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Unofficial Ryder Cup news

November 1, 2006 / / 2 Comments

Seeing that for the American team, there’s nowhere to go but up, Paul Azinger gladly accepts his appointment as Captain for the 2008 Ryder Cup.


His history with Europe’s captain, Nick Faldo, should make for an interesting Ryder Cup, not to mention two years of material for golf writers around the world.

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Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2006 / / 2 Comments

It’s time once again for tricks and treats. Oh yeah, and costumes. Dress up your golf ball this year in this cute but practical costume:


When you send it into the lake to go trick or treating, it will be safe, warm and secure (and can still go home in your goodie bag).

I found this and a lot of other silly golf things at Prank Place.

And a special treat just for my friend Rich at Eatgolf.com:

Why are graveyards so noisy?
Because of all the coffin!

 

Mummy, mummy what’s a werewolf?
Be quiet and brush your face.

 

How did the witch almost lose her baby?
She didn’t take it far enough into the woods!

 

Why do black cats never shave?
Because 8 out of 10 cats prefer whiskas!

 

Why do demons and ghouls get on so well?
Because demons are a ghoul’s best friend!

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Garb for golfchicks

October 30, 2006 / / 0 Comments

It’s great to see new stuff for women in golf.

Girlsgreen is a new online retailer of women’s golf apparel. Sisters Katie and Karyn saw a gap that needed to be filled and started their business to provide golf clothes for women that are “fun, classic and trendy.” Right now, they have a cute selection of tops including polos and “range tees,” and they’re looking to expand the line in the Spring/Summer season to include accessories and additional tops.

I may never be fun, classic or trendy, but maybe I could take a first step with these clothes. Meanwhile, all you other golf chicks can check ’em out. And guys, you know the gift giving season is approaching. I’m just saying.


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Golf Course recommendations near Washington D.C.

October 25, 2006 / / 3 Comments

This week I find myself in Washington, D.C. Well, in and around DC. Most of the week is being spent in the Reston/Herndon area with a few trips downtown. Unfortunately, I won’t have time to play golf while I’m here this time, but it does look like I’ll be returning a few times in the coming months. It’s already getting cold here, but I’m not going to let a little thing like seasonal weather stop me from trying to add Virginia and Maryland to my list of states played. I may be spoiled with year-round Southern California golf, but if I need a fix I’ll get it where I can.

I’ll be researching it on my own, but if anyone can recommend a few golf courses in the areas surrounding DC, I’m listening.

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Driving for Life: Fighting ALS at Riviera Country Club

October 19, 2006 / / 2 Comments

What: A golf tournament with breakfast, lunch, dinner, evening reception, auction, pre-round clinic, keynote address and awards.

Where: Riviera Country Club.

When: Monday, November 6. Registration and breakfast starting at 9:30, shotgun start at 11:30.

Why: To raise money for the ALS Therapy Development Foundation, which is a non-profit organization developing treatments for this devastating disease (commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease).

From the Driving 4 Life website:

“Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating, progressive neuromuscular disease that causes complete paralysis and loss of function–including the ability to eat, speak and breathe. Thirty thousand Americans have ALS, and 250,000 Americans alive today will eventually die from the disease. Most patients die within four years of diagnosis. There is currently no known cure. Driving 4 Life is a national fundraising campaign founded by World Golf Hall of Fame member Tom Watson, his late caddy Bruce Edwards and former PGA TOUR professional Jeff Julian. The campaign has raised more than $3.5 million to date. Both Bruce and Jeff lost hard-fought battles with ALS in the summer of 2004.”

How you can help (and what you get out of it):Charity golf tournaments capitalize on the irony that charity is selfish by giving the giver even more for their contributions than altruistic warm fuzzies. They give them golf.

And Driving 4 Life does it at premier locations with this event being held at the esteemed Riviera Country Club.

With available sponsorships ranging from $500 – $30,000, you can feel as warm and fuzzy as your wallet will allow. (The foursome rate is $5000.)

But wait: If you happen to be a golfer without such sizable contribution capabilities, you can still help out the ALS cause and possibly play in the tournament for a mere $50.

