Newsflash: Kapalua Golf Course has been renamed to “Apple-lua” after Stewart Appleby won his 3rd Mercedes Championship in a row. He’s going to have to build a new wing onto his house to store all the Mercedes cars he wins every January. Shall we just write him in next year too?
Other blogs are claiming this year’s PGA Tour has started with a ho-hum, boring start. I don’t think they are true golf fans. This was a truly great tournament and a very good “test” of the players’ skills. The greens were brutally fast and the winds were 20-40 miles per hour for 4 straight days. If that was ho-hum golf, perhaps those bloggers ought to blog about something else.
The finish was fun too. Appleby had to birdie the 663 yard 18th hole just to get into a playoff with Vijay Singh who posted -8 with a stellar round. Appleby then birdied the 18th again to win.
Now the question I’ve asked before: Can Appleby win some other tournament?
I’ve never put HOG in any kind of thing like this but let’s try and see what happens…
The Sixth Annual Weblog Awards (Bloggies) are underway and I’d love to have your support. Just head on over to 2006.bloggies.com and enter HOG. The more pub the site gets, the bigger it gets and the more free drivers and boxes of ProV1’s I can hand out to each visitor….well, maybe not.
I’m bummed they don’t have a sports weblog category. That’s kind of dumb. But these are the categories that I’m shooting for:
Best American Weblog
Best Topical Weblog
Best-Designed Weblog
Weblog of the Year
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The group number is: 4649
The password is: masters
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I’m working on sponsors to provide prizes and I’ve got some arranged already!
Years ago when Fred Couples played so well at Kapalua they called it “Couples-lua.” Now they’re going to have to name it “Applelua” or “Stewalua” or something. Appleby takes a two shot lead into Sunday at -6. Campbell is 2 back, Furyk 3, Glover 4 and Singh 5.
The winds are still high but the pins are a bit more friendly. In fact one pin was extremely friendly to Lucas Glover. Lucas Glover won himself a new car with a hole in one on the 8th hole! It’s not just any car, it’s a Mercedes CLS55 worth about $90,000 (pictured).
Appleby should win unless he makes a major mistake or Campbell has a stellar round. OK, fine. Now Stewart, can you win another tournament? 🙂
Jason Gore almost got his third 80 in a row but instead shot 81. He’s now in last. But the good news for him and anyone else IN the field is that it’s guaranteed dough. I believe last place is good for about $70,000. I feel like I’m perfectly capable of shooting 4 rounds in the 80’s and collecting $70K. I’d love the chance!
The Punch Driver
By the way, it’s been very cool to watch the pros hitting “punch drivers.” Appleby, Singh, Garcia and others have been hitting low stingers with their drivers. The balls are hardly getting off the ground and they’re rolling 50+ yards after they land. Vijay is actually hitting his driver off the deck on the tee! Man these guys are good.
My buddy Jay Flemma was kind enough to send some great golf course pictures for the HOG Photo Gallery! Check ’em out!
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