68	71	71	71	281
T25	Robert Garrigus	+1	67	68	74	72	281
T25	Webb Simpson	+1	72	64	73	72	281
T25	Bill Haas	+1	68	70	71	72	281
T29	Miguel Angel Jimenez	+2	68	72	75	67	282
T29	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	+2	68	75	69	70	282
T29	Scott Jamieson	+2	69	72	70	71	282
T29	Ryo Ishikawa	+2	69	71	70	72	282
T33	Peter Hanson	+3	72	69	74	68	283
T33	Martin Kaymer	+3	68	68	78	69	283
T33	Paul Casey	+3	67	72	74	70	283
T33	Brendon de Jonge	+3	71	71	71	70	283
T33	Justin Rose	+3	68	66	77	72	283
T33	Francesco Molinari	+3	72	68	70	73	283
T33	Lee Westwood	+3	66	73	68	76	283
T40	Matt Jones	+4	72	71	73	68	284
T40	Thorbjorn Olesen	+4	71	70	74	69	284
T40	J.J. Henry	+4	71	71	73	69	284
T40	Danny Willett	+4	73	70	72	69	284
T40	D.A. Points	+4	73	70	72	69	284
T40	Tiger Woods	+4	71	70	73	70	284
T40	Charley Hoffman	+4	69	67	73	75	284
T47	Thongchai Jaidee	+5	70	71	75	69	285
T47	John Merrick	+5	75	68	73	69	285
T47	Ryan Palmer	+5	73	70	71	71	285
T47	Josh Teater	+5	71	71	71	72	285
T47	David Hearn	+5	66	76	71	72	285
T47	K.J. Choi	+5	76	65	71	73	285
T47	Marcus Fraser	+5	67	69	75	74	285
T47	Luke Guthrie	+5	71	71	69	74	285
T55	Scott Stallings	+6	73	70	73	70	286
T55	Ryan Moore	+6	69	71	73	73	286
T57	Hunter Mahan	+7	70	68	78	71	287
T57	Shane Lowry	+7	71	70	75	71	287
T57	Chris Kirk	+7	71	69	73	74	287
T57	Ken Duke	+7	75	68	70	74	287
T61	Stephen Gallacher	+8	75	68	76	69	288
T61	Ian Poulter	+8	70	71	77	70	288
T61	Tommy Gainey	+8	69	74	73	72	288
T61	Harris English	+8	74	69	72	73	288
T61	Sergio Garcia	+8	69	68	75	76	288
T66	Ben Curtis	+9	73	70	74	72	289
T66	Brandt Snedeker	+9	70	73	70	76	289
T68	Tim Clark	+10	69	71	75	75	290
T68	Vijay Singh	+10	70	72	73	75	290
T70	John Senden	+11	72	70	73	76	291
T70	Brooks Koepka	+11	71	72	71	77	291
T72	Phil Mickelson	+12	71	71	78	72	292
T72	Matteo Manassero	+12	72	69	74	77	292
74	Gary Woodland	+13	73	70	80	70	293
75	Darren Clarke	+16	69	73	74	80	296
CUT	Charles Howell III	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Joost Luiten	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Nicolas Colsaerts	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Bubba Watson	–	70	74	–	–	144
CUT	Sang-Moon Bae	–	75	69	–	–	144
CUT	Woody Austin	–	69	75	–	–	144
CUT	Martin Laird	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Chris Stroud	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Paul Lawrie	–	72	72	–	–	144
CUT	Davis Love III	–	74	70	–	–	144
CUT	Branden Grace	–	71	73	–	–	144
CUT	Jimmy Walker	–	71	74	–	–	145
CUT	Luke Donald	–	71	74	–	–	145
CUT	Mikko Ilonen	–	73	72	–	–	145
CUT	David Muttitt (CP)	–	75	70	–	–	145
CUT	Marcel Siem	–	73	72	–	–	145
CUT	Rich Beem	–	71	74	–	–	145
CUT	David Lingmerth	–	74	71	–	–	145
CUT	Bernd Wiesberger	–	70	75	–	–	145
CUT	John Huh	–	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Russell Henley	–	76	70	–	–	146
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Carl Pettersson	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Graham DeLaet	–	70	76	–	–	146
CUT	Charlie Beljan	–	71	75	–	–	146
CUT	Ernie Els	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Richard Sterne	–	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Y.E. Yang	–	72	74	–	–	146
CUT	Stewart Cink	–	75	71	–	–	146
CUT	Jason Kokrak	–	74	72	–	–	146
CUT	Brett Rumford	–	70	77	–	–	147
CUT	Kevin Stadler	–	74	73	–	–	147
CUT	Richie Ramsay	–	72	75	–	–	147
CUT	Hiroyuki Fujita	–	71	76	–	–	147
CUT	Billy Horschel	–	69	78	–	–	147
CUT	Scott Brown	–	73	74	–	–	147
CUT	Padraig Harrington	–	76	71	–	–	147
CUT	Brian Gay	–	73	74	–	–	147
CUT	Peter Uihlein	–	77	70	–	–	147
CUT	Derek Ernst	–	72	76	–	–	148
CUT	Kohki Idoki	–	72	76	–	–	148
CUT	Geoff Ogilvy	–	74	74	–	–	148
CUT	Jordan Spieth	–	74	74	–	–	148
CUT	Matt Every	–	71	77	–	–	148
CUT	Jeff Sorenson (CP)	–	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	Alex Noren	–	76	73	–	–	149
CUT	JC Anderson (CP)	–	73	76	–	–	149
CUT	Tom Watson	–	73	77	–	–	150
CUT	Nick Watney	–	76	74	–	–	150
CUT	George Coetzee	–	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	Chris Wood	–	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	Pablo Larrazabal	–	76	74	–	–	150
CUT	David McNabb (CP)	–	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	Ryan Polzin (CP)	–	73	77	–	–	150
CUT	Jaco Van Zyl	–	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	Danny Balin (CP)	–	73	78	–	–	151
CUT	Kyle Stanley	–	73	78	–	–	151
CUT	Kevin Chappell	–	79	72	–	–	151
CUT	Rob Labritz (CP)	–	78	73	–	–	151
CUT	Bob Gaus (CP)	–	74	77	–	–	151
CUT	Thomas Bjorn	–	70	81	–	–	151
CUT	Caine Fitzgerald (CP)	–	75	76	–	–	151
CUT	Paul McGinley	–	78	74	–	–	152
CUT	Lucas Glover	–	76	76	–	–	152
CUT	Mike Small (CP)	–	76	76	–	–	152
CUT	Shaun Micheel	–	76	76	–	–	152
CUT	Freddie Jacobson	–	76	77	–	–	153
CUT	Mark Sheftic (CP)	–	75	78	–	–	153
CUT	Stuart Smith (CP)	–	78	75	–	–	153
CUT	Kirk Hanefeld (CP)	–	76	78	–	–	154
CUT	Bob Sowards (CP)	–	73	82	–	–	155
CUT	Jeff Martin (CP)	–	78	78	–	–	156
CUT	Rod Perry (CP)	–	78	78	–	–	156
CUT	Sonny Skinner (CP)	–	76	80	–	–	156
CUT	Mark Brown (CP)	–	77	82	–	–	159
CUT	Chip Sullivan (CP)	–	84	76	–	–	160
CUT	Lee Rhind (CP)	–	81	82	–	–	163
NC	Angel Cabrera	–	–	–	–	–	–
WD	Bo Van Pelt	–	–	–	–	–	–
WD	Jamie Donaldson	–	–	–	–	–	–

