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Dustin Johnson’s Special Delivery

It was a normal day for one Patrick Spina as he made his way to the Upper Montclair County Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey for a driver lesson with his pro. When he arrived, however, he was met with quite a surprise. Dustin Johnson showed up in a Fedex delivery van, dressed as a…

2011 PGA Championship Cartoon via 7th Inning Sketch

I received an email today from Gary Finkler, who’s recently started blogging and has taken a pretty neat and creative approach to the craft. His website is 7thinningsketch.com and he covers sports headline news. Rather than writing a 200-400 word article on the news, he uses his god given talent and creates a humorous visualization…

2011 PGA Championship Prize Money List

Below are the top 20 finishers from the 2011 PGA Championship and their prize money. Place Player Score Prize Money 1 BRADLEY,Keegan 272 $1,445,000.00 2 DUFNER,Jason 272 $865,000.00 3 HANSEN,Anders 273 $545,000.00 T4 KARLSSON,Robert 275 $331,000.00 T4 TOMS,David 275 $331,000.00 T4 VERPLANK,Scott 275 $331,000.00 7 SCOTT,Adam 276 $259,000.00 T8 WESTWOOOD,Lee 277 $224,500.00 T8 DONALD,Luke 277…

2011 PGA Championship WITB Keegan Bradley

I’ve gotta say, the 2011 PGA Championship is one for the record books! Nothing better than a major that ends in a playoff. Keegan Bradley, the “rookie of the year,” overcoming a triple-bogey on the 15th hole during Sunday’s round, beat Jason Duffner in a 3-hole playoff to claim the 93rd PGA Championship, the Wanamaker…

2011 PGA Championship Day Two Recap

I’ve got to say that today’s play at the 2011 PGA Championship is certainly setting us up for a most interesting weekend! The leaderboard looks much different today than it did yesterday. That’s one of the great things about the majors, it’s any mans game and  more often than not, you’ll see a bunch of…

2011 PGA Championship Day One Recap

Day One at the 2011 PGA Championship turned out to be nothing short of what one would expect from one of golfs major tournaments. If you missed my earlier post, you can catch all the action online and with your Iphone/Ipad. One thing I’ve noticed with the app on the Ipad, it doesn’t realign it’s…

2011 PGA Championship – TaylorMade Major Call

TaylorMade and Addidas Golf invite you to participate in their 2011 PGA Championship Major Call Contest. The rules are pretty simple. select your favorite PGA Pro and accurately predict their eagle, birdie and bogey totals during the 2011 PGA Championship and WIN BIG! Sounds pretty simple, no? 🙂 Each day of the tournament, they’re also…

5 Golf Companies you’ve not heard about but should

My buddy John Duval, who writes intothegrain.com posted up his 5 Golf Companies You Have Not Heard Of, I figured it was a good idea, so I came up with some others. Eidolon Golf Eidolon Golf makes some of the finest wedges on the market. Their patented V-Sole design combines both high and low bounce…

Golf Connection: New Virtual Golf Simulator

Konami, recently showcased it’s latest virtual golf simulator called Golf Connection. In addition to awesome video games, the company  delves in amusement machines. It’s newest golf simulator features technology that requires no special ball markings to register your golf shot and boasts accurate to within 30 centimeters. Golf Connection also features 150 replicated real-world golf…

Seven Days in Utopia coming to the big screen

David L. Cook’s best-selling book Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia makes it’s big screen debut on September 2nd, 2011. The film follows the story of Luke Chisolm (played by Lucas Black), a talented young golfer trying to make it on the professional tour. When his first big shot turns out…

Is Tiger Woods Running Out of Money?

Over at CNN Money, I came across a pretty interesting article about Tiger Woods and his recent endorsement deal with Kowa Company Ltd. This Japanese  company signed Tiger to hawk their newest Antiphlogistic Analgetic topical cream called Vantelin. Below is the 15 second commercial where Woods, after hitting that ridiculously awesome swing of his turns…

2011 Open Championship – Darren Clarke WITB

What’s in the Bag (WITB) for 2011 Open Championship winner Darren Clarke Below are the weapons 2011 Open Championship Winner Darren Clarke used to take out the competition. DRIVER: 9° TaylorMade R11 Driver with a Project X 8A4 shaft FAIRWAY WOODS: 13° TaylorMade R9  with a Project X 8A4 shaft HYBRID: 19° TaylorMade Rescue TP…

Tiger’s ex Elin Nordegren dating son of billionaire

It’s the summer of love for Tiger Woods ex wife, Elin Nordegren, as the New York Post reports that she has been dating 35-year-old South African investor Jamie Dingman, son of billionaire Michael Dingman, for several months. Jamie works for his father and is an accomplished emerging-markets veteran who has represented his interests in China…

Amateur Tom Lewis makes Open Championship History

Twenty-year-old amateur Tom Lewis makes history during the opening round of the 2011 Open Championship by shooting a 5-under 65, the lowest round by an amateur ever recorded in Open Championship history. Lewis was named by his father, Brian, who is a former European Tour Professional,  after 8-time major championships winner Tom (Toooooooooooome) Watson, his…

Sean O’Hairs errant tee shot turns out to be a God send

During the final round of the 2010 AT&T National spectator Chris Logan experienced first hand the ever popular expression “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” The 25-year-old from West Chester, Pa., was following his favorite golfer, Sean O’Hair, who drove an errant tee shot into the crowd, directly into the side of Logan’s head. When…

PGA Tour Facebook Matchups Game

Starting this week with the Travelers Championship and running through the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, the PGA TOUR is introducing a new, easy Matchups Game on Facebook that awards fans with weekly prizes while expanding the TOUR’s social media presence. Each week, from June 20 through Sept. 22, the PGA TOUR Facebook page will list…

Maurice Allen Super Athlete and Long Drive Hopeful

Maurice Allen is a multi-sport athlete and Olympic caliber sprinter turned golf phenom. He picked up a golf club for the first time in June 2010. Below is a video constantly being shown on NBC News in Atlanta. The video features Maurice consistently hitting golf balls in excess of 450 yards and straight as an…

Barack Obama and John Boehner to duel on the course

On June 18th, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner will finally hit the links for a round of golf and outdoor  negotiation. The offer was made by President Obama six months earlier after White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested the bipartisan pair could work out their differences on the course. Both men…