tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265127272024-03-13T14:57:04.620-04:00golf.inqPhiladelphia Inquirer golf writer Joe Logan's blogJoe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-71588239944664021772009-07-08T17:16:00.003-04:002009-07-08T17:37:59.653-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9f0pGWe5lQufIO7L4iAp7eLoECBqNy8tf9ol5GneIjfkAs69Opf6Jbe8n678DtLyAmA1McV1j_-HCi3F-Futn6bNud0XDUOIeHbDa245FR6e896A-6q8T-hY50gj-FEzdWDv/s1600-h/GolfSunrise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9f0pGWe5lQufIO7L4iAp7eLoECBqNy8tf9ol5GneIjfkAs69Opf6Jbe8n678DtLyAmA1McV1j_-HCi3F-Futn6bNud0XDUOIeHbDa245FR6e896A-6q8T-hY50gj-FEzdWDv/s400/GolfSunrise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356206267451032370" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I am back.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">When I departed <b>The Philadelphia Inquirer</b> in September 2008, I said in my final post on <b>golf.inq</b> that I was working on hatching a new plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That plot is now hatched, in the form of a new website, <a href="http://www.myphillygolf.com/">MyPhillyGolf.com</a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As the name suggests, the concept for the <a href="http://myphillygolf.com">MyPhillyGolf.com</a> is all things <a href="http://www.myphillygolf.com/">Philadelphia golf</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>News, views, course reviews, guest commentary discussion boards.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I hope you’ll give it a try.</p> <!--EndFragment-->Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-79955362930763618692008-09-11T08:55:00.004-04:002008-09-11T09:21:24.786-04:00So long<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftMOiYwyHLrgDJF0tEB-zoycfDbgd5grTbAzIRUM1_7646OrdH54UvEtPo_iAuTPCak2ijjT2AVepfoeu7Tuz5O-FacRQlg8-Nq80YXA1xq_-UxkS4jxMpwcLWavsh1MCeJqt/s1600-h/golfsunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244750522738135890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftMOiYwyHLrgDJF0tEB-zoycfDbgd5grTbAzIRUM1_7646OrdH54UvEtPo_iAuTPCak2ijjT2AVepfoeu7Tuz5O-FacRQlg8-Nq80YXA1xq_-UxkS4jxMpwcLWavsh1MCeJqt/s400/golfsunset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>This is it, folks, my final post on <strong>golf.inq</strong>. After 26 years -- the last 13 as the golf writer -- today is my final day at <strong>The Philadelphia Inquirer</strong>.</div><div></div><br /><div>It has been an honor and a pleasure. Covering golf has been a dream job. The places I've been, the people I've met, the golf courses I've played -- well, what can I say? During one 12-month stretch a few years ago, I played <strong>Merion</strong>, <strong>Pine Valley</strong>, <strong>Pebble Beach, Augusta National </strong>and<strong> </strong>the<strong> Old Course</strong> in <strong>St. Andrews. </strong> Yeah, it was that good.</div><div></div><br /><div>In a newspaper career spanning 30 years, I have covered just about everything under the sun, from murder and mayhem, to national politics and movie stars. Never did I enjoy such devoted, discerning and appreciative readers as I did writing about golf. I lost count of the times I was swamped with more intelligent emails than I could ever respond to? And even if a reader wanted to argue a point with me, or take me to task, it was almost always done with civility, leaving me to wonder if the game builds character or simply reveals it. </div><div></div><br /><div>I am leaving <strong>The Inquirer</strong> but that doesn't mean you have seen the last of me. As we speak, I am hatching a plot.</div><div></div><br /><div>In the meantime, my new email is <a href="mailto:joelogan629@gmail.com">joelogan629@gmail.com</a>.</div><div></div><br /><div>I thank you. See you on the fairway,</div><div></div><br /><div>Joe Logan </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-35261236605571212082008-07-30T23:57:00.002-04:002008-07-31T00:00:23.920-04:00Van Sickle wins Pennsylvania Am<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6s36qXlv7i_JqsX7teOLHQvPyorx-2O_RKqicL1wrCvIEm3ROksPJ4qZEM5kvlmhb4MnnKrdglQgNtq5eRnK2ruKZwCbpZtpCWyrhJMTEkbG04G-ricpqlS07fScR80FnnHx/s1600-h/van.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229023058033477490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6s36qXlv7i_JqsX7teOLHQvPyorx-2O_RKqicL1wrCvIEm3ROksPJ4qZEM5kvlmhb4MnnKrdglQgNtq5eRnK2ruKZwCbpZtpCWyrhJMTEkbG04G-ricpqlS07fScR80FnnHx/s400/van.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Mike Van Sickle</strong>, son of <strong>Sports Illistrated</strong> senior writer <strong>Gary Van Sickle</strong>, won the <strong>Pennsylvania Am</strong> on Wednesday. Here's the <a href="http://www.pagolf.org/charts.asp?sfile=static/archive/2008_amateur_championship_day_three_results.html">story.</a> </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-54337945861901150522008-07-30T09:04:00.002-04:002008-07-30T09:07:42.768-04:00Pennsylvania Amateur, Day 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoTnE5yX8VuHyqqUiXvG6pgTqOzuyxYbT9F6Dnd-Ikbky-iv_NW80vz1cAg9lSyy4vaQAwNDuI9gtXRSGB8lUD_FSgXFQkuXAgiZB1CyJ9V78ILe3UhchsLVNr-9jZm2cFMAh/s1600-h/PAAM.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228792933422085378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoTnE5yX8VuHyqqUiXvG6pgTqOzuyxYbT9F6Dnd-Ikbky-iv_NW80vz1cAg9lSyy4vaQAwNDuI9gtXRSGB8lUD_FSgXFQkuXAgiZB1CyJ9V78ILe3UhchsLVNr-9jZm2cFMAh/s400/PAAM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>More than a dozen <strong>Philadelphia-area</strong> players were among 44 who made it to today's final round of the <strong>Pennsylvania Amateur</strong> at <strong>Saucon Valley</strong> in Bethlehem. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Read the whole <a href="http://www.pagolf.org/charts.asp?sfile=static/archive/2008_amateur_championship_day_two_results.html">story.</a></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-26785494208267264142008-07-29T12:06:00.005-04:002008-07-29T12:12:06.058-04:00Pennsylvania Amateur<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47HEWNDj7D5kgJOdJMf3UqKehk-kD1nj76uqdX3i0DPKGpWOPhzBy5ynxfBBIADLFodzCiFucTIfiXIlJ1_pdi8_u9yCh5uLBC75idG4nxvQdFlqIer2NVXtKFnolidPIrJ_W/s1600-h/Cohan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228469393039954562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47HEWNDj7D5kgJOdJMf3UqKehk-kD1nj76uqdX3i0DPKGpWOPhzBy5ynxfBBIADLFodzCiFucTIfiXIlJ1_pdi8_u9yCh5uLBC75idG4nxvQdFlqIer2NVXtKFnolidPIrJ_W/s400/Cohan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><strong>Adam Cohan</strong> from <strong>Talamore Country Club</strong> shares the lead in the <strong>Pennsylvania Amateur</strong>, after shooting 69 on Monday.</div><div></div><br /><div>Read the whole <a href="http://www.pagolf.org/charts.asp?sfile=static/archive/2008_amateur_championship_day_one_results.html">story.</a> </div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-47736858943206593012008-07-23T09:50:00.006-04:002008-07-23T12:30:38.876-04:00R.I.P. George Haines<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLTCYE7fRzrXvXHrmwYPK1LVA86UlhWTVA-4MjMp9t_QdBlJO7HQrtyPQGVE_vxzpIOKpnrrYVHBB8AUQg0K5cQ0RnNj8KQFFvy9ZCMfdMV8MtmIozhIbSKTvBCvngeQD98_o/s1600-h/GeorgeHaines.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226212935385947282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLTCYE7fRzrXvXHrmwYPK1LVA86UlhWTVA-4MjMp9t_QdBlJO7HQrtyPQGVE_vxzpIOKpnrrYVHBB8AUQg0K5cQ0RnNj8KQFFvy9ZCMfdMV8MtmIozhIbSKTvBCvngeQD98_o/s400/GeorgeHaines.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Golf in Philadelphia has lost a friend.</div><div></div><br /><div>I was saddened to read of the death last week of <strong>George E. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Haines</span> Jr.</strong> at the age of 64. His <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/obituaries/20080722_George_E__Haines_Jr____Teacher__coach__64.html">obituary</a> in <strong>The Inquirer</strong> tells most of the story: his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">accomplishments</span> as an amateur golfer and squash player, his years as a coach of both sports and four others at <strong>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Haverford</span> School</strong>, where he was also a teacher. <strong>George</strong> was also the husband of<strong> Liz <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Haines</span></strong>, from <strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Merion</span> Golf Club</strong>, who has long been one of the top women players in this city.