Transitions, Bay Hill, Masters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, March 18th, 2011
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Phil Mickelson • The Masters • Tiger Woods

Transitions Championship

Sergio Garcia

The Transitions Championship is this week. There has been a lot of press about Sergio Garcia’s return and how exciting that is. Unless he’s undergone a complete brain transplant, I’m not sure the prospect of Sergio’s return is all that great to me. Time will tell if he does come into the game with a better attitude and actually enjoys it. He was tough to watch last year, dragging his wrists on the fairways and all slumped over. Very depressing.

Garcia is already playing his 2nd round, and has gotten himself to -6 which is one shot behind the current leaders.

Bay Hill/Masters

Tiger Woods

Despite the fact that the Transitions Championship is this week, it seems that there’s been more coverage about the fact that Tiger Woods has committed to playing Bay Hill next week. News flash: Tiger playing the Arnold Palmer Invitational isn’t news. Tiger ALWAYS plays Bay Hill. You can set your clock by it. And more big news is that Tiger has officially committed to play the Masters. Oh really? I thought he was going to skip The Masters and rest up for playing the Texas Open the following week.

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson has confirmed Bay Hill and the Shell Houston Open on his schedule as a tune up for The Masters. Some golf scribes are already saying that Phil isn’t physically what he was due to the arthritis, and that we’ve seen the best of him come and go. They say he won’t win the Masters. I don’t think you can use the tournaments prior to the Masters as a gauge any more. Phil gets so geared up for Augusta and loves that tournament/course so much I think we won’t know the state of his real game until then. And I hope he wins another one.

Jhonny Vegas/Masters

It is cool to see the comments on Twitter by some of the players who are about to be playing their first Masters. I felt so happy for Jhonnatan Vegas when he Tweeted and shot a picture coming down Magnolia Lane. I doubt he’ll really tear up Augusta for his first time, but he does have the game to do it.

Fred Funk

So I’m mentioning all these super big guns on the PGA Tour and the next highlight is Fred Funk? That’s because I just finished an interview with Fred. Stay tuned for that interview coming up soon.

2010 Masters Sunday Blog

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf • The Masters • Tiger Woods
Tags: Phil Mickelson • The Masters • Tiger Woods

6:55pm ET: Phil Mickelson wins his 3rd green jacket after an exclamation point birdie on the last hole. What an incredible week it has been for me in particular, as I was on the grounds at Augusta National for the first time. What a tournament. What a place. And I’m spent.

Good news: only 361 days left until the 2011 Masters.

6:40pm: Westwood makes birdie on #17 but Phil handles the pressure making a par putt from about six feet. Two shot lead with the final hole to play. It ain’t over yet. Woods finishes with a 69 after making birdie on the final hole. Strangely, he and Choi played together for four straight days and shot the exact same scores all four days.

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Over 100 new photos added to Masters image gallery

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Ian Poulter • The Masters • Tiger Woods

I’ve just added over 100 photos to the HOG Masters Gallery. I also added a whole new album called Masters Odd Stuff for things you may not normally see at Augusta National. Here are a couple of samples from the 2010 Masters Tournament gallery.

Above: Tiger Woods tees of on #9

Above: Ian Poulter reads a tough break on the par-3 6th hole

Above: A view you never see, looking back at the tee from #13 fairway. COOL!

