Arjun Atwal under investigation in street racing death
Man what is up with this story? Arjun Atwal, the first PGA Tour player from India, allegedly was street racing someone who crashed and was killed. Atwal’s BMW made the corner and his opponent’s Mercedes didn’t I guess.
HOG Space Fantasy Golf – Week 9 Results
In the HOG Space Fantasy Golf League this week Good Good held onto his overall lead and still looks good for winning the $1000 golf belt. DRoZ Golf and Golf Grouch tied at 192 points.
Playoff between DRoZ and Grouch:
I go to the B list of players for the playoff and guess what? They both tied at 100 points! We go to a 2nd round of playoff, the C list of players. In the C list Grouchy scored 48 points and DRoZ scored 52! What a great playoff! So DRoZ wins week 9 of the HOG Space Fantasy Golf league. DRoZ wins a tub of Velocity Wipes (see weekly prize grid below).
Click the “more” button below the prize grid to see the total standings so far for both HOG Space fantasy golf leagues.
TWO spots open up in HOG Space 1
To free up two spots for people who want to get in, I’ve deleted the two teams who haven’t participated at all: Flo’s All Stars and Long & OB. The leagues have been full but since these two are now gone there are two spots avaiable. The spots are available in HOG Space 1. Go to https://www.hookedongolfblog.com/fantasy for signup details.
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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!).
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Under par in March…woa
My “other” site The Golf Space at www.TheGolfSpace.com has complete golf scores, golf stats and golf handicapping. All free of course. I shot a very surprising 71 yesterday at Wingpointe, a tough links style Aurthur Hills designed course here in town. I punched my round into The Golf Space game tracker to see my stats.
It’s interesting to note the stats that go into a good round. Sometimes it’s great putting. Sometimes it’s getting up and down and saving par. The most notable would be in the ball striking categories for this particular round. I was 11/14 fairways for 79% and 15/18 greens in regulation for a whopping 83%. The strange thing was my swing felt like an unfolding lawn chair, out of balance and all over the map.
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PGA Tour players dislike Tiger Woods’ tournament being an invitational
Rich Beem said he was “insulted” by the possibility of Tiger Woods’ new tournament (AT&T National in Washington D.C.) being treated like an invitational, similar to Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Invitational. Invitationals typically have smaller fields. Beam and other players like Brad Faxon are concerned because the tournament the AT&T National is replacing was a full field event.
Rich Beam: “It’s the most totally wrong thing I’ve heard of in a long time that’s sticking it to the players. We’re trying to get back more spots throughout the year, and all of a sudden we’re going to have a limited-field tournament? That goes against everything the players voted on with the playoff system. If that stays the way it is, I promise you there will be some action taken.”
That “action” would be an override of the PGA Tour’s policy board with a 66% or more vote by the players.
Brad Faxon: “I was shocked when I heard that. We’ve got players looking for spots, and we’re replacing a tournament that had a full field. With the amount of tournaments we have that are invitationals, it doesn’t make sense to do more.”
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem sites pace of play, the hot conditions in Washington D.C. that time of year, and the “prestige” factor as reasons for the field format.
This will be interesting. You gotta hand it to Beam for standing up for what he feels is right.
Dinner with GRIP’s Rob Blumberg
I had a great time at dinner in Orlando on the Friday night of the PGA Show this year. I was privileged to sit down with GRIP (Golf Research In Play) founder Rob Blumberg. GRIP is a fairly new golf club company which is filling a niche market. That market would be one which has high quality golf clubs, great R&D, and priced way below the big club companies. For instance you can get hybrids with movable weights and great components for $49.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect or what Rob had in mind with inviting me to dinner. I suspected he had some kind of business offer, wanted to place some ads, wanted me to review some clubs, or wanted to buy out The Golf Space or something. None of the above.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
The first thing you notice about Rob is his energy. He’s always thinking, he’s passionate about golf and his company, and he’s a very expressive cat. We also sat down with two of his business associates as well and seeing the interaction of these friends/associates was refreshing. Bob and his pals were entertaining, energetic and yet extremely well versed on the golf business, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, sales etc. They brainstormed their golf ventures with me around steaks and sushi.
Bob’s pal Michael Blair has an amazing entrepreneurial story. He sells clubs on EBAY which he manufactures in China. Big deal eh? Yeah, to the tune of over $1,000,000 per year. Michael and I had some good conversation and I’ll be checking out some of his clubs soon. I got the feeling Michael had some other business he wanted to address with me, but we never got to that point.
Quote of the year
When the waiter let us know the night’s special Bob came up with a quote that was so “entrepreneurial” and hillarioius that I got the biggest laugh: “If anyone orders the special we won’t be releasing our new driver next month.”
So why the dinner?
What was the reason Bob invited me to dinner? He had a simple question for me since I’ve played some of his clubs and learned a bit about GRIP as a company. His question, “What can I do better?” Woa. Bob really put me on the spot because it seems to me like he’s really got “it” going already. He’s making great clubs, cheap. He’s using grass roots (blogs and other sites) and inexpensive marketing techniques to get the word out about his products. Hopefully I did do all my fellow bloggers a favor and suggested that Bob get clubs in all the golf bloggers hands to create a blog buzz about GRIP.
Despite ordering the dinner special, the new GRIP driver IS on the way
I’ve got a prototype of the new GRIP driver sitting in my lap. It’s a beauty for sure.
Tom Gov of Point1Golf hit it and LAUNCHED it on the range at Mystic Dunes when we played there. I didn’t know he was hitting it and when I heard the loud sound I instantly looked up. I knew he’d just hit a bomb. But unfortunately the temporary test shaft on the club (not the final version) loosened before I had the chance to hit it. Soon I’ll have a report.
I’ve got a review of the GRIP Hypersteel Hybrid coming up shortly so stay tuned.
There are lots of images of GRIP clubs in the HOG Photo Gallery GRIP Gallery.
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