Graeme McDowell
I wonder if I can use my golf blogger web geek cred to get Srixon to sign me to a deal like Graeme McDowell’s? He has moved from Callaway to Srixon in a deal worth worth about $3 million per year. I’d probably sign for a little less than that, since I didn’t win the US OPEN last year like Graeme did. How about we call it $30 bucks, 24 dozen golf balls and a hat?
That is quite an upgrade in the dough department over Graeme’s 2009 endorsements. Last year Golf Digest reported that he pulled in a total of $2 million. I’m sure Graeme isn’t done finding new sponsors either.
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The sixth annual Christmas Classic golf tournament was originally scheduled for December 25, 2010. Due to favorable weather, the tournament was postponed and could not be played until the course was closed and covered with snow.
The snow flew last week and buried the course, and thus we were able to get the tournament completed today.
The tournament went well, and the tournament organizers did a fine job with snow removal, green preparation and best of all bringing some frosty beverages. When golfing in sub freezing temperatures (especially wearing shorts like me), a cold beer can really hit the spot. The staff at Augusta National would be envious and could learn a lot about tournament and course preparation from the Christmas Classic organizing committee.
My Performance
I haven’t swung a golf club since 12/21/10. Once I go past a week or two my swing starts to go bad fast. My granny, over-the-top chicken wing epileptic on crack seizure swing put me in a position where I almost defended my 2009 championship, but not quite. As each swing happened I got hack-like. Still, it was nice to hit any kind of shot whatsoever.
2010 Christmas Classic Champion: Dan
New Champ
We had three former Christmas Classic champions in the 2010 field, but despite that star power a new winner emerged. A new heavyweight rose above the snow capped 18th hole and shined upon River Oaks Golf Course. The most positive guy I know; a guy who could find the positive in hitting his thumb with a hammer; a guy who could find positive in a three putt, came through. Dan delivered in the clutch and delivered a knock out golf shot which ended up about six feet from from the snowy double pin. Winner winner chicken dinner.
2010 Christmas Classic Photo Gallery
I’ve uploaded about 60 images to the HOG 2010 Christmas Classic Photo Gallery for you to enjoy.
Christmas Classic Video
I put together a little video of today’s tournament and posted it to the HOG/TGS YouTube channel. YouTube videos slow down my home page, so I put them on the 2nd page of articles to speed up load times. If you don’t see a video below, click the read more link.
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2010 Annual Christmas Classic golf tournament has been rescheduled and will take place on the 18th hole at River Oaks at 2:00pm TODAY!
I’ve got my snow boots on and I’ll be happy to defend my championship today. I hope to become the first player to successfully defend a Christmas Classic Championship.
Pictures and video to follow.
2010 was a hell of a year on many levels. I’m going to break it down into three categories: The Golf World, HOG and Personal. Today’s post will be The Golf World category.
Man did a lot of amazing things happen in the 2010 golf world!? There are so many threads to the Tiger Woods story, which by every account on nearly every golf media outlet, was the biggest story of the year.
Not a lot of fist pumps in 2010 for TW.
Tiger Woods
Here’s a quick bullet list of all that which comprises the Tiger story for 2010, in no particular order. I’m sure I’m missing something, but these are straight out of my cerebral cortex:
The Tiger Woods divorce.
The big televised apology.
Sponsors dropping Tiger, resulting in an estimated $48 million drop in earnings for TW.
The mistresses and all of their whackiness, trying to find some way of milking TW or whoever else’s tit they could suckle.
Tiger loses #1 ranking to Lee Westwood, on Halloween.
Tiger plays the entire calendar year of 2010 without a win.
Tiger on another losing Ryder Cup team.
Tiger changes putters from the Scotty Cameron to the Nike Method.
Tiger’s return at The Masters. I watched him on the Tuesday practice round.
Tiger records worst 18 hole score of his professional career.
Tiger’s coach Hank Haney resigns, clarifying that it was his decision and not Tiger’s.
Guy tries to sell Tiger’s Titleist irons on ebay for $250,000.
Tail of the Tiger golf balls come out, creator sued by TW mistresses.
Tiger fails to qualify for the Tour Championship.
Though he doesn’t typically play it anyway, he doesn’t qualify for the Hyundai Championship (formerly The Mercedes) in Hawaii.
Tiger posts his first twitter tweet.
New photos of Tiger Woods home are released, complete with golf practice facility in the back yard.
Dustin Johnson had a tough, but great year
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson had two majors in the palm of his hands but couldn’t seal the deal. He had a three shot lead on Sunday at the US OPEN but eventually lost that by going triple-bogey, double-bogey (including a shanked chip), to eventual winner Graeme McDowell.
PGA Championship’s “Bunker Gate” was one of the craziest finishes I’ve seen in a major championship. The grounding of the club by DJ on that 18th hole approach which cost him a penalty and a spot in the playoff was mind boggling.
Later DJ won the BMW during the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Furyk won the FedEx Cup and all the cash
Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk was steady Eddie all year, and proved that the tortoise wins the race. Despite being DQ’d for missing a pro-am after sleeping in, Jim won the FedEx cup and the $10 million prize. Hey Jim, got any spare cash I can borrow?
Ryder Cup
As I predicted, the USA Ryder Cup team lost to Europe. At the end, it turned out to be a closer match than I anticipated and the finish was exciting. Hunter Mahan felt the pressure and didn’t perform as well as he wanted, and in the post round interviews was so shaken up that he couldn’t really talk.
Two 59’s This Year
Stuart Appleby (comeback player of the year) shot a 59 at the Old White course, Greenbriar Classic. Paul Goydos also shot a 59 at the John Deer.
Jail Time For Jim Thorpe
Champions Tour player Jim Thorpe was jailed for tax evasion.
33/1 odds to win the money title a 2nd year in a row
Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar won the money title with a great surge at the end of the season. I vividly remember standing behind Matt on #15 at Augusta last April. Fun stuff.
Ian Poulter
Poulter won is first tournament on US soil thanks to a spectacular short game display.
Puerto Rico Open
I attended the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open, hung out with a bunch of PGA Tour guys and shot a lot of photos. Gained a new respect his raw talent when I followed around John Daly.
JD's pants were the story
John Daly
Speaking of John Daly, it seems like JD’s pants were more of a story than his golf game in 2010.
Lorena Ochoa
In a very surprising and unexpected event, #1 LPGA player Lorena Ochoa retired in her prime.
The Masters
I attend my first Masters practice round with my dad my son and my best friend. My group shoots over 1100 photos of Augusta National and the Masters! What a great experience.
Phil Mickelson won the 2010 Masters.
Phil Mickelson
Speaking of Phil, he had the chance to gain the #1 world ranking but faded a bit in the latter half of the season. It was then revealed that Phil was diagnosed with severe psoriatic arthritis.
Cobra
Acushnet sells Cobra to Puma.
"Tiger's bulging d*ck"
Tiger’s Bulging Dick?
Hot Golf Channel babe Win McMurry had a hilarious Freudian slip and talked about Tiger’s bulging “dick.”
Rory McIlroy’s 62
At Quail Hollow, Rory McIlroy fired a stunning 62 to win.
Oosthuizen
Excuse me? Fetch you a tissue? Louis Oosthuizen wins the (British) Open Championship at St. Andrews.
Erica Blasberg
In a very strange and mysterious event, Erica Blasberg was found dead in her residence in Las Vegas.
Cigar Guy
A guy wearing a fake wig, mustache and smoking a cigar was seen in the crowd at the Ryder Cup in a picture where Tiger Woods hit the photographer.
Cigar Guy
“Cigar Guy” was born and became a huge sensation all over the web.
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