Turn your mind dial,
Tune in, tune out,
Your golfing perfection,
Now broadcasting on Zone FM.
The frequency is personal,
Not advertised,
It's out there, it's in you,
The space between trying too hard, not trying at all.
Noise distorts its call,
Rising too high, stooping to fall,
Mechanical thinking, swing sequence linking,
Your heart is sinking.
Turn your mind dial,
To Zone FM,
Waxing & waning
Never remaining
Grains of sand through your golf glove hand.
Monday, 10 June 2013
Friday, 24 May 2013
I bleed Golf
It's never just a game I play
It isn't a temporary fad that will fade away
I practice it
I play it
I watch it
I read it
I talk about it
I dream it
I sleep it
I eat it
It eats me
It beats me
It grinds me down
I get back up
I need Golf
I bleed Golf.
It isn't a temporary fad that will fade away
I practice it
I play it
I watch it
I read it
I talk about it
I dream it
I sleep it
I eat it
It eats me
It beats me
It grinds me down
I get back up
I need Golf
I bleed Golf.
Monday, 28 January 2013
Swimmingly
Wow, it's been an amazing 6 weeks for IBG.
We launched the site on 12/12/12 and since then it's been non stop. Golfers from all over the world have been visiting the site and commenting on the various features and articles. We've had many touching and very funny articles submitted to our Fore!Word page. Lots of you have interacted with us on Twitter and shown your support.
Let's be honest, the site could be a lot better in terms of functionality and design. But, we did the best we could on the budget we had (which was almost nothing) and we feel we've created a perfect V.1 web platform. The plan is to improve on all fronts as we grow.
Personally I'm really pleased that people see the value in I bleed Golf. There are so many of you out there who 'get it'. When I first came up with the idea, I was worried that it was crazy nonsense that only made sense in my own head. Now I'm thinking maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all, or PERHAPS all the people who like the site are equally as nutty as myself? Either (or both) of these work well for me!
The only minor downside for me is I haven't had the time to do any of my own writing but hopefully I'll get organised, inspired and motivated soon to get back to it. I've got some ideas floating around.
There's so much great stuff to come on the IBG front, here's a short sample of what's in the pipeline:
We launched the site on 12/12/12 and since then it's been non stop. Golfers from all over the world have been visiting the site and commenting on the various features and articles. We've had many touching and very funny articles submitted to our Fore!Word page. Lots of you have interacted with us on Twitter and shown your support.
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| 'Defining Bleeders' - one of the many great articles on our Fore!Word page |
Let's be honest, the site could be a lot better in terms of functionality and design. But, we did the best we could on the budget we had (which was almost nothing) and we feel we've created a perfect V.1 web platform. The plan is to improve on all fronts as we grow.
Personally I'm really pleased that people see the value in I bleed Golf. There are so many of you out there who 'get it'. When I first came up with the idea, I was worried that it was crazy nonsense that only made sense in my own head. Now I'm thinking maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all, or PERHAPS all the people who like the site are equally as nutty as myself? Either (or both) of these work well for me!
The only minor downside for me is I haven't had the time to do any of my own writing but hopefully I'll get organised, inspired and motivated soon to get back to it. I've got some ideas floating around.
There's so much great stuff to come on the IBG front, here's a short sample of what's in the pipeline:
- An IBG shop with some cool IBG merchandise (I cannot wait to wear my IBG branded hat on the course!)
- We're going to try increase awareness of the site by giving out business cards, putting up posters in places where golfers congregate and IBG merchandise (if you're interested in helping with any of this please let us know)
- The relaunch of #showusyournumber for 2013
- An IBG style 'News' section will be added to the site soon.
- We're also going to feature some charitable organisations and their golf related activities.
- A 'Champion Flogger of the Year' golf tournament
- An 'Article of the Week' feature which will highlight a different piece of user submitted Fore!Word writing each week
- More competitions!
- More videos!
- Lots more #lovegolf & #laughalot
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| This is our first attempt at transferring our logo onto a hat, we'll be selling them soon from the website! |
Thanks everyone for your support and friendship. Without your passion for life and love for the great game of golf, I bleed Golf wouldn't exist.
