Zero-7

One of my favorite bands. The crazy thing is no matter how much I listen, I don’t get sick of the music. I’ve listened since this song came out. I first heard it while streaming Virgin Radio UK. So good. I like their “polished” video which is first, but I think the original release is interesting because I never got the line dancing bit when they performed live till I saw the original video.

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Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (2015) Review

A few years ago, right after The Masters. I remember some player who did well was talking about how he played Tiger Woods PGA tour with another player and that the game version of Augusta National had actually helped them prepare for the real thing. That sounded neat! It was that realistic? So I bought it and… I got bored. I didn’t like the mechanics, the set-up was confusing. I just wanted to play Augusta!

I think I played a total of 30 minutes of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour game before quitting and did the same to this new version. I do have to confess though that I already have a favorite golfing game. It’s the game I measure all others against. It’s a franchise from Clap Hands called Hot Shots Golf (otherwise known as Everybody’s golf). My favorite entries are Hot Shots Golf Fore on the PS2, Hot Shots Gold World Invitational on the Vita and PS3, and Hot Shots Golf Out-of-Bounds on the PS3.

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The Greatest Spectator Sport

When I was young, there was a sport that when I stumbled across it on the TV, my eyes glazed over and I’d get annoyed since it took the place of whatever program I wanted to watch and I’d quickly change channels. It had music and visuals that reminded me of the LDS general conference. That should give it away (along with the thumbnail above).

I didn’t start to play this sport until later and I didn’t start to get decent at playing until I was in my late twenties. That sport was Golf. It was then, that I no longer rolled my eyes when it came on. I started to study the players as I became more obsessed. I read Golf Digest, I watched the golf channel. I took my wife golfing, I took my children golfing. I stopped by golf shops more than any other shop.

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