Archive for October 30th, 2008

augusta national is ready. are you?

editor’s note: john hawkins will be giving you his take on the 70th masters starting tomorrow. and to get things started, he’ll be doing a live chat on espn.’s sportsnation, thursday, 11 am est. got a question for john?

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

ron sirak agrees - stop enabling daly

i wrote it here and at cybergolf back at the pga championship; the enabling and coddling of john daly needs to stop, for his own good and the good of his little boy. i wrote:. “his opening-round 67 and comedy-routine press conference

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

i hold in my hand a winning arizona powerball lottery ticket!

every winter about 20 guys in my group of golf pals go to st. george, utah to get out of the frozen tundra and play some golf. one or two nights on each trip we trek about 40 minutes southwest to mesquite, nevada for pizza and gambling.

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

coot mitigation at metro

i’m experimenting with slide shows. i think this will be a good way to communicate to metro golfers. my first slide show is about coots, those familiar black birds that give golfers headaches.

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

televising masters is a great call

for the first time in history, the par-3 contest is being televised on espn. what a great decision. many people, like me, have never been to augusta national, and are only familiar with the championship course. seeing the par-3 contest

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

tag heuer golf watch

“the first watch for golf professionals, developed and worn by tiger woods. it has been specially designed to meet golfers’ special requirements. its high-tech materials and carefully studied ergonomic design means that the tag heuer

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Tom Doak to design 2nd course at Black Mesa

I’ve had some inside info on this for some time and I figured it would happen after playing some rounds of…

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

drafting arnie

2004masters_fri0444 master blogger geoff shackelford wasn’t alone in wondering what augusta chronicle columnist scott michaux meant when he slipped in an intriguing “probably” into his write-up yesterday on the pull of history exerted

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

par-3 contest photos

click on images below to view full size. par3_1_palmer. jack nicklaus and arnold palmer stand at the first tee. (ap photo). gplayer1. gary player of south africa poses with his son marc and grandson luke. (photo by david cannon/getty

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

augusta is the place for ticket scalpers

badges_2 craig bestrom of golf digest walked around the augusta national facility yesterday to investigate how much tickets are going for. two scalpers told bestrom that the hottest ticket is for wednesday’s practice round and par-3

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008