waggleroom.com - 6/3/2009
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Jay Busbee has found another example of golf gone horribly wrong . Or maybe horribly right. It's a one hole golf challenge called the Elfego Baca Shootout. The issue? The hole is 3 miles long. The tee box is on the peak of a mountain 2,550 feet in the air - ...
You Will Not Par This Hole
idiotsonsports.com 5/11/2009 — Henrik Stenson won the TPC at Sawgrass Sunday, shooting a 66 and winning by 4 shots . Since Stenson's stellar player sucked any drama out of what is usually a really fun tournament, let's check out a golf hole that is even tougher to hit than the 17 th -- the 19 th hole at Legends Golf and ...
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socorroopen.com 6/3/2009 — Home Professionals Amateurs Elfego Baca Shootout The Course Lodging Registration The Elfego Baca Shootout The Elfego Baca Shoot was begun as a special attraction along with the then Conrad Hilton Open in 1960 by First State Bank and the Socorro County ...
The world's hardest golf hole
heavensports.com 5/19/2009 — Forget the Old Course at St Andrews or the Stadium Course at Sawgrass, if you want to find the hardest golf hole on the planet then look no further than the luxurious Legend & Resort Course in South Africa. The Extreme 19th requires a helicopter to reach the tee and at 430m is the longest Par 3!
The world's toughest golf tourney: one hole, three miles long
sports.yahoo.com 6/3/2009 — So what's the world's toughest golf tournament? Take your Augustas and your Bethpages and pack 'em away, friend, because we've found the most difficult golf tournament on the planet: the Elfego Baca Shootout . Man, even the name sounds rough. Held in ...
Spotlight Hole: Congressional's Par 3 10th
waggleroom.com 7/3/2009 — A view of the 10th hole from green level
As you know, I like to find one particular hole at each tournament that I go to and spend a good amount of time watching groups pass through. It helps give me a sense of the tournament field and how they're playing, but also helps me to ...
5-Hole: Player Grades
blueseatblogs.com 6/22/2009 — The guys over at 5-hole did a player grading of the Rangers performance this season. While reading it, I did all three of the following:
Choked on my sandwich because of laughter.
Spit iced tea on my work laptop because of laughter.
Had 6 people check if I was ok after almost dying ...
Nationwide Star Makes Consecutive Hole-In-Ones on Same Hole
golf.fanhouse.com 4/17/2009 — by Shane Bacon Filed under: PGA In 1999, Golf Digest reported that the odds for any Joe Hacker to make a hole-in-one was around 1 in 12,750. In that same article, the magazine said that the odds of an amateur making two hole-in-ones in the same round ...
Golf + Thunderstorm + 13th Hole = Can't Be Good
njfrogman.blogspot.com 6/20/2009 — A 41-year old man was struck by lightning in Weld County, Colorado. The man was hit on the 13th hole at the Boomerang Golf Links Thursday.
Gives a whole new meaning to Boomerang. Rat Farts.
Full story: http://www.bobsblitz.com
Digging Out of a Hole
baseballmusings.com 6/11/2009 — The Rockies downed the Brewers 4-2 Wednesday night for their seventh straight win. Troy E. Renck points out in the Denver Post :
During the streak, Colorado relievers have a 1.23 ERA in 14 2/3 innings compared with their opponents’ 7.30 mark in 24 2/3.
The Rockies bullpen got off to ...