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My favourite golf hole in Victoria… number 17 at Olympic View Golf.

The 17th hole is a slightly uphill par 4 that plays 417 yards from the blues (men’s HCP 12). It’s a picturesque hole with a Japanese garden just off the tee and a majestic 60-foot waterfall directly behind the green.

Aside from being a simply gorgeous and challenging golf hole, I think the reason I like it so much has to do with the last time I played it in late October 2007. We teed off late in the day so the sun was setting by the time when made the turn at 10. By the time we were teeing up 17 we could just barely make out the silhouette of the rock walls that run the length of both sides of the 17th fairway.

We drove by sound and luckily enough we all found our balls in the fairway. My second shot was a full 7 iron which landed at the back of what is a very large green. That left me with a 55 foot putt in the pitch dark. One of our foursome hand a pen light which he used to guide my putt right into the hole for a birdie. We all laughed our asses off. I’ve never come close to birdieing 17 in the light of day.

What’s your favourite golf hole?

Much has been written and spoken on the subject of Tiger Woods winning all four majors in 2008, but with one major in the bank, plus the British Open last year, Lorena Ochoa is half way to a slam of her own, and there may be no stopping her on a quest to capture them all in 2008.

I was fortunate enough to follow Ochoa at the British Open last year, and there is no reason why she cannot dominate the women’s game like no-one before.  Lorena has all the shots, aswell as the determination and passion to keep on improving.  The only previous doubt over her game was the ability to close out tournaments under pressure, but with three wins out of her four tournaments this year, that weakness is surely eradicating week by week.

Many people will suggest that it is easier for Ochoa to win majors because there is less depth on the LPGA tour, but with Annika Sorenstam back on the rise, veteran campaigners like Davies, Inkster and Pak wishing to add to their collection, and the much vaunted youngster like Pressel, Peterson and Creamer trying to make their mark.  Any future majors won’t be a walk in the park.

There is a small tournament also being played on the men’s tour this week, Mr Woods has now got himself a challenger for most dominant player of 2008. If he is successful on the lush fairways of Augusta, be prepared for a media frenzy this season as the press gather momentum for a possible double Grand Slam.

As golf fans lets hope that these two stars can provide us with a year to remember.

OK so not everyone thinks Tiger is an appropriate role model (some of his verbal outbursts may not be appropriate for children), but I’ve always thought it would be SO COOL to live on the golf course (with kids), and never even have to think about getting in the car to head for the tee box. Maybe I’m a lazy golfer, but I prefer to expend my energy on my game, not getting there & back home!

If you agree, and can afford to invest in a luxury vacation property (yes, my inner shop-aholic is showing!) this may be the opportunity for you!

(following edited from www.golfcourserealty.com)
The Freedom Realty Exchange (www.FRE.com), has just announced the launch of an online auction campaign to sell eight brand-new, grand estate homes at Amelia RiverWalk in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The area offers recreational activities including miles of pristine waterways and beaches and, of course, golfing – Amelia Island offers three championship courses designed by Tom Fazio, Bobby Weed and Pete Dye, plus the newly opened 18-hole Amelia River Golf Club (formerly known as Royal Amelia), crafted by Tom Jackson.

These luxurious homes feature 4 to 5 bedrooms and 3 to 4.5 bathrooms, and range from approximately 3,000 sq. ft. to over 4,300 sq. ft. Each home includes attractive features like a covered front and rear patio, hardwood and ceramic tile floors, solid-surface countertops, an energy efficient central air conditioning and heating system, recessed lighting and walk-in closets. Though originally priced at an average of over $500,000, these homes will be offered on FRE.com with minimum bids as low as $223,000. Also included in the online home auction is the exquisite fully-furnished St. Augustine model. Previously priced at $1,000,000, this 4,334 sq. ft. home has a minimum bid of only $1!

If you’ve been looking to purchase a vacation or retirement home in Florida, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. The bid deadline is Thursday, May 1, 2008.
For more information and to register to participate in the online auction, go to www.FRE.com/206G7.

This little local website out of Montgomery, Alabama may not be much in the style department but what they were reporting on sure made me smile!

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080331/SPORTS/803310325/1002/SPORTS

What would normally be considered a 6 MILLION TO ONE odds shot for DOUBLE-EAGLE has occurred (WHOOT!), as well as 3 more hole-in-one’s over the past Easter long weekend.

Who’s going to email us this year to take credit on your amazing shot? Can we see that in Toronto this year, please? (I like pictures! …please, with your clothes on!)

Last week we got a sneak preview of a new marketing campaign involving Tiger Woods in space.

Well, here is the entire commercial…straight from Gatorade!  Tiger and Gatorade have partnered to create Gatorade Tiger.  You knew it was coming sooner or later.

YouTube DirektGatorade Tiger

A little bird whispered in my ear that we are going to see something new from Tiger Woods in the coming weeks.  We already knew he was out of this world but is Tiger Woods going into space?

Here is the teaser:

YouTube DirektTiger Woods Going into Space

If you had to choose the perfect golfer you would obviously choose Tiger.  But what if you had to take a single trait from today’s golfers to build a super-golfer?  ESPN did just this…the best traits of all current golfers were taken to build their perfect golfer. A Perfect male and female golfer was build.