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Bag Boy EZ Fold 12 Three Wheel Push Cart Review

The Bag Boy EZ Fold 12 Push Cart is both lightweight and as simple to fold as its name implies. But how did it stack up on the golf course?

bag_boy_ez_fold_push_cart.jpgAs Tiger Woods separates himself from the field at the British Open, I pay tribute to something they call a “trolley” across the pond. Though we call them “pull carts” or “push carts” here in the States, trolleys are a staple in the home of golf – a way to relieve players of the burden of carrying clubs without the necessity of a caddie.

Out With the Old
I’ve been lugging around my old two-wheel pull cart on the golf course for several years. It’s old but reliable. Every round, it seems to get heavier and harder to drag. Casting my old cart aside, I felt it was time to enter the 21st century and try the latest in trolleys. My old cart was a pull cart. My new one? I push it like a baby stroller.

What better product to try than a push cart created by an innovative company like Bag Boy? With excitement, I opened the box to my new EZ Fold 12 Push Cart. I’m not particularly handy and leave all areas of assembly to my husband, but I heard that the EZ Fold was simple to put together. I told Barry to leave it to me.

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Preview: BMO Financial Group Canadian Women’s Open

Meg Mallon defends her title at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women’s Open.

Meg Mallon has been busy defending several championship titles these past few weeks. The U.S. Women’s Open, the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic and this week’s Canadian Women’s Open have kept Mallon in the spotlight. A tie for 13th and then a tie for 7th respectively has Mallon itching to see if she can successfully defend at least one of her three victories of 2004.

With a five-year history, a purse of $1.3 million and $195,000 going to the winner it would be interesting to see if a Canadian will ever hold this trophy on their own soil.

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Volume Seventeen

Here are nine links to get you pumped for the Open, cry for little Michelle Wie, or to waste your time at work with.

This week, golf blogs and golf news sites from around the net are going nuts with everything from Wie stories to the British Open hoopla. Here’s linkage of that, with some other non-sense thrown in.

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Amstel Iceland Open

The Amstel Light Iceland Open, the yearly tournament where people play golf in the middle of the night.

The Amstel Light Iceland Open was recently held outside of Reykjavik, Iceland from June 22-25, 2004. This is the famed, yearly tournament where people play golf in the middle of the night. One can do this, because at this time of year, Iceland apparantly has daylight for 20–some–odd hours per day.

What could be better than whacking the ball around at some of Iceland’s best golf courses at one in the morning? Possibly bathing in the hot springs with a bevy of local young ladies, but I digress.

Maybe someday I’ll make the trek over.

Heather Bowie Knifes Through Career Drought for Owens Corning Win

Heather Bowie managed to eke out a victory after trudging through three playoff holes to win against Gloria Park at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

heather_bowie_owens_corning.jpgAfter six long years of collapsing under pressure when the going got rough Heather Bowie finally collided with victory today at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. No, Heather didn’t win the tournament in valiant fashion scoring an eagle on the eighteenth green. It took Bowie three playoff holes and Gloria Park dropping a low hook into the creek on the 18th for a triple-bogey to gain the victory. But I guess a win is a win.

Bowie was excited nonetheless with her first win ever on the LPGA tour after 138 starts receiving a $180,000 paycheck, a beautiful silver trophy delivered by celebrity Jamie Farr and a big kiss from her caddie.

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Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Preview

Jamie Farr lends his name and celebrity status to the Owens Corning Classic.

owens_corning_logo.jpgIn 1982, PGA caddy Judd Silverman was on a self-imposed mission to bring an LPGA tournament to Ohio. With the okay from former LPGA commissioner John Laupheimer, Silverman contacted several sponsors and Jamie Farr who lent his name and secured celebrities for the inaugural event.

Farr is still getting the celebs to attend. This year’s Dana Celebrity/LPGA Challenge on July 5th and the National City Celebrity Pro-Am on July 6th features celebrities Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, formerly of the Buffalo Bills. The Beach Boys are providing the “Good Vibrations” at the Gala Dinner.

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Volume Sixteen

These nine links should keep you going during this shortened work week.

I need to apologize for being a little late with this week’s Hittin’ the Links. I got a little too wrapped up in the Fourth of July cocktails yesterday and I’ve been a little preoccupied with the catfight going on in the golf blogging world. Anyway, I hope everyone was able to get a round of golf in this weekend.

Here’s nine links to keep you going for your shorter work week. FYI, next week’s links might be a little late as well. It’s my birthday and I’ll be on the road Monday.

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Marisa Baena is a First-Time Winner at HSBC Match Play

From 60th-seed to champion Marisa Baena wins the inaugural HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship.

marisa_baena_hsbc.jpgIn 2004 Marisa Baena was contemplating quitting the LPGA Tour. With non-exempt status and having to Monday-qualify for several events this year Baena said she would give herself two more years before changing careers. What a mistake that would have been as she finally broke through to victory today at the 2005 HSBC Women’s Match Play Championship. Playing as Marisa stated “the best golf I’ve played all season” the 60th-seed golfed confidently today finishing with a 1-up victory against LPGA Tour rookie Meena Lee.

Baena began her quest for the $500,000 first-place check by defeating number-five seed Natalie Gulbis on Thursday. She then picked off top players Grace Park, Jennifer Rosales, Karrie Webb and Candie Kung until finally being matched with 47th-seed Lee.

When asked about how she felt after six years playing on tour without a win Baena chirped, “Amazing! I mean it’s been a great week. I have no words…I made $30,000 all last year and I just made $500,000 in a week!”

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Rocking the Cradle: How Young is Too Young?

Current LPGA Commissioner Ty Votaw insists that there be an age limit to becoming a member of the Tour.

LPGAThese Girls Rock!” is a new campaign designed to inject excitement into the LPGA Tour. The LPGA website places blurbs in the upper-right-hand corner of the main page which read “Natalie Gulbis qualified for an LPGA Tournament at 14 years old” and “Annika shoots a 59.” That’s all well and good but the public really seemed to take notice when the under-eighteen set took to the fairways.

From seventeen-year old Morgan Pressel who kicked and screamed her way through eighteen holes to tie for second place at the Open to the flushed face of fifteen-year old Michelle Wie double-bogeying her way through the final round audiences caught a glimpse into the future of the Tour. Frankly, I want to see more!

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