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- A week's worth of tweets dec 13 19 2010 | Golf Equipment | PGA.com
- Golf outing produces reality show for Buffalo Grove native
- Ten biggest golf stories from 2010
| A week's worth of tweets dec 13 19 2010 | Golf Equipment | PGA.com Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:12 AM PST Many prominent golf companies and pro tour players regularly take to Twitter to talk about their equipment. Here is a round-up of some of the most interesting golf equipment-related Twitter entries from the week of Dec. 13-19, featuring Hunter Mahan, Paula Creamer, Billy Horschel and more: December 18 Eun Hee Ji Ian Poulter December 17 Ping Golf Andres Gonzales Nike Golf @nikegolf Nike Athlete @stewartcink talking golf ball technology during his visit to Nike World Headquarters Click here to see photo Kevin Burns @kevinburnsgolf Just finished a lefty 705. We're equal opportunity, right or left handed is our specialty. Lie angle and length... December 16 Chris Kirk Ryan Palmer @RyanPalmerFDN Just finished at Taylor made. Great day hitting the new R11 white driver. Having dinner at west steak house. Nike Golf @nikegolf Nike Athlete @stewartcink at the Nike Sports Research Lab going deep with the lab geeks on footwear technology Click here to see photo @nikegolf Very special to have @stewartcink in the house for our holiday party at Nike World HQ. Little q+a with the team- Click here to see photo Paul Stankowski @PaulStankowski I am looking forward to Testing the new @Callaway Drivers and RAZR irons. Updates later on... @PaulStankowski I enjoyed my time here today. Great folks...Great Equipment! Looking forward to 2011 already! Click here to see photo Ian Poulter Ping Golf Titleist Kevin Burns December 15 Hunter Mahan @HunterMahan Here's a pic from the photo shoot! Click here to see photo Christina Kim Kris Tamulis @kktamulis I did really good, even hit nice draws with a rental set 5 wood by the end. After some practice I think I could break 90! Vokey Wedges Nike Golf December 14 Hunter Mahan Ping Golf Brendan Steele Bridgestone Golf boomclub Rickie Fowler Callaway Golf December 13 @PingTour PING Pro Daniel Summerhays testing different fairway wood options. Looks like he might be an i-guy! Click here to see photo @PingTour PING Pros Daniel Summerhays and Rhys Davies visited @PINGtour to refine their tools of the trade. Take a look... Click here to see photo Paula Creamer @ThePCreamer Alright its time! Click here to see photo @ThePCreamer Thank you Bridgestone for a great day. It was cold but so fun. I can't wait for the final product. Nike Golf @nikegolf Continuing this great day for the Swoosh staffers...testing and getting fit for the new VR Pro clubs Click here to see photo TaylorMade Golf Mindy Kim Karen Stupples Brittany Lincicome Billy Horschel @BillyHo_Golf Matteo doing hair and makeup! Click here to see photo @BillyHo_Golf Matteo's turn on the high speed camera! Click here to see photo @BillyHo_Golf Luke getting beautified! Click here to see photo @BillyHo_Golf Luke getting ready for his shot. Using the same high speed camera they used for Tiger commercial couple years ago. Click here to see photo @BillyHo_Golf Finished with the Polo/RLX photo shoot. First ever photo shoot for me. It was awesome. Looking forward to seeing how everything turned out. TaylorMade Golf Srixon Golf Cleveland Golf Cobra Golf This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php | ||||
| Golf outing produces reality show for Buffalo Grove native Posted: 20 Dec 2010 06:50 AM PST Article updated: 12/20/2010 09:50 AM
Waiting an extra 45 minutes to golf turned out to be one of Adam Cohen's best professional decisions. The 30-year-old Buffalo Grove native and television producer was simply planning on a leisurely golf outing at a Los Angeles area course in March, but fate had something else in store. Advertisement Cohen and pal Mitch Gettleman decided to wait for another friend to arrive who was also bringing former golf pro Mark Burk to fill out the foursome. When the friend and Burk arrived, they came with a strange tale. The reason it took the men so long to arrive, it turned out, was because Burk is homeless and was difficult to track down. Once located, Burk had to be taken to a consignment shop where the friend had to get Burk's golf clubs out of hock. Cohen found Burk's saga