HOG Space Fantasy Golf – Week 7 Results
In the HOG Space Fantasy Golf League this week we had a tie at 222 between Golf Junkie and C-Bogie. A playoff occurred and C-Bogie was victorious! C-Bogie wins a prize from the weekly prizes listed below!
Click the “more” button below the prize grid to see the total standings so far for both HOG Space fantasy golf leagues.
If you want to join, go to https://www.hookedongolfblog.com/fantasy
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Grand Prize
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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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1st & 2nd Half Prizes
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Runner-Up Prizes
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2nd Place
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Weekly Prizes
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FULL FANTASY STANDINGS BELOW
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Mickelson’s short game comes up short at the Nissan
Alternative title 1:
Charles Howell III is no longer “Mr. 2nd Place.”
Alternative title 2:
The “New” Charles Howell III
Alternative title 3:
Callaway loving the “All Callaway” playoff
Alternative title 4:
Charles Howell III leads FedEx Cup
I really enjoyed watching the Nissan at Riviera on TV, especially the fact that Kenny G and George Lopez weren’t in the field. I wasn’t THERE like my pal Rich from Eat Golf though, lucky boy. Check out Eat for lots of great media from Riviera.
In case you didn’t know, Phil Mickelson bogeyed the final hole to go into a playoff with Charles Howell III. On the 3rd playoff hole Phil bogeyed again and Howell made a three footer for par to win.
Phil Mickelson’s short game
During Sunday’s round I saw something very unexpected from Phil Mickelson. I saw four terrible short game shots. One shot he tried to chip from the putting surface rather than putt. He looked up on the shot and chili-dipped it. He darn near laid the sod over the ball, knocking it about 1/10th of the way to the hole. His short game failed him on 18 forcing the playoff and his short game failed him on the final playoff hole. Many of his chips were not only short, they didn’t GET to the green.
After last week’s win many asked if Phil was “back.” He’s a bit of a head case and his raw abilities seem to be carrying him at this point. Yes, he was in a playoff but you have to wonder how strong he’ll be mentally in the majors.
The new Charles Howell III
Charles Howell III was becoming well known for coming up short when he had victory in his grasp. He’s been “Mr. 2nd Place” for a few years now. This is definitely a breakthrough victory for him. And guess who’s currently leading the FedEx Cup points??? Not Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh or Phil Mickelson… It’s Charles Howell III.
Charles’ game looks different to me this year. His swing looked REALLY good yesterday. It looked very fluid, smooth and picture perfect. One knock I’ve had on Howell over the last few years is how stiff and mechanical his swing has looked. He’d always been a power player, full swing all the time. Now he seems to be a little less stiff, more in control and isn’t as one-dimensional. Look out if he continues to improve.
F-Bombs on CBS’ coverage
I rolled my DVR back a couple of times and got a good laugh during the final round at Riviera. While Nick Faldo and Jim Nantz were talking about a drive Phil Mickelson hit down the fairway a live microphone somewhere picked up a very mad person saying “F**k! F**k this f**king hole.” Oops.
photo credit: Rich from eatgolf.com
What a difference a day makes
Yesterday I took a picture of the #1 tee at River Oaks, across the street from my house. I took it because of the log jam of carts and players waiting to tee off. This morning I look out the window to see snow on the ground. So I took the same pic less than 24 hours later:
What a difference a day makes.
Brijuni Golf Club: Golf In Croatia
Thanks to my pop for giving me the lowdown on golf in Croatia. He spent some time there this past Summer and was kind enough to make a special trip to Brijuni Golf Club (located on Brijuni Island) to gather some info for me.
Brijuni Golf Club
Brijuni Golf Club was established in 1922 and at one time was the “largest” golf course in Europe. Not really sure what “largest” means (most acreage, longest yardage?), but it’s a claim de fame for them. Another unique thing about Brijuni Golf Club is it’s sand greens (see pictures).
Croatia Golf Trivia
According to the staff at Brijuni their course is the only one in Croatia. But researching on the subject I found that the course is one of three, and there’s soon to be a Jack Nicklaus designed course built there.
The staff at Brijuni estimates that there are 1000 golfers in Croatia. Judging from the picture of the foursome putting on the 8th green below, the golf babe ratio in Croatia is very high.
There’s one Titleist sales representative in Croatia (pictured below right, my pop on the left). There once was a Titleist rep covering several countries along with Croatia. That rep befriended a local golf addict and hired him on as the rep for Croatia so he wouldn’t have to travel there to cover his area. There’s one reason to hang out at your favorite course.
Ball Washer
Take a look at the picture of this ball and club washer below. How cool is that? This is a great idea for a modern course looking to put a salty signature on their personality. You can also see a bunker next to the sand green in the background.
I’ve got a bunch of photos of Brijuni Golf Club in the HOG Photo Gallery. Some were taken by my dad and others I found elsewhere on the web.
Quoted Brijuni Golf Club promo text:
Golf course details
In the tranquility of the southeastern part of the island there are 18 green hole numbers (PAR 71, SSS 71) length 5,486 meters (ladies length – 4.977 meters). The course is not too demanding, so that it is available to all sorts of players (recreational players and the golf champions). Fairways are large so there can be different game errors. There are different hazards such as bunkers, woods and single trees, bushes and also water hazard.
Solicitation from some bonehead
Here’s a funny email I got from someone:
“I’ve spent a lot of time at your Hooked On Golf website and I think your golf apparel is perfect for our stores. I especially like your Sassy Swings Golf Gloves. We work hand in hand with the largest stores in the country, plus thousands of small to medium sized specialty businesses stretched across the U.S.. If you want the opportunity to sell your products through major retailers like Sears, Macys, Nordstrom, JC Penney, Target, Big 5, Sport Chalet, SportsMart, QVC, HSN, etc … plus the other 51005 gift stores, 15643 sporting goods stores, 11329 men’s clothing stores, 39089 women’s clothing stores, 4234 golf stores, & over 24000 mail-order catalogs … check us out at….”
My reply:
Thanks for the email. But if you REALLY spent a lot of time on HOG, you’d realize I don’t make or sell apparel.
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