</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>George </strong>had been in declining health and I hadn't spoken to him for a while. But for years there, we spoke often -- or I should say mostly he spoke. I don't think I've ever had a more ardent and discerning reader than <strong>George</strong>. </div><div></div><br /><div>For years before I actually met him, I would get long, detailed phone messages from him. Ever the coach and teacher, he would read every golf story I wrote and critique it in ways that none of my editors did, or could. Instead of As, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bs</span>, or Cs, <strong>George </strong>would give me birdies, bogeys and pars, sprinkling in the occasional double-bogey or, if I was lucky, an eagle. Sometimes, even within a single story, I'd get a tap-in birdie and a double-bogey. Because the office voice mail system cuts off callers after one minute or so, <strong>George </strong>would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">occasionally</span> leave a series of three, four, even five messages in a row to get everything off his chest. Believe me, I took those critiques to heart because I knew that <strong>George</strong> knew his golf and because I knew he was speaking from his heart.</div><div></div><br /><div>Perhaps because his wife <strong>Liz</strong> is such a good player, <strong>George</strong> took particular interest in women's golf. When he felt <strong>The Inquirer</strong> hadn't given sufficient coverage to a women's tournament, be it a national women's amateur or a local girls' junior, I would get an earful. </div><div></div><br /><div>There came a point when I didn't see <strong>George</strong> at local tournaments any more. Then his phone messages stopped. I knew he had health issues. When I bumped into <strong>Liz <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Haines</span></strong> at a tournament and inquired about <strong>George's </strong>health, her look of concern told me all I needed to know.</div><div></div><br /><div>Golf in Philadelphia has lost a dear friend in <strong>George <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Haines</span></strong> and I have lost one of the most valued readers I've ever had.</div><br /><div></div><div></div><div> </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-82246207120282728382008-07-21T07:54:00.006-04:002008-07-21T08:24:45.016-04:00S-l-o-w play<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDY62rQdhVzGhL9vLmlc-iqP_3CRFyGxZecvHVCsGlF55vOKTvco9PXj4DeDmfG6JJuSlBMqM7LOBqgWJcYL15QAJeQQv3lpAzUXdgJ4rV5fY4fu2P_QJb2YlHwr9OwD-3Rx_w/s1600-h/slow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225439535674900930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDY62rQdhVzGhL9vLmlc-iqP_3CRFyGxZecvHVCsGlF55vOKTvco9PXj4DeDmfG6JJuSlBMqM7LOBqgWJcYL15QAJeQQv3lpAzUXdgJ4rV5fY4fu2P_QJb2YlHwr9OwD-3Rx_w/s400/slow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My <strong>On Golf</strong> column in Sunday's <strong>Inquirer</strong> railing against slow play prompted quite a few emails. Most supported my position but one reader did accuse me of being a Type-A personality who needs to learn how to slow down and enjoy the round. </div><br /><div></div><div>If you missed the column, it started like this</div><div></div><br /><div><em>It happened again, just the other day, when I was playing golf on vacation in North Carolina.<br />For nine holes or more, I zipped around the course with my son, my niece's husband and a young friend, the fastest foursome on wheels. Ready, golf. Find it. Hit it. Go find it again. Heck, at the rate we were playing, we figured we'd be back at the beach cottage in time for dinner - before that ominous cloud in the distance could spoil the fun. But suddenly, not long into the back nine, the round ground to a halt.</em></div><div><em></em></div><br /><div>For the rest, click <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/golf/20080720_On_Golf___Slow_play_can_put_a_drag_on_an_outing_at_any_course.html">here</a>.</div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Here's a sampling of the emails that continue to come in:</div><div></div><br /><div>Joe</div><div></div><br /><div>Your article on Slow Play struck a chord with me. I play 2 or 3 times a week, mostly not on weekends. I agree with you that the course can do a great deal in controlling the pace of play. In addition to those you mentioned:1) Mark those hazards! We "know" that area of unmown weeds and stuff is a hazard, but its not marked and we search it to avoid a "lost ball".2) Drop those mowers 1/2 inch. Its not the Open. It'll still be a challenge to hit a good shot from the rough and we'll find the ball quickly. Don't forget to vacuum those leaves!3) Put out lotsa yardage markers. A GPS system on the cart doesn't help when I walk! Its also not much good if its "cart path only". If the tee box on a 3 par is 30 yards long, from where is the yardage measured? How far to carry that right bunker?4) Get those Marshalls/Course Ambassadors out there. Give them some people skills training.</div>*<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Joe,<br />Amen… your article was presented to my wife as more documentation to justify my monthly club dues. (no names, please) golf club just made my ever growing “Will not pay to play” list after they eagerly accepted $430 in greens fees from my foursome last week and then subjected us to a 4 hour and 45 minute death march. We sat behind a foursome that was easily a hole and a half behind for 7 holes. At one point, I watched some idiot on a short par 3 take 4 shots to get out of a greenside bunker and then mark his ball so he could go to the other side of the hole and attempt to read his putt! He saved 7 with a 2 putt and then proceeded to the 9th tee leaving half of the bunker unraked…Makes me want to take up tennis.</div>*<br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Joe –I suspect the words that follow will fall on deaf ears and I doubt thatyou'll really read them, yet I write them anyway in an attempt topresent the other side. “Fastest foursome on wheels”, “yahoos in frontof us”, “Those knuckleheads…”?Permit me to be an arm chair psychologist for a moment. Might you be aType “A”? Perhaps even a tailgater? Run the occasional red lightbecause your time is precious? Eye roll and huff when the person infront of you at the grocery store pulls out the checkbook?I’m not on the tour, don’t belong to a private club but enjoy hittingthe links a few times a year with good friends. I love the earlymorning mist rising off the pond, the gentle curve of the dogleg, theimmaculately manicured fairways – the sights, sounds and feel of around with friends. Hell, we don’t even keep score any more. We chooseup and play best ball, laughing the whole time.“Find it, hit it, go find it again.” This is your round? Where’s thelaughter and the enjoyment? The taking advantage of this pristineenvironment to discuss life with your son or kick back with buds?Yes, I am guilty of a 4 ½ hour round. Where’s the rush? If pressed frombehind we have no problem letting the speedsters play through, but I refuse to give in, to be intimidated when yahoos like you start huffing and catcalling about ready golf. Relax, Joe. Take a breath and enjoy your surroundings with your son. Around of golf is a wonderful opportunity to connect, yet I fear if yourson sees you snorting about the knuckleheads in front of you, you maybe sending a terrible message. You want fast play? Join a club. And let those of us who just want to escape for a few hours with good friends enjoy ourselves without having to deal with folks who are trying to setsome kind of record by becoming the Fastest Foursome on Four Wheels. Where’s the fun in that?Why do you play golf, Joe?</div><br /><div></div>*<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Joe, I have been a ranger at (no names, please) fro the last 5 years, although I'm retired and this job is not a career move it provides me with some insights as to the working's of a golf course of which I'm sure you already know. First the pros are of little or no help their antics on TV only go to slow the game down. Second the finances of running a course are tremondous as you pointed out and every foursome that you lose can represent 500.00. But slow play can also lose a course many foursomes, so its a double edge sword. Third as a ranger we have to tread lightly with our customers,being to strong an d arrogant does't work. At (no names) we have 10 minute tee times and the starter instucts each group not to tee off un til the group in front of them reaches the first green. Antother problem is the way our course and many others are built, in order to play properly with our large undulating greens takes a lot of time, we also have 186 sand traps some of which only serve to slow the game down. We have a very high slope rating for each of our 5 tees, which presents a challange. Getting the players to play from the right tees is almost impossible, they look at them as sex or age related, instead of as we like to tell them that they are handicap related. And lastly alas, the customers who most respond quite nicely and say that they will try to pickup the pace, but others although a few become insulting. We at (no names) try to address this problem and are quite aware of PACE OF PLAY. An instruction we give slow groups is to stay with the group in front of them, not look behind them,because you don't see anyone doesn't mean they are not there. Joe thanks for your good article in the sunday Inquirer.