First Look: Ecco BIOM Hybrid Golf Shoes

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Categories: Golf Apparel • Site News

Casual golf shoes are the rage no doubt. I’ve got another pair in for review this week, this time from Ecco. These are the BIOM “Hybrid” golf shoes.

Ecco BIOM Hybrid Golf Shoes – Click to zoom or see more images

The sales points on these shoes are obviously the street shoe appeal, very soft leather uppers and of course some very cool looks. The photos and the article here can’t possibly convey the softness of the leather on these shoes. I find myself petting them uncontrollably… (more…)

Working On Putting Setup In The Kitchen

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Categories: Golf Instruction • Instruction • Pro Tips

There are many training aids, alignment aids, devices and gadgets to help with putting. Believe me, I know. I trip over them all the time in my house.

Two of the most important parts of the putting setup are alignment and club head path. If either is off, you will miss the putt no matter what.

Kitchen

One way I like to check my setup is simply by checking my stance and putter head alignment in the kitchen while making Greek chicken, Greek salad and sipping on a red. I’ll use two different alignments on the kitchen tile.

First I’ll set up with my feet on one line, and put a dissecting line in the center of my stance. I can check my foot alignment and club face alignment against the grout lines running perpendicular to my stance.

Here I’m checking foot alignment and club head alignment…

Second, I’ll set up with the putter face at a four way intersection of the tiles. There I can check the face alignment as well as try some strokes along the line.

Use tile intersection to check face alignment and swing path…

I’m a bit of a “swinging door” putter, so the head won’t travel perfectly along the line, but it still helps visually.

Major Challenge Fantasy Golf – British Open Championship Winners

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Categories: Fantasy Golf • Miscellaneous • Site News

2012 MAJOR CHALLENGE – BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

1st Place: TJ’s Team – Carnahan Golf Putter
2nd Place: ForeHeaven – Kikkor Golf Shoes
3rd Place: MashieNiblick – Bridgestone Golf Balls
4th Place: Golf Grouch – Switch Belt

The following prizes will be awarded for EACH of the four major championships in golf this year:

Carnahan Golf: Putter
Bridgestone Golf: One dozen of the new dual dimple golf balls
Kikkor Golf: One pair of Kikkor’s skate style golf shoes
Switch Belt: One cool plastic golf belt
Grand Prize (total winner for ALL FOUR MAJORS): Set of wedges from Carnahan Golf!

Do I rock it or what!!?!?!

SIGN UP NOW FREE! Information Below:

1. Go to http://www.buzzfantasyleagues.com
2. Create an account if you don’t have one
3. Click on “Join Existing Private League”
4. Enter League ID 233, and Season ID 206
5. Create your team, enter league password “HOG”

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Fantasy Golf – Week 24 Winner

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Categories: Fantasy Golf • Miscellaneous • Site News

Fantasy Golf Update

Week #24 (British Open Championship) winner: Putt For D’oh!

Weekly prizes provided by Champ Spikes: Flix divot tools. Winners please contact me to make shipping arrangements.

PRIZE BREAKDOWN

1st Place: Nike Golf VR_S Irons (forged or cast), value up to $1200
2nd Place: FootJoy complete golf apparel makeover including shoes, pants/shorts, shirt
3rd Place: Sun Mountain Club Glider Journey Golf Travel Bag
4th-10th Place: To be announced
Special Events: Bridgestone Golf B330 golf balls with new dual dimples
Weekly Prizes: Champ Spikes Flix switchblade divot repair tool

Please do our sponsors a favor and CLICK their banners to the right and thank them!

HOG SPACE FANTASY GOLF IS FREE – SIGN UP NOW! It is never too late:

Point your browser to Kerplookee.com.
Create an account if you don’t have one. It is easy.
Click on Join a private league.
Enter league ID 145
Password is: Masters

Players who were in the 2011 HOG Space league do NOT need to sign up again. You are already in!

MAJOR CHALLENGE – MAJORS ONLY FANTASY GOLF

New for this year is the Major Challenge fantasy tournament. Four majors only. Click the previous link for info. Never too late to join the competition!

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2012 British Open Championship – Final Leaderboard – Ernie Els Wins Claret Jug

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
Categories: (British) Open Championship • European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods

