Archive for October, 2006

31st 2006f October, 2006

The art of cannabalism

Posted by JFB in , , at 9:30 am | Permanent Link

The news this weekend was mortifying to anyone associated with The Tour Championship at East Lake CC in Atlanta: Tiger Woods backs out of end of year tournament. Not only is his face plastered all over every clubhouse pass and banner…but Coca Cola, a…

30th 2006f October, 2006

Is Tiger Bad for Golf? Ask Greg Norman

Posted by Golf Grouch in at 9:23 pm | Permanent Link

Golf has been an interest of mine since childhood. My grandfather was a golf nut and he passed the bug onto me. However, I wasn’t completely bitten. I enjoyed whacking balls at the range once in a while, but that was about the extent of my golf pas…

30th 2006f October, 2006

KJ Choi wins with new square driver (Nike Sumo 2)

Posted by mulligan in at 5:07 am | Permanent Link

The Chrysler Championship was the last open-field tournament on the PGA tour this year. And it proved to be an exciting one. First things first, KJ Choi won the tourney, pulling away after eagling the first hole and opening up a 3-shot lead. It’s KJ’s…

28th 2006f October, 2006

Jack Nicklaus dots the “i” in Script “Ohio”

Posted by mulligan in at 4:23 pm | Permanent Link

Today, at halftime of the Ohio State-Minnesota game, OSU alum Jack Nicklaus became only the 5th non-band member in OSU history to dot the “i” in the famous Script “Ohio” scrawled out on the field by The Ohio State Marching Band. (photo)
The milestone …

27th 2006f October, 2006

No Tiger in the Tour Championship

Posted by mulligan in at 5:20 pm | Permanent Link

Wow. First, Phil Mickelson pulled out of the season ending, invite-only Tour Championship — not a huge loss, given how Lefty was playing. Now, however, Tiger Woods has announced he’s pulling out, too. “Playing seven out of nine weeks with an addition…

27th 2006f October, 2006

Ernie Els is the most tech connected golfer in the world

Posted by mulligan in at 6:15 am | Permanent Link

By now, most of the professional golfers who blog appear to have shut down their operations for the year. But not Ernie Els. Just as dedicated as ever, Ernie continues to blog every week. Ernie appears to be pretty tech savvy, he even posted this ques…

26th 2006f October, 2006

THEE Best Damn Band In the Land

Posted by JFB in , at 6:58 am | Permanent Link

I went to college at U of Akron. We had a crap football team at the time….and….wanting to cheer for a winner, I adopted The Ohio State University as my “team”. They had great players, great history, and the games were always on TV, which was a big …

24th 2006f October, 2006

Alert-Reader shout-out!

Posted by JFB in , at 1:29 pm | Permanent Link

Thanks to an alert reader spying one of my old posts about the Wandering Golfer search, it seems that the field has been narrowed down. You can go to the Travel channel site to see the finalists and cast your vote .They have taken in over 1000 videos o…

23rd 2006f October, 2006

Michelle Wie gets advice from Sergio Garcia + Phil Mickelson

Posted by allCarry in at 9:30 pm | Permanent Link

The Golf Blog’s own Douglas asked here whether Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods should mentor Michelle Wie. Well, neither has happened. But AP’s Doug Ferguson reports recently met with two world class golfers who have had their own share of struggles:
“At…

23rd 2006f October, 2006

Viewer Mail: Anonymous Writes…

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