Dustin Johnson has knee surgery

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Tags: Dustin Johnson

I admit I expected more from Dustin Johnson this year. Translated: A major victory. Perhaps the fact that DJ had a knee issue bothering him hurt his chances a bit.

Today Dustin Johnson had cartilage repaired in his right knee. Apparently that had been a problem since around July. Johnson has obviously withdrawn from this week’s Chevron World Challenge.

Best of luck to DJ on a quick recovery. He should be back on Tour by mid January.

Purse Wars In China

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Categories: Boneheads • European Tour • Golf • Golf Courses • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods

It is a good time to be an international golf star, at least for now. Chinese tycoons have been engaging in purse wars, luring big golf stars with millions in prize money and appearance fees to their resorts and tournaments in Asia. I knew I should have taken up golf sooner.

I’ve read a couple of stories this morning regarding these silly season tournaments in Asia and the insanely high purses and appearance fees. Rory McIlroy just won the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters recently and collected the largest single tournament prize in golf history, $2 million. The relatively new and unknown tournament also paid out an estimated $20 million in appearance fees to the field, which was only 30 players. You do the math.

In November pro golfers pocketed around $20 million in Asian prize money, not to mention the countless millions in appearance fees.

Chinese tycoon Tenniel Chu is one of those tycoons who has been shelling out big bucks. He must be feeling a little sore. That’s either because he’s been shelling out the bucks to the players and not seeing a real benefit, or because he was trumped by a competing family, the Shis, who put on the Shanghai Masters. Chu is asking for a cap on the prize money.

“China has deep pockets but the last thing we want to do is to raise financial expectations to levels which are non-proportional to tradition and established events.”

China seems to be today’s version of what Dubai was a few years ago, luring big stars like Tiger Woods to play there for millions in appearance fees and huge purses. Wonder if they see the writing on the wall? Will their projects, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars, “turn to dust” like the billion dollar Tiger Woods development in Dubai?

Sand Hollow Links Course Review

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, November 28th, 2011
Categories: Course Reviews • Golf • Golf Courses • HOG World Tour • Reviews • Travel
Tags: Sand Hollow

Having played the original links course earlier this year, The Old Course at St. Andrews, along with about 7 other links courses in the town of St. Andrews, I feel like I know my links golf now. So I feel it is a good time to post my review of the nine hole Links Course at Sand Hollow Resort, about 300 miles south of HOG World Headquarters in the town of Hurricane. Hurricane is a few minutes drive from the golf mecca of St. George in southwestern Utah. Nearby attractions other than golf include Zion National Park and the beautiful Snow Canyon State Park.

The nine hole Links Course at Sand Hollow compliments the unbelievably amazing and #1 rated public course in the state of Utah, Sand Hollow Resort’s 18 hole Championship Course, which I reviewed back on March 8, 2010. Even mentioning the Championship Course makes me ache to get back there. I must go back… now.

Double Green – Sand Hollow Links – Click to zoom

Links Course Design/Concept

The Links Course at Sand Hollow is inspired by true links golf from Scotland, Ireland etc. Though it doesn’t “link” the land with the sea like a true links does, the course attempts to capture the essence of links golf by blending in with the natural dunes and rock formations. Not a lot of earth moving here.

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OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Results – USA Wins

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, November 28th, 2011
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf

Congratulations to Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland on the victory at the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup in Hainan, China. This marks the first time the USA has won the World Cup since 2000. Nicely played, especially for two players who had never before competed in the event.

Kuch and Woodland had enough of a cushion to hold off the surging English team of Ian Poulter and Justin Rose, who shot a 63 in alternate shot format on Sunday. That is some killer golf.

Full OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Results Below:
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Ecosox

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Categories: Golf Apparel • Golf For Women • Golf Gear • Reviews

Ecosox Rocks - Click to see more

For my last few rounds of golf, and the last few rounds at the gym I’ve been sporting some new Ecosox. Ecosox are not regular socks. They’re not made from cotton or wool or some sort of synthetic fabric. Ecosox are made from bamboo.

Why Bamboo?

Bamboo is just about the most “green” and replenish-able source material there is. Bamboo is one of the world’s fastest growing plants and produces 35% more oxygen than an equivalent set of trees.

One of the biggest benefits to the person wearing the socks is the high moisture wicking. These socks soak up about 60% more moisture than cotton socks do. My lower legs and feet are where I sweat from the most, so this is a really big deal. To go with the high level of absorption, these socks do a far better job than cotton at controlling odor. No stinky feet!

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