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Hey Everyone,

Sorry the blog hasn’t been updated very much recently, as of August 10th, 2010 around 7:25pm, the OGB family increased by one.

Weighing in at a hefty six pounds, 13 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches, my lovely wife gave birth to our third son, Niko.

As you can see, he came out of the womb ready to take up the worlds greatest sport. Having three boys is really great, it’s greatly increased the chance that I’ll have a professional golfer in the house!

The transition from two to three children is a pretty significant change and I find myself lacking enough hours in the day to get everything done! So, please, be patient, I’ll be back posting amazing content in no time!

Just in time for the weekend, today’s Groupon Orlando Deal is a 53% discount off of your tee time and range balls out at Hawks Landing Golf Club.

There’s no limitations to when you can play, only that you need to book the round in advance, which.. 95% of the time you do anyway.

The rate is usually $95 and today it’s only $45. If you enjoyed the round and want to go back out, same day replays are only $20 bucks.

You can purchase up to two per person and the deal lasts until Sunday.

Designed by golf architect Robert Cupp Jr., Hawk’s Landing Golf Club blends Florida’s natural beauty with a pristine course layout. Loosen up before your first power-drive on the club’s practice range and putting greens. Then, expect to use every club in your bag as you navigate the 6,600-yard course, as well as both your irises as you gaze upon luminous azaleas, tropical vegetation, and Florida wildlife. In addition to the GPS-ready cart and balls included with this Groupon, golfers also receive complimentary access to the women’s and men’s locker rooms. Afterward, stop by the club’s fully stocked golf shop to find equipment to transform quadruple bogeys into persistent, high-five-deserving birdies.

I’ve never played Hawks Landing, but I’ve heard it’s a fun and challenging course.

While you’re here, feel free to check out my Orlando golf course reviews and if you’re looking to play, here’s a selection of discount Orlando tee times.

Golf Jokes – golfing with an old man

A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if played fast, he could squeeze in nine holes before he had to head home for dinner.

Just as he was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man as he was golfing alone. Not being able to say no, he allowed the fellow golfer to join him.

To his surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He didn’t hit the ball far, but plodded along consistently and didn’t waste any time.

Finally, they reached the ninth fairway and the young man found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of his ball – and directly between his ball and the green.

After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot the old man finally said, “You know, when I was your age I’d hit the ball right over that tree.”

With the challenge placed before him, the younger golfer swung hard, hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk and it thudded back on the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay.

The old man offered one more comment, “Of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall.”

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I saw the cover of the new Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 and thought to myself, that’s odd.. why is Rory McIlory on the cover? Then I started thinking about previous versions of the game and was trying to visualize the covers and couldn’t think of a single one where Tiger shared floor space with another golfer.

Doing some research I discovered that this is the first year in the history of the franchise that a player other than Tiger Woods has been featured on “his” game.

Mere coincidence? Possibly..

Tiger Woods 2011 features a new officially licensed Ryder Cup which no other version of the game has had, which could explain it.. which, by the way, looks pretty cool. You can gather up 23 online friends and play an entire Ryder Cup. I can’t imagine the coordination of 24 folks online at the same time will be all that simple, but if you can achieve, I bet it’d be a pretty cool experience.

I wasn’t the first one to notice this not-so-subtle shift on the Tiger Woods 2010 Cover, over at golfweek Eric Soderstrom wrote a piece on it… three months back (yeah, I’m not the sharpest pencil in the box). Check it out..

McIlroy joins Woods on ‘Tiger 2011′ cover

What do you think? Is EA going to try (i don’t see how) to distance itself from Tiger?