That’s right. You can buy a raffle ticket for $50 and designate Riviera and be entered into a drawing to win a playing spot at the tournament. And a winner is chosen for every 25 entries, so the odds are pretty good! You can buy as many tickets as you want. There it is: you get to give, gamble and possibly golf all for the low, low price of $50. Tickets must be purchased by October 30, so head on over to their website now to start feeling good right away.

Still more opportunities: Maybe you’re not quite ready for a $50 commitment. Maybe you’re scared of tournament play. Or maybe you’re a golf fan and not a player. They have something for you as well. You can still enjoy Riviera Country Club from a fan’s perspective with the added bonus of being able to watch the pros play.

Make a $15 minimum donation and get a ticket to the Nissan Open at Riviera next February. Get a ticket for each $15 you donate. Retail on these tickets is $25! You’re spending less and getting more! Remember, you’re GIVING.

When you make your donations online, just enter in the comments box whether you want Nissan Open tickets (and how many) or if you’re entering the raffle for the tournament. And don’t try to double dip with a $50 donation. That’s just greedy, not ironic.

And, of course, all donations are tax deductible.

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Ask the Goose: Where to put the bunker rake?

October 18, 2006 / / 1 Comment

Dear Goose,

We are leaving it up to you to settle a bet for us. What is the proper etiquette on where to leave a rake – in the bunker or next to it?

~Puzzled in Pittsburgh

Poor Puzzled,

Oh, the perpetual perplexing predicament. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this question. I also can’t tell you how many times I have changed my answer. Since you’re the betting sorts, I guess it won’t matter to you that I’m tossing a coin to choose how I’m going to answer it now.

Oh dear, the quarter came to rest on its edge. You know what this means. Pity, Pittsburgh. No one wins your bet because the answer is to put the business end of the rake in the sand along the edge of the bunker leaving the handle just outside the lip.

Yours,
The Goose

[Editor’s note: according to the USGA, “There is no set rule as to where the bunker rake should be placed. It is recommended that rakes be placed outside bunkers and in positions where they will be least likely to affect play. Other considerations, such as golf course maintenance and the size and design of the bunkers, will impact the final decision made at each course.”]

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The Pink Panther goes too far

October 16, 2006 / / 4 Comments

I don’t have anything against the color pink. In fact, I’m quite fond of it.

I also don’t have any problem with Paula Creamer declaring her devotion to the color pink. Gimmicks are good for marketing.

However, all things in moderation.

Maybe her collision with the Pepto Bismol truck on Sunday at the Samsung World Championship was in recognition of Breast Cancer awareness month. Even if it was, come on, Paula! Would an accent color hurt so much? Even a pink golf ball? I’m glad you weren’t in the final group because I couldn’t have handled having to look at you long enough to watch the coverage.


I usually like the fashion choices she makes, which, coming from me is probably insulting since my own fashion choices often end up looking like garanimals.

I remember an unfortunate incident of my own from when I was about 12 years old. My favorite color at the time was purple. Somewhere, there are actually photographs of me on a ski slope wearing purple ski pants, a purple parka over a purple turtleneck and purple sweater, with purple gloves, a purple hat, purple earmuffs and purple sunglasses. I looked like a human grape. I wonder if when Paula is older she will want these photos of her to disappear as much as I hope those photos of me never see daylight. The difference is I was twelve and just out having fun with my family. Paula Creamer, while still quite young, is a professional golfer on a world stage.

So, Paula, chalk one up to the mistakes column and learn from it. That saying about there not being such a thing as bad publicity is for those who can’t get the good kind.

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Funny search phrases

October 13, 2006 / / 2 Comments

Keyword activity is always a fun stat to check. How are people finding my site? Sure, they’re mostly golf term searches, but not always! There have been some good ones. I wish I could remember some of the better ones from longer ago, but some recent entries prompted me to share some of my favorites here:

Stupid cats brain
Colorado corn bread
Heather McMichael leaving (Heather, are you going somewhere?)
Goose abuse
I need my space t-shirt
How to spent twenty dollars (careful, misspell something in your search and you could wind up here)
Stupid birds

Hmm… I’m starting to detect a stupid pattern.