</div><br /><div></div>*<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Joe, read your article in Sundays paper. Good thoughts but it did not hit the bulls eye....<br /><br />The reason play is slow is that no one is educated and no one TEACHES etiquette or speed.<br /><br />What if you, the Pro Shops, Rangers and especially Tournament directors stressed READY GOLF (not just lip service) What if everyone lined up their putts while the other guys was lining up his. What if only the last guy strolled up to the hole and got all the balls out. What if you parked the cart on a line from the hole to the next tee. What if you actually came to the course with the idea of playing golf and not spending time telling war stories or jokes about the last time you were on a course with a few hits thrown in. What if Golf was the reason you came to the course. Can you imagine how a pick up game of basketball would be played if as you dribbled the ball up court you had to stop and listen to someone's rendition of how you used to do it or what if......you then listened to his story on how he hit a foul shot......or a sandlot game of baseball where the pitcher took time between pitches to regal you with his other moments of glory........<br /><br />It is the culture of what golf has become that is ruining the game.....Are you there to play golf and exchange some pleasantries??? or are you there to socialize and hit a few, drink beer and smoke cigars...... Unless we are taught that it is a game "to be played", not just a gathering of guys to BS......it will never change.......and I firmly believe if that message was out there from guys like you, Pro Shops, Rangers, Tournament Directors, on the wall in the pro shops, on the score cards of the charity tournaments nothing will change........golfers would love it and more would be willing to play a 4 hour (max) round. If it is all about money, think how many golfers or guys are turned off by the 5 plus hour round and just don’t go...<br /><br />Thanks Joe.........</div><br /><div></div>*<br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Joe,<br />One of the most agonizing things in the world is the slow play and the absolute refusal of the noodniks to let you play through.<br />But here are some things that drives me crazy: The incessant searching for lost balls. If you suck, buy cheap balls. Two minutes is plenty of time to search for a lost ball. People that hit the ball 150 yard straight and then another 100 yards to the right should just own up that they suck and even if they do find the ball, it will take another 2 shots to recover. Then they hit it into the water. Instead of walking up to the hazard, they want to take the shot over and hit it into the water again. These are usually the same people who hit into a trap and take 3 shots to get out and then "forget" to rake or walk all the way around to the other side of trap, pick up the rake and walk all the way back around to the other side again.<br />My helpful hints:<br />1. Two minutes maximum to look for lost balls. I'll even offer the person a free drop on the edge of the fairway to get things moving.<br />2. Take the (expletive) rake with you into the trap! This defies common sense not to do it.<br />3. Maximum strokes: If you stink, pick up after Triple Bogey, unless there is a good amount of money being bet, you really want to record that 117 into your USGA handicap, or proudly brag about the day you shot 152 at Pine Valley.<br />4. Pleeeeaaassee have sense enough to let faster groups play through!<br />5. I'll allow you one Mulligan per 9. Period.<br />I have many more. </div><br /><div></div><div></div>*<br /><div></div><div>Joe,<br /><br />Without a doubt one of the best articles I've read about the slow play on public courses. Aa copy of this should be given to everyone who pays to go on a public course. The one guy your forgot is the person who takes three practice swings, hits the ball a good forty yards and then start the practic swing routine all over again.<br /><br />The only public coursse I knew of is (no names, please) where the twelve minute rule was strictly adhered to. Unfortunately, the family children who took over the course, took the money and ran, and now is housing.<br /><br />A ready golfer,</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-24002788892797304752008-06-06T13:39:00.003-04:002008-06-06T13:46:47.917-04:00U.S. Open pairings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSwTsly6HAjHfNeUTjquigu-SjVyFE2Kh4CeOHuiClLXG3F0fmEuRQLrJgI7S7cJ_YkSj4DqusZR2oyUXODEChwnf5UmJg5F5EE-b6u1Fr7BvpvBOLI5AtLYaTWZGEN7CBCu9/s1600-h/ug_hm_0000_h_header_02.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208825669809240594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSwTsly6HAjHfNeUTjquigu-SjVyFE2Kh4CeOHuiClLXG3F0fmEuRQLrJgI7S7cJ_YkSj4DqusZR2oyUXODEChwnf5UmJg5F5EE-b6u1Fr7BvpvBOLI5AtLYaTWZGEN7CBCu9/s400/ug_hm_0000_h_header_02.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><strong>Thursday (June 12), hole #1; Friday (June 13), hole #10<br /></strong><br />7:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - D.A. Points, Ocoee, Fla.; Patrick Sheehan, Warwick, R.I.; David Hearn, Canada<br />7:11 a.m. - 12:41 p.m. - A-Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash.; Casey Wittenberg, Memphis, Tenn.; Hunter Haas, Fort Worth, Texas<br />7:22 a.m. - 12:52 p.m. - A-Kevin Tway, Edmond, Okla.; Jason Bohn, Acworth, Ga.; Dean Wilson, Las Vegas, Nev.<br />7:33 a.m. - 1:03 p.m. - A-Jeff Wilson, Fairfield, Calif.; Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden; Brett Quigley, Jupiter, Fla.<br />7:44 a.m. - 1:14 p.m. - A-Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif.; Chris Kirk, Sea Island, Ga.; Dustin Johnson, N Myrtle Beach, S.C.<br />7:55 a.m. – 1:25 p.m. - Mark Calcavecchia, Phoenix, Ariz.; Oliver Wilson, England; Joe Ogilvie, Austin, Texas<br /><strong>8:06 a.m. - 1:36 p.m. - Adam Scott, Australia; Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Tiger Woods, Windermere, Fla.<br /></strong>8:17 a.m. - 1:47 p.m. - Lee Janzen, Orlando, Fla.; Steve Flesch, Union, Ky.; Rich Beem, Austin, Texas<br />8:28 a.m. - 1:58 p.m. - Michael Campbell, New Zealand; Jesper Parnevik, Sweden; Todd Hamilton, Westlake, Texas<br />8:39 a.m. - 2:09 p.m. - Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Boo Weekley, East Milton, Fla.; Shingo Katayama, Japan<br />8:50 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. - Anthony Kim, Dallas, Texas; Andres Romero, Argentina; Ryuji Imada, Japan<br />9:01 a.m. - 2:31 p.m. - Mike Gilmore, Locust Valley, N.Y.; A-Jordan Cox, Redwood City, Calif.; Brian Kortan, Albuquerque, N.M.<br />9:12 a.m. - 2:42 p.m. - Jeffrey Bors, Chardon, Ohio; Sean English, Cincinnati, Ohio; Travis Bertoni, Paso Robles, Calif.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Thursday (June 12), hole #10; Friday (June 13), hole #1<br /></strong><br />7:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Robert Garrigus, Gilbert, Ariz.; Peter Tomasulo, Long Beach, Calif.; Craig Barlow, Henderson, Nev.<br />7:11 a.m. - 12:41 p.m. - A-Derek Fathauer, Jensen Beach, Fla.; Scott Piercy, Las Vegas, Nev.; Justin Hicks, Royal Palm Beach, Fla.<br /><strong>7:22 a.m. - 12:52 p.m. – K.J. Choi, Korea; Jim Furyk, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Steve Stricker, Madison, Wis.</strong><br />7:33 a.m. - 1:03 p.m. - A-Michael Thompson, Tucson, Ariz.; Rocco Mediate, Naples, Fla.; Brad Bryant, Lakeland, Fla.<br />7:44 a.m. - 1:14 p.m. - Craig Parry, Australia; Robert Karlsson, Sweden; Tim Clark, South Africa<br />7:55 a.m. -1:25 p.m. - Stuart Appleby, Australia; Jerry Kelly, Madison, Wis.; Lee Westwood, England<br />8:06 a.m. - 1:36 p.m. - Woody Austin, Derby, Kan.; Pat Perez, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Thomas Levet, France<br />8:17 a.m. - 1:47 p.m. - Matt Kuchar, Atlanta, Ga.; Mathew Goggin, Australia; Nick Watney, Las Vegas, Nev.<br />8:28 a.m. - 1:58 p.m. - Rod Pampling, Australia; Heath Slocum, Alpharetta, Ga.; Niclas Fasth, Sweden<br />8:39 a.m. - 2:09 p.m. - Carl Pettersson, Sweden; Soren Hansen, Denmark; Daniel Chopra, Sweden<br />8:50 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. - Johan Edfors, Sweden; Eric Axley, Knoxville, Tenn.; Ben Crane, Beaverton, Ore.<br />9:01 a.m. - 2:31 p.m. - Joey Lamielle, Sarasota, Fla.; A-Michael Quagliano, White Plains, N.Y.; Fernando Figueroa, El Salvador<br />9:12 a.m. - 2:42 p.m. - Chris Devlin, Northern Ireland; Yohann Benson, Canada; Brian Bergstol, Mount Bethel, Pa.