SPECTACULAR conditions

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Categories: Golf Courses • Hackers

I’m so happy today. I just putted on perhaps the best greens I’ve EVER putted on at one of my favorite courses, Bonneville. It was such a pleasure to putt on greens so pure and fast. I’m guessing they were a 12 on the stimp meter, with NO bumps. Smooooooth. If you hit a 39 foot putt on line with the right speed, it never varied and went straight in the hole. You had to really place approach shots in the precise location. You had to nut up and hit your chips perfectly or they were gone. As fast as the greens were, they still held shots and properly played chips. Perfect.

Bonneville GC 1st Tee

I had a great time playing with my normal Thursday group, with the addition of my pop. My pop and I took on my other two buddies in a nassau. It all came down to the 18th hole. All the bucks and bragging rights were on the line as we were tied. First, my 71 year old dad blows his drive past my friend John, an ex-marine with hands as strong as a bull. Then I drain a 20 footer for birdie to bury our opponents and send them for their wallets.

The greens at Bonneville were so pure I just can’t get over it. Pure. This traditional, tree lined course is special, as you can see from the picture I shot from the 1st tee. I play well and putt amazingly on this course. Is there some kind of vibe I get from this course? Perhaps so, since it opened the day I was born.

New HOG sponsor: Boggy Golf

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Categories: Site News • Tiger Woods

I’m happy to announce that Boggy Golf has become a Hooked On Golf Blog sponsor. Boggy Golf makes cool golf gloves.

Do me a favor and be sure to click their banner when you see it!

Seve Ballesteros undergoes 12 hour brain surgery

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Categories: Champions Tour • European Tour • Life • Miscellaneous • PGA Tour

The BBC reported this morning that Seve Ballesteros did in fact have his surgery today to remove a brain tumor. They reported that he was conscious after the 12 hour operation.

Other reports I’ve read say that not all of the tumor was removed.

Once again, I send my best wishes to Seve and hope for a full recovery.

Seve Ballesteros faces his biggest challenge

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, October 13th, 2008
Categories: Champions Tour • European Tour • Life • PGA Tour

Arguably there hasn’t been a better golfer at getting out of trouble than Seve Ballesteros. Seve provided years of passion and entertainment on the golf course for millions of fans.

The latest news on Seve is that he has a brain tumor which was discovered after he passed out today. They’re doing a biopsy to determine what course of action to take next.

I sincerely hope Seve is able to perform another Houdini (or should I say Criss Angel these days) like escape from this possible life threatening hazard.

photo credit: my best friend Alan Nelson

Evil cold wet white stuff falls out of the sky

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Categories: Life

snow golf I was not too happy when I looked out my window this morning. There was this very strange white stuff on the ground. It was very cold and wet. There was more of it falling from the sky. It is called snow.