When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Who knew people cared so much about a video game?
Apparently Tiger Woods 12 including the current iteration of Augusta National is quite the exciting moment in golf gaming history. Especially since they'll have to update it every two years to reflect the latest changes. Planned obscolescence baby!
The Twittersphere is errupting over the news of Augusta National jumping into bed an international partnership with Tiger and EA Sports to grow the game around the world. But the more interesting news for me is this new foundation and its mission to grow the game around the world even though the place growth is most needed would be here in the good ole USofA. Where, it should be noted, the tax benefits of this foundation will be most enjoyed!
From Jason Sobel's ESPN.com story:
Martin Kaufman braved all two hours of Golf Channel's new Morning Drive and writes that the show needs a lot of work.
Interesting that in Thomas Morgan's Providence Journal obituary of Leonard Decof there is no mention of his role in the PING lawsuit against the USGA. E. Michael Johnson picks up the slack and files an item about Decof's impact on the game.
Kris Sherman of Tacoma's News Tribune, the same paper that did a bang-up job covering last summer's U.S. Amateur, weighs in with an exclusive on the bleak financial state of Chambers Bay. The story would seem to indicate that any hopes of the hotel, beach house, water park and ampitheater will not be happening anytime soon and almost assuredly, not in time for the 2015 U.S. Open.
According to a Belfast Telegraph report, Graeme McDowell has accepted a “multi-year” deal worth $3 million per year. Before you question his sanity for dropping the stuff that helped him win a U.S. Open, his deal with Callaway was expiring December 31.
Reader Alex sent the latest Euro Tour viral video, which I had watched with amusement a few weeks and about 500,000 viewers (!?) ago. Alex wrote, "THIS is why the Euro tour is just cool...somehow, I can't imagine Finchi and a couple of tour pros getting together for something like this."
I have to say, he has a point. Hard to imagine the PGA Tour filming a spot without a script that hasn't been vetted by the briefcase brigade.
Of course after watching it also begs the question, how many PGA Tour brats players would have the personality and disposition to spend all day filming such a spot?
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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