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Thursday (June 12), hole #1; Friday (June 13), hole #10<br /></strong><br />12:30 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. - D.J. Brigman, Albquerque, N.M.; Jonathan Mills, Canada; Jarrod Lyle, Australia<br />12:41 p.m. - 7:11 a.m. - A-Nick Taylor, Canada; Charlie Beljan, Mesa, Ariz.; Rob Rashell, Scottsdale, Ariz.<br />12:52 p.m. - 7:22 a.m. - Stewart Cink, Duluth, Ga.; Sergio Garcia, Spain; Vijay Singh, Fiji<br />1:03 p.m. - 7:33 a.m. - Trevor Immelman, South Africa; Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mike Weir, Canada<br />1:14 p.m. - 7:44 a.m. - Retief Goosen, South Africa; Scott Verplank, Edmond, Okla.; Aaron Baddeley, Australia<br />1:25 p.m. - 7:55 a.m. - Stephen Ames, Canada; Robert Allenby, Australia; Ben Curtis, Stow, Ohio<br /><strong>1:36 p.m. - 8:06 a.m. - Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Davis Love III, Sea Island, Ga.<br />1:47 p.m. - 8:17 a.m. - Bubba Watson, Bagdad, Fla.; J.B. Holmes, Orlando, Fla.; Brett Wetterich, Jupiter, Fla.<br /></strong>1:58 p.m. - 8:28 a.m. - Brandt Snedeker, Nashville, Tenn.; Nick Dougherty, England; Jonathan Byrd, Sea Island, Ga.<br />2:09 p.m. - 8:39 a.m. - Michael Letzig, Richmond, Mo.; Ross Fisher, England; Steve Marino, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.<br />2:20 p.m. - 8:50 a.m. - Brandt Jobe, Westlake, Texas; Phillip Archer, England; Jason Gore, Valencia, Calif.<br />2:31 p.m. - 9:01 a.m. - Kevin Silva, New Bedford, Mass.; Bobby Collins, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Jay Choi, Korea<br />2:42 p.m. - 9:12 a.m. - Bob Gaus, St. Louis, Mo.; Philippe Gasnier, Brazil; Garrett Chaussard, Millbrae, Calif.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Thursday (June 12), hole #10; Friday (June 13), hole #1<br /></strong><br />12:30 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. - Michael Allen, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Jonathan Turcott, Middleton, Wis.; Scott Sterling, Baton Rouge, La.<br />12:41 p.m. - 7:11 a.m. - Kevin Streelman, Wheaton, Ill.; Artemio Murakami, Philippines; Robert Dinwiddie, England<br />12:52 p.m. - 7:22 a.m. - Bart Bryant, Windermere, Fla.; D.J. Trahan, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Chad Campbell, Colleyville, Texas<br /><strong>1:03 p.m. - 7:33 a.m. - Sean O'Hair, West Chester, Pa.; Richard Sterne, South Africa; Hunter Mahan, Plano, Texas</strong><br />1:14 p.m. - 7:44 a.m. - Ian Poulter, England; Paul Casey, England; Luke Donald, England<br />1:25 p.m. - 7:55 a.m. - Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Toru Taniguchi, Japan; John Rollins, Las Colinas, Texas<br /><strong>1:36 p.m. - 8:06 a.m. - Justin Rose, England; Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Ernie Els, South</strong> <strong>Africa<br /></strong>1:47 p.m. - 8:17 a.m. - Camilo Villegas, Colombia; Charles Howell, Orlando, Fla.; Martin Kaymer, Germany<br />1:58 p.m. - 8:28 a.m. - Jeff Quinney, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Justin Leonard, Dallas, Texas; Mark O'Meara, Windermere, Fla.<br />2:09 p.m. - 8:39 a.m. - Rory Sabbatini, South Africa; David Toms, Shreveport, La.; Colin Montgomerie, Scotland<br />2:20 p.m. - 8:50 a.m. - John Mallinger, Long Beach, Calif.; Alastair Forsyth, Scotland; John Merrick, Long Beach, Calif.<br />2:31 p.m. – 9:01 a.m. - Chris Stroud, Houston, Texas; Ross McGowan, England; Ian Leggatt, Canada<br />2:42 p.m. - 9:12 a.m. - John Ellis, San Jose, Calif.; A-Jimmy Henderson, Lebanon, Ohio; Andrew Dresser, Carrollton, Texas </div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-41588432509201585332008-05-27T16:20:00.004-04:002008-05-27T18:15:26.388-04:00O'Hair, 13 others earn US Open exemptions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQllobcA0M-I7DcpQJMaM7yn7c_AxjS386Xsr3RfFv9HdwXTByibnBhmR1bto-jBCGc8FZ2Q9lWzmR-LnlKLb2m8KXC_QeBRlOlJLGM_iJbPB49gZRShx4Nz5Dec4R6x8uVAp/s1600-h/ohair4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205157463798304994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQllobcA0M-I7DcpQJMaM7yn7c_AxjS386Xsr3RfFv9HdwXTByibnBhmR1bto-jBCGc8FZ2Q9lWzmR-LnlKLb2m8KXC_QeBRlOlJLGM_iJbPB49gZRShx4Nz5Dec4R6x8uVAp/s400/ohair4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>This just in from the USGA...</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>Far Hills, N.J.</strong> – Fourteen more professional golfers earned full exemptions into the upcoming <strong>2008 U.S. Open</strong> by being in the<strong> top 50</strong> of the<strong> Official World Golf Ranking</strong> or by being among the top money leaders for the year as of May 26. A total of<strong> 72</strong> golfers are fully exempt from qualifying for the upcoming Championship, scheduled from<strong> June 12-15</strong> at <strong>Torrey Pines Golf Course</strong> in San Diego, Calif.<br /><br />In all, three more exemption categories were closed as of May 26.<br /><br />Those who earned full exemptions through the current World Ranking were Stuart Appleby, J.B. Holmes, Miguel Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, <strong>Sean O’Hair</strong>, Rod Pampling, Ian Poulter, Jeff Quinney, Mike Weir and Oliver Wilson. The remainder of the top 50 ranked players (38) were already fully exempt through other criteria.<br /><br />Ryuji Imada earned a full exemption by being among the top 10 money leaders on the PGA Tour as of May 26. Kim and Quinney also were among the PGA Tour’s top 10 money winners. The rest of the top 10 money leaders were already fully exempt.<br /><br />Jimenez and Wilson were additionally fully exempt by being the top two money leaders on the PGA European Tour for 2008 as of May 26.<br /><br />One more fully exempt place could be awarded following the close of this week’s Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour, if the winner is not already fully exempt and it is his second Tour win since last April 25.<br /><br />Sectional qualifying for the remaining 84 spots will take place at 13 sites on June 2. The first sectional qualifier was held May 26 in Japan with two spots for the U.S. Open field awarded.<br /><br />Here is the list of the 72 golfers who are fully exempt: </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br />Robert Allenby<br />Stuart Appleby<br />Stephen Ames<br />Woody Austin<br />Aaron Baddeley<br />Brad Bryant<br />Jonathan Byrd<br />Angel Cabrera<br />Mark Calcavecchia<br />Michael Campbell<br />Paul Casey<br />K.J. Choi<br />Daniel Chopra<br />Stewart Cink<br />Tim Clark<br />Ben Curtis<br />Luke Donald </div><div>Nick Dougherty<br />Ernie Els<br />Niclas Fasth </div><div>Jim Furyk<br />Sergio Garcia<br />Retief Goosen<br />Todd Hamilton<br />Soren Hansen<br />Padraig Harrington<br />J.B. Holmes </div><div>Charles Howell III<br />Ryuji Imada<br />Trevor Immelman<br />Lee Janzen<br />Miguel Jimenez<br />Zach Johnson<br />Robert Karlsson<br />Martin Kaymer<br />Shingo Katayama<br />Jerry Kelly<br />Anthony Kim<br />Justin Leonard<br />Hunter Mahan<br />Shaun Micheel<br />Phil Mickelson<br />Colin Montgomerie </div><div>Sean O’Hair<br />Geoff Ogilvy<br />Rod Pampling </div><div>Ian Poulter<br />Jeff Quinney<br />John Rollins<br />Andres Romero<br />Justin Rose<br />Rory Sabbatini<br />Adam Scott<br />Vijay Singh<br />Heath Slocum<br />Brandt Snedeker<br />Henrik Stenson<br />Richard Sterne<br />Steve Stricker<br />Toru Taniguchi<br />*Michael Thompson<br />David Toms </div><div>Scott Verplank </div><div>Camilo Villegas<br />Bubba Watson<br />Boo Weekley<br />Mike Weir<br />Lee Westwood<br />Brett Wetterich<br />Oliver Wilson<br />Tiger Woods </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-59144099822531967042008-05-12T09:35:00.005-04:002008-05-12T12:04:06.387-04:00Goydos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0siSjaBu7ubDVQexQ5IIUpFjWTqyHLDwQHWo5F4ZkpNkgdlJ0lNUaW_y1DGBDiUhwYdNwf8jadGMPcnZTLKAJ1BdHx0SmDzDhKW4W2rGvwVozSov481OpToJnMyVBROMFKHu/s1600-h/goydos.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199485098062574738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0siSjaBu7ubDVQexQ5IIUpFjWTqyHLDwQHWo5F4ZkpNkgdlJ0lNUaW_y1DGBDiUhwYdNwf8jadGMPcnZTLKAJ1BdHx0SmDzDhKW4W2rGvwVozSov481OpToJnMyVBROMFKHu/s400/goydos.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Personally, I was pulling for <strong>Paul Goydos</strong> to win <strong>The Players Championship</strong>.</div><div><br />I’ve been a sort of closet <strong>Goydos</strong> fan for about 10 years, ever since we waited out a rain delay together at some tournament somewhere. I don’t even remember what tournament it was; I just remember the skies opened up, I was out at the far end of the golf course, and I ran for the nearest shelter, where, it turned out, <strong>Goydos</strong>, his caddie and maybe three or four others also had taken refuge.