This sounds like a perfect gig for me

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Categories: Golf • Golf Courses • Golf Media • Miscellaneous • Travel
Tags: Golf Job • Golf Travel

Times Online is a UK publication in which I found a wild job which I may just be the guy for. A UK company called Your Golf Travel which I’ve mentioned before, is offering a job for someone with less than a 14 handicap who wants to travel the world for a year writing about golf courses and travel. Pick me pick me…

This sounds like a non-job just like that one running a desert island off the Queensland coast that turned out to be a big come-on for the state’s tourist industry. But I am assured it is for real. YourGolfTravel, set up four years ago by a couple of City types to arrange golf holidays, wants a redundant worker, possibly also with a City background, to go around the world for a year visiting golf courses, researching opportunities and writing reviews.

The successful candidate will be chosen by means of a golf tournament and entrants must have a handicap of less than 14. “It’s a genuine offer, with a competitive salary,” Ross Marshall, one of the founders, tells me. “A lot of my friends have been made redundant and are struggling to find jobs. We’re only offering the job to people made redundant in the last 12 months. A corporate background would be useful, but we’re not restricting it.”

Cink sinks Watson’s historic bid in playoff at the British Open

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour
Tags: (British) Open Championship • Stewart Cink • Tom Watson

I’m pretty heartbroken that Tom Watson couldn’t pull it together enough to finish off the Open on the 18th, when he made bogey from the fairway. Had he made par he could have won and notched one of the most incredible feats in sports.

Cink won’t be too popular

Despite having a major victory, Cink won’t be too popular for dashing the historic dreams of Watson and millions of fans, myself included. That being said, he won a major and deserves the credit.

Best wishes to Tom Watson

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour

I’ve had a busy day today and haven’t had much time to do any golf blogging. I did watch ALL of today’s British Open coverage and I’m in awe of what Tom Watson is accomplishing. This is truly historic and if he pulls off a win tomorrow, it will be one of the most historic moments in not only golf, but just about any sport.

I extend full HOG Karma to Tom Watson. I can’t wait for tomorrow. I hope my next posts are regarding Tom Watson’s historic victory.

TW leads after two rounds at the British Open, Tom Watson! The “other” TW misses the cut.

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, July 17th, 2009
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: (British) Open Championship • Tiger Woods • Tom Watson

Tom Watson is amazing. He’s tied for the lead after TWO rounds now at the British (sorry, I’m from the USA) Open. Watson fired an amazing 32 on the back! I’m on the TW bandwagon! Did I mention he’s 59 years old?

Tiger Woods, the “other TW” didn’t make the cut. Leading into the Open the Woods camp’s keyword was “precision.” Well, Turnberry and the Open dissected Tiger with surgical precision. Tiger missed only the 2nd cut in a major tournament in his entire career.

Both of these story lines are in the running for the biggest story of the 2009 golf year.

Tiger missing a cut is big news. Big enough to be on the front page of the New York Times web site:

Tiger Woods in jeopardy of missing the cut at the British Open and may switch to Top Flites

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, July 17th, 2009
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: (British) Open Championship • Tiger Woods

In the image below you can barely pick out Tiger Woods wearing black. He’s the one person in the little open circle, just barely right of center.

On the 10th hole here Tiger blocked his tee shot right and lost the ball in the deep rough. Despite having a couple of hundred extra sets of eyes looking for his ball all they found was a couple of Top Flites. As I always say, you should play Top Flites because you can never lose them.