2013 PGA Tour Season Begins This Week! Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Bubba Watson headlines this week’s field
Usually I put the quote “set your DVR” at the font of these posts. But since the Hyundai Tournament of Champions is in Hawaii, the live broadcast (starting Friday) is in prime time. See TV times below.
The PGA Tour season starts this week at the Plantation Course at Kapalua, in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. This is an event open to winners on the 2012 PGA Tour, resulting in a field of 30. This 72 hole stroke play event is a no-cut affair which usually produces some of the longest drives of the year with the elevation changes and prevailing winds at Kapalua. Fun golf for TV.
Tournament Info
- Purse: $5.7 million
- Winner’s Share: $1.12 million
- Defending Champion: Steve Stricker
- FedEx Cup Points: 500
Hyundai Tournament of Champions TV Schedule
Friday: GOLF — 5:30-10 p.m. ET
Saturday: GOLF — 5:30-10 p.m. ET
Sunday: NBC — 3-6 p.m. ET, GOLF — 6-10 p.m. ET
Monday: GOLF — 4-8 p.m. ET
Hyundai Tournament of Champions Field
Ben Curtis
Bill Haas
Brandt Snedeker
Bubba Watson
Carl Pettersson
Charlie Beljan
Dustin Johnson
George McNeill
Hunter Mahan
Ian Poulter
J.J. Henry
Jason Dufner
John Huh
Johnson Wagner
Jonas Blixt
Keegan Bradley
Kyle Stanley
Mark Leishman
Mark Wilson
Matt Kuchar
Nick Watney
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Moore
Scott Piercy
Scott Stallings
Steve Stricker
Ted Potter Jr.
Tommy Gainey
Webb Simpson
Zach Johnson
Notable players who could be in the field but chose to sit out:
Tiger Woods
Rory McIlory
Phil Mickelson
Hooked On Golf Blog 2012 Year In Review – Part Three Of Three
Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Categories: Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Rory McIlory • Site News
Categories: Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Rory McIlory • Site News
Welcome to the third and final segment of the Hooked On Golf Blog Year in Review for 2012. In this piece I’m highlighting a few blog posts from each of the final three months of 2012 as I’ve done in the HOG YIR 1 and HOG YIR 2. You can click the heading of the month to see that month’s archives, or the links within each summary.
The biggest news of the YEAR for me was the birth of my son Seve Anthony. Yes, his name was inspired by Seve Ballesteros. Little Seve has been nothing but a joy. SO thankful.
A shark fell from the sky onto a golf course, and it wasn’t Greg Norman.
Rumors started circulating that Rory McIlory was moving to Nike golf equipment. There’s an announcement coming from Nike on January 7th.
TaylorMade announced their new RocketBladez clubs.
HOG ran a Facebook contest which awarded some cool shirts to the winners.
Oh yeah, I commented on the USA Ryder Cup team’s meltdown at Medinah.
November 2012 – 21 PostsHuge news in November. Golf’s governing bodies, the USA and R&A, banned anchored putting.
Heated debates raged over changes being made to the Old Course at St. Andrews. Too late. The changes were already happening.
I reviewed an awesome HEATED golf rain jacket. Battery included.
On a sad note, I lost a golf buddy who I’d played 100’s of rounds of golf with. RIP Dave Shields.
I was featured, with weak short game, on PGA.com’s Free Lesson Friday.
The long awaited Hooked On Golf Blog Golf Turkey of the Year Awards posted on 12/3.
Miguel Angel Jimenez, the wine drinking-cigar smoking golfer from the European Tour, broke a leg skiing. Fortunately the cigar made it unscathed.
The weather turned bad here. Snow. Won’t golf locally for likely a few months.
Tom Watson was named as the 2014 Ryder Cup USA team captain.
I reviewed one of the sweetest wedges in the universe, the New Wedge Series by Miura Golf. Then I interviewed Miura’s President Adam Barr.
No big surprise, Rory McIlory was named PGA Tour Player of the Year.
The last and final Q-School EVER, graduated to the PGA Tour.
2012 Christmas Classic Golf Tournament Video
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Categories: Golf Videos • Hackers • Miscellaneous
Categories: Golf Videos • Hackers • Miscellaneous
Fresh off the editing room floor, I’ve pieced together the video highlights of the annual Christmas Classic Golf Tournament. This is a Christmas Day tournament which only happens if the golf course is closed. At 2:00PM Christmas Day the 18th tee is open for any and all competitors to show up and hit their “12 balls of Christmas.” Closest to the pin is champion for the year. Enjoy! You’ll never guess who wins this year…
Miguel Angel Jimenez breaks leg skiing. No damage to cigar.
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, December 31st, 2012
Categories: Cigars • European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Categories: Cigars • European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
One of my favorite players is 48 year old Miguel Angel Jimenez, the oldest player to win on the European Tour. The golf world needs more personalities like this one, who does his sexy stretch dance before each round with Robusto cigar in mouth.
