Archive for the ‘Kinda Golf-Related’ Category
It’s a jungle out there! Make sure you avoid all the obstacles and get the lowest fares. Take advantage of fares from only $9* each way!
I have a feeling this promotion is going to anger a lot of people. Personally, it doesn’t anger me – I think Tiger deserves whatever he gets for cheating on his wife, and I find the ad funny. However, I still find the move questionable on the airline’s part. The shocker here should be that you can get a plane ticket for $9! Why risk alienating potential customers?
This Taiwanese news station couldn’t stand the lack of video/photo surrounding the Tiger Woods car accident. So they did what any reputable news outfit would do: they made their own! The best part is how they intermingle actual video of the Florida Highway Patrol with a re-enactment of Tiger getting beat down by Elin.
This was too good to not pass along. If your wife/girlfriend is wearing Triumph International Japan’s new “Nice Cup In Bra,” you can practice your putting as soon as she takes her clothes off! Because that’s what everyone wants to do when their significant other gets naked…right?
The artificial grass top, when taken off, unrolls into a 1.5 meter putting mat. If you make a putt in one of the two holes, built in speakers say “nice putt!” The bra also includes pockets for storing extra balls and tees, as well as a detachable flag pin that doubles as a score pencil.
The bottom half has a detachable pink skirt with the words “Be Quiet” printed on the rear. When removed, the extra-short skirt can be used as a flag to encourage onlookers to remain silent…which I’m sure they will be given that a woman has just taken off her skirt!
Triumph International Japan claims the lingerie was created in response to the growing popularity of golf among females in Japan, and is designed to appeal to busy working women looking for a unique and convenient way to practice their putt. Seriously??? Only in Japan.
The Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s newest cruise ship, is officially the world’s largest ship and cost $1.5 billion to make. It’s five times larger than the Titanic, and 40% larger than any other ship currently in use. The best part? It has an on-board golf course!
The ship is officially at sea, heading from Europe over to its home port of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is set to sail with passengers in December. The behemoth stands 20 stories tall, has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
Even though it’s already at sea, there aren’t too many photographs or pictures available yet other than the side-profile of the ship. However, the image below shows what the golf course will look like. It will be a 9-hole, miniature golf course with real grass. Pretty cool, because let’s face it…your vacation isn’t complete without putt-putt! 
I’m officially announcing the creation of a new online group! I’ve named the group Retweeters Anonymous, and we’re looking for members. Here’s the premise:
Anyone who has a blog is always looking to get more visitors to their site. One great way to get the word out about your blog is to tweet about it. But if you have 1,000 Twitter followers, your audience is limited/capped at 1,000. But if you can get 10 people to retweet about your blog (and each of those people has 1,000 followers), now your audience is 10,000 people!
Retweeters Anonymous is looking for members who will actively participate. You can submit one blog post per week, but you’re also expected to retweet any member’s posts that are relevant to you and your blog. If you’re interested in joining, or have questions, please comment on this post or email me directly at jon.blackburn16@gmail.com.
Please share this open invitation to anyone who you think would be interested. Happy Tweeting!
In my constant monitoring of the sports-blogosphere, there is one common theme: everybody hates Rick Reilly. And honestly, I can’t figure out why. When Reilly used to write the back-page column for Sports Illustrated, the first thing I did when I got a new issue in the mail was flip to the back page. I also enjoyed his book “Who’s Your Caddy?”
The latest news is that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to “Missing Links,” a 1997 golf novel written by Reilly, and the on-screen version will star Steve Carell. The comedic novel is about a group of hackers who, after playing for years at a run-down municipal golf course, concoct a series of schemes that they hope will lead to them teeing off at a nearby elite club.
I also love Carell; although I will admit he’s better on television than in movies. I’m not suggesting it will be Oscar-worthy, but I’m apparently the only one not dreading the making of this movie.
