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2009 Fantasy Golf Champ Claims Prize

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:58:27 +0000

Congratulations once more to “Fore Heaven” for a great year in the 2009 HOG Space Fantasy Golf League! In the picture to the right you can see the happy smile as the winner shows off his prize, a sweet and shiny pair of FootJoy MyJoy Icons with his favorite college team’s logo on them. Unfortunately his [...]

Tiger Woods sighting in Australia

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:38:51 +0000

Tiger Woods will be playing in the Masters this week. That is the “Australian Masters.” I’d fly all the way there and play in that tournament too, and for far less than the $3 million appearance fee Tiger is getting for just showing up. In fact I think I’d probably fly [...]

Hell Day Tournament 2009 Video

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:39:18 +0000

For those who wanted to get the flavor of my club’s Hell Day tournament, here’s a YouTube video below for your enjoyment. When I posted the 2008 video, YouTube killed the audio because I used a Disturbed song. To avoid that this time around the soundtrack for this one is some cuts from [...]

Advise for chipping on tight lies

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:57 +0000

The weather is changing here. The grass on the courses has slowed or stopped growing. When the courses aren’t covered in winter snow here in Utah and the grass is dormant, the lies in the fairways or anywhere there’s short grass, can be very tight. Chipping with higher lofted wedges I usually like to chip with my [...]

The new CNN web site sucks

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:22:24 +0000

Forget golf for a second. I used to drop by the CNN web site on a daily basis to check up on the rest of the world apart from golf. Now I’m going to find a new place to go. The new design of their site sucks. There’s much less “information” on the home page [...]

Hell Day is a fun tournament format

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:55 +0000

Today is the annual Hell Day Tournament at my local club. This is the last event of the year. The tournament was snowed out last week so today is the rescheduled day. I got this idea from a club I was in a few years ago. During Hell Day, we set the course up completely [...]

Tiger Woods is in action this week at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:42:59 +0000

Good news for Tiger addicts, he’s playing this week in Shanghai at the WGC HSBC Champions, Sheshan International golf course. Phil Mickelson and many other bigs will be there too. So late in the season (snow has flown here already but melted) we can watch some good golf on TV this week. HSBC Champions Television Coverage [...]

2009 Golf Hall Of Fame Inductees

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:27:14 +0000

Last night Lanny Wadkins, Jose Maria Olazabal and Christy O’Connor Sr. were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Olazabal was in tears as Seve Ballesteros gave his presentation speech saying “Enjoy this special night and from me, receive a big hug.” For a full transcript of the speeches by the inductees and others such [...]

One of these two golfers is breaking the law

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:39:54 +0000

Left is my golf buddy Marius and right is Arnie. They’re next to the most photographed “smoking area golf sign” in the northern hemisphere of our planet. The green is north of the sign, which faces west. Therefore, Marius is smoking his cigarette within the boundary between the sign and the green on that hole. [...]

Checking in on some other golf blogs

Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:54:00 +0000

I don’t get out to other golf blogs as often as I’d like to these days. I’m very busy with my own golf blog here, The Golf Space, running some other sites, attempting to play golf and have some semblance of a personal life. Since I’m feeling a bit of writer’s blogger’s cramp I [...]