Stop sending in your resumes. Tiger Woods found a caddie.

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, September 26th, 2011
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Tags: Tiger Woods

You can stop sending in your resumes now. Yesterday Tiger Woods announced that he found a permanent caddie, Joe LaCava. Joe LaCava is now formerly Dustin Johnson’s caddie.

Read the full quote below from Tiger’s web site: (more…)

Is Hank Haney’s golf lesson rate $4,285 per minute?

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Categories: Miscellaneous • Tiger Woods

Just read an article in Philly.com about a law suit being brought against Tiger Woods’s former coach Hank Haney by a student in the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy. The student paid $30,000 for the program which was to include a “meaningful relationship” with each participant, yet alleges he received seven minutes of one on one time with Haney over several sessions.

A quick calculation, $30,000 divided by 7, and I come up with $4,285 per minute for those lessons.

Having not met Hank, I have only what I’ve seen on TV and interactions online to evaluate him and he seems like a decent chap. It will be interesting to see how this situation pans out.

Golf Sox Knitted Head Covers

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Reviews

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Regular HOG readers know I’m not a big fan of knitted head covers. I beat them up fast and they fall apart usually within 3-4 weeks. I do like the old school concept of knitted head covers though, and the fact that the make and model of club are not visible. That helps prevent theft a bit I think.

About Golf Sox

GolfSox is a company who calls the Netherlands home. How cool is that? They decided to make their product out of necessity:

“The idea to call GolfSox into existence was born out of need. Whoever prefers not to be a walking sponsor column or a toy shop has few alternatives. GolfSox headcovers present a subtle way of giving your golf bag a personal touch.”

Styles

GolfSox come in 10 standard styles which are all two color combinations.

If the standard styles aren’t the right color combos for your needs, they offer custom sox which are two color combos from 24 available colors.

On The Course

I’ve had two “Golf Sox” knitted head covers in play for a few rounds and these seem a bit more durable than the average ones I’ve tested before. The density of the thread or the knits seems to be a bit higher, which must be the reason.

These covers go on and off the club fairly easily and look cool. The pom poms on the top aren’t overly large like some brands, which helps keep the bulk down. Some pom pom covers have such large pom poms that they fall off when walking or riding the cart.

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Courses that don’t disclose bad conditions or punched greens are ripping off their customers

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
Categories: Boneheads • Golf Courses

Time for a serious rant about a golf course here I played today. Davis Park Golf Course, north of Salt Lake City up in Davis County, is normally a fantastic course with a great layout and conditions. The greens are usually excellent. So my Thursday group of four guys decided to take the hour long drive up there and play it our one time per year that we usually do. I was responsible for booking the time, called the Davis pro shop TUESDAY and booked a 10:30am tee time for today, Thursday.

When my approach shot on #1 hit the green I saw sand splash up. I looked at my buddy and we knew what that meant. The greens had been punched and sanded. Now I understand that course maintenance and punching may be necessary, but there was no warning on the phone, no sign at the pro shop, no mention by the people behind the counter. These greens are AWFUL. They’re so slow and bumpy that trying to make even a two foot putt is not even a 50/50 chance. My first putt of 10 feet, came up 5 feet short. The greens at this course were running at probably less than a 5 on the stimpmeter.

This is NOT fun golf and it is total chicken sh*t that this course didn’t disclose the conditions. Had our group known, we would have gone somewhere else. Of all the aspects of golf, I enjoy the putting component the most. This is where I’m the best and where my advantage is over my opponents. I couldn’t enjoy the round and couldn’t take advantage of my strength. We would have left to play somewhere else, but one player had a time commitment which prevented us from doing that.

Customer Non Service

I mentioned to the youngster in the pro shop that it would have been great if they disclosed the punching of the greens when I called and talked to them. He said “sometimes people in the pro shop don’t know.” Really? Turn around and look at the freaking 9th and 18th greens. They’re 20 feet from your window. I mentioned that they should post a sign or warning that the greens were punched, and he said that wasn’t regular policy. That is a poor non policy if you ask me.

How It SHOULD Be Done

My home course River Oaks is GREAT with these situations. They actually post a sign on the clubhouse and range shop entrances several weeks prior to punching, warning the clients. The week or so after the punch, the course posts signs to let the patrons know about the punched greens and offers a very deeply discounted rate. That is how it should be done.