Par 5 – 5 Questions with the MediaGuru aka Tony Korologos
GL: http://www.hookedongolfblog.com/ is one of my favorite daily reads. Why did you start blogging?
MG: My best friend started blogging a few years ago and built up which at the time was the most popular political blog. He was featured on CNN, USA Today and a zillion other media outlets. He strongly suggest I check out the blog world. I then started a blog about pro sound and music, my real job. http://www.prosoundblog.com/ is where I’ve blogged about my experiences as a rock & roll drummer and studio owner/engineer. After building up a love for blogging I started up Hooked On Golf Blog in December 2004 and never looked back.
GL: From reading your blog, you are one hell of a golfer. Where did your
love of golf come from?
MG: I didn’t start golfing until about 13 years ago. My pop gave me an old set of clubs he had in his basement. I went to a range and started hitting balls with no lessons or anything. I connected with a driver and some guy there told me he wished he could hit them like that. I didn’t have the nerve to tell him it was my first time on a range. From that point I was hooked. I bought season passes here in Salt Lake (when we could get them) and played 5 days a week while playing drums in the rock & roll band at night. Once I bought the pass and started playing a ton I went from a high teen handi to a 4. For the last few years I’ve been slowly working it down to a 1.8 now. The difference between a 4 and a 2 is huge. Getting from a 2 to a 1 is almost impossible!
GL: You also run numerous other golf properties but one in particular which seems to really be gaining momentum is The Golf Space. Tell us about it.
MG: My brain has been developing this idea for a while. I first started http://www.webcountryclub.com/ which was primarily a forum. But there were already some big forums out there. Then thegolfserver.com was another idea for helping golfers set up their own sites, blogs, forums or whatever. Neither of those was really “it” though they had (and still do) some great ideas and functionality. One day I almost drove off the road when the idea focused in my head for The Golf Space. It’s essentially a networking site like myspace, tagworld, friendster etc, but only for golf. Golfers, golf courses or golf businesses set up their own personal profile or web presence with information about themselves, pictures, blog posts etc. They then can make friends or connections with similar interests wether it be for fun or for business. The potential for this site is huge and I’ve already had many offers from investors, marketing people and other sites wanting to buy me out.
GL: You once had a great encounter with John Daly, please share with my reader.
MG: Shortly after he won the British I ran into JD in a tiny little casino in Wendover Nevada. We spent quite a lot of time together gambling. He wasn’t drinking at the time and was chain smoking big time. He was very cool to me. The whole blog post his HERE
GL: Whats next for you and HOGB?
MG: HOG is in the top few golf blogs (whatever that means). The Golf Space could grow to be a huge golf entity if done right. I really enjoy creating the content, doing my reviews and building these sites up. Next is to keep making them better and start exploring ways to really increase their exposure and traffic.
GL: Thanks Tony
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Check it out here. by Tony Korologos a.k.a. mediaguru @ 6:38 pm. Filed under Golf Media, Site News
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Pingback by Hooked On Golf Blog » Blog Archive » Illogical interview — October 27, 2006 @ 7:38 pm
Rock & Roll Drummer? Awesome!
Comment by julia tro — October 30, 2006 @ 5:20 pm