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Breaking News: Ernie Els is +2 for the season

6:00pm ET – Kapalua, Hawaii – Hyundai Tournament of Champions Ernie Els is two over par for this season. Ok, well he has played two holes so far and bogeyed both…

Camilo Villegas signs with TaylorMade

Villegas is now a TaylorMade player

This was a sticky issue back in August 2010 when word got out that Camilo Villegas was switching from Cobra/Titleist to Taylormade. Camilo’s contract wasn’t up yet, and such announcements…

ECCOcardioGraeme – Ecco signs Graeme McDowell

What endorsement deal is next for Graeme?

The endorsement deals are flowing in for 2010 US Open winner Graeme McDowell. I recently posted about Graeme’s switch to Srixon and I just got word from Ecco that…

Category: PGA Tour

A stitch in time saves $70K? Ogilvy likely to withdraw from PGA Tour opener today.

This week’s PGA Tour event, they Hyundai Tournament of Champions, is an invitational for players who won in the 2010 season. There are no alternates and there’s no Monday qualifying or anything like that. A stitch in time saves $70,000…

Category: Golf Media, PGA Tour, Pro Golf, Tiger Woods

TGC wants to mic up players? Is that a good idea?

So Golf Channel wants to mic up some PGA Tour players eh? And by the way folks, being a former audio engineer for 25+ years I want to clarify that the correct spelling is “mic” and not “mike.” “Mic” is…