Entries Tagged as 'Golf'

Disneyworld, BlueGreen, Ghost Tours and World Golf Village

What do all of these have in common? They are all great places to stay or visit while in Florida. My wife, Steph and I just returned from 10 days in Orlando and St. Augustine. We hit all of the Disney Parks while staying at a timeshare called The Fountains on I-Drive in  Buena Vista. It was a great trip and we had great weather.

We visited St. Augustine, the oldest city in the US, for Halloween night for its famous ghost tours and ate a a great BBQ place called Scarlett O’Hara’s just down the road from Flagler College. What a beautiful campus and town. We also made it out to the World Golf Village for a quick visit. They had a great sale going on at the golf shop, but it was too late to visit the Hall of Fame so we just walked around the property and found yet another great BlueGreen condo development there.

We were not sure of what was going at the WGV as they were setting up an outdoor stage on Sunday evening. It was not until we returned home that I found out what the stage was for. They did the Hall of Fame induction ceremony the day after we left and fellow Kappa Sigma Lanny Wadkins was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame. Congrats Brother Lanny! Sorry we missed it. I doubt I could have gotten in any way.

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Golf Is Officially an Olympic Sport Again

Denmark Olympic Congress

For the first time in over a century, golf will be back as an Olympic sport. A strong presentation was made in person to the Olympic committee in Copenhagen headed by PGA Tour VP Ty Votaw also featuring PGA and LPGA tour stars Padraig Harrington, Suzann Petterson and Michelle Wie. Tiger Woods and Ernie Els also shared their sentiments via video from the President’s Cup.

Wie delivered a particularly moving speech casting a vision of herself dreaming of a chance to sink a putt to beat Tiger or Ernie.

“I can dream about doing something that neither Tiger nor Ernie (Els) have ever done, and that is to make the final putt to win an Olympic gold medal,” Wie said. “If this dream comes true, somewhere in the world there will be another 4-year-old who sees me on that podium and perhaps starts her own Olympic dream.”  -Michelle Wie

Jack Nicklaus also commented:

“I think it’s fantastic, an unbelievable day for the game of golf,”  “The impact is going to be felt all over the world, which is what I’ve always felt about the game. The game is a mature game in many countries, but it never had the opportunity to grow in many others. People of all walks of life will be inspired to play the game of golf, and play for sports’ highest recognition. For all sports, that has been a gold medal.”  -Jack Nicklaus

Golf will be back at the 2016 Olympics in Rio as well as the 2020 games where the location has yet to be announced. The format will be a 72-hole stroke-play tournament for men and women, with 60 players in each field.

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Conway in the US Open

There is a guy named Conway playing in the US Open this week. Stephen Conway that is from UCLA. I guess it is good to see the name Conway on the leader board. He was even through the first few holes so his name was on page two. He made it in open qualifying in 2004 as well. I wish him well.

That gives me an idea for a fantasy golf game. People with the same last names as players on tour take those players as their own in some type of contest. Maybe they also play a golf tournament themselves and add the scores together. I could see how this could be popular in team formats of foursomes as well.

I can see my team now.  Bucky Woods, Ryan Scott. Crap, I don’t know anyone name Villegas or Weir. Maybe I can come up with someone named Perry. That would be easier.

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I’m Teaching Golf Again!

Hey guys. Great News! I will start teaching again effective immediately in the spring of 2009. Through a local Mount Juliet affiliation at the Putt Putt Golf and Games range, I will also be offering Launch Monitor sessions on Zelocity’s launch monitor and video lessons on the C-Swing video teaching software in the true digital format for professional quality video.

“Fore” more information or to book a lesson call me on my cell at 615-838-8777

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Accountant with Masters Tickets?

So I get an email from my accountant today that says “I have 4 Tickets to Wednesday’s Practice round at the Augusta, do you want to go?”

My reply, “Are you kidding?”

After slaving away for about 15 years in the golf business and never getting my “class A” PGA card (the only level that will get you in for free) and leaving to get into the mortgage business, and only living about 5 hours away in Nashville, I have still yet to go.

So… not just yes, but heck yes i want to go. Where do we meet, what should I bring, when do we leave?????

I’ll be taking my new Mini DV camera to capture as many swings as I can while I am there.

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Tiger in the 2009 Masters

Well I think we all know this is where he will likely make his return. It is the first major and his knee should have had plenty of time to heal by then. I doubt that he will take a chance playing any other events except perhaps one or two weeks before the Masters as a warm up.

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