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GolfBlogger ACE
Congratulations for my pal GolfBlogger! He recorded an ACE!...
Golf partner yells at two old ladies
On the first hole yesterday I saw a ball in front of my buddy while he was hitting his 3rd shot (par 5). A few holes later apparently a ball nearly hit my buddy while he was walking off the green. ...
Mother nature shows me the target on a glorious morning
I had a glorious round with my dad this past Sunday morning, only the 2nd time in three weeks I’ve hit a golf ball. We teed off first of the day at just before 7:30am. At his beautiful club ...
The fudge worked
In my previous post I wondered if the Sweet & Saucy fudge would help my golf game. After a three week period in which I didnt’ touch a club (yes hell froze over), I shot a 74 on a very to...
Talkin’ smack & backin’ it up
In my round with my dad yesterday I came to the par-3 13th hole at +2. My ball striking, especially my irons, had been pretty good. I guess practicing a bunch of 5-irons on the range helped that day...
Handicap is going up
I’ve struggled this summer. Unfortunately my schedule has been all thrown out of whack by a “commitment” I made which I’m really regretting. Never again. As a result my score...
Balls on a wire
Today was my usual Thursday grudge match. We played a different course which wasn’t in our normal rotation. They’d “added” black tees, but essentially the black tees are the ...
Player formerly known as “Female Tiger Woods” misses yet another cut on the PGA Tour
Yawnnn… ZZZZZZZ. Oh, is this thing on? As you may know, I’m golf blog boycotting a certain player who was formerly referred to as “the female Tiger Woods” (FTW). FTW seems ...
Greetings from Vegas
A quick post from road on the HOG world tour Greetings from Las Vegas. Just played Reflection Bay today. The TPC of Vegas is tomorrow and then I’ll be back to HOG world headquarters for more r...
Golf Chick tan line a tragedy? I think not
In this post, The Golf Chick tells of a playing parnter’s tan line tragedy. Her partner apparently golfs enough to have what my friends and I affectionately call a “golfer’s tan....
Incredible back nine yesterday
Every Thursday my buddies and I have a grudge match. We’ve been having the “Thursday game” for 15 years or so now. Yesterday it was just me versus my good pal Arnie. Arnie is a gr...
HOG reader Thomas Griesau records hole in one, with his driver
I just got a great email from HOG reader Mike Fazio. I doubt he’s related to Tom Fazio, but if he is… we need to talk. Mike is a reader who’s friend just aced a hole. I send my co...
Injuries all around
I’m golf blogging from my favorite restaurant, sipping a refreshing “beverage” and listening to a jazz piano player playing “Mona Lisa.” My buddy who owns the place jus...
Nearly cutting his arm in half won’t stop my friend Brian from golfing
Golfinator Four: Judgement Swing I have a friend named Brian who I’ve played dozens of rounds of golf with. A couple of weeks ago I ran into Brian in the pro shop and saw a bizarre contraption ...
17 on my home course must be cursed
Man did I have a smokin’ round today. I mean, I was damn near on fire. I was kicking the rear end of my pal, the head pro and director of golf. On #16 approach I saw some smoke coming from #1...
The cart is in the river and the river is in the cart
There were some “issues” today on the 17th hole at my home course. It seems that two boneheads were racing their carts down the windy path off of 17 tee. That path goes on a bridge ove...
Pop and I take 2nd in Father’s Day tourney
Today is the yearly tournament my pop and I play in at his club. We’ve won the Father’s Day tournament a few times over the years, but my dad is 72+ now and starting to lose a bit of his...
Pal beats up the cart boy
I’m golf blogging from the cafe at my home course. My round today lasted 2.5 holes. During a break between #2 and #3 due to slow play, a fight broke out in the cart barn. It seems that my bu...
Salt Lake City Amateur - Day One
Due to personal reasons I didn’t get to bed until 4:30am last night. And even then I didn’t sleep. I was going to bail on the tournament but decided to give it a go anyway, despite havin...
Friend calls to brag about playing Pebble
I just got off the phone with a friend of mine named John, who runs shall we say “the mother ship” of golf sites. He called to tell me how great it was to play Pebble Beach, Half Moon Bay...
John Daly dress code violation
John Daly’s rehab (for the surgery, not the booze) is going well apparently. He’s playing in levis, no shoes and no shirt in this video below. I couldn’t help noticing how the guy ...
Golf marathon, short game, FaceOff putter
The golf marathon continues Yesterday the weather was the best of the year. My home course is usually extremely windy, but it was completely calm. I played 27 holes for the 5th day of my 7...
The $200 $2.00 putt
The scene: My regular grudge match against the local PGA pro. I’ve beaten him two rounds in a row and won the front nine convincingly. He’s got a putt on #16 to save par, possibly win $...
I witness my pal’s ace!
After moving the last 4-5 days I’m exhausted. My round today was a disaster. But on the #8 hole (our 17th since we played the back first), my pal Dave Shields got an ACE! He was 174 out. Fun...
Friend scores a double eagle and a 29 on the back
Congratulations to my friend Tyson. He was in the group in front of me yesterday and knocked his 2nd shot in the hole on the #13 par-5! On #14, a short par-4, he drove the green and lipped out an ea...
Golf trip final day
I’m now riding in the back of my buddy’s SUV, on the way back home from the big Winter golf trip. It’s raining now, but as we get higher in altitude toward home that rain will turn ...
Winter golf trip day three
The game improved a bit today. I tried a new putter, which is not a usual thing for me. I don’t play the revolving putter door game. Though this is a great putter, it’s so light compar...
Greetings from the road
Day 2 I’m on vacation so my blogging is at a minimum until I get back in to HOG headquarters on Monday. After day two of the big golf trip with a bunch of buddies I’m having a great time, ...
HOG hits the road for the first time in 2008
This is an automated post. If you’re reading this today (”Day one” Thursday the 21st) between the hours of 8am-1pm Eastern Time, I’m on the road driving South. If you’r...
How to make yourself want to quit golf entirely
There’s still snow on the ground here but the pro across the street has a net set up and a JC Video golf analysis system set up. So I went and hit a few balls into a net yesterday to stay loose...