Does Reilly secretly hate puppies and old people (a la David Simms in “Tin Cup”)? Does Reilly “eat pieces of sh*t like you for breakfast” (a la Shooter McGavin)? Honestly, if you have insight on the global hatred of Rick Reilly, please clue me in.
Okay so maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit…but on Sunday, Parker McLachlin became the first player to tweet in the middle of a PGA tournament. While waiting on the 5th tee at the Frys.com Open, he said the following via Twitter: 
For me, an active user of Twitter, I found this to be pretty cool. Sadly, though, I think it’s only a matter of time before the PGA Tour comes out with its own social media policy. It’s awesome to see another side of many tour pros, but from a PR perspective, there have been a few rough spots.
First off, there’s the risk of pissing off sponsors (or potential sponsors)…case in point – Stewart Cink tweeting about his horrible AT&T cell coverage. 
Then you have guys like Ian Poulter, who tends to offend a portion of his followers all too regularly. I love reading his tweets, but you can see how this pic of Justin Rose and Camilo Villegas might rub a few people the wrong way!
But anyways, getting back to the whole point of this post – it’s cool to envision a world where Tour players are tweeting their way around the golf course, but in all likelihood we’ll never get to that point. Can you honestly see Tiger Woods snapping out of his intense focus, so he can tweet about that putt he just had on the last green? I doubt it. It’s also worth noting that McLachlin actually went on to bogey the 5th hole. Coincidence, or lack of focus?
Only in America – thanks to the Federal Stimulus plan, you can now get your very own golf cart for free! As part of the nationwide push to get “greener” cars on the road, there is a federal tax credit of $4,200 to $5,500 for the purchase of an electric vehicle. And due to a recent IRS ruling, golf carts qualify for the tax credit as long as they’re “road worthy” (basically that they have a rear-view mirror and seatbelts).
When you combine the federal tax credit with the additional credits available in many states, what you end up with is the ability to get your own golf cart for little or no money at all. As a result, dealers across the country are exploiting the loop holes this has created.
As an example, “The Golf Cart Man” in Villages of Lady Lake Florida is running a promotion to “Get A Free Golf Cart – or get paid $2,000 doing absolutely nothing!” Under his promotion, you can buy a golf cart for $8,000, get a $5,300 tax credit, lease the cart for $100/month for 27 months, and when the lease his up “golf cart man” will buy your golf cart back for $2,000. You definitely can’t blame people for taking advantage of this.
Even crazier is the fact the IRS additionally ruled that there are no limits on how many golf carts an individual can purchase. As I’ve said before, this is a golf blog so I won’t be going off on a political tangent (cough. irresponsible. cough). Sorry…I had something in my throat. So what’s to keep me from buying a thousand “personal” golf carts, and then opening up my own golf cart dealership? If I sell just one out of a thousand of my golf carts, I’ve made a profit. Thanks, Unlce Sam!
I’d like to apologize to my readers, though, for not researching the implications this has on golf courses (mostly because I find tax code to be nauseatingly boring). But it would be interesting to see if there are any credits available for businesses, and likewise if there are any loopholes for them. If so, this could be extremely beneficial for us public golfers. Imagine your local golf course getting new, tricked out golf carts and having cheaper greens fees as a result of not having to pay for the carts in the first place!
This Monday, Charles Boyer from Me and Old Man Par participated in a golfing marathon to raise money for Jack and Jill Foundation for Late Stage Cancer. Receiving pledges for every hole of golf, Charles got in 81 holes in one day! I can’t begin to imagine playing that many holes in one day, although I’m sure it’s easier to get through when you know it’s helping to fight cancer.
Next year, his goal is at least 100 holes. I’ve never met Charles, but I think we can all draw our own conclusions about the type of man he is after reading his article. I wanted to take time out to mention this story, given that it’s not “attention-grabbing” enough to get as much coverage as it deserves. This was a wonderful accomplishment for charity. Please read his entire article by clicking 81 In 11 Hours…And We Wanted To Play On.