Review: Towelmate Golf Towel With Germ Shield And Hidden Compartment

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Categories: Golf Accessories • Reviews

The creativity of golf inventors and golf manufacturers never ceases to amaze me. Did the golf world need a billionth golf towel? No. But after using the Towelmate I may have changed my tune, including tunes from my iPod and iPhone which are in a hidden compartment INSIDE my towel! Huh?

Towelmate

Towelmate is a golf towel made from soft 100% cotton terry. But Towelmate is much more than a golf towel. This towel has several nice features/functions. Let’s take a look.

Golf Side

The Towelmate has several sides. First is the GOLF side of the towel, which is marked by the embroidered word “GOLF.” (more…)

Golf On TV This Week – DVR Alert! Tiger Woods, Rory McIlory And Phil Mickelson In Action

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Categories: Champions Tour • LPGA Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods

PGA Tour

Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, Charlotte, North Carolina

Notable players in action include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlory, Keegan Bradley, Lee Westwood, Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan.

THU – 3PM-7PM ET Golf Channel
FRI – 3PM-7PM ET Golf Channel
SAT – 1PM-2:30PM ET Golf Channel
SAT – 3PM-6PM ET CBS
SUN – 1PM-2:30PM ET Golf Channel
SUN – 3PM-6PM ET CBS

Champions Tour

Insperity Championship at The Woodlands, Texas

A special 18 hole event following the regular tournament tee times on Saturday will feature the foursome of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Lee Trevino. DVR alert!

FRI – 7:30PM-9:30PM ET Golf Channel
SAT – 6:30PM-9:30PM ET Golf Channel
SUN – 7PM-9:30PM ET Golf Channel

LPGA Tour

The LPGA Tour is technically off this week, but an unofficial event is being contested in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This contest is the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup, a 36 hole event contested on May 5-6.

Tiger Woods Video Reactions Show Bias

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Categories: Golf Media • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods

I’ve read several comments and a couple of articles regarding the video posted on Tiger Woods’ web site this week. Rather than doing a press conference before the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, Woods did a fan question and answer video on his web site.

This particular video has elicited some interesting reactions from media and fans, both positive and negative. The reactions expose the bias of the viewer. The fans obviously like hearing the answers to their questions and the critics are saying that the questions are softball questions. With anything regarding Tiger Woods there are the fans and the haters. No doubt Tiger has become quite a polarizing figure.

Critics

I can see the logic for the critics, especially those critics in the media. Their point is that by doing this format, Tiger’s camp is filtering the questions. They are right. The questions are certainly filtered. The media scribes must feel a little miffed because they’re not getting to ask any questions.

Another critique about the video is the obvious product placement questions. Yes, once again I agree. It is quite obvious with the back to back questions about the Fuse drink and Nike Golf clubs. Hardly a seamless insertion of PR there.

Fans

From a fan standpoint though, there are some interesting and informative comments from Tiger. I find the answers about his game, what gear he uses in certain situations or tournaments and what he is working on to be interesting.

There are also several questions about Tiger’s favorite shot, best putt etc. From a fan perspective that stuff is interesting, though it is very softball.

Final Comments

This Q&A was far better than the first one, which had an odd ending which is up for interpretation (Tiger throwing paper and obviously excited to be done with the video). Tiger’s demeanor is much improved this time around.

I can feel the argument for the fans and critics on this one. Fans are always going to love whatever TW does and the haters are always going to hate.

It is tacky to slip in those obvious product PR comments.

I’d say a few of camp TW’s “goals” were accomplished with this video. Those would include not having to deal with the media, not having to field questions they don’t want to field, mentioning Tiger’s sponsors and driving traffic to Tiger’s web site. I’d like to hope that another one of the goals is to connect better with fans, though some may criticize the way it is being done. At least they’re trying. Tiger may need a few more reps on that, but it is getting better.

What I’d really like to see is a list of the questions they chose not to answer. I’m sure that would be entertaining. I’d love to hear a funny answer from Tiger on the recent “hot dog incident.” Some humor would be good.

Quote Of The Week

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Categories: Golf • Miscellaneous

I’ve been reading several accounts of the story about the 75 year old golfer who survived an attack by a nine foot alligator last week at Lake Ashton Golf and Country Club in Florida. The player had knocked his ball in the water on the 15th and was looking for it when the alligator launched out of the water and grabbed him by the left knee. After being trashed, then dragged into the water to his waist the alligator let go, perhaps because of the resistance it encountered as the golfer’s friends held on to him.

It took 40 stitches to patch his knee back together.

Following the incident the golfer said,

“He let me go. I was three feet from my life. He had me submerged up to my belt buckle. That was my miracle of the month.”

Miracle of the month? I’m curious then, what was the miracle of the month for last month? Perhaps did he survive a fall from the observation deck of the Empire State Building? Maybe he survived a session of listening to John Daly’s music?

Time Capsule – Hooked On Golf Blog Reaches 4000 Posts

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Categories: Miscellaneous • Site News

Top Golf Blog I was just about to write a review on a new golf towel when I saw that the last post was #3,999. Welcome to post #4,000! Wow. I figure the 4,000th post deserves some sort of ~~fanfare~~ blogfare.