2010 Masters leaderboard after day two – Saturday parings and tee times

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: The Masters

POS		Name			ROUNDS				TOTAL
POS		Name	TOTAL	Tee Time	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
Saturday Beginning Leaderboard
T1	–	Ian Poulter	-8	2:45 pm ET	68	68	–	–	136
T1	–	Lee Westwood	-8	2:45 pm ET	67	69	–	–	136
T3	–	Phil Mickelson	-6	2:15 pm ET	67	71	–	–	138
T3	–	Ricky Barnes	-6	2:25 pm ET	68	70	–	–	138
T3	–	Anthony Kim	-6	2:25 pm ET	68	70	–	–	138
T3	–	K.J. Choi	-6	2:35 pm ET	67	71	–	–	138
T3	–	Tiger Woods	-6	2:35 pm ET	68	70	–	–	138
8	–	Y.E. Yang	-5	2:15 pm ET	67	72	–	–	139
T9	–	Tom Watson	-3	1:55 pm ET	67	74	–	–	141
T9	–	Fred Couples	-3	2:05 pm ET	66	75	–	–	141
T9	–	Soren Kjeldsen	-3	2:05 pm ET	70	71	–	–	141
T12	–	Bill Haas	-2	1:45 pm ET	72	70	–	–	142
T12	–	Hunter Mahan	-2	1:45 pm ET	71	71	–	–	142
T12	–	Trevor Immelman	-2	1:55 pm ET	69	73	–	–	142
T15	–	Robert Karlsson	-1	1:15 pm ET	71	72	–	–	143
T15	–	Mike Weir	-1	1:15 pm ET	71	72	–	–	143
T15	–	Dustin Johnson	-1	1:25 pm ET	71	72	–	–	143
T15	–	Matt Kuchar	-1	1:25 pm ET	70	73	–	–	143
T15	–	Sean O’Hair	-1	1:35 pm ET	72	71	–	–	143
T15	–	Kenny Perry	-1	1:35 pm ET	72	71	–	–	143
T21	–	Ernie Els	E	12:25 pm ET	71	73	–	–	144
T21	–	Francesco Molinari	E	12:25 pm ET	70	74	–	–	144
T21	–	Steve Marino	E	12:35 pm ET	71	73	–	–	144
T21	–	David Toms	E	12:35 pm ET	69	75	–	–	144
T21	–	Sergio Garcia	E	12:55 pm ET	74	70	–	–	144
T21	–	Adam Scott	E	12:55 pm ET	69	75	–	–	144
T21	–	Zach Johnson	E	1:05 pm ET	70	74	–	–	144
T21	–	Nick Watney	E	1:05 pm ET	68	76	–	–	144
T29	–	Retief Goosen	+1	12:05 pm ET	74	71	–	–	145
T29	–	Heath Slocum	+1	12:05 pm ET	72	73	–	–	145
T29	–	Ryan Moore	+1	12:15 pm ET	72	73	–	–	145
T29	–	Charl Schwartzel	+1	12:15 pm ET	69	76	–	–	145
T33	–	Geoff Ogilvy	+2	11:25 am ET	74	72	–	–	146
T33	–	Jerry Kelly	+2	11:35 am ET	72	74	–	–	146
T33	–	Scott Verplank	+2	11:35 am ET	73	73	–	–	146
T33	–	Steve Stricker	+2	11:45 am ET	73	73	–	–	146
T33	–	Camilo Villegas	+2	11:45 am ET	74	72	–	–	146
T33	–	Ben Crane	+2	11:55 am ET	71	75	–	–	146
T33	–	Steve Flesch	+2	11:55 am ET	75	71	–	–	146
T40	–	Robert Allenby	+3	10:45 am ET	72	75	–	–	147
T40	–	Angel Cabrera	+3	10:45 am ET	73	74	–	–	147
T40	–	Chad Campbell	+3	10:55 am ET	79	68	–	–	147
T40	–	Matteo Manassero(a)	+3	10:55 am ET	71	76	–	–	147
T40	–	Nathan Green	+3	11:05 am ET	72	75	–	–	147
T40	–	Yuta Ikeda	+3	11:05 am ET	70	77	–	–	147
T40	–	Lucas Glover	+3	11:15 am ET	76	71	–	–	147
T40	–	Miguel Angel Jimenez	+3	11:15 am ET	72	75	–	–	147
T40	–	Jason Dufner	+3	11:25 am ET	75	72	–	–	147
Missed Cut
CUT	–	Tim Clark	+4	–	75	73	–	–	148
CUT	–	Ben Curtis	+4	–	73	75	–	–	148
CUT	–	Ryo Ishikawa	+4	–	72	76	–	–	148
CUT	–	Larry Mize	+4	–	76	72	–	–	148
CUT	–	John Senden	+4	–	71	77	–	–	148
