Tiger to play in Australian Masters, for a $3M appearance fee

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Australian Masters • Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is playing in the Australian Masters this November. Unlike the PGA Tour, other tours can pay appearance fees so Tiger is getting his, a paltry $3,000,000. Tiger’s appearance fee for one non PGA Tour event is more than many PGA Tour players make in a year.

I get an appearance fee too

I’m playing today with my Thursday group. Last week I had to pay all three pals their appearance fees of about $16.00. I hope to receive an appearance fee, rather than pay to play today.

Furyk’s Hawaiian estate for sale. Anyone have $7.5 million I can borrow?

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Categories: Golf Lifestyle • Miscellaneous
Tags: Hawaii Real Estate • Jim Furyk • Kapalua

This listing and photos, courtesy of Sakamoto Properties, is for the Hawaiian Estate of Jim Furyk. The home is located on the Plantation course on Kapalua, HI. Man I knew I should have been a professional golfer when I grew up.

Here’s the original listing:

Price: $7,500,000
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3.5
Square Feet: 4085
Lot size: 2.525 Acres

Listed By: Roy & Betty Sakamoto, Sakamoto Properties
Awesome ocean views surrounded by the Plantation Golf Course behind the gates at exclusive Plantation Estates! Beautifully landscaped and manicured grounds. Two master suites plus guest bedroom and workout room in main house, plus two bedroom, two bathroom guest house. unique pool and hot tub, outdoor fireplace, huge outdoor covered BBQ and entertainment area. Designed by master aechitect Rick Ryniak.

Here are a few more pics if you are interested:

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Fantasy Golf 2009 – Week 10 Results

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Categories: Fantasy Golf
Tags: Fantasy Golf

FANTASY GOLF WEEK 10 NOTES

Two more weeks until the 1st 3rd of the season is in the books and someone wins a pair of VedaloHD sunglasses!

I’m happy to announce that my good friend and fellow golf blogger Rich (EatGolf) won week 10!

Week 10 winner: “EATGOLF“

Winners contact me to claim prizes!

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Full results for week 10 and total standings below…

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(not) another great Nike ad

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Golf Media
Tags: Nike Golf • Tiger Woods

Nike’s ads really get me sometimes. The other day I walked into my local pro shop and plastered everywhere were these posters about Nike having the “new winningest drivers on tour.” That’s cool. I’m sure they meant on a Tuesday during a full moon on a leap year…

I really got a laugh when I looked closer at the picture of Tiger Woods. He doesn’t even have a Nike driver in his hand. He’s got a TITLEIST putter! Haha! Nice one Nike. Keep up the great advertising work.

HOG lab: New ProV1x and Rife IBF Tour Aussie

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Site News
Tags: Golf Equipment • ProV1x • Rife Putters • Titleist

Finally the snow has melted and I can get back to doing one thing I love to do, GOLF! Now that my golf schedule is up and running (unless it snows again), I’ve got two new pieces of gear I’m currently working on upcoming reviews.

new prov1x titleist New ProV1x

I’ve played a couple of rounds now with the new Titleist ProV1x. My first round was in Orlando in January, when I was pretty rusty. My 2nd was a couple of days ago when I played solid yet still had my clock cleaned by my pals. So far I like the new ProV1x a lot. It isn’t as hard as previous models so my granny 100mph swing can compress it. The ball’s surface is definitely different than previous models. More to come.

rife aussie ibf tour black putter Rife IBF Tour Aussie Black Putter

My pals at Rife Putters have been very cool to sponsor this year’s HOG Space Fantasy league with a putter as a prize. I’ve got two Rife putters in my review queue, the first being the very nice IBF Tour Aussie Black. I played my first round with this one a couple of days ago and when I made the right adjustments in my stance and stroke, I started dropping bombs from all over the place. Stay tuned.

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