</div><div><br />I also remember <strong>Goydos</strong> was every bit the wry wit that day as he was on TV with <strong>Bob Costas</strong> over the weekend at <strong>TPC Sawgrass</strong>.</div><div><br />At the time, I barely knew who <strong>Goydos</strong> was. He hadn’t won a tournament yet or otherwise attracted much attention. In fact, he was fighting just to get into tournaments and make enough money to keep his PGA Tour card. I distinctly remember him talking about how he worked as a substitute teacher back home in Long Beach on weeks he didn’t get into tournaments.</div><br /><div>Ever since then, I’ve had <strong>Goydos</strong> pegged as a pretty normal guy, and as someone who will stand there and talk to you and offer thoughtful, honest answers to questions on a wealth of topics. It’s also hard not respect <strong>Goydos</strong> for surviving out there among the studs and bombers. </div><div><br />The guy is 43, he’s a single dad with two teenage daughters, he’s got a last name that sounds like a growth on your neck and he’s built like a penguin. What's not to like?</div><div><br />You happen to catch his retort on Saturday, after <strong>Costas</strong> asked him why he kept his top shirt button buttoned in 90-plus heat.</div><br /><div>“I’ve got no shoulders,” said <strong>Goydos</strong>. “It’s the only way my shirt stays on.”</div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-88098900166770408032008-05-01T11:04:00.002-04:002008-05-01T11:08:53.101-04:00Daly vs. Butch, Part II<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2SHUoM9EStEUPB6RZEDJX5V2CaAkQIUMcIVARJFCKH1wU94wTOhuVV51gIO6WtNKkzNbypqWMNDEHDJIeIEMqWL-6PDW7ye07ckFReLMMblOJ4L9F753YWRO0T1OAU-Xqaxc/s1600-h/daly.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195426563659968450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2SHUoM9EStEUPB6RZEDJX5V2CaAkQIUMcIVARJFCKH1wU94wTOhuVV51gIO6WtNKkzNbypqWMNDEHDJIeIEMqWL-6PDW7ye07ckFReLMMblOJ4L9F753YWRO0T1OAU-Xqaxc/s400/daly.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>Good story from ESPN.com..</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Golf instructor <strong>Butch Harmon</strong> spoke to <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=97"><strong>John Daly</strong></a> last week, but said he did not offer an apology for parting ways with the troubled golfer after reports that Daly had been drinking in a hospitality tent at a March PGA Tour event. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>For the rest of the story, click <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3374852&campaign=rss&source=GOLFHeadlines">here</a>.</div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-12008777779119184642008-04-30T13:14:00.002-04:002008-04-30T13:21:58.485-04:00Tiger's handicap? Try +8<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVbuJFfK1A0bVT_oiplcZnSI4Jqs-lp83GCjPtpdQ6x8Yq4DxuBE_Xi1e2BIbgBdyfJWkaTj5kxTPWsxKPykw4O5rGOhIpq3tqNaxto-p9W4tZ9EmZS7IhXLGowi5L17zB-Jy/s1600-h/woodsmuscle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195089589115858866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVbuJFfK1A0bVT_oiplcZnSI4Jqs-lp83GCjPtpdQ6x8Yq4DxuBE_Xi1e2BIbgBdyfJWkaTj5kxTPWsxKPykw4O5rGOhIpq3tqNaxto-p9W4tZ9EmZS7IhXLGowi5L17zB-Jy/s400/woodsmuscle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Apparently having a little too much time on their hands, the good folks at the <strong>Golf Assocation of Philadelphia</strong> set out to figure out what <strong>Tiger Woods'</strong> handicap would be. They figure <strong>+8.</strong></div><div></div><br /><div>Says the story: </div><div> </div><div>"That would mean if <strong>Tiger</strong> visits the home club of each of the Association’s player of the year he would give <strong>Michael McDermott</strong> of Merion Golf Club, the reigning William Hyndman, III Player of the Year, <strong>seven</strong> strokes, <strong>Raymond Thompson</strong> of Overbrook Golf Club, the Senior Player of the Year,<strong> six</strong> strokes and <strong>Robert Robertson</strong> of Sunnybrook Golf Club, the Junior Player of the Year, will get <strong>seven</strong>."</div><div></div><br /><div>To read the entire story, click <a href="http://www.gapgolf.org/charts.asp?sfile=static/archive/2008_tiger_woods_handicap.html">here.</a></div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-4407221310799383712008-04-30T11:55:00.002-04:002008-04-30T12:01:28.759-04:00Penn Golf Assn '08 schedule<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNgNGmb2ECUuvu2ftkvcvVSSG5K8yt81-pm24Zcds1Z6X0Y4UEm2YaNvGRHHXoN8YLnG5RKzv4wwG933BQJpZQoLDeOX3jC5JhmDmJXX-QHu0C1VRRoj8QQb9rOGAT4GQ2185/s1600-h/PAgolf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195068917438263186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNgNGmb2ECUuvu2ftkvcvVSSG5K8yt81-pm24Zcds1Z6X0Y4UEm2YaNvGRHHXoN8YLnG5RKzv4wwG933BQJpZQoLDeOX3jC5JhmDmJXX-QHu0C1VRRoj8QQb9rOGAT4GQ2185/s400/PAgolf.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>This just in from the Pennsylvania Golf Association...</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The <strong>2008 Pennsylvania Golf Association</strong> schedule, the 99th in the organization's history, once again contains events for players of various ages and skill levels throughout the commonwealth. Beginning in April, and encompassing six months, the schedule visits all four corners of the state for its 22 tournaments and 35 days of competition.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>For the rest of the schedule, click <a href="http://www.pagolf.org/charts.asp?sfile=static/archive/2008_schedule_release.html">here</a>. </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-80104316238543972302008-04-24T09:43:00.002-04:002008-04-24T09:50:23.503-04:00Crump Cup/Compher Cup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoBVZORR8NisS6H4qLTqrnVvmuCnkdM0xaEdB7Ejnd6jb7-xH6wkEiSGvqxv8nzloa0IQYSdimWDKE2IjOF2c7m0_ijhoRwNRHuCSGCY0V30hy8hnpeUO_TfmGt8-Q14RLHUq/s1600-h/Pinevalley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192808751028285314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoBVZORR8NisS6H4qLTqrnVvmuCnkdM0xaEdB7Ejnd6jb7-xH6wkEiSGvqxv8nzloa0IQYSdimWDKE2IjOF2c7m0_ijhoRwNRHuCSGCY0V30hy8hnpeUO_TfmGt8-Q14RLHUq/s400/Pinevalley.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A reader called in today, apparently confused about the difference between the <strong>Crump Cup</strong> and the <strong>Compher Cup</strong>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The <strong>Compher Cup</strong>, the annual match between the <strong>Golf Association of Philadelphia</strong> and the <strong>New Jersey State Golf Association</strong>, was held this past Monday. (GAP won). This year, it happened to be at <strong>Pine Valley</strong>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The <strong>Compher Cup</strong> is not to be confused with the <strong>Crump Cup</strong>, the annual amateur invitational, held by and at <strong>Pine Valley Golf Club</strong>. The finals match of the <strong>Crump Cup</strong>, which falls on<strong> Sept. 28</strong> this year, is the one day of the year when the club throws open the doors to outsiders.</div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-26255403096603416112008-04-23T13:59:00.003-04:002008-04-23T14:04:47.072-04:00Tell me again why we should care?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDfvyHszfjhSoWD39nBpvmuiMpZCIKchLgNnC9TlCcyWAje5L0QnxAZ4n2m-sGLy4DuAvVLDBbUy8YbJS1_XTFv2nsLRdWDk1T-pFoh_U071Bv4n2Pso5Lk7QA0t7LucuoRRx/s1600-h/lead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192502683068837746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDfvyHszfjhSoWD39nBpvmuiMpZCIKchLgNnC9TlCcyWAje5L0QnxAZ4n2m-sGLy4DuAvVLDBbUy8YbJS1_XTFv2nsLRdWDk1T-pFoh_U071Bv4n2Pso5Lk7QA0t7LucuoRRx/s400/lead.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>Every now and then I get a PR release that makes me scratch my head and wonder, What the ----? </em></div><div> </div><div><em>Case in point...</em></div><div></div><br /><div><strong>David Leadbetter Signs Multi-Year Agreement<br />With Wilhelmina Artist Management<br /></strong><br />CHAMPIONSGATE, Florida — <strong>David Leadbetter</strong>,—the world’s No. 1 golf instructor and coach to countless tour professionals worldwide, including newly crowned 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman—announces he has signed a multi-year agreement with <strong>Wilhelmina Artist Management</strong> of New York City.<br /><br />Wilhelmina Artist Management, a division of Wilhelmina International, will represent David Leadbetter as his exclusive worldwide agent relative to all appearances, endorsements and licensing businesses. Additionally, Wilhelmina will manage the business affairs and growth strategy for the David Leadbetter Golf Academies in North America, the premier brand for golf instruction throughout the world, as well as manage Leadbetter’s contractual relationship with IMG.