Survived The Solstice Golfathon

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Categories: Golf • Golf Courses • HOG World Tour

It is now about 12 hours since the final hole of yesterday’s amazing Solstice Golfathon, a 72 hole, four state, four course endurance test. With temperatures reaching 112 degrees and golfing for 17 hours, I have a massive headache and some dizziness this morning. I’m craving pancakes.

I’m about to hit the road and head home, so here’s a quick recap of round four.

We arrived at the beautiful Coral Canyon golf course in Hurricane, Utah around 6:00pm local from Arizona. We were all very physically drained but still had a fantastic time at Coral. Amazingly the group had many good golf shots left in them. My game was definitely weak and I couldn’t putt very well but still enjoyed the company of my seven new golf buddies and the fantastic scenery.

The final putt was holed at 9:04pm, 16 hours and 48 minutes after the first tee shot was struck some three states away.

I’ve added a few more images to the Solstice Golfathon photo gallery, and I’ll add the rest when I return home to HOG World Headquarters.

Solstice Golfathon rounds two and three complete

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Categories: Golf • Golf Life • HOG World Tour • Travel

The Solstice golf group is now heading north on I-15 from Arizona to Utah and our fourth and final 18 hole round.

The temperature for the Mesquite Nevada round was 109 and the temp in the Arizona round was 112 when we finished. I’m playing fairly well, with a 75 for the AZ round and a 74 for the Nevada round.

I’ve now consumed over a gallon of Gatorade along with a few waters and ice tea as well.

Check the Solstice Golfathon image gallery for some shots from today.

Pictured above is the temp in the cart barn in AZ.

Solstice Golfathon round one complete

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Categories: Golf • HOG World Tour

Greetings from I-15 just north of Vegas. We teed off this morning in near complete darkness. The pic below is of my approach shot from the first fairway.

I played well, shooting a 75 at the Primm Valley Lakes course.

Round one was complete and we were on the road to Nevada from California by 7:00am.

Connectivity in Mesquite isn’t fast, but I’ll try to post more from there. Stay tuned to the live twitter feed too, right column.

Solstice Golfathon travel day recap

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Categories: Golf • Hackers • HOG World Tour • Miscellaneous • Site News • Travel

Today’s trek to Primm Nevada has been a fun journey so far, except for a small problem I encountered in Millard county when the highway patrol officer clocked me at 86 in 65mph zone, uphill. Didn’t know my babe magnet van could even go that fast, let alone going uphill. There’s a judge in our group. Maybe he can help me out… Ahem.

Met the group of guys today and we all enjoyed dinner at the steakhouse in the Primm Valley Resort and Casino. A good group of interesting and diverse characters which should be a blast playing 72 holes with in 4 states on four courses tomorrow.

3:15am wakeup call – 4:16am tee time

The 4:16am tee time is my record for earliest start without a doubt. I hope they are running on time that early in the morning at the Primm Valley Lakes Course!

Must hit the hay and rest up for the Golfathon tomorrow. I’ve started up a Solstice Golfathon image gallery and I’ll try to upload some action shots during the rounds.

Solstice Golfathon – 72 Holes, 4 Courses, 4 States, ONE DAY

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Categories: Golf • Golf Courses • Golf Life • Golf Lifestyle • HOG World Tour • Life • Miscellaneous • Site News • Travel

Tomorrow is going to be one of the most insane days in the history of the Hooked On Golf Blog World Tour, a.k.a. HOG World Tour. I’ve been invited as a player and to cover as media the “Solstice Golfathon.”

I’m about to hit the road but I’ve done a quick preview of the event. Check this out…

Solstice Golfathon Overview

Tomorrow is summer solstice, the day of the year with the longest exposure to daylight. The sun rises the earliest and sets the latest. This means the most amount of light, and thus the most available time to play golf!

A group of crazy golfers and businessmen came up with the idea of playing as much golf as possible on summer solstice, but decided that just playing all day at one course wasn’t quite the ticket. They decided to play 18 holes of golf in FOUR states in ONE day. I really wish I’d have thought of that.

And no, the golf isn’t played in the four corners area. There aren’t any golf courses there. The Solstice Golfathon will take place in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. I’ll be tweeting live on my twitter feed from the event, and posting on Hooked On Golf Blog between courses and whenever I have a few free seconds. But when you are playing golf in four states in one day, there won’t be many.

The Courses

Course 1: Primm Valley, California

At 4:15am or so tomorrow, the first ball will take flight from one of the two Tom Fazio designed courses in Primm, California. As press time, it is unknown which course we will be playing. I’ve played both the Desert and lakes courses they’re both great tracks. Check out my Primm Valley Desert Course review and my Primm Valley Lakes Course review.

Course 2: Casablanca Golf Club, Nevada

Following Primm we’ll jump in our vehicle and fly as fast as we can up I-15 to Mesquite, Nevada and the Casablana Golf Club. Casablanca is a fun track with many hazards and challenging tee shots. “Casa” is also one of the home courses to the tournament I played in a few weeks ago, the Mesquite, Amateur.

Palms, Arizona

Course 3: Palms, Arizona

Down I-15 a few miles from the Casablanca and across the state line in Arizona is the Palms Golf Course. The Palms is a fairly wide open track, lined by palm trees. The Palms is a tale of two nines, the front being more flat and open and the back having some impressive elevation changes.

Course 4: Coral Canyon, Utah

About an hour north of the Palms on I-15 in Hurricane, Utah is the wonderful Coral Canyon Golf Course. Coral Canyon is one of the most scenic tracks in the red rock country of southern Utah. CC is like a target course on Mars with all the red rock and sand surrounding the green grass.

The Players

The crazy players in this group are a diverse group of people ranging from district court judges to college associate athletic directors to insurance guys to golf bloggers (me). Ages range from 43 to 58. Handicaps range from 4 to unknown.

I’m excited that there’s a district court judge in the group. I’ve played with judges before and it is always fun and corny to say “your honor, your Honor.”

Travel Day Today – Golfathon Tomorrow

I’m jumping in the HOG VanWagon shortly. Next stop Cedar City to hook up with my Golfathon pals. Then we’ll be rolling into Primm, Nevada tonight. Once again, check my twitter feed for live updates tomorrow.

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