Race to the HOG SPACE CUP. Who will win the $1000 golf belt?

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Categories: Fantasy Golf

Not only did "Point1Golf" from Hog 1 win this week’s event, but posted the highest score for the season at 261 points!

Grand Prize

A custom engraved alligator skin golf belt with built in ball marker and repair tool from Green Friendly Golf valued at $1000 (yes a $1000 golf belt!).

1st & 2nd Half Prizes

1st Half Winner
A G.R.I.P. Sweetness putter courtesy of
Golf Research In Play.

2nd Half Winner
A G.R.I.P. 3-wood courtesy of
Golf Research In Play.

Runner-Up Prizes
2nd Place Dual Point Hybrid from Nicklaus Golf	3rd Place An RX Hybrid from Alpha Golf Clubs.	4th Place S200BK golf sunglasses courtesy of Callaway Golf Eyewear.

Weekly Prizes
HOG & TGS branded A-Balance Golf Tees	The Shoe Tool shoe cleaner	The Floppy indoor golf ball	Flexie-T golf tees

Apollo Hookers has a 19 point lead going into the final round of the Hog Space Cup. But, there are many teams within just a few points who could easily win the $1000 golf belt. Golf Grouch is leading the 2nd half of the season and is on his way to winning the GRIP 3-wood.

2007 HOG SPACE CUP – FANTASY GOLF PLAYOFFS
"The Race for the $1000 golf belt"
			Current Standings
Overall		League		Week
Rank	League	Rank	Team	36	Total
1	Hog 2	1	Apollo Hookers	225	5580
2	Hog 1	1	shaderunner	173	5561
3	Hog 1	2	Good Good	195	5538
4	Hog 1	3	The Peoples Champ	177	5517
5	Hog 2	2	Freddies army	193	5488
6	Hog 1	4	Springboks	219	5423
7	Hog 1	5	Golf Grouch	215	5384
8	Hog 2	3	Todd’s Try	181	5380
9	Hog 1	6	Jeff	207	5372
10	Hog 1	7	Tee_It_Up	179	5315
11	Hog 2	4	MALMÖ EAGLES	179	5302
12	Hog 1	8	KaosGolf	153	5299
13	Hog 1	9	Cincy_Ham	136	5297
14	Hog 1	10	Bow X-18`s	205	5295
15	Hog 1	11	Bundy’s Ball Busters	259	5263
16	Hog 1	12	Eatgolf	187	5253
17	Hog 2	5	Parman	243	5242
18	Hog 2	6	Leia’s Linksman	225	5236
19	Hog 1	13	Golf On	251	5203
20	Hog 1	14	big stix	179	5193
21	Hog 1	15	acehole1	189	5192
22	Hog 2	7	gold tee	219	5191
23	Hog 1	16	San Diego Hackers	225	5170
24	Hog 2	8	No Messin with my Sasquatch	253	5167
25	Hog 2	9	Crazy Canuck	159	5148
26	Hog 2	10	ForeMyEntertainmation	195	5124
27	Hog 2	11	jd_hill1	177	5116
28	Hog 2	12	Deep Rough	196	5073
29	Hog 1	17	Perfect Drive	251	5072
30	Hog 1	18	Onedayoneshot	223	5021
31	Hog 1	19	Buggsey	163	5012
32	Hog 2	13	Hunter	243	4992
33	Hog 1	20	The Golfnuts	209	4968
34	Hog 1	21	rolltidegolfva	157	4900
35	Hog 2	14	Shanks!	179	4883
36	Hog 2	15	Putt for D’oh!	213	4881
37	Hog 1	22	Theyearingolf	235	4810
38	Hog 2	16	New2Golf	253	4806
39	Hog 2	17	Ted Rhodes	193	4762
40	Hog 1	23	Golfblogger	92	4741
41	Hog 1	24	Calamity Janes	199	4699
42	Hog 2	18	Jack GA	0	4668
43	Hog 1	25	Bump & Run	217	4659
44	Hog 1	26	Silverscots	165	4658
45	Hog 2	19	C-Bogey	201	4598
46	Hog 1	27	Backdoor Duffers	154	4549
47	Hog 2	20	klumwatcher	184	4502
48	Hog 2	21	Imsocrabby	124	4453
49	Hog 2	22	Tony	186	4447
50	Hog 1	28	Tony	186	4447
51	Hog 1	29	NE Bobblehead	173	4416
52	Hog 1	30	Dave’s Duffers	156	4408
53	Hog 2	23	MUFFLERMAN24	207	4388
54	Hog 2	24	zenkar	114	4296
55	Hog 1	31	Zealousgolfer	164	4293
56	Hog 2	25	focustofast	235	4232
57	Hog 1	32	the_DUFFERS	124	4108
58	Hog 2	26	Laxw09	146	4104
59	Hog 2	27	Par’s 69	219	3898
60	Hog 1	33	DRoZ Golf	113	3709
61	Hog 2	28	jordans ellite	211	3355
62	Hog 1	34	BigD	0	3229
63	Hog 2	29	CHILLYDIPPN	200	3216
64	Hog 1	35	Leon’s ‘Puter Putters	0	3123
65	Hog 2	30	Golf Junkie	42	3110
66	Hog 1	36	Furyk	0	2797
67	Hog 1	37	William	249	2761
68	Hog 1	38	Point1golf	261	2680
69	Hog 2	31	Putt for Dough-nuts	0	2562
70	Hog 2	32	No Gimmick Golf All Stars	0	2546
71	Hog 2	33	Aces High	50	2304
72	Hog 1	39	GetThere	0	2062
73	Hog 2	34	The Killer Furry Bunnies	0	1938
74	Hog 2	35	wormburnin	0	1920
75	Hog 1	40	Surf Club	0	1815
76	Hog 1	41	golfchick	0	1757
77	Hog 1	42	golfgolf	220	1703
78	Hog 2	36	Bash	0	1630
79	Hog 1	43	lumpzawid	58	1548
80	Hog 2	37	Emerald Isle Eagles	0	1475
81	Hog 1	44	Saratoga Marauders	0	1473
82	Hog 2	38	janey3putt	0	1439
83	Hog 2	39	Team Fore	0	1436
84	Hog 2	40	Beaker	0	1360
85	Hog 2	41	Aussie	0	1358
86	Hog 2	42	gotwoods-n-07	0	1292
87	Hog 1	45	Aces	0	1280
88	Hog 1	46	Miles Away	0	1255
89	Hog 1	47	raehtz10	0	1253
90	Hog 2	43	GolfNomad	0	1239
91	Hog 2	44	man i wish i was good at golf	0	1231
92	Hog 2	45	Mo’s Misfits	0	1220
93	Hog 1	48	Cuppers	0	1159
94	Hog 1	49	bogeypro	0	1151
95	Hog 2	46	Hall’s Ryders	0	1113
96	Hog 2	47	Team Ramrod	0	1105
97	Hog 2	48	Mors Ab Alto	0	1098
98	Hog 2	49	MyGolfBuddy	0	1097
99	Hog 2	50	Team Royale	0	985
100	Hog 1	50	GolfDiscussions	0	959

