Bridgestone Ball Fitting – 2011 PGA Merchandise Show

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Golf Videos
Tags: Bridgestone Golf

At the Bridgestone Golf booth, ball fitting guru Cory explains ball fitting.

Behind Bridgestone Golf’s live media at the PGA Show

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Golf Videos
Tags: Bridgestone Golf • PGA Merchandise Show

My buddies at Bridgestone Golf were doing some cool stuff at this year’s PGA Show. They had live webcams all over their booth, showing the action, the golf stars stopping by and the live ball fittings etc. But where was all that live digital media being collected and distributed to cyberspace? Check out my quick video below.

2011 Battle Of The Golf Blogs Movie Trailer Released

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Categories: Boneheads • Golf For Women • Golf Videos • Hackers • HOG World Tour • Site News

After an all night session of cutting up HD video tape with a dull razor blade and splicing it back together with impact tape, I’ve finally published the promo trailer for the soon to be hit movie Battle Of The Golf Blogs.

This year was to be a tie breaker year between myself and Dave Lair, the Orlando Golf Blogger. Unfortunately I had to withdraw from the tournament. I didn’t withdraw because of personal and PR issues with me and Natalie Gulbis like Dustin Johnson did, I withdrew because I separated my shoulder in a freak ski crash five feet from my car in the parking lot at Alta.

Competitor #2 was my buddy John Duval from Into The Grain. John is a hell of a stick, and can hit a long ball.

Competitor #3 was my pal Rob Hayashida from Sandbox8, one of the web’s best. Rob is a good guy and a great golf blogger.

Many thanks to our hosts for the 2nd year in a row, Falcon’s Fire Golf Club, for putting up with our taking over the golf course. Thanks to the course marshal Anthony for not kicking me out when he caught me chasing the indigenous life forms around with one arm in a sling and a GoPro HD cam in the opposite hand.

For those golf bloggers who were going to come and couldn’t make it, your loss. Start planning on BOGB4, “Golf Bloginator Four – The Redemption” next year.

Enjoy!

New Titleist ProV1 & ProV1x – 2011 PGA Merchandise Show

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, January 31st, 2011
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Golf Videos • Interviews
Tags: PGA Merchandise Show • Titleist

I met with Titleist this weekend and had a talk with my buddy Michael who is the Director of Golf Ball Product Management. Wow, quite a title to have when you are at Titleist.

Michael and I talked about the new and big changes for 2011 in both the ProV1 and ProV1x series. Both golf balls feature different dimple patterns with the ProV1 being reduced from 392 dimples to 352. The “X” was reduced from 332 to 328 dimples. There’s more about these new balls, so just enjoy the video interview below.

Frogger Golf Interview – 2011 PGA Merchandise Show

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, January 31st, 2011
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Gear • Golf Videos • Interviews
Tags: PGA Merchandise Show • PGA Show

Back in 2007 I interviewed my buddy Jeremiah from Frogger Golf at the PGA Show. That was one of the first “POV” (point of view) interviews I did and people seem to like the format, as casual and non Francis Ford Coppola-esque as it is.

This weekend at the 2011 PGA Show I made a nostalgic trip back to visit Frogger’s booth and check out the new offerings they have for the upcoming season. What are they? Let’s just say that if I wanted to hire anyone to reinvent the wheel for me, it would be Jeremiah.