Jimenez was skiing in Spain and took a crash, breaking his leg.
“I was going down a hill and lost control briefly and when I fell it was very sore. I knew immediately I had broken something.”
Jimenez will be out for three months.
Hooked On Golf Blog 2012 Year In Review – Part Two Of Three
Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, December 29th, 2012
Categories: Golf • HOG World Tour • Miscellaneous • Ryder Cup • Site News • Tiger Woods
Categories: Golf • HOG World Tour • Miscellaneous • Ryder Cup • Site News • Tiger Woods
Welcome to part two of my three golf blog series covering the highlights of the HOG golf world in 2012. Some Tour events, some HOG World Tour events, some gear and course reviews… Part two takes us from May through August 2012. For part one, visit this link.
Each short comment will likely contain a link to the detailed post, or you can click the heading of each month to see that month’s archive.
Ugliest driver in the world? I think so.
Two fellow golf bloggers released books this year: Golf Blogger and Armchair Golf Blog. Check ’em out.
Luke Donald once again moved to #1 in the world golf rankings. That wouldn’t last long…
Passing motorcyclist’s teeth knocked out by errant golf ball. Ouch.
The HOG World Tour made a stop at my favorite golf course in the world, Black Mesa in New Mexico. Brilliant! The best!
HOG World Tour also did a stop at Taos Country Club.
I played 112 consecutive holes with one Callaway Hex Black golf ball. The people at Callaway thought that feat was so cool they sent me a whole box of them, or the equivalent of 1,344 holes.
Rory McIlory claimed the #1 spot in the world golf rankings, again.
On May 1st, 2012, I posted my 4,000th golf blog post.
Caroline Wozniacki Underwear – click to zoom
On June 29th I gave away a new Ping Scottsdale putter when the Hooked On Golf Blog Facebook page reached 1,000 fans.
On June 27th the Nationwide Tour became the Web.com Tour.
Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open, but the TV media missed all but about one shot of his final round. DOH!
I reviewed the very easy to hit Nike VR_S Driver. My fairway percentage with this driver was over 80%!
Rory McIlory’s girlfriend and pro tennis player Caroline Wozniacki released her own underwear line. Great excuse to post, and drool over pictures of Caroline Wozniacki in her undies.
I undertook a massive migration from my old dedicated server to a new and much higher performance one. Unfortunately the image gallery engine for the web site instantly became obsolete. There are still a lot of bad image links here as a result and I clean up a few every week. PITA.
My vote for best golf shoes of 2012 goes to the Ecoo BIOM. SO comfortable.
Ernie Els won the British Open, but it was Adam Scott who got more air time as he melted down and gave away a four shot lead in the final round.
I visited Tuhaye Golf Club for a golf photo safari. Only got photos. Didn’t get to play it.
The HOG World Tour drove five minutes to cover the Web.com Tour’s Utah Championship.
I also visited Rees Jones designed Victory Ranch Club. Do yourself a favor and look at the photos. Amazing.
Suzanne Pettersen, blonde Scandinavian golf babe, posed nude for ESPN’s Bodies magazine. That didn’t suck.
The 87th USGA Public Links Championship was contested here in Utah at Soldier Hollow Golf Course. I attended the whole thing and shot a million photos.
I swear this guy stuffed his performance pouch…
August I traveled to the golf mecca of Gaylord, Michigan. I played a lot of fantastic courses there, including Treetops’ “Three Tops” par-3 track. Awesome course.
Other courses I visited and/or reviewed on the Michigan trip include Otsego Club, Black Lake Golf Club, Black Forest Golf Club, Treetops Fazio Course.
One other great event was the in-person meeting of possibly the two biggest golf blogs in the world, Hooked On Golf Blog and Golf Blogger. John Retzer (Golf Blogger) and I teed it up for a round at Black Lake Golf Club. Fantastic.
My dad appeared on PGA.com’s Free Lesson Friday. Very cool.
Rory McIlory won the PGA Championship by EIGHT shots. Amazing performance.
I reviewed a shirt charged with negative ions which is supposed to help your golf game.
I reviewed “performance underwear.” Did the performance package stay in the performance pouch?
Chambers Bay – Click for more…
The USA Ryder Cup team blew a 10-6 lead in what I term the “Meltdown at Medinah.”
I posted my review of the fantastic Salish Cliffs Golf Club in Shelton, Washington. Loved this track.
Brandt Snedeker won the Tour Championship and the $10 million in cash. Got a few spare bucks I can borrow?
I reviewed Polara golf balls. These balls are illegal and are self-correcting.
Posted five reviews from the Michigan golf trip: Otsego Club & Resort, Otsego Tribute Course, Treetops Resort, Treetops Signature Course by Rick Smith, Black Forest Golf Course by Tom Doak, Treetops Fazio Premier course by Tom Fazio.
The HOG World Tour visited Seattle, Washington.
HOG World Tour visited Chambers Bay, home of the 2015 U.S. Open.
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