Our friends over at the Hackers Paradise are putting on another totally awesome contest. Here’s a link to the forum with the details. The Hackers Paradise – OnPar GPS Giveaway It’s pretty simple to enter the drawing. Be a registered member of the forum (free and takes like two seconds) Answer the three scavenger hunt…
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Dozen “Near Mint” Titleist Pro-V1’s for $13.82
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Golfballnut.com is running a Halloween special on Titleist Pro-V1’s. They’re selling a dozen near mint recycled Titleist Pro-V1’s for $14.55. If you add the coupon code twitter5, they’ll take an additional 5% off the order bringing it down to $13.82. I chose ground shipping and it brought the total price up to $20.65. That’s not…
2nd Annual Future Stars Foundation Pro-Am
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The 2nd Annual Future Stars Foundation Pro-am is happening on February 20th, 2010 over at Errol Estates Country Club. The price per person is $200 and it includes a round of golf and dinner. The tournament is going to be a modified bramble format, where one pro will be paired up with three amateurs. I…
Epoch Tees – 123 Wins on Tour and Counting
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The fine folks over at Evolve Golf were kind enough to send me a few package of Epoch tees to try out and write about. They sent them to me about two months ago and sorry to say, I’m a little late in reporting in.. sorry about that fellas, appreciate your patience! I realize now…
Golf Joke – 18 Reasons Why Golf is Better Than Sex
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Here’s a link to more Golf Humor. 18 Reasons Why Golf Is Better Than Sex You don’t have to sneak your golf magazines into the house. If you are having trouble with golf, it is perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to show you how to improve your technique The Ten Commandments do not say…
Twitter and Pentair Pool Pumps
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I know you’re probably asking what does twitter and Pentair Pool Pumps have in common and the answer is the worlds greatest (self proclaimed) golf blogger. 🙂 So here’s my story. A couple months back I was on twitter complaining about my crazy high electricity bills, I had just received the bill and it was…
Take your Game Indoors with the Optishot
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A friend of mine over at the Golf Channel had the pleasure of demoing Dancin’ Dogs latest creation, the Optishot Infrared Golf Simulator. Here’s the link to the article. Take Your Game Indoors This bad boy has me foaming at the mouth (haha bad rabies joke..)! I especially like the concept of being able to…
2nd Annual “Got Karma” Golf Tournament
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There’s a Golf Tourney this Friday out at StoneyBrook East to help support the Nepalese Orphans. See below for info.. If you wish to know more about the charity, visit Rising Lotus Children’s Village.
Popular Golf Betting Games
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I’ve been doing some research on golf betting games played on the course and I was pretty surprised at just how many there were. I’ve never been a big gambler on the golf course, well, with money anyway.. I always go for the risky shots and end up losing my shirt but… that’s a different…
Black Bear Golf Club is now available on Golfnow.com!
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Received an email yesterday announcing that Black Bear Golf Club is now available on golfnow.com Orlando! Here’s the link. Black Bear Golf Club If you’ve never played out there, it’s definitely worth the drive! It’s a P.B Dye design, featuring four sets of tees with the tips playing 7062 yards. Course rating is 74.1 with…
3 LPGA players pose semi-nude for ESPN’s Body Issue
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ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue hit the news stands on October 9th, 2009. This is the magazines competition to the SI Swimsuit issue where professional athletes from all arenas pose in artistic photos wearing nothing but their birthday suits. There’s some big names in this issue like Dwight Howard, Serena Williams, Adrian Peterson, Carl Edwards,…
Manuel de los Santos – an Inspiration
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Manuel de los Santos, a man who should be an inspiration to us all. He began as a promising young baseball player out of the Dominican Republic with hopes of fame and riches playing the sport professionally. After a terrible accident where he was struck by a car while on his motorcycle, those hopes quickly…
Men’s USGA Handicap Indexes
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Found this on the USGA website. This chart shows you what percentage of golfers have your handicap and how your handicap stacks up against the rest of the country. Here’s the link. Men’s USGA Handicap Indexes USGA Hdcp Idx Percent of Total Cumulative +1 or better 0.13% 0.13% 0 0.55% 0.68% 1 0.57% 1.25% 2…
How would you like to attend the 2010 PGA Show?
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The fine folks over at The Hackers Paradise are giving one lucky forum member a chance to join them for the 2010 PGA Merchandise Show. The winner will receive: -Airfare to the event -Hotel Accommodations -Ticket to Inclusive THP Dinner -Admission Ticket to the PGA Merchandise Show as part of THP -Admission Ticket to the…
Check out the new Winter Park Country Club Clubhouse
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Winter Park Country Club opened the doors today on their new pro shop and clubhouse. The timing coincided with their monthly lecture series where pro golfer and (in my opinion) golf great Lee Janzen was the guest speaker. Below are some pictures of the new clubhouse. If you haven’t played the course yet, I recommend…
Tiger Woods is the 1st athelete to make one billion
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Found this on Fox Sports. FedEx Cup pushes Tiger past $1B mark He started the season with $895 million, that combined with this 10.5 million in winnings, FedEx Cup bonus, endorsement money, appearance fees ($3 million) and course design business ($10 million per course) pushed him over the one billion mark. Tiger woods is 33….…
TaylorMade introduces the R9 Irons
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Yesterday, TaylorMade “Officially” announced the new, soon-to-be released R9 Irons. I use “Officially” because our friends over at The Hackers Paradise have known about and written about them for a while now. I was able to see first hand these clubs in action (or perhaps second hand, considering, I couldn’t hit them because they were…
Victoria Hills Golf Club Named “Top 50 Public Course”
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Check it out, Victoria Hills Golf Club was voted as one of the top 50 public golf courses in the country by the readers of Golf World Magazine! I told you it was one of the most under-rated golf courses in the area!! 🙂 They’re also one of the few walker friendly golf courses in…