Versus Golf SX-1 Shaft And Driver

Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Videos • Reviews

Versus Golf Driver Removable Head Versus Golf has a very cool system for club fitters and players who like to tweak their gear. Their “fit and play” system allows you to quickly change shafts or heads. Forget movable weights. How about interchangeable heads and shafts?

SX-1 Driver Head

The SX-1 driver head is a 460cc Titanium sledgehammer. The proprietary “soundforged x” Titanium face and “muscle crown” help give you nice feel, great physical and audio feedback, and huge distance.

Weighted weight rings (5 grams and 1 gram) allow you to tweak the swingweight and flight trajectory.

SX-1 Shaft

Versus’ cool shaft system is available on shafts from UST, Fujikura and Accra.

The end of the shafts have a system which locks into the driver head via 16 spined slots. There are weight rings at the top of the club head and the the screw which tightens the head on the shaft is also weighted. Once again, the weights allow the player to adjust swingweight and launch angle.

Video

Here’s a short video of me (a.k.a. Dorf on Golf) messing around with the SX-1 shaft and driver head.

Conclusion

The SX-1 shaft is a great system for club fitters and tour vans. You can quickly change heads or shafts and put the club in play for testing or actual rounds. I’m amazed that a system like this hasn’t become some kind of “standard” in the golf industry. How cool would it be to carry 2-3 different driver shafts in your trunk and be able to use the one that’s fitting your current swing during that time?

For more photos of the SX-1 shaft and head, visit the Hooked On Golf Blog Versus Golf gallery.

911

Written by: Tony Korologos | Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Categories: Life

I’ve been extremely busy the last week or so. While sipping my coffee this morning it just dawned on me that today is 9/11.

I was hit very hard by 9/11, first in my business and then later in my personal life. The recession following 9/11 was a large contributing factor in my shutting down a business I’d built for over 20 years. For the next two months after the attacks, my business phone didn’t ring…once. After that it was sparse. When it did ring, it was bill collectors.

It pained me first to have to fire my one great employee and then eventually sell my building and shut down. I’m thankful I wasn’t one of the ones who had a loved one or friend die on 9/11, but little did I know how different my future would be after that.

I tip my golf hat to all those affected by 9/11 in one way or another.

TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP greens in bad shape

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods

PGA Tour Player Advisory

A PGA Tour player advisory went out today to all the competitors in the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

Due to the extreme heat in the Atlanta area, the greens at East Lake are in bad condition. They’re so bad that there will be NO pro-am on Wednesday. Players will also not be able to practice on the greens or even hit shots into them before they actually begin play on Thursday.

Tiger’s winning 63 puts him back in FedEx Cup Lead

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods

Wow what a solid round Tiger Woods shot today at the BMW Championship. He won with a 63, his lowest career final round.

Tiger is leading the FedEx Cup points again, even though he sat out the first round of the “playoffs.”

FedEx Cup standings and players who will be playing in the TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP:

Rank	Player	FedEx Cup Points
1	Tiger Woods	112,733
2	Steve Stricker	109,600
3	Phil Mickelson	108,613
4	Rory Sabbatini	103,588
5	K.J. Choi	103,100
6	Aaron Baddeley	102,800
7	Adam Scott	100,227
8	Jim Furyk	99,838
9	Vijay Singh	99,214
10	Sergio Garcia	98,277
11	Geoff Ogilvy	98,063
12	Zach Johnson	97,823
13	Charles Howell III	97,631
14	Ernie Els	97,575
15	Brandt Snedeker	97,507
16	Justin Rose	97,250
17	Woody Austin	97,223
18	Mark Calcavecchia	97,019
19	Scott Verplank	96,632
20	Hunter Mahan	96,516
21	Brett Wetterich	95,774
22	Boo Weekley	95,734
23	John Rollins	95,710
24	Stewart Cink	95,513
25	Jonathan Byrd	95,471
26	Robert Allenby	95,450
27	Tim Clark	95,425
28	Camilo Villegas	95,003
29	Heath Slocum	94,876
30	Padraig Harrington	94,841