Random Stuff You Find On The Golf Course – Episode 972

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, May 13th, 2013
Categories: Miscellaneous

What’s the strangest thing you’ve found on the golf course?

Here’s an odd addition to the “random stuff you find on the golf course” series. This doll was on the golf bag stand at the course I played last Friday.

Is Anyone Going To Challenge Tiger Woods In 2013? Bueller? Bueller?

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, May 13th, 2013
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Rory McIlory • The Masters • Tiger Woods

the-players How did you like THE PLAYERS Championship? Always write “THE PLAYERS” in all caps, that’s what they do. For a while there it looked like Sergio Garcia was going to have the best of Tiger, but three balls in the drink on the final two holes shot that down. The other contenders were dark horses who made a threat, but in the end the one left standing was Tiger. His performance was good enough. He was playing solid and consistent, but not dominant. The win was there for another player to take, but that didn’t happen.

Tiger Woods

2013

Tiger has reached four wins for the 2013 season already. No other player on Tour has more than one. Rory McIlory has none. This is the quickest that Tiger has reached four wins in ANY of his years on tour, even is best year in 2000. That’s a bit scary to me, because it doesn’t look like he’s playing that well. Perhaps I’m just used to the version of Tiger a few years ago that dominated. One could argue he might have a Masters win if not for a bad break on #15 in the final round where he hit the stick, then made an illegal drop. If that ball doesn’t hit the flag, he probably makes birdie and takes the lead…

Bueller Bueller Bueller

Is there another player on Tour right now who could be a legitimate and constant threat to Tiger? We keep hearing how “deep” the tour is. Phil Mickelson isn’t a spring chicken. Rory is anything but consistent. Bubba Watson is still having Masters 2012 hangover. Graeme McDowell just got over his U.S. Open hangover. Who else is out there? If players like Luke Donald and Lee Westwood haven’t done it by now, I’m not sure they will. As I see it at this point, the best candidates are Brandt Snedeker and Rory McIlory.

Following the conclusion of THE PLAYERS last night, my dad texted me asking this question above. I loved his quote about the players who are trying to beat Tiger, “They’re a bunch of look-alike swing mechanics swinging monkey wrenches in the clutch!”

Well said.

Comparing Tiger To Jack, For The Billionth Time

Man I get tired of hearing about whether or not Tiger will beat Jack Nicklaus’s major record of 18. The times are quite different. Jack Nicklaus had SO many threats, constant threats who were players with more than one major championship. So many players in Jack’s era challenged him. Think about who Jack had to beat on a weekly basis: Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Johnny Miller, Chi Chi, Ray Floyd, Gary Player, Seve Ballesteros.

At Tiger’s current age of 37 he has major 14 wins, the same number Jack Nicklaus had at 37. By my argument in the previous paragraph it sounds like Tiger has a good chance to beat Jack. Majors are a different animal. One bad break, like hitting the stick on the 15th at Augusta on Sunday, can make the difference between a win and T4. Will Tiger break the record? I’d rather watch it unfold than listen to golf’s talking heads pontificate about it over and over.

Leading Golf Blogger Releases His Own Ground Breaking THE PLAYERS Championship Apparel Script

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, May 10th, 2013
Categories: Miscellaneous

SANDY, UT – May 10, 2013 – Golf blogging veteran from Hooked On Golf Blog, Tony Korologos, has released a ground breaking new ~~Masters~~ THE PLAYERS Championship apparel script. The script showcases incredible creativity as well as trend setting color combinations never before seen in the golf apparel industry.

Apparel Script

“With all these PR agencies and golf companies releasing their apparel scripts of PGA Tour players, I felt the public needed a more realistic, down to earth, grass roots, every-day-Joe-hacker apparel script. It took months of research and market testing to conclude that the best colors to match with black were black and of course black. Adding to the stylish, yet creative color scheme are the Masters hat and socks, which provide a top and bottom to the ensemble.” ~Hooked On Golf Blog Blogger, Author, janitor, writer, blogger and editor Tony Korologos

Never before seen in a golf apparel script, Korologos includes socks and undies. The undies, according to Korologos, can be a crucial piece to the golf performance puzzle. Proper undies can be the difference between a win and a loss, or in his case the difference between winning and losing a $2.00 nassau:

“Of all the hundreds of golf apparel scripts out there, none of them include the undies of the player. We all know that socks and especially undies are crucial to the performance of the player. How the scripts don’t include undies is beyond me. I know from personal experience that I putt much better when I don’t have my undies bunched up in my crack. Sure including undies in an apparel script is risky, but it has to be done. Someone had to have the balls to do it.” ~Tony Korologos

Korologos understands that releasing this amazing new apparel script may lead to copy-cat scripts from the large apparel manufacturers:

“Being a pioneer in golf apparel isn’t exactly my goal. It is just a byproduct of what I’m doing to contribute in my own small way to the game of golf and the golf industry. I understand large apparel manufacturers and PR agencies will copy this concept and I’m fine with that. In the end, the growth of the game of golf and the increased enjoyment of golfers is what is most important.” ~Tony Korologos

Golf Apparel Review: Ecco Leather Golf Belts

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, May 10th, 2013
Categories: Golf Apparel • Golf Gear • Reviews

Great news following my last round of golf, testing a nice new belt: My pants didn’t fall down! That’s what belts do, right? They keep your pants from falling down? In today’s golf world they do more than that. Belts are a statement about the player and his/her style. Lets take a look at the latest leather belts from ECCO. Yes ECCO, the maker of some of the best golf shoes on the planet. Ecco Leather Men's Belt

ECCO golf owns their own tanneries so they can be in control of every step of the shoe making process, and now belts. Ecco’s belts are simple and very classy looking. The buckle is an enamel filled square with a modest “Ecco” logo.

Colors

There are three colors available: off-white, rich espresso and deep black. My model is the rich espresso. That’s fitting because I have about three rich espressos every morning.

Conclusion

At $100 retail, this may be a little outside the budget of some golfers. That being said, this is a case of “you get what you pay for” at its best. The new ECCO leather belts are super-stylish, made from high quality materials and best of all keep your pants from falling down.

Father’s Day alert!

This belt would be a perfect Father’s Day gift. I’ll be adding the ECCO men’s leather belts to the annual HOG Father’s Day golf gift guide soon.

Related Links

More ECCO men’s leather belts photos.

Hooked On Golf Blog ECCO BIOM golf shoe review.