interesting, but when they hit the links another idea struck him. "He was destroying the ball," Cohen recalled. "I thought to myself, 'Holy cow, this guy can play.' And Mark shot like three over that day." Cohen, who has worked on scores of reality shows since arriving in Hollywood in 2002, began mulling over the prospect of a reality series featuring Burk while driving back home with Gettleman, who is a sound editor by trade. The two decided to create a presentation reel that they could show around town when they pitched the show about the 53-year-old Burk trying to get his life back on track and earn a spot on a professional golf tour. "Mitch grabbed this crappy little camera and we went and found Mark again and took him back to the consignment shop, where I had to put down my credit card to get his clubs out, and then shot two hours of footage and edited it down before we started pitching it around town," Cohen said. Cohen and Gettleman got a few nibbles. Someone thought ESPN might like the show, but as a "one-and-off" deal instead of a series. The treatment for the show got in the hands of another producer who was heading to Florida for a meeting with Golf Channel executives. Cohen's show was one of the last to be pitched, but the Golf Channel brass was sold. The 10-episode series, called "Pipe Dream," went into production in the fall and will begin airing on the Golf Channel Jan. 11. "Even through all of Mark's personal and professional struggles, it's been his passion and respect for the game of golf that has kept him alive," said Keith Allo, Golf Channel vice president of programming and original productions. "We ... feel that 'Pipe' Dream will not only resonate with golf fans, but with anyone who at one time in their life dared to dream against all odds." Cohen said he has been pitching show ideas ever since he landed in Hollywood following graduation from Bradley University, where he went to study to be an accountant. Deciding against a life spent pounding away on a calculator, he landed an entry level post on Andrew Firestone's season of the ABC reality show "The Bachelor." "Then I just worked my way up with guns blazing," he said. This isn't Cohen's first foray into a golf-centric show. In college he wrote a spec script for a golf sitcom where he used his experiences working at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Kildeer as inspiration. Cohen said even after his success at getting "Pipe Dream" greenlit he hasn't gone back to the sitcom script. "But maybe I will now," he said. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php | ||||
| Ten biggest golf stories from 2010 Posted: 19 Dec 2010 06:46 PM PST 1. The fall of Tiger For the world's most famous athlete, it was an impressive vanishing act that officially ended when he gave a 13-and-a-half minute televised apology in February before a select gathering of friends and family at PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Woods said he was "deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior," that he'd obviously lost track of his Buddhist roots, that he'd play golf again one day "but I don't know when that day will be," and "it's up to me to start living a life of integrity." Reaction was mixed, from ABC's George Stephanopoulos calling it "one of the most remarkable apologies ever by a public figure" to former New York Yankees player Rick Cerrone derisively concluding, "It was basically an infomercial." Tiger's talk was golf's TV moment of the year, but he provided more highlights when he made his highly anticipated return to golf at the Masters. ESPN's first-round Masters coverage averaged 4.9 million viewers, the biggest cable audience ever for a golf telecast. Woods played with Matt Kuchar and K.J. Choi and shot a stunning 68, the best first-round Masters score of his career. Woods stayed on the fringe of contention all week, thanks to a tournament-record-tying four eagles, until a careless three-putt on the 14th green on Sunday killed his chances. He finished a remarkable fourth. 2. And Lefty makes three 3. Dire Straits 4. Mr. 59, meet Mr. 59 5. One is the loneliest number 6. The big meltdown 7. Europe reigns, steady rains 8. Luck of the Irish 9. Shrek 4: The Old Course Magician 10. The young guns This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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