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John Daly Inks Deal with Slix Underwear

by James on February 24, 2010 in News, Style & Fashion with No comments

‘Big JD’ is no longer ‘Big JD’. You know how I know this for certain? He’s just been sponsored by an underwear company.

That’s right, John has inked a deal with Slix, a company that offers shirts, underwear, socks and more… all along the way promising unmatched comfort and performance. Now, I’m not sure what I’m looking for when it comes to ‘performance’ underwear… I think my base criteria is that it stays covers what it needs to cover, and stays in place all day. That’s not too much to ask, is it? 🙂

Regardless, as you can see in the shots I’ve included here, it looks like John has started a new career in underwear modeling. I bet he never thought in a million years he’d be doing something like this!

Congrats to John and Slix on the new partnership. Hopefully it’ll be a comfortable and well-performing partnership for years to come.

For more information on Slix and what they have to offer, take a few moments and hit up getyourslixon.com.

Note: In case you haven’t heard, we’re running a contest with the help of John Daly as well. Check out the details right here. Comment or tweet about the contest, tell us which LOUDMOUTH pants you’d like to see John wear… and the winner will receive a pair of LOUDMOUTH pants, PLUS, John will wear the pair of your choosing at his next PGA Tour Event in Puerto Rico. For real! 🙂

Paul Casey is my Hero for Today

by James on February 23, 2010 in News with No comments

How can you not like Paul Casey? I mean, seriously. The guy seems like such a down-to-earth fella, heck, I’d like to tee it up and play a quick 9 or 18… I’m sure I’d learn a few things from the guy.

Last year after winning the Houston Open, Paul promised to return with help for local charities. Almost a year has passed, and it looks like Mr. Casey is delivering on his promise. Paul, together with his wife Jocelyn are donating $100,000 to charity via the Houston Golf Association. What can I say, but a big *thumbs up* (guess that’s not saying anything, is it?)

Over the weekend Paul finished second in the Accenture match play to Ian Poulter, and although he came up just a little bit short (he lost 4 and 2 in the 36 hole finale), he still took home $850,000 for his troubles. That’s a lot of cash to play golf for a few days. I’d take it.

With that said, I hope more PGA Tour Professionals will take a page out of Paul’s book here… Especially those professionals entrenched in the top 50, with no worries of losing their card. Let’s face it, they make millions upon millions each year in prize money and endorsements… How much money does one really need? If you’re making $5 million a year, surely you could afford to donate $100,000 or $200,000, or perhaps even $500,000 to charity? Do good by doing good!

The Houston Open is on this year April 1st through 4th. Paul will be working with the tournament director Steve Timms to determine which charity (or charities) will receive monies.

Again, a huge *thumbs up* to Paul and Jocelyn. Good on ya.

[Via: PGATour]

Caught on Camera: Augusta National Covered in Thick Blanket of Snow

by James on February 23, 2010 in News, Courses with No comments

Uh oh. Say it ain’t so! The hallowed grounds of Augusta National were doused with a somewhat thick blanket of snow when the southern blizzard hit… 4 to 6 inches of snow to be exact! If the Masters’ were to start tomorrow, I’d have to put my money on anyone playing the new Srixon Z-STAR X Tour Yellow ball. Would be much easier to spot in the snow 🙂

For more amazing images taken by someone over at Augusta National (perhaps a member or one of the greens crew?), head on over to JimGolfRank.com.

Amazing stuff!

Note: Pictured above is a view of the 16th hole from behind the green.

Contest: Win a Pair of Loudmouth Golf Pants – Which Pair of Loudmouth Pants Should John Daly Wear Next?

by James on February 22, 2010 in Contests with 39 Comments

So here’s the deal. Earlier this week while watching some of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, I happened to notice the Norwegian curling team wearing some crazy pants. So crazy in fact, that I thought to myself, ‘man, those have GOT to be Loudmouth Pants!’. Sure enough, after a brief bit of research, the pants the team were wearing were indeed from loudmouth, and heck, I think they looked great.

So here’s the deal… I’m going to run a little contest here. It’s simple. To enter you need to do one of two things (or both!).

1. Leave a comment to this post, and let me know which pants you think John Daly should wear on the THURSDAY of his next tour event. To view possible choices head on over to Loudmouth Golf.

2. Follow us on Twitter @GolfCrunchLive and tell your followers about the contest via Twitter. Tweet the contest details to let your friends know about it! Heck, winning a pair of Loudmouth pants is a good thing, no?

That’s all you need to do. If you’re going to leave a comment on this post, select the pair you’d like to see John wear, and tell us WHY you’d like to see him wear them.

A winner will be randomly chosen from the comments AND Twitter. The winner will walk away (literally) with a pair of Loudmouth Pants courtesy of GolfCrunch.com (you select the pair you want!).

That’s it folks. Hop to it. Head on over to Loudmouth Golf and start browsing. Pick the pair you’d like to see John Daly wear, leave your reasons WHY in the comments… Tweet about it on Twitter… and make sure you let John Daly know about it @PGA_JohnDaly. If we all work together maybe we CAN get John to wear the pants of our choosing on the THURSDAY of his next tour event! John has confirmed, he WILL wear the pants of our contest winners’ choosing, on Thursday, March 11th!

Contest ends Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:59PM CST.

Update: We’ve adjusted the contest deadline due a recent conversation we had with John via Twitter. John’s next event is going to be the Puerto Rico Open, which gets under way on March 8th with practice rounds and more… So, in order to get ‘panted’, John has requested we let him know of the winning decision by the Sunday before the event. The deadline for entries will be Saturday, March 6th at 11:59PM CST!

Good luck!


Commissioner Finchem Taking the Heat Over Woods Apology

by James on February 21, 2010 in News with No comments

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem made an apology today. One that many players will undoubtedly appreciate. Coming under fire for not letting the field know ahead of time that Woods would be taking center stage, Finchem commented ‘It’s just a screw-up on my part’.

Many of the players taking part in the World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play Championship this week took exception to Woods making his first public appearance at the event. They felt the public apology was ‘selfish’, and it served as a somewhat major distraction. I can only imagine how distracting it would be… However, I thought these were ‘Professional’ golfers, right? Should they not be able to handle any situation and put it out of mind? C’mon boys, lets be professional. I mean, you’re only making millions of dollars to play a game we all love… Let Tiger say his part and move on, OK?

Whatever the case, Finchem’s timely apology to the field was no doubt appreciated… Especially when you consider how quick Finchem was to act and apologize. Woods’ could learn something from the commish here, me thinks 🙂

[Via: PGATour]

Please Pardon Our Dust… GolfCrunch.com is Launching Soon!

by James on February 21, 2010 in News with No comments

Please pardon our dust here at GolfCrunch.com… but we’re just getting started! If you haven’t already, make sure you follow us @GolfCrunchLive on Twitter, and bookmark GolfCrunch.com in your web browsers. Lots of great things are coming to the site, and we’ll keep you posted.

Stay tuned to this space for all sorts of news, reviews, editorials, contests and more… all about the game we love… GOLF!

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All the best… and we’ll see you in the clubhouse.

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