99 REASONS TO BE THANKFUL
Tiger-Phil just part of 99 reasons to be thankful
From Jason Sobel’s Blog on espn.com – Wednesday, November 25, 2009
It’s that time of year again, golf fans. Time to gather ’round the 19th hole and discuss what we’re most thankful for during this, uh, Thanksgolfing holiday. Hint: It’s certainly not puns like that one.
With the way Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods finished the 2009 season, golf fans can only hope that rivalry continues for the 2010 campaign. Truth is, I’m still thankful for many of the things on last year’s list of 99, but let’s revisit the idea with a new version of this notion for 2009.
1. The impending 2010 golf season. When Whistling Straits is considered the least exciting of the four major championship venues, you know it’s going to be a special year.
2. Tom Watson. Let’s recap: He almost won the Open Championship … at Turnberry … 32 years after the Duel in the Sun … at age 59. Yep, that’s worth a “thanks.”
3. Seve Ballesteros’ influence. Nearly every European player coming through the ranks in the past three decades lists Seve as one of his favorites.
4. “Caddyshack.” Almost 30 years later, the flick still hasn’t lost its fastball.
5. “Caddyshack II.” More than 20 years later, it still goes down swinging.
Check out the other 94 reasons HERE on Jason’s Blog.
And just for fun…
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ATLANTIC GOLF!
1 comment November 25, 2009
Freaky Friday at TBC was Spooktacular!
The Brick Companies (managing company of Atlantic Golf) crew got into the Halloween spirit on Freaky Friday (Oct 30th) by unleashing their creative juices and dressing up in costumes from a CSI detective to a BRICK! The fun didn’t stop there – Joan pulled a Martha Stewart and baked a cut off hand (below) and brain cake!
Tell us about your halloween costumes – if you have pictures post them to our Facebook Atlanic Golf FanPage!
1 comment November 2, 2009
BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT QUEENSTOWN HARBOR!
QUEENSTOWN HARBOR RESORT CONCEPT PLAN PRESENTED
From the Bay Times, October 14, 2009
Includes cottages, villas, conference center and spa.
The plan was presented by Lex Birney, CEO of The Brick Companies, which owns the golf course and the 40 acres of land on which “Queenstown Harbor: A Green Key Resort” would be built.
For the full article, click here: Queenstown Harbor Resort Concept Plan Presented – Bay Times, 10/14/09
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2016 – HERE WE COME!
GOLF GETS INVITE TO 2016 OLYMPICS
ERIK PETERSON, Travel Editor, GolfChannel.com
For the first time in more than a century, golf is finally an Olympic sport again.
The International Olympic Committee voted Friday in favor of adding golf to its list of 26 Olympic sports. Golf will debut at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The announcement was made after a campaign by the International Golf Foundation, led by Ty Votaw, PGA Tour executive vice president for communications and international affairs. A final presentation to the IOC was made Friday in Copenhagen, and it included a videotaped message from Tiger Woods.
Add comment October 9, 2009
2008 TBC CLASSIC – SPONSOR INTERVIEW #3
Rod Dodson with the Audobon Society – another video interview from the 2008 TBC Classic.
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2008 TBC CLASSIC – SPONSOR INTERVIEW #2
Ed Allenby with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation – video interview from the 2008 TBC Classic.
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THE TBC CLASSIC – LOOKING BACK
Lex Birney chats with Duncan Hood at the 2008 TBC Classic Great Golf Adventure at Queenstown Harbor Golf Course. One in a series of 7 sponsor interviews. More to come!
Add comment September 22, 2009
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT!
MEET THE GUY THAT MAKES MORE PER HOLE THAN TIGER WOODS
By Jay Busbee, http://sports.yahoo.com
Tiger Woods has played 1,044 holes of golf this season and has earned $9.7 million, or approximately $9,300 per hole. Jason Hargett laughs at that figure. Laughs, I say!
On Tuesday, Hargett participated in one of those “hole-in-one for big bucks” contests as part of the Mark Eaton Celebrity Classic in Utah. Hargett hadn’t planned on playing because of a sore wrist. But since even a bad day golfing is better than a good day doing anything else, he manned up, borrowed his brother’s clubs, and ventured onto the course at the Red Ledges Golf Club. And then this happened:
That hole was a 150-yarder, and Hargett used a nine-iron for a $1 million stroke. Only question now is, how much of a cut does his brother get? Those were his clubs, after all. Bet that won’t make for some awkward Thanksgiving dinners at all.
Add comment September 18, 2009
LOTS ‘O GOODIES
We’ve been away too long – there’s lots to catch up on!
GOLF CHANNEL TO PLACE MICS ON PLAYERS FOR REMAINING LPGA EVENTS
By Jon Show, Staff Writer, SportsBusiness Journal
Golf Channel will mic an LPGA player for each of its remaining seven events, beginning with Brittany Lincicome at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. Golfers will wear the microphone during play and take part in interviews before their rounds and at the turn. LPGA and Golf Channel, which begin a new 10-year TV deal in January, first mic’d a player and conducted at-the-turn interviews during the McDonald’s LPGA Championship in June. Golf Channel has experimented with at-the-turn interviews on the Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour players regularly take part in live on-course interviews.
GOING GREEN
The Deutsche Bank Championship announced that it’s event was carbon neutral for the second year in a row, continuing its status as the first and only carbon neutral tournament on the PGA Tour. The ‘09 event for the first time featured a solar power installation and a new sustainability tent (Deutsche Bank Championship).
TWO UPCOMING LPGA TOURNAMENTS TO SEE $200,000 REDUCTIONS IN PURSES
The LPGA has told players the purse for both the September 24-27 CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge and the October 1-4 Navistar LPGA Classic “will be reduced $200,000 this year,” trimming the total prize money for the tournaments to $1.1M and $1.3M, respectively. An LPGA exec said that the players were in “unanimous agreement with the move.” The cut follows a reduction of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic purse from $1.4M this year to $1M in ’10 (GOLFDIGEST.com, 9/14).
IT’S A TWEET… IN A BUBBLE!
If you haven’t seen them yet, be sure to check out our Bubble Tweets! You can view them HERE and HERE. We used them to promote our Faceboook Fan Page Contest and have received more than 100 combined views! Sean Daugherty won a $100 Atlantic Golf gift card just for posting a comment on our fan page. CONGRATS!
Add comment September 15, 2009
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