HOG World Tour – The Journey To Augusta Begins
24 hours from now I'll be here...
In my quest to find the most reasonable airfare to Atlanta from HOG World Headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, I found an odd airport to fly out of. I’m now sitting in the “Provo” airport. Those who know me know that this isn’t my favorite place. In fact I’m surprised that the earth hasn’t blown up yet with me being here. Me being in Provo is sort of like when they mix matter and anti-matter in Star Trek and the universe explodes. I saved $200 on the overall ticket to Atlanta and on a blogger budget that’s a big deal.
So yes, Provo has an airport and apparently the only airline here is Frontier. My flight takes off in about an hour to Denver. Frontier’s only flight from Provo is to/from Denver. I’ll be laying over in Denver for an hour or two, then flying to Atlanta. I’ll go from my least favorite place in the world (Provo) to one of my favorite places in the world (Augusta National).
Tomorrow I’ll be attending the Monday Masters practice round. I’m greatly looking forward to walking the grounds of Augusta National once again, eating Masters Moon Pies and chomping down pimento cheese “sammiches.” I’ll also be attending the Tuesday practice round.
I’ll check in again from Denver if I can. Be sure to follow my Twitter feeds for Hooked On Golf Blog and The Golf Space as I’ll be posting quick comments and updates throughout this HOG World Tour adventure.
Spotted – Mike Weir
An “anonymous tipster” texted me this photo from his/her iPhone. This is a local driving range and course I frequent.
In the photo, if you couldn’t tell, is Mike Weir. He’s working on his game for the Masters next week.
Round One Of Shell Houston Open Resumes
Yesterday’s first round of the PGA Tour’s Shell Houston Open was delayed due to bad weather.
The first round is back underway now (Friday morning) and about half the field has completed the first round. Carl Pettersson and Angel Cabrera (on my fantasy team) are in the lead so far at -7 but it is way early. Keegan Bradley finished at -5, two shots back. Phil Mickelson is also two back, but still has seven more holes to play.
Scores should be even lower today as the course will be softer because of the rain.
TV coverage today is from 3-6PM ET on Golf Channel.
LPGA web site gets a needed facelift. No more barf bags needed.
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Categories: Golf For Women • LPGA Tour • Pro Golf
Categories: Golf For Women • LPGA Tour • Pro Golf
Click to zoom
I’ll admit that when I surfed to the LPGA website I kept a barf bag handy. The layout/design was less than stellar. Probably the most irritating thing was trying to look at their season schedule. Blech.
I make a stop there this morning to do a little read on the Kraft Nabisco Championship and to my pleasant surprise the web site looks fantastic now! As a bonus, the schedule format is vastly improved.
Well played LPGA Tour. Now if we can just get you to get rid of the awful new LPGA logo we’ll be in great shape.
Shell Houston Open TV Times
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Tags: Phil Mickelson
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Tags: Phil Mickelson
Who are we kidding right? THE MASTERS IS NEXT WEEK!!! Can’t wait. But we have to get through this week first. The Shell Houston Open is this week and there are a few players like Phil Mickelson who like to use this event as a warmup for the Masters. A few other notables in the field this week include Fred Couples and Charl Schwartzel. In fact, those three I mentioned are this week’s featured group. Others to keep an eye on include my favorite rookie Bud Cauley, Lee Westwood, Keegan Bradley, Graeme McDowell and the living traffic cone Rickie Fowler.
Shell Houston Open Television Schedule
THU: 3-6PM ET – Golf Channel
FRI: 3-6PM ET – Golf Channel
SAT: 1-3PM ET – Golf Channel
SAT: 3-6PM ET – NBC
SUN: 1-3PM ET – Golf Channel
SUN: 3-6PM ET – Golf Channel
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