CUT	–	Luke Donald	+5	–	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	–	Soren Hansen	+5	–	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	–	Padraig Harrington	+5	–	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	–	Martin Kaymer	+5	–	76	73	–	–	149
CUT	–	Bernhard Langer	+5	–	71	78	–	–	149
CUT	–	Graeme McDowell	+5	–	75	74	–	–	149
CUT	–	John Merrick	+5	–	72	77	–	–	149
CUT	–	Mark O’Meara	+5	–	75	74	–	–	149
CUT	–	Ryan Palmer	+5	–	72	77	–	–	149
CUT	–	Nathan Smith(a)	+5	–	74	75	–	–	149
CUT	–	Brad Benjamin(a)	+6	–	73	77	–	–	150
CUT	–	Simon Dyson	+6	–	77	73	–	–	150
CUT	–	Justin Leonard	+6	–	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	–	Edoardo Molinari	+6	–	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	–	Kevin Na	+6	–	74	76	–	–	150
CUT	–	Alvaro Quiros	+6	–	75	75	–	–	150
CUT	–	David Duval	+7	–	76	75	–	–	151
CUT	–	Brian Gay	+7	–	74	77	–	–	151
CUT	–	Todd Hamilton	+7	–	74	77	–	–	151
CUT	–	Marc Leishman	+7	–	72	79	–	–	151
CUT	–	Rory Mcilroy	+7	–	74	77	–	–	151
CUT	–	John Rollins	+7	–	75	76	–	–	151
CUT	–	Oliver Wilson	+7	–	78	73	–	–	151
CUT	–	Stewart Cink	+8	–	76	76	–	–	152
CUT	–	Shingo Katayama	+8	–	75	77	–	–	152
CUT	–	Louis Oosthuizen	+8	–	75	77	–	–	152
CUT	–	Paul Casey	+9	–	75	78	–	–	153
CUT	–	Ross Fisher	+9	–	77	76	–	–	153
CUT	–	Rory Sabbatini	+9	–	75	78	–	–	153
CUT	–	Vijay Singh	+10	–	76	78	–	–	154
CUT	–	Chris Wood	+10	–	78	76	–	–	154
CUT	–	Byeong-Hun An(a)	+11	–	78	77	–	–	155
CUT	–	Ben Crenshaw	+11	–	77	78	–	–	155
CUT	–	Chang-Won Han(a)	+11	–	79	76	–	–	155
CUT	–	Sandy Lyle	+11	–	69	86	–	–	155
CUT	–	Ben Martin(a)	+11	–	75	80	–	–	155
CUT	–	Henrik Stenson	+11	–	80	75	–	–	155
CUT	–	Jim Furyk	+12	–	80	76	–	–	156
CUT	–	Anders Hansen	+13	–	80	77	–	–	157
CUT	–	Craig Stadler	+13	–	79	78	–	–	157
CUT	–	Michael Campbell	+20	–	83	81	–	–	164
CUT	–	Ian Woosnam	+20	–	81	83	–	–	164
WD	–	Thongchai Jaidee	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Fred Couples and his skateboard shoes lead the Masters

Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, April 9th, 2010
Categories: PGA Tour
Tags: Fred Couples • The Masters

While watching the Tuesday practice round at the Masters this week we followed Fred Couples around on hole #9 and hole #10. We noticed the Ecco shoes and that he was wearing had no spikes. In fact my dad popped some pictures of the shoes (left). He does this to help reduce the impact of walking on his bad back.

On hole #9 we watched Freddie bomb his drive far past three flat bellied younger players.

What can we learn from this? Are spikes or regular golf shoes overrated? Perhaps. I know if I don’t wear spikes I slip all over the place because my weight and balance is shifting so much. Freddy’s balance and center is so good, that he doesn’t slip.

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