Golf Apparel Review: Dunning Stretch Pique Multi Stripe Polo

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, August 9th, 2013
Categories: Golf Apparel • Golf Gear • Reviews

Dunning

Quick, give me a word that rhymes with “Dunning.” For me the word would be “stunning.” Stunning is exactly what the few pieces of Dunning apparel I’ve seen are. I first noticed the brand when I met my now buddy Kevin Foley of Web.com Tour fame. He’ll be of PGA Tour fame if he holds his current position of #17 on the Web.com Tour money list. I’m not sure if Kevin is endorsed by Dunning or just loves their threads. Either way. The first time I saw his threads I was sold.

Stretch Pique Multi Stripe Polo – Style

Naturally based on that I was excited to get my first Dunning apparel review opportunity. When I unboxed the Stretch Pique Multi Stripe Polo (from this point on known as SPMSP), I was stunned.

Dunning Golf Stretch Pique Multi Stripe Polo

My lovely lady and I both let out an “oooh” when we first saw it. This is a beautiful polo. It stands out in my massive golf wardrobe. The photos on Dunning’s website don’t do this polo justice. Mine here does a little better capturing the colors, but you really need to see it in person.

Materials

The SPMSP is made of 50% Technical polyester and 50% polyester. I have no idea what the difference is between technical and regular polyester is.

I can tell you that the materials provide fantastic comfort. In very hot and humid conditions, like I’ve been experiencing recently, this polo breathes very well and helps keep me dry.

Performance

Playing golf or simply working in the office while wearing this polo is a joy. The comfort level combined with the flexibility and fit of the fabric is…. stunning.

Colors

Reef/Grey/Halo
Zephyr/Black/Grey
Kestral/Halo/Grey

Conclusion

At $95 this may not be a golf polo for everyone. But I’d say the price is well worth it. This polo is tops in all three of my top apparel rating categories: style, comfort, performance.

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