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New additions to the lineup

October 13, 2006 / / 0 Comments

Sometimes you find the greatest things in the comments.

More Golfchix

A reader recently posted a comment turning me onto some more online golf chicks. GolfchiX, actually. It’s a radio show you can listen to online or on Sirius or wherever it has been picked up. It features three great golf chicks: Susan Hunt, “a seasoned network cable correspondent and producer;” Linda Giaciolli, “the mother of all sports agents;” and Amy Alcott (do I really need to introduce this LPGA hall of famer?).

It’s an hour long show by the “founding mothers of golf talk radio.” Check it out at www.golfchix.com. I have added them to my links list. Also newly added is someone I should have added a long time ago, and someone they interviewed on a recent Golfchix show: Geoff Shackelford. I don’t know what took me so long.

The reader who directed me to the Golfchix has an interesting product and I’ve linked him in the product category: Tartan Golf Grips.

And still another golf chick

We have a new female golf blogger in our midst. This was another discovery from the comments section – Patricia The golfgirl) is the new hip chick on the golf blogosphere scene. (I guess golfchick was taken.) It’s great to see another woman blogging about golf and she brings a fresh perspective with her golf diary. Her style and her game seem decidedly more girlie than my own, plus she includes photos of herself which the guys will definitely appreciate. Check her out. Welcome, golfgirl!

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The Future of Golf?

October 11, 2006 / / 0 Comments

There’s a new golf league in town, just launched today.

What is it?

A golf league with match play competitions in team play format for aspiring PGA and LPGA tour players, with involvement from the fans! The Pro Team Golf League.

It almost seems too obvious, begging the question: Why hasn’t this been done before?

I was invited to attend a press conference for the launch of a “new golf experience that we think will dramatically change how the game is played professionally, and how it is enjoyed by fans.”

I know – that’s what I said – suuuuure! Can it really be that important?
I have to admit, I was pretty intrigued. I sometimes get requests to try and/or review and/or promote new products and most of them are less than impressive, which is why you don’t see too much of that here.

This one is the real deal, and really could be game changing for golf. Wait, that’s not right. Of course golf will still be golf. They’re not going to change the rules or anything. In fact, all the competitions will be golf by USGA rules. And all the golf will be in team match play format much like that of the Ryder Cup. That’s where the traditional aspects end.

So who plays?

Teams are assembled from “touring professional golfers not playing on the PGA or Nationwide tours.” I guess this means that anyone playing on the LPGA is eligible? But I digress. I think I did see somewhere on their website that LPGA players are also ineligible, which hints that there might be female teams or even co-ed teams being developed. Right now, there are two teams – USA and Canada – which have been assembled from the top money earners on the Canadian Tour. From the looks of it, Canada currently has a numbers advantage with 11 players to the USA’s 10, but I guess things are still in the works.

They’re planning a kickoff event of USA vs. Canada to be held in Jamaica this December. They expect to have eight North American teams for the inaugural 2007 season.

This seems like a great farm system for young players to develop their games and get ready for the big leagues. (Not to mention a good way for the USA to actually develop some team skills so they can make a showing at future Ryder Cups!) And, as mini-tour players know, trying to make it to the bigs the “usual” way costs a lot of money and not everyone has the necessary trust funds or sponsorships.

So what do the fans have to do with it?

Well, it’s like fantasy golf except your decisions actually show up in reality! Fans can decide on pairings and strategies for their teams, and those decisions are given to the “ProCoach” (you can be one!) who actually manages the team based on the collective ideas. (I think. Maybe everyone’s a ProCoach.)

Tell me more

So, if you’re a professional golfer and want to play on a team… OR
if you’re a fan and you want to manage a team or be a ProCoach… OR
if you actually want to assemble a new team of real players… OR
you just want to know more about this potential new phenomenon,
check it out at www.ptgl.com.

Is this as big as it seems to me?

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