POS	Player	To Par	Final Round	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Ernie Els	-7	-2	67	70	68	68	273
2	Adam Scott	-6	+5	64	67	68	75	274
T3	Brandt Snedeker	-3	+4	66	64	73	74	277
T3	Tiger Woods	-3	+3	67	67	70	73	277
T5	Graeme McDowell	-2	+5	67	69	67	75	278
T5	Luke Donald	-2	-1	70	68	71	69	278
T7	Thomas Aiken	-1	+2	68	68	71	72	279
T7	Nicholas Colsaerts	-1	-5	65	77	72	65	279
T9	Zach Johnson	E	+5	65	74	66	75	280
T9	Thorbjorn Olesen	E	+4	69	66	71	74	280
T9	Mark Calcavecchia	E	+2	71	68	69	72	280
T9	Dustin Johnson	E	+1	73	68	68	71	280
T9	Matt Kuchar	E	+2	69	67	72	72	280
T9	Vijay Singh	E	E	70	72	68	70	280
T9	Alexander Noren	E	-1	71	71	69	69	280
T9	Ian Poulter	E	-3	71	69	73	67	280
T9	Miguel A. Jimenez	E	-3	71	69	73	67	280
T9	Geoff Ogilvy	E	-3	72	68	73	67	280
T19	Bill Haas	+1	+4	71	68	68	74	281
T19	Louis Oosthuizen	+1	+3	72	68	68	73	281
T19	Steven Alker	+1	+1	69	69	72	71	281
T19	Hunter Mahan	+1	E	70	71	70	70	281
T23	Bubba Watson	+2	+4	67	73	68	74	282
T23	Nick Watney	+2	+2	71	70	69	72	282
T23	James Morrison	+2	+2	68	70	72	72	282
T23	Matthew Baldwin	+2	+1	69	73	69	71	282
T23	Peter Hanson	+2	+1	67	72	72	71	282
T23	Steve Stricker	+2	+1	67	71	73	71	282
T23	Simon Dyson	+2	E	72	67	73	70	282
T23	Carl Pettersson	+2	E	71	68	73	70	282
T31	Jason Dufner	+3	+4	70	66	73	74	283
T31	Anirban Lahiri	+3	+3	68	72	70	73	283
T31	Rickie Fowler	+3	E	71	72	70	70	283
T34	Keegan Bradley	+4	+3	71	72	68	73	284
T34	Paul Lawrie	+4	+2	65	71	76	72	284
T34	Gary Woodland	+4	+1	73	70	70	71	284
T34	Jim Furyk	+4	+1	72	70	71	71	284
T34	John Senden	+4	-2	70	71	75	68	284
T39	Kyle Stanley	+5	+6	70	69	70	76	285
T39	Padraig Harrington	+5	+3	70	72	70	73	285
T39	Francesco Molinari	+5	+3	69	72	71	73	285
T39	Troy Matteson	+5	+2	70	72	71	72	285
T39	K.J. Choi	+5	+1	70	73	71	71	285
T39	Richard Sterne	+5	E	69	73	73	70	285
T45	Rafa Echenique	+6	+3	73	69	71	73	286
T45	Greg Chalmers	+6	+6	71	68	71	76	286
T45	Simon Khan	+6	+6	70	69	71	76	286
T45	Justin Hicks	+6	+5	68	74	69	75	286
T45	Joost Luiten	+6	+4	73	70	69	74	286
T45	Lee Westwood	+6	+2	73	70	71	72	286
T45	Pablo Larrazabal	+6	+2	73	70	71	72	286
T45	Bob Estes	+6	+1	69	72	74	71	286
T45	Ross Fisher	+6	-1	72	71	74	69	286
T54	Thomas Bjorn	+7	+6	70	69	72	76	287
T54	Harris English	+7	+5	71	71	70	75	287
T54	Greg Owen	+7	+4	71	71	71	74	287
T54	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	+7	+3	71	71	72	73	287
T54	Yoshinori Fujimoto	+7	+3	71	70	73	73	287
T54	Fredrik Jacobson	+7	+2	69	73	73	72	287
T60	Jamie Donaldson	+8	+6	68	72	72	76	288
T60	Dale Whitnell	+8	+6	71	69	72	76	288
T60	Ted Potter Jr.	+8	+4	69	71	74	74	288
T60	Rory McIlroy	+8	+3	67	75	73	73	288
T64	Garth Mulroy	+9	+7	71	69	72	77	289
T64	Sang-Moon Bae	+9	+5	72	71	71	75	289
T64	Retief Goosen	+9	+4	70	70	75	74	289
T64	Lee Slattery	+9	+3	69	72	75	73	289
T64	Charles Howell III	+9	+2	72	71	74	72	289
T69	Adilson Da Silva	+10	+6	69	74	71	76	290
T69	Aaron Baddeley	+10	+4	71	71	74	74	290
T69	Jeev M. Singh	+10	+3	70	71	76	73	290
T72	Toshinori Muto	+11	+8	67	72	74	78	291
T72	Brendan Jones	+11	+6	69	74	72	76	291
T72	Juvic Pagunsan	+11	+5	71	72	73	75	291
T72	Chad Campbell	+11	+4	73	70	74	74	291
T72	Martin Laird	+11	E	70	69	82	70	291
T77	Branden Grace	+12	+9	73	69	71	79	292
T77	Thongchai Jaidee	+12	+8	69	71	74	78	292
T77	Warren Bennett	+12	+6	71	70	75	76	292
T77	Tom Watson	+12	+3	71	72	76	73	292
T81	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	+14	+7	70	71	76	77	294
T81	John Daly	+14	+4	72	71	77	74	294
83	Andres Romero	+18	+12	70	69	77	82	298