<br /><br />“I am extremely pleased and excited to be associated with such a superior agency,” says Leadbetter, whose announcement comes close on the heels of his longtime student Immelman’s wire-to-wire victory at the Masters. “We are developing a comprehensive plan for Academy development and future growth, and I’m sure Wilhelmina’s assistance and guidance with this new expansion will be very successful.”<br /><br />In 1998, as an innovator in the industry, Wilhelmina Models became the first fashion company to develop a specific division to exclusively represent premier talent in the worlds of music, sports and entertainment. <strong>Today, that division called Wilhelmina Artist Management, is one of the industry’s finest, with a roster that includes Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Heather Graham, Amy Smart and Justin Chambers, among others.<br /></strong><br />Wilhelmina Artist Management creates, develops and manages celebrity-powered campaigns, product lines, private brand licensing, endorsements, sponsorships, talent appearances and corporate entertainment strategies.<br /><br />“Wilhelmina is proud and honored to represent David Leadbetter, one of the legends in the golf world, and we are equally as honored to manage his Academies in North America,” says Dieter Esch, Chairman Wilhelmina Artist Management, which measurably extends brand relevance and increases brand loyalty to targeted audiences. “The purpose of this transaction is to further improve the Leadbetter brand worldwide and expand the Academy business.”<br /></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-63622360577132866192008-04-22T15:43:00.006-04:002008-04-22T17:38:15.192-04:00Tiger radio interview<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8xWeUdVpzKBB47dzgKqcd5ygd_XAVAxOHRHe8gD5OIn_bp7tH1FPmgm0d_JyaYKZ3k2uPFrz8is5Kj7PqJlz5secIR-wg66MClu8Az1weZwc9kPzgsIVuretzUbOOxF_T_Tf/s1600-h/woodsmuscle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192187209131011938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8xWeUdVpzKBB47dzgKqcd5ygd_XAVAxOHRHe8gD5OIn_bp7tH1FPmgm0d_JyaYKZ3k2uPFrz8is5Kj7PqJlz5secIR-wg66MClu8Az1weZwc9kPzgsIVuretzUbOOxF_T_Tf/s400/woodsmuscle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>This from the folks at Fox Sports radio...</em><br /><em></em><br />LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2008 - <strong>Tiger Woods</strong> joined <strong>The First Team on FOX</strong> with <strong>Steve Czaban </strong>this morning. Below are highlights from the interview…<br /><br /><em>On watching himself on TV:<br /></em><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Here’s an oddball question. Do you Tivo tournaments you’re in? Then go back and look at them afterwards, maybe take notes, notice something, listen to what the announcers are saying?”<br /><br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “I usually have my secretary get a copy of the telecast from the PGA tour and I’ll take a look at it just from the swing standpoint, yeah.”<br /><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Just the swing though, you really won’t sit down and…”<br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “Listen to the commentators? No, never.”<br /><br /><em>On his workout routine:<br /></em><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Your body in relation to most other golfers is nothing short of phenomenal, and I’m wondering, what are you benching now, Tiger?”<br /><strong><br />Woods:</strong> “I don’t bench. Period.”<br /><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Come on.”<br /><br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “I don’t.”<br /><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “What do you do for your chest?”<br /><strong><br />Woods:</strong> “I might do some flys. Chest press or flys. But it’s more of a stretching exercise than a building exercise.”<br /><br /><em>On how long he might play:<br /></em><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “You ever thought about how old you might be when you win your last major. Where that could be? Jack obviously won the Masters at 46.”<br /><br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “With the way athletes are training and working out and keeping their bodies in shape, hopefully I could play past that at 46 and still be effective.”<br /><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “So you think you could win a major in your 50s. You’re hoping?”<br /><br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “I’d hope so. I hope that everything pans out that way.”<br /><br /><em>On tough scoring at the Masters:<br /></em><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Why didn’t we see scoring like we used to see at the Masters?”<br /><br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “The golf course was set up too hard. They moved the tees up which was the only thing they could have done to at least give us a chance on Sunday. If they didn’t move the tees up, you would’ve seen probably the same kind of scoring we saw last year on Sunday.”<br /><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Would you dare ever go to anybody in a green jacket and say ‘you know maybe you ought to try this’?”<br /><br /><strong>Woods:</strong> “All players have. A lot of the past champions have, who are actually playing. Augusta makes their own policy. They do what they want to do. A lot of times that’s great for the game of golf. I think they might have just made the golf course a little bit more difficult. I heard they’re making some changes for next year. So maybe that might facilitate some lower scores.<br /><br /><em>On his knee surgery:<br /></em><br /><strong>Czaban:</strong> “Everyone wants to know. How’s the left wheel coming out of surgery?”<br /><strong><br />Woods:</strong> “It’s a little sore right now, but it should be good in about a month.”<br />Czaban: “Doctor got in and said nothing serious, little clean up, should to be good to go in about a month?”<br /><br /><strong>Woods: </strong>“That’s it. He said ‘you’re getting older bud.’”</div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-89011788413820837762008-04-22T08:57:00.003-04:002008-04-22T09:02:11.043-04:00Phila retains Compher Cup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Kn_PSODXDN6l1Se-AUBEyAk57f7uvzE17Il78YHArz-93U4Otc6LENWnAit-N-SkxW9TRRHCg5-RZPFT6SCoUglNXF0N4m_UTBIqRuDUkGcwaqiD3k0qQqcSJy4Qpnyay7U_/s1600-h/2008_compher_cup_gap_team_for_front.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192054181108952882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Kn_PSODXDN6l1Se-AUBEyAk57f7uvzE17Il78YHArz-93U4Otc6LENWnAit-N-SkxW9TRRHCg5-RZPFT6SCoUglNXF0N4m_UTBIqRuDUkGcwaqiD3k0qQqcSJy4Qpnyay7U_/s400/2008_compher_cup_gap_team_for_front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>This just in from the Golf Assn of Phila...</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>PINE VALLEY, N.J. -- <strong>The Golf Association of Philadelphia</strong> defeated the <strong>New Jersey State Golf Association</strong>, 12.5-5.5, to retain the <strong>Compher Cup</strong> on Monday at Pine Valley Golf Club.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The <strong>Compher Cup</strong> is the annual early season match between the two neighboring state associations. This was the 46th competition.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>For the rest of the story, click <a href="http://www.gapgolf.org/charts.asp?sfile=static/archive/2008_compher_cup_scoresheet.html">here.</a></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-81452398924977176572008-04-13T14:16:00.004-04:002008-04-13T14:30:01.961-04:00Brokaw @ Masters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06nVdCZZQhnvPcYZjOX79hgmc_xc2rmYqz_7ZlmiI31K3uXOzPbr5bOWtyJOhgTWZx2Zu6CW67wzg6SruIT1D-WvC6bJXKQpl8a6hUVxg9QWK3HjKh8_oJIwVix4BpBv2EPQ7/s1600-h/brokaw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188798341678940130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06nVdCZZQhnvPcYZjOX79hgmc_xc2rmYqz_7ZlmiI31K3uXOzPbr5bOWtyJOhgTWZx2Zu6CW67wzg6SruIT1D-WvC6bJXKQpl8a6hUVxg9QWK3HjKh8_oJIwVix4BpBv2EPQ7/s400/brokaw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Each year, <strong>Golf Digest</strong> asks a non-golfer writer of some note to come to the <strong>Masters</strong> and write a piece about the experience for the following year's tournament preview. This year, it's former <em>NBC Nightly News</em> anchorman <strong>Tom Brokaw.</strong></div><br /><div></div><div>Who even knew <strong>Brokaw</strong> was a golfer? He is, but he's hardly as avid about golf as he is about fly fishing. <strong>Brokaw</strong>, who was chatting up <strong>Dan Jenkins</strong> in the media center a couple of days ago, told the <strong>Augusta Chronicle</strong> that he took up golf about 13 years ago.</div><div></div><br /><div>"I've been playing at it more than I've been playing it," he told the paper.