Golf On TV This Week

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods

World Challenge presented by Northwestern Mutual
Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 2
Venue: Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Golf Channel Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Saturday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Sunday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Replay)

NBC Airtimes
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live)

Field

Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson, Nick Watney, Brandt Snedeker, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell, Dustin Johnson, Jim Furyk, Rickie Fowler, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Webb Simpson, Steve Stricker and Bo Van Pelt.

European Tour

Nedbank Golf Challenge

Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 2
Venue: Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa

Golf Channel Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)
Friday 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)
Saturday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)
Sunday 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Tape Delay)

Field

Notables in the field include Lee Westwood, Nicolas Colsaerts, Peter Hanson, Paul Lawrie, Garth Mulroy, Carl Pettersson, Charl Schwartzel, Bill Hass, Martin Kaymer, Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen and Justin Rose.

Golf’s Governing Bodies Drop Anchor On Long Putters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Categories: (British) Open Championship • Champions Tour • European Tour • Golf • LPGA Tour • PGA Championship • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods • U.S. OPEN • USGA • Web.com Tour

The governing bodies (USGA & R&A) have proposed a rule on anchoring clubs to the body, to be effective in January of 2016. Just as I predicted in my post a few weeks ago, they did not ban any equipment or make any equipment rulings. The act of anchoring a club to any part of one’s body is what will be become illegal. You can keep your belly putter, so long as it isn’t anchored against your belly or any part of your body.

“As the governing body we are doing what we think is best for the game of golf, and this is our responsibility.”

You can keep your belly putter, so long as it isn’t anchored against your belly or any part of your body.

Below is the official press release from the USGA & R&A:

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Changes at St. Andrews’ Old Course Spark Heated Debates

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, November 26th, 2012
Categories: Golf Courses • Miscellaneous

17th Road Hole Changes Underway – click to see more

I keep close tabs on happenings at the Home of Golf, the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. Having gone there in 2011, I feel I have a close tie to the course and the town of St. Andrews. I’ve got a couple of friends there, including my good friend John Boyne who is a caddie there as well as a St. Andrews tour operator with his company Caddie Golf Tours, helping folks just like me arrange their dream golf trip of a lifetime.

John has provided HOG readers with fantastic photographs of the Old Course, now undergoing some changes this winter as part of “improving” the course in preparation for the 2015 (British) Open Championship. I’ve quoted the news release text from the Open Championship website below. Click read more link below to see it.

In a nutshell, the plan is to “enhance the challenge for elite players without unduly affecting club and visiting golfers while remaining true to the special character of the Old Course.” Changes are detailed below, with the most debate regarding the 11th hole, where the green is to be altered to add a new pin position.

What’s your take?

As would be expected, there’s a large debate between those who think the course is sacred ground and should not be changed, and those who think that it is fine for the course to change over time to accommodate changes in technology. That argument is one which has been going around for a long time now, still with no resolution. They’re not going to “roll the ball back.”

I’d like to hear your opinions on this. There’s a fairly heated discussion going on over on Geoff Shackelford’s blog. I have a few questions to start it up:

Is tweaking the Old Course “repainting the Mona Lisa” as some have said?

Can we really expect golfers and golf manufacturers to buy into rolling back equipment, thus “saving” classic courses?

Do courses really need to make these tweaks to challenge pros who play there four days a year or in the case of the Old Course every five years?

The vibe I gathered when in St. Andrews is that the locals don’t like it when low scores are dropped on the Old. Is the R&A Championship committee doing this to keep the Old Course respectable and prevent it from giving up low scores, 59’s or even 58’s? If so, why care if the best in the world shoot super low scores? Why does the course have to be changed because of that? In talks on Twitter with Robert Thompson, I liked his quote, “Or we can just stop worrying about some guy shooting 60. Why the need to protect par at the expense of courses?”

And perhaps the best question to ask is, “what would Old Tom Morris do?”

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Happy Thanksgiving

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Categories: Golf Life • Life • Miscellaneous

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate it. I’m very privileged to have such great friends in the golf world. I’ve met a many great people in the years I’ve produced this golf blog, starting back in 2004. Those friends and relationships have been by far the best part of running this golf website.

Cheers to all of you. XOXOXO

Hooked On Golf Blog’s Top 10 Golf Gifts $30 And Under

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Miscellaneous

I’ve gotten about a million emails, tweets and Facebook updates regarding Black Friday. They’re at it already, even though Black Friday is two days away. Each year I like to post golf gift guides for the holiday season (politically correct term for Christmas), featuring products I’ve reviewed. Today I’m going to feature my top 10 golf gifts under $30. These are in no particular order, just the order that they stumbled out of my cranium. Each item has a link to the Hooked On Golf Blog product review for more details.

iPing Putter App – $30

iPing App

Combined with the iPing iPhone cradle, the iPing application analyzes your putting stroke and gives all sorts of great statistics as well as comparisons with pro players’ strokes.

Score Band – $29

Score Band – click to see more

Score Band is a wrist mounted golf/tennis score keeper.

Punch in your scores on your wrist. Available in several colors.

SKLZ TRAINERmat Golf Fitness Training Mat – $29

SKLZ TRAINERmat

Flexibility is the key to a fluid golf swing and more club head speed. I do my stretches and exercises at home on the SKLZ TRAINER-mat.

Frogger BrushPro – $19.95

Frogger BrushPro

The Frogger BrushPro has been a crucial part of my gamer bag since I first reviewed it back in 2007! The BrushPro keeps my grooves clean so I can have total control over my shots, especially in the short game department.

Champ Flix Switchblade Action Divot Tool – Under $10

Champ FLIX divot tool

The Champ Flix switchblade divot tool is great. It doesn’t poke a hole in my pocket or my leg, and it is very light. The magnetic ball marker is a nice, convenient bonus.

World’s Coolest Skull Golf Belt Buckle – $24.99

A skull golf ball belt buckle? Sign me up!

Tattoo Golf makes a killer pewter “skull and golf club bones” belt buckle. Just up my alley, being a rock & roll musician and golfer! Everyone needs a skull belt buckle.

Innovex V-Motion & E-Motion Golf Balls – Under $30 and as good as a ProV1

Innovex Golf V-Motion Tour Golf Ball – click to see more

Would you like to play a ball as good as a ProV1, but pay the price of Rock Flites? Try out the Innovex E-Motion and V-Motion golf balls! They’re great.

Kentwool Tour Wool Golf Socks – $19.95

Kentwool Tour golf socks

I know what you are saying, “$19.95 for golf socks?” Trust me on this. Kentwool golf socks are 3-4 times as expensive as regular golf socks from the standard manufacturers, but they’re about 492 billion times better. I have a sock drawer full of “nice” cotton golf socks I never wear anymore.

Asher Golf Gloves – $9.99 to $19.95

Skeletons and golf! Sign me up!

Asher Golf Gloves are cool. I’m a fan of any company who can combine skulls/bones and golf. Not only are Asher’s gloves cool looking, they work great and breath well.

Tornado Tee – $15.99 for 5 tees

Tornado Golf Tees

I have yet to post my review of Tornado Tees. I’m working on this one right now. But I’m so stoked about this cool product made by a local pal John here I needed to post.

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