Fire at Aaron Baddeley’s parent’s house – All ok, including golf memorabilia
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Categories: European Tour • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Categories: European Tour • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour • Pro Golf
There has been a fire at the home of Aaron Baddeley’s parents in Melbourne, Australia. The home suffered about $800K in damage. It took 50 firefighters an hour to bring the fire under control.
I’m glad to report that everyone made it out without serious injury, including “22 years of (golf) memories.”
2 min to get out 2 rooms were untouched! fam photos and my golf room with memoribilla! Amazed by God’s protection 22 years of memories there” ~Aaron Baddeley via twitter
Plumb Bob Correctly
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Categories: Golf Books • Golf Instruction • Instruction • Reviews
Categories: Golf Books • Golf Instruction • Instruction • Reviews
Wow this is my 2nd golf book review in one day. I’m on fire. Granted, this book is less than 10 pages long but who is counting?
I don’t plum bob on the putting green. Never have. But I have buddies who do. I’ve always worried that I’m not hanging the putter shaft perfectly vertical and that I’ll get a worse read as a result. Now that I know more about it, I may give it a try.
For those who do plum bob and want to improve, or those who want to learn how to plum bob on the greens, here’s a book for you. Plum Bob Correctly is a tiny reference book by Jack Geers. This short and easy to read book is small enough to fit in your pocket or your golf bag and goes through the how and why of plum bobbing putts.
If you don’t plumb bob and you miss read putts often, give this a shot. You might make more putts and lower your scores.
Golfweek’s 101 Winning Golf Tips
Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Categories: Golf Books • Golf Instruction • Instruction • Reviews
Categories: Golf Books • Golf Instruction • Instruction • Reviews
I don’t read a lot of golf books. I get sleepy two pages into the read, regardless of how good the book is. It must be genetic. As a result my book review queue could fill up a small library.
But a book like Golfweek’s 101 Winning Golf Tips (Second Edition) I can and did read, because it isn’t a book that has to be read from front to back. This book is more of a reference which can be accessed for specific shots, situations or techniques. This is a great book to leave at your desk and just read a tip or two every day, or even better keep it handy in the bathroom…
101 Shots
As you may have guessed, there are 101 featured shots/tips with easy to read full descriptions on setup and execution. Many of the tips are supplemented with high quality color photos of famous tour pros executing the shot or the setup.
Author John Andrisani does a nice job of describing the techniques and setups needed to execute the 101 shots as well as telling the reader the best situations to use those shots.
Kaymer and Donald shake up world golf rankings, move to #1 and #3
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, February 28th, 2011
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Pro Golf • Tiger Woods
Luke Donald with Accenture Trophy - click for larger version
With the 1st place finish for Luke Donald in the Accenture Match Play Championship comes a move up to #3 in the world. Martin Kaymer came into the WGC event at #2 in the world, but now takes over the #1 ranking by making it to the final match. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood were all pushed down.
Here’s the current top 10 golfers in the world, the “OWGR” list:
#1 Martin Kaymer
#2 Lee Westwood
#3 Luke Donald
#4 Graeme McDowell
#5 Tiger Woods
#6 Phil Mickelson
#7 Paul Casey
#8 Rory McIlroy
#9 Steve Stricker
#10 Matt Kuchar
#1 golfer Martin Kaymer
I find it hard to believe that Tiger has has such poor finishes and is even in the top 10 right now. He hasn’t played top five golf for a long time.
Martin Kaymer’s game is so solid that he’ll have to melt down, or someone else will have to really come on strong to knock him out of the #1 spot. I don’t see that happening any time soon.
Bubba Watson’s $525K watch causing a stir
I saw a rather rude tweet from a guy yesterday directed at Bubba Watson regarding his watch.
bubba u are a solid dude. But please quit blinging out watch worth more than than an avg person makes in a lifetime. Lame.
Bubba responded to the guy, stating that he didn’t buy the watch and that he was being paid to wear it by a sponsor. Later Bubba must have deleted that comment because it is gone.
It not only tells time, it feeds hungry children around the world...
After digging a bit more I found that my buddy Ryan Balangee of NBC Sports and Shane Bacon of Devil Ball wrote articles yesterday on the watch Bubba Watson was wearing. The watch, by Richard Mille, is valued at $525,000. I tried to go to the Richard Mille web site to read about the watch, but the Flash animations and things flying around made me almost barf. As I waited and waited for more animations and things flying around to load I got more and more nauseated. I left before all of those things could load. I couldn’t take it. But that is a rant for another day…
A large amount of negative comments about this watch prompted me to comment on Shane’s thread and here.
Here are a few of the boneheaded comments:
Just another example of vulgarity from the rich and famous.
Pathetic….all the want and need in the world and this guy flaunts this excessive indulgence . Sick, insensitive and callous.
A typical sports star with the attitude that everything is for me.
Before you guys criticize Bubba you should get your facts straight
Bubba is sponsored by this company, who provided him this watch to wear and is PAYING HIM. Like most players on the PGA Tour, every damn part of is outfit, golf bag and who knows what else is sponsored and provided for him, down to his socks. Hell, I bet even his underwear is sponsored.
Stop criticizing Bubba for buying a half million dollar watch and not feeding all of the hungry children or paying off your foreclosed mortgage. He didn’t buy the watch. Get your facts straight.
Stop with the class warfare crap while you’re at it
Regardless of whether this guy, or any other famous/rich person or athlete buys an expensive watch or car or house is really their business. Buy a clue and stop criticizing Bubba for doing his job and living the American dream by excelling at a sport/business and reaping the benefits of it. Get off your couch, stop eating cheese whiz, rise up off your ass and make your own million bucks instead of attacking others who have the balls and determination to do it. When you make your million you can do whatever you want with it, including feeding hungry children or buying expensive watches.
EOR (end of rant)…
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