</div><div></div><br /><div>Although he has played the course once, this is his first <strong>Masters</strong>. "I'm a big sports fan and I'm a big-even fan," said Brokaw, who has been to <strong>Super Bowls, World Series</strong> and <strong>Final Fours</strong>. "This was the last on my checklist of big events I've been to. My wife said, 'I rarely see you so excited.'" </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-34123466669165675102008-04-13T13:59:00.004-04:002008-04-13T14:14:06.515-04:00Zipped lips @ Masters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdMv0LawkQZnLopGrjGek4emsNnbNax4zuhGQ8yPpVlqs031oTkmBa3Wcq8P-vpFQEVNVcYWJKT6S8RY_attnE_DTRH8WWZgXRytZR705tiFefGhi3nUPhvnZE2TnLn8daARf/s1600-h/12th.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188794394603995090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdMv0LawkQZnLopGrjGek4emsNnbNax4zuhGQ8yPpVlqs031oTkmBa3Wcq8P-vpFQEVNVcYWJKT6S8RY_attnE_DTRH8WWZgXRytZR705tiFefGhi3nUPhvnZE2TnLn8daARf/s400/12th.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Certainly by tradition and maybe by club policy, only the chairman of the club can speak on behalf of <strong>Augusta National Golf Club. </strong></div><br /><div></div><div>It's almost comical to approach a green-jacketed <strong>Augusta</strong> member, who almost invariably is a captain of industry back home, and ask him the simpliest, most harmless question, only to have him respond, like a mantra, "You'll have to ask the chairman, <strong>Mr. Billy Payne</strong>, about matters pertaining to the club."</div><div></div><br /><div>I'm not talking about questions like, "When you guys going to finally get a female member?" I'm talking about, "Is that tree new this year?" or "How are the greens running today?"</div><div></div><br /><div>The absurdity of the policy reached a new height this week when one of the best players in the club, <strong>Jeff Knox</strong>, was drafted to play as a marker Saturday and Sunday in the <strong>Masters</strong>. After his round on Saturday with <strong>Miguel Angel Jimenez</strong>, Knox, 45, who once shot 61 from the member tees, could not comment on his round.</div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-35031923196794934212008-04-10T10:36:00.004-04:002008-04-10T10:47:37.676-04:00Ah, Augusta<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QPaR1AqYG_m2Zp-Fqmf3U7pVotrTdz2u-RLhNLzgRpm3__-xZfANQMa5lv-RFJxUbPK9SFilzdmgZGcf2BhdSvW73Q6k0lb0O1VrMRFFMmqZfurMAY-bKZInP_PDnOPV-aK_/s1600-h/augusta.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187627776319670658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QPaR1AqYG_m2Zp-Fqmf3U7pVotrTdz2u-RLhNLzgRpm3__-xZfANQMa5lv-RFJxUbPK9SFilzdmgZGcf2BhdSvW73Q6k0lb0O1VrMRFFMmqZfurMAY-bKZInP_PDnOPV-aK_/s400/augusta.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It is a gorgeous morning in Augusta. Earlier, a fog delay pushed tee times back an hour, but that has passed and now it's bright, clear springtime moring at the <strong>Masters.</strong></div><div></div><br /><div>I've already had my annual lunch on the back balcony of the clubhouse, overlooking the first tee. A cup of <strong>seafood chowder</strong>, a<strong> junior club sandwich</strong> and <strong>peach cobbler</strong> with a scoop of <strong>vanilla ice cream</strong> came to about <strong>$12.</strong></div><div></div><br /><div>As in years past, the food was so-so but the ambiance and the view are unbeatable and unforgettable. Down below, there is a steady stream of players walking from the course to the locker room. There's also a Who's Who of big-time sports agents, writers, TV talent and execs, sports shrinks, golf industry titans and all manner of hangers-on who are able to get a pass for inside the clubhouse. </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-76374488406295414682008-04-09T16:19:00.003-04:002008-04-09T16:33:31.713-04:00Mickelson hoax<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcv7eA19RwiZYVIj5C65vKB79HXQyn7dg8MMHtSHPNwYsD6nOn8Lwbw7B_R3MK4MPJivRqrGcOcYQ-SvCLMFUtZ3BNoUa-4JqDo4HxIOczsTwlPqL3Tadis45l6jk-oWCBawk/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187345197536364914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcv7eA19RwiZYVIj5C65vKB79HXQyn7dg8MMHtSHPNwYsD6nOn8Lwbw7B_R3MK4MPJivRqrGcOcYQ-SvCLMFUtZ3BNoUa-4JqDo4HxIOczsTwlPqL3Tadis45l6jk-oWCBawk/s400/images.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>If you are hearing rumors that <strong>Phil Mickelson</strong> dropped <strong>$200,000</strong> gambling with <strong>Augusta National </strong>members last week, then tried to weasel out of paying off the bet, don't believe it. It's an <strong>April Fool's</strong> hoax that is making it's way around the blogosphere.</div><br /><div></div><div>A blogger cooked up the story and attributed it to <strong>Golfweek's </strong><em><strong>Insider </strong>column</em>, where the magazine posts a lot of its juicy stuff.</div><div> </div><div>According to the blogger's account, the furious Augusta National members even dragged Mickelson before club chairman <strong>Billy Payne</strong>, who supposedly informed him to pay up or get out -- forever.</div><div></div><br /><div>As the story was making its way around the internet like a virus video today, the <strong>Golfweek</strong> folks, who are sitting about five rows behind me in the media center at the <strong>Masters</strong>, were doing all they could to kill it -- and especially kill any connection to them.</div><div> </div><div> </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-86304242139547924012008-04-02T17:08:00.004-04:002008-04-02T17:14:24.870-04:00Tiger on the Masters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYeybreoTH5BB7yYxWtJi0nIfhdim-6DbIAUuLkszhPfrQZFBa7-TRMnLeT9FkclnyWocgt2vTmGhcVpV53uhNbr6kp0a7ysBGbRF3px3yk4VynDu8lfC8UfcbIL8oLJ-PZEl/s1600-h/tigertoss.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184758661758338002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYeybreoTH5BB7yYxWtJi0nIfhdim-6DbIAUuLkszhPfrQZFBa7-TRMnLeT9FkclnyWocgt2vTmGhcVpV53uhNbr6kp0a7ysBGbRF3px3yk4VynDu8lfC8UfcbIL8oLJ-PZEl/s400/tigertoss.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><br /><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em>NEWSLETTER</em></div><br /><div>April 2, 2008 </div><div><br /><strong>By Tiger Woods</strong></div><div></div><br /><div>As you might expect, I'm gearing up for the <strong>Masters</strong>. It's the first major championship of the year and I'm excited about returning to <strong>Augusta National</strong>. They haven't made many changes to the course, so I'm not going to play an early practice round this week. I'll keep working at home with <strong>Hank Haney</strong> and try to sharpen my game.I know they removed some trees along the right side of No. 11; added 10 yards to the front of the first tee in case the wind blows; and tweaked the seventh and ninth greens. </div><div></div><br /><div>The bottom line: It's going to be long and difficult, and you're going to have to have all aspects of your game firing. The only thing we don't know is what the wind is going to do.Overall, I feel very good about the way I'm swinging the club. Although my winning streak ended at Doral, I'm very pleased about the way I have played and hope the positive momentum carries over to Augusta. </div><br /><div></div><div>Ever since I joined the PGA Tour in 1996, my goal has always been to win every tournament. That's just the way I think. If you don't feel that way, why enter? Although I got off to a great start his year by winning my first four events, including Dubai, I knew it was unlikely I would go undefeated. That didn't stop me from trying.</div><div></div><div></div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-25940844117563241042008-03-28T09:16:00.006-04:002008-03-28T09:30:50.369-04:00Billy Packer & golf<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxF2dsuFgKWG97aTNF56BGbV_Jk3A0-5czn6geVOPTff-rUD245NUjUMXsUmarSKDrudS67Dx7IzbaJJ3HNBETCD2nQfTQIztuoNf2Of14xsKY5c5BvtTUBuwW9q0gL3G6Xyl/s1600-h/billypacker.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182784299652105138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxF2dsuFgKWG97aTNF56BGbV_Jk3A0-5czn6geVOPTff-rUD245NUjUMXsUmarSKDrudS67Dx7IzbaJJ3HNBETCD2nQfTQIztuoNf2Of14xsKY5c5BvtTUBuwW9q0gL3G6Xyl/s400/billypacker.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Who knew <strong>Billy Packer</strong> had any connection to golf? </div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Growing up in <strong>ACC country</strong>, I heard Packer doing college basketball all my life. Once upon a time I liked him. Now I find him only slightly less annoying that <strong>Dick Vitale</strong>. </div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Anyway, with <strong>March Madness</strong> upon us, <strong>Golfweek</strong> saw fit to <a href="http://www.golfweek.com/story/packer-feature-031708">profile</a> the <strong>Mouth of the South</strong>.