From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Royal Links Golf Club Review located in Las Vegas, Nevada

April 27, 2009
Royal Links Golf Club Review, Las Vegas, Nevada

I was attending a conference in Vegas and asked if I would like to play Royal Links. You can guess what my answer was. The only thing I had heard about Royal Links was that it was so tough that they wouldn’t/couldn’t give it a slope rating. Because of all the bunkering the number was [...]

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Ping Golf FAIL in Online-Offline synergy

April 10, 2009

Ping is running a new ad campaign called The Locker Room. For this post the ad itself is unimportant; it’s the lack of synergy between online and offline that I’d like to cover.
The URL they use in the TV ad is:
PING.com/locker_room
I find 4 things wrong with this campaign.

Do not use an underscore in a URL [...]

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Twitter auto-follow software – OK or not?

April 7, 2009

I’ve been followed by the same person > 6 times in the past month, which is a tell-tale sign that they are using some sort of software to increase their follower count. (I’m not going to go into details; if interested in this, you should be able to find it easily enough.)
The bigger question I’d [...]

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The Masters iPhone App

April 3, 2009
Masters Golf iPhone Application

There is a new iPhone app out just in time for the Masters Golf Tournament, and as expected, it is extremely well done.

Offering live coverage during the tournament of multiple locations on the course, the Par 3 contest, video flyovers of each hole, and much more. If you love golf (meaning you love the Masters) [...]

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Golf Theme for your iGoogle homepage

April 2, 2009
Golf Theme for your iGoogle homepage

Looking for a golf theme for your Google homepage? Look no further! I’ve created a handful of them from some great golf courses (Cantigny, Medinah, Glencoe, Makray, etc.), and they’re now available via my Google Developer page.
I personally like the “Loafer” pic, but that’s just me.
Enjoy!
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