See you around,
Steve
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Guest Post - 'We Bleed Golf' by Herb McNally
It's time for the first ever guest post on here, hopefully the first of many. Very appropriate that the first guest post is by my creative partner in IBG, Herb McNally. Herb is the genius behind the artwork you see across the platform. We to and fro as we fine tune the ideas behind the imagery that is so central to the IBG message. Once we've got a concept in place, Herb goes away and does his thing.
He always comes up trumps not only as a graphic artist but as a great person and I feel lucky to work with him.
Anyway, time for a few words from Herb, and unsurprisingly he's going to let his artwork do some of the talking.
See you around,
Steve.
As many of you know, my life has been somewhat of whirlwind for the past few months. I have been a part of many cool projects and have been asked to create a lot of new designs. During this period of time, I also had the honor of meeting most of you. My twitter account has grown by well more than 700 followers since July. I have gotten to know some of you pretty well, and there are many of you that I would call friends.
There is one common thing that has brought most of you into my life – A love for the game of golf. We think about it countless times a day. It pumps through our veins. We bleed golf.
It seems like only yesterday that I met Steve Power, Mr. I bleed Golf himself. He asked me if I would care to be a partner in a “little” project. He wanted to create a place where those of us with this affliction can come together, #lovegolf & #laughalot. I am as honored today as I was that first night we spoke.
There are many other people who I would like to thank, but the list is long and I don’t know how long my ramblings can keep your attention. Steve’s the writer. I just try to make things look cool.
Anyway, THANK YOU ALL. I hope I make you proud. If there is something you would like to see me do, you know where to find me.
Herb Mc Nally AKA @mctwentytwo
The original post and Herb's golf blog (which contains lots of fantastic golf course photos) can be found here: http://mcnally22.wordpress.com/
He always comes up trumps not only as a graphic artist but as a great person and I feel lucky to work with him.
Anyway, time for a few words from Herb, and unsurprisingly he's going to let his artwork do some of the talking.
See you around,
Steve.
We Bleed Golf
There is one common thing that has brought most of you into my life – A love for the game of golf. We think about it countless times a day. It pumps through our veins. We bleed golf.
It seems like only yesterday that I met Steve Power, Mr. I bleed Golf himself. He asked me if I would care to be a partner in a “little” project. He wanted to create a place where those of us with this affliction can come together, #lovegolf & #laughalot. I am as honored today as I was that first night we spoke.
There are many other people who I would like to thank, but the list is long and I don’t know how long my ramblings can keep your attention. Steve’s the writer. I just try to make things look cool.
Anyway, THANK YOU ALL. I hope I make you proud. If there is something you would like to see me do, you know where to find me.
Herb Mc Nally AKA @mctwentytwo
The original post and Herb's golf blog (which contains lots of fantastic golf course photos) can be found here: http://mcnally22.wordpress.com/
Thursday, 13 December 2012
It's Alive!
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| It's Alive!! |
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| Flogging Times (2nd edition) headline. |
The new I bleed Golf website is now live over at http://www.ibleedgolf.com
The new address for this blog is http//:blog.ibleedgolf.com
Thanks everyone for your patience over the past few months as we've been developing the project. Thank you also to everyone who has supported us and laughed along with us. There's some fantastic content on the new site - funny photos and videos and original writing from golfers all around the world.
This is just the beginning!
Monday, 10 December 2012
12/12/12 - The IBG big switch gets flicked.
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| Scroll down to see what happens when this switch is flicked. |
The new I bleed golf site is going live on Wednesday 12/12/12. Thank you to everyone for your support & patience over the past few months as we've been working on it.
We'll be announcing the winner of our 'Basket Case' competition on Wednesday also, the video showing which 'bleeder' completed the basket challenge will be going live on the video section of the new site.
On Wednesday, the journey begins in earnest. No map, no plan, just a determination to spread the #lovegolf & #laughalot message as much as possible.
If you are currently linking to this blog please change your link to the new blog address below.
From now on, this blog can be found at;
and, the new website can be found at (some of you will know this used to be the blog address)
Please update your favourites or bookmarks to reflect the above.
See you around!
Steve
PS - Very soon I'm going to write a post to thank everyone who has supported me personally on this journey. Until then, let's just say you know who you are ;)
PS - Very soon I'm going to write a post to thank everyone who has supported me personally on this journey. Until then, let's just say you know who you are ;)
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