(CarThrottle.com)
Thursday, February 4, 2016
If I Had Won The Billion Dollar Power Ball Jackpot, I'd Buy It
This $32.5 million Palm Springs house comes with its own driving range
The 17,500-sqft palace has nine bedrooms, six full and three half baths, a six-car garage and its own private driving range adjacent to "regular" one the rest of the club uses.
(GolfDigest.com)
The 17,500-sqft palace has nine bedrooms, six full and three half baths, a six-car garage and its own private driving range adjacent to "regular" one the rest of the club uses.
(GolfDigest.com)
What Would A Ticket To Super Bowl 50 Buy You In Golf?
If you’re really spontaneous, or terrible at planning, and are looking to go to the Super Bowl, the cheapest ticket on Stub Hub is $3,100. And the view does not look great from up there.
To give that number context, here is what that $3,100 is worth in golf terms: 41,850 tees
Editor's note: It would pay for my Saturday morning green fee with a cart at my regular muni, for over a year. 56 times to be exact.
To give that number context, here is what that $3,100 is worth in golf terms: 41,850 tees
- 24 pairs of golf shoes
- 155 sleeves of balls
- 182 gloves
Editor's note: It would pay for my Saturday morning green fee with a cart at my regular muni, for over a year. 56 times to be exact.
This Would Only Happen At The 16th @ TPC Scottsdale
Robot's hole-in-one brings beer showers to TPC Scottsdale's 16th hole
On Wednesday, during the Waste Management Open's pro-am event, another ace came via way of Eldrick. But Tiger was nowhere near the Phoenix premises. In fact, the shot wasn't posted by a professional or amateur player.
The lucky golfer in question was a robot.
"LDRIC the Robot," to be exact, is the name of the machine created by Gene Parente. Owner of Golf Laboratories Inc., Gene's robot is the go-to device for equipment and ball-testing in the golf industry.
Video link (GolfDigest.com)
On Wednesday, during the Waste Management Open's pro-am event, another ace came via way of Eldrick. But Tiger was nowhere near the Phoenix premises. In fact, the shot wasn't posted by a professional or amateur player.
The lucky golfer in question was a robot.
"LDRIC the Robot," to be exact, is the name of the machine created by Gene Parente. Owner of Golf Laboratories Inc., Gene's robot is the go-to device for equipment and ball-testing in the golf industry.
Video link (GolfDigest.com)
Power ranking all 30 NBA floor designs - SI.com
6. Los Angeles Lakers
- The Lakers have embraced a unique color scheme, using a light stain to show off a yellow (or is it gold?) and purple—also known as “Forum Blue”—key and purple three-point line. A full Lakers logo at the center remains traditional.
30. Los Angeles Clippers
- Much has already been said about the horrific logo the team adopted last summer. But the Clippers made matters worse and slapped the logo at center court and used odd “nautical” lines to help adorn the baseline.
How Blue Oval's Success Inspired The M
The Unlikely Story Of How This Ford Gave Birth To BMW M
BMW’s M division is one of the most successful and legendary names in in the car world, but it all started out with a Ford.
In the late 1960s, Ford was at the top of the world in terms of car racing. Their edict of Total Performance set down a few years earlier had come to fruition with four back-to-back-to-back-to-back wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they had taken over Formula 1 with their Cosworth DFV V8, and they had seen success in just about every series from stock car racing in America to rallying in Europe.
In 1969, Ford’s UK division was working on developing the company’s rallying program, while Ford’s German division came forward to work on their touring car program. Ford UK’s work produced the little Escort, which went on to become possibly the most successful rally car of all time. Their German counterparts meanwhile turned Ford’s sporty two-door coupe Capri into the more briefly dominant Capri RS 2600.
What did BMW do to beat the Capris? They poached the man behind them.
In secret, BMW hired Neerpasch away from Ford in the midst of that devastating 1972 season. Neerpasch then used BMW’s money to bring his top talent along with him.
And this was the official birth of BMW M. It was Neerpasch and his technical director Martin Braungart who got the now-legendary Motorsport division going at BMW and the results were immediate. BMW won the European Touring Car Championship in 1973 with the 3.0 CSL, a heavily reworked version of the 2800CSs that Neerpasch’s Capris used to destroy.
(Jalopnik.com)
BMW’s M division is one of the most successful and legendary names in in the car world, but it all started out with a Ford.
In the late 1960s, Ford was at the top of the world in terms of car racing. Their edict of Total Performance set down a few years earlier had come to fruition with four back-to-back-to-back-to-back wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they had taken over Formula 1 with their Cosworth DFV V8, and they had seen success in just about every series from stock car racing in America to rallying in Europe.
In 1969, Ford’s UK division was working on developing the company’s rallying program, while Ford’s German division came forward to work on their touring car program. Ford UK’s work produced the little Escort, which went on to become possibly the most successful rally car of all time. Their German counterparts meanwhile turned Ford’s sporty two-door coupe Capri into the more briefly dominant Capri RS 2600.
What did BMW do to beat the Capris? They poached the man behind them.
In secret, BMW hired Neerpasch away from Ford in the midst of that devastating 1972 season. Neerpasch then used BMW’s money to bring his top talent along with him.
And this was the official birth of BMW M. It was Neerpasch and his technical director Martin Braungart who got the now-legendary Motorsport division going at BMW and the results were immediate. BMW won the European Touring Car Championship in 1973 with the 3.0 CSL, a heavily reworked version of the 2800CSs that Neerpasch’s Capris used to destroy.
(Jalopnik.com)
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