</div><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Turns out he owns and sells courses but he rarely, and barely, plays at golf.</div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-2967487300195166342008-03-24T12:10:00.003-04:002008-03-24T12:22:47.818-04:00Tiger's streak over<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTdVcUKv4a8R0gc2RXPfcRUQ_OtQWX2YXTOHMcl5uBA39a4DrGrlu1JohnSh0d04ArpwrDRWLJJGz3JujGFQcgmMMX1qaAtBJr6NS2rT3kjZt_EuHQ9G5lSQhY1eKqGW7mnjo/s1600-h/tig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181343462678348690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTdVcUKv4a8R0gc2RXPfcRUQ_OtQWX2YXTOHMcl5uBA39a4DrGrlu1JohnSh0d04ArpwrDRWLJJGz3JujGFQcgmMMX1qaAtBJr6NS2rT3kjZt_EuHQ9G5lSQhY1eKqGW7mnjo/s400/tig.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>For<strong> Tiger</strong>-<em>philes</em>, here's this morning's post-round interview from the WGC-CA Championship, won by <strong>Geoff Ogilvy</strong>.</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Q.</strong> Would you talk a little bit about maybe the frustration of the leaderboard, never got higher than 17 and you got to 15 and can never inch a little closer?</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Well, you know, I made too many mistakes this week, you know? I was saying over there, I had four three-putts this week, I had two terrible lies in bunkers and a photographer got me on nine. With all that, to only finish two back, I think that's a great sign.</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Q.</strong> Put the streak in context a little bit, how you feel that you're playing?</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Well, I think the people that truly understand are the players. I don't think you guys really understand or even the fans out there, just how small the difference is. I just explained what happened this week, how close -- if I just clean up my round this week, then obviously I'm right there with Geoff, if not just a little bit ahead of the 17 he's at right now. </div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Q.</strong> You begun this week talking about how the breaks have been going for you through the streak. Do you feel in a sense that you just kind of ran out of breaks?</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> That's the way it goes, you know? As I said, people don't really understand you need to have something happen, a positive thing happen to you out there in order to win tournaments. I heard Geoff bladed one in the hole for par. That's what you need to have happen. Those are the things that have happened to me, and things weren't going that way this week. </div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Q.</strong> Talk about 16 after you tried to drive the green. (Went for the green; tee shot settled in the rough along the rim of the bunker; bad break)</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Yeah, that was a very interesting lie.</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Q.</strong> You went through the bunker and were on the grass?</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Yeah, I was in the grass. It was sandy, it was sitting kind of funky, a shot I could easily just kind of leave either three feet in front of me, or I decided to put it 15, 20 feet and try to make a putt, and I put it a little bit further than that but had to give myself a putt at it. You can't just sit around and get cute and leave it in the bunker. Now you're hoping to make 5. No, I played conservative and then tried to make a putt. </div><br /><div></div><div><strong>Q.</strong> At the time you got a little birdie momentum going, looked like maybe a Hazeltine Hail Mary going down the stretch -- </div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Well, I didn't hit a bad shot coming in. The only shot that I really hit that would be a poor shot was 18, and that was just a poor number in my head that I was trying to play to. I should have played a little bit deeper than what I did in my head. No, I didn't hit a bad shot all day, which was nice. </div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Q</strong>. You changed clubs on 18, too. What did you do?</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> I went from wedge to 9 because the wind kept going from down to more across and more across, and I played the 9 too soft.</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Q.</strong> What's this do for you looking ahead two weeks down the road where they hand out green jackets? Still feeling pretty good about the state of the game?</div><br /><div></div><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> I think it's a great sign, what happened this week, to make that many mistakes and only be two back. </div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Q.</strong> (Question regarding 16.)</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Well, I upshot that drive. If I hit it solid, I could get it there with really no problem. But I upshot it, ended up to the right. I knew if it was in the left bunker it was an easy bunker shot uphill into the grain, and I put it over the right. It was a poor shot combined with a very interesting lie. </div><div></div><br /><div><strong>Q.</strong> Over the weekend, the rain --</div><div></div><br /><div><strong>TIGER WOODS:</strong> Well, it's been a long week, and it's just going to be a long day today. It is what it is, and we all had to play through it. I had ample chances to get myself up there on that board and win the tournament and just didn't do it. </div>Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26512727.post-1136467262112320012008-03-17T17:29:00.005-04:002008-03-18T09:22:52.271-04:00Golfweek's Best for 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK08F9Xy9otCS5aCipkX9kDzg8mmqu-cNd271Udi5bET06Q0H7c4PyzJ-J1e67LxIYa8-APkwy4r4y81vAaLvDwSX-vg78lumG2ZXUOwly6MZGQhQ84FOal8PygjrqUNQiCP2/s1600-h/gwbestlogo.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178826130503549890" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsK08F9Xy9otCS5aCipkX9kDzg8mmqu-cNd271Udi5bET06Q0H7c4PyzJ-J1e67LxIYa8-APkwy4r4y81vAaLvDwSX-vg78lumG2ZXUOwly6MZGQhQ84FOal8PygjrqUNQiCP2/s400/gwbestlogo.gif" border="0" /></a> <strong>Golfweek </strong>is out with it's new list of <strong>America's Best</strong> courses. If you're a well-traveled golfer at all, it's great fun to scroll through the state-by-state rankings of <strong>"Best Courses You Can Play"</strong> to see which ones you've played.<br /><strong></strong><br /><em>Note: The asterisk next to a course denotes it new to the list. The (m) and (c) denote modern or classic courses.</em><br /><em></em><br /><strong>Pennsylvania</strong><br />1. Nemacolin Woodlands (Mystic Rock), Farmington (m)<br />2. GC at Glen Mills, Glen Mills (m)<br />3. Olde Stonewall, Ellwood City (m)<br />4. Bedford Springs Old Course, Bedford (c)<br />*5. Inniscrone, Avondale (m)<br />*6. Hershey CC (West), Hershey (c)<br />7. Lederach, Harleysville (m)<br />8. Hershey Links, Hummelstown (m)<br />9. Club at Morgan Hill, Easton (m)<br />10. Raven’s Claw, Limerick (m)<br /><br /><br />Personally, I think <strong>Inniscrone </strong>and <strong>Lederach</strong> are both ranked too high, although they both have ardent fans.<br /><br /><strong>New Jersey</strong><br />1. Atlantic City CC, Northfield (c)<br />2. Ballyowen, Hardyston (m)<br />3. Twisted Dune, Egg Harbor Township (m)<br />4. Sand Barrens, Swainton (m)<br />5. Pine Hill GC, Pine Hill (m)<br />6. Royce Brook (East), Somerville (m)<br />7. Scotland Run, Monroe Township (m)<br />8. Neshanic Valley, Neshanic Station (m)<br />9. Architects GC, Lopatcong (m)<br />*10. Shore Gate GC, Ocean View (m)<br />11. Seaview (Bay), Absecon (c)<br />12. Wild Turkey GC at Crystal Springs Resort, Hardyston (m)<br />13. Hominy Hill, Colts Neck (m)<br />14. RiverWinds, Thorofare (m)<br />*15. Vineyards at Renault Winery, Egg Harbor Township (m)<br /><br />If you ask me, <strong>Jersey </strong>has a stronger list of courses than <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>. Major props to local architect <strong>Ed Shearon</strong>, who has two courses on the list, <strong>RiverWinds</strong> and Vineyards at <strong>Renault Winery.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Delaware</strong><br />1. Bayside, Fenwick Island (m)<br />2. Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club, Newark (c)<br />*3. Back Creek, Middletown (m)<br />4. White Clay Creek, Newark (m)<br />*5. Baywood Greens, Long Neck (m)<br /><br />For the full state-by-state list, click <a href="http://www.golfweeksbest.com/GolfweeksBest/article.asp?ID=127">here</a>.Joe Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699707921755030408noreply@blogger.com7