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PGATOUR.com site redesign is a big improvement

The mother ship of golf web sites has a redesign for 2010. PGATour.com’s new design (pictured below) is such a big improvement over last year. It is very clean and sharp looking. Best of all it isn’t all jumbled and…

Category: Golf

USGA membership is a no-brainer. Would you buy a 2010 US OPEN Pebble Beach hat for 15 bucks?

I just got a nice package in the mail yesterday. It was my “member benefits” package from the USGA (United States Golf Association) for signing up for the 2010 season. This membership is just about the biggest no-brainer in golf.…

Category: Golf, Hackers, Miscellaneous

Hell Day is a fun tournament format

Today is the annual Hell Day Tournament at my local club. This is the last event of the year. The tournament was snowed out last week so today is the rescheduled day. I got this idea from a club I…

Chat with Dave Stockton

Yesterday I had a chance to chat with golf great Dave Stockton for a while. Stockton racked up 10 PGA Tour wins, including TWO PGA Championships and two 2nd place finishes at the Masters. I’d met Dave in 1997 when…

Category: Golf, Golf Media, Miscellaneous

Pro Bag Ads puts LCD display ads on pro golfers’ bags. Tiger Woods’ teeth next…

Video ads in golf bags? I was doing my regular blog reading rounds when I came across this nugget on my favorite stops at Geoff Shackelford’s blog. Pro Bag Ads is the first company I’ve seen who is putting paid…