Author: Erik J. Barzeski

Golf Talk [Episode 051]

Jeff: “Ooooh, Phil, I wuv you soooo much!” Phil: “Cue the kids running onto the green!”

PodcastTiger shoots a back-nine 43 and then wins convincingly the next week. Vijay Singh notches career victory #31, Sergio Garcia spits in the cup, the LPGA releases a list of banned substances, and Jeff – despite not being on the show this week – falls in love with Phil Mickelson. All this and more in this episode of Golf Talk.

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Aerial Shots of Abominable Augusta

Augusta National has become an abomination. Here’s to hoping Billy Payne can begin to right Hootie’s wrongs.

Golf Digest has a number of aerial photos of Augusta National, including this one:

Augusta 15, 16, 17

I’m fairly certain this is not what Bobby Jones and Alistair MacKenzie had in mind.

Photo Credit: © Golf Digest.

Titleist Introduces Blog

The “serious equipment for serious players” company gets serious about blogging. Welcome to the block, Titleist.

TitleistAfter testing the waters a year and half ago with a revamped Titleist News section complete with an RSS feed, the equipment company “for serious players” has gotten serious about blogging, introducing today a new blog at the aptly named titleistblog.com.

Currently called the “Tour Blog” (and with only a “Tour” category), the site already has articles about player equipment on the PGA Tour, including posts from Bob Vokey on building a spin-milled wedge for Arron Oberholser, Adam Scott’s UNLV March Madness, and more.

Of course, you can’t expect any secrets to be revealed, but if you’re a fan of golf, then every little peek behind the curtain of life on the PGA Tour is fascinating. This blog promises to give you many such peeks.

Unlike many corporate blogs, Titleist’s Tour Blog allows commenting. Use your power of speech wisely, grasshoppers.

Golf Talk [Episode 050]

When does a miss become a choke? When someone is around to see it, I suppose.

PodcastMark Calcavecchia “chokes less,” Michelle Wie pulls out, and AT&T sponsors Tiger’s Tour Event Extravaganza. Also this week, Annika Sorenstam, Nancy Lopez, and concerns over the size of Tiger’s invitational field, plus a question for the ages: when does a miss become a choke? All this and more in this episode of Golf Talk.

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Golf Talk [Episode 049]

Overheard in the press tent of a recent PGA Tour event: “Ernie would play Pine Meadow if you paid him enough.”

PodcastTiger Woods gets his very own PGA Tour event, the USGA proposes new groove regulations, Villegas and Boo Weekly choke away a chance at a Tour win, Ernie Els, switches to Callaway, and much, much more in this episode of Golf Talk.

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Golf Talk [Episode 048]

Tiger Woods will start his own golf tour the same year Johnny Miller stops talking himself up in telecasts.

PodcastCharles Howell III finally wins again, Tiger’s “streak” finally comes to a close, and Henrik Stenson, Paula Creamer, Fred Funk, and Tom Watson are all winners. The losers? Fuzzy Zoeller sued Wikipedia and square grooves will possibly be banned? This and a lot more.

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Golf Talk [Episode 047]

Bill Murray at Pebble: fun a decade ago. Danny Gans today? Just shoot me. I’d rather watch college basketball.

PodcastPhil Mickelson may not be able to dress his son properly, but he does know how to win a golf tournament when he’s hot. This week in Golf Talk we discuss Phil’s win at Pebble, Michelle Wie’s new ADT opportunity, slow play, Bill Murray and the incredibly annoying Danny Gans, the loss of The International, Tiger’s design work, and a lot more.

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Golf Talk [Episode 046]

Why wasn’t Phil at the FBR Open? We thought he loved those weak-field birdie fests!

PodcastTiger loses to Stenson and Els, Baddeley knocks off Quinney at the FBR, we discuss the raucous 16th in Scottsdale, and a smattering of other tidbits from the world of golf, this week in Golf Talk.

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Golf Talk [Episode 045]

Tiger has finally won on the PGA Tour in 2007, ending his winless streak! Oh, wait…

PodcastTiger Woods wins his seventh straight PGA Tour event (ho hum), Charley Hoffman and Hale Irwin get off to good starts, Butch Harmon bashes on Michelle Wie, Phil Mickelson switches to low-fat ice cream, and a whole lot more in this episode of Golf Talk.

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