There’s parity in golf now. Is that good?
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, April 25th, 2011
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Is it better for golf to have dominant players like Tiger Woods or Greg Norman ranked #1 for weeks, months or years? Or is it better to have what seemingly is a weekly change of the #1 ranked player in the world? I remember the NFL and NBA wanted parity and they got it, for better or worse. Haven’t decided myself just yet.
Lee Westwood reclaims #1
The only change in the top 15 world golf rankings are in the #1 and #2 spots. Lee Westwood has moved up to #1 from #2, following his victory in the Indonesian Open on the Asian Tour.
Martin Kaymer moves to #2
Martin Kaymer moved from #1 to #2, after having the #1 position for eight weeks.
Top 10 in Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, April 25, 2011
|
Rank
|
Player
|
Pt.s
Avg. |
Tot.
Pts. |
# of
Evts. |
|
1
|
Lee Westwood, Eng | 7.65 | 359.70 | 47 |
|
2
|
Martin Kaymer, Deu | 7.52 | 376.21 | 50 |
|
3
|
Luke Donald, Eng | 7.37 | 383.49 | 52 |
|
4
|
Phil Mickelson, USA | 6.52 | 293.40 | 45 |
|
5
|
Graeme McDowell, Nir | 5.84 | 321.19 | 55 |
|
6
|
Tiger Woods, USA | 5.72 | 228.61 | 40 |
|
7
|
Rory McIlroy, Nir | 5.64 | 298.98 | 53 |
|
8
|
Paul Casey, Eng | 5.59 | 245.97 | 44 |
|
9
|
Steve Stricker, USA | 5.48 | 224.59 | 41 |
|
10
|
Matt Kuchar, USA | 5.21 | 276.22 | 53 |
Callaway denied new trial in Acushnet/ProV1 dispute – more to come
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, April 25th, 2011
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Gear
Tags: Acushnet • Callaway • Titleist
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Gear
Tags: Acushnet • Callaway • Titleist
The Callaway vs Acushnet (parent company of Titleist) patent case has been going on now for about five years. It has been like a boxing match with each heavyweight fighter seemingly getting knocked out, only to gain consciousness at the last second and deliver a near-knockout blow of their own.
Callaway scored a big victory in 2007, forcing Acushnet to stop selling the current revision of the ProV1, though that took nearly two years to happen. Acushnet was forced to change the golf balls at that time. I remember those few months when my buddies were stocking up on ProV1’s, just in case the new versions weren’t as good. Acushnet later won an appeal on that ruling, and the court game was back on.
This past time around, Acushnet won as the judge upheld a jury verdict from March 2010, determining that the four patents in dispute were invalid. Callaway was denied a request for a new trial. Callaway has the option to appeal, but apparently will start a new suit for alleged infringement of other patents.
Acushnet’s Press Release Below – Click read more if you can’t see it
Happy Easter from HOG
Happy Easter to all Hooked On Golf Blog patrons!
I hope you have a great Sunday today no matter if you are with family, looking around for hidden eggs somewhere, at church, eating chocolate bunnies (never understood that one) or manage to get onto the practice range or the golf course…
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HOG World Tour – Back From Zion
I’ve been gone for 3 days and I’m glad to see that HOG and my server are still up and running. I was away from all media, digital, email, phone… So World War III may have begun but I wouldn’t have known it.
I’ve got some fantastic images from Zion National Park to load up, so check back over the weekend.
Golf On TV This week
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Categories: Champions Tour • European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Categories: Champions Tour • European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
The Heritage
PGA Tour
Thursday 4/21 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Friday 4/22 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 4/23 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 4/23 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Sunday 4/24 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 4/24 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET CBS
Volvo China Open
European Tour
Thursday 4/21 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Friday 4/22 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 4/23 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Sunday 4/24 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET GOLF
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
Champions Tour
Friday 4/22 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET GOLF
Saturday 4/23 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET CBS
Sunday 4/24 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET CBS
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