Jack Nicklaus: Your New Travel Agent and/or Sous Chef
by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 16, 2010 4:32 PM EDT
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PrintComing on the heels of draining a 100 foot putt to commemorate the opening of his new MIchigan track, Jack Nicklaus is apparently going the way of Annika Sorenstam and branching out into new and exciting businesses.
A couple of e-mails related to the Golden Bear hit my inbox today to share the exciting, yet confusing news.
First, Nicklaus announced that he's getting in the wine business. (Who isn't? I've got a vintage coming out this year.) To kick off that venture, Jack cooked with some guy named Tony Terlato and said "cheese" for this pic. Sorry, foodies, I don't know who Tony Terlato is.
Just when you think Bear Food is getting ready for air on the swanky Cooking Channel, Nicklaus heaves a curveball at you by announcing the creation of NicklausTravel.com - a new portal to book golf vacations on properties which feature Nicklaus-designed (or by his staff) courses.
Since I'm poor and drink beer, this doesn't really do much for my life, but I am impressed that Jack's trying new things at this stage in life.
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I think that's awesome...
… and I sure don’t blame him, or Annika, or Cristie Kerr …. or any of the other golfers for trying new things/expanding their brands beyond golf to something more universal. …and just something NEW. These folks have been immersed in the busines of golf for their entire lives … for decades. That’s probably part of why Tiger had his problems. His life was just too one dimensional for too many years. And when Sergio said, “I need to miss the game” some were dismissive but few of them thought of how monotonous it would get to do the same thing for decades … even if it was something wonderful.
Golfgirl, you couldn't be
more right….take sex….if you just keep doing it the same way without exploring new and exciting whatevers, look how it stunts your growth….I know that most of the men on here really feel the same way, but want me to express their true female feelings…..STUB
Since I’m poor and drink beer
Tsk, tsk, just because beer is a lower per-unit price than wine doesn’t make it a low-rent cousin of wine.
I would suggest a trip through Bavaria in October then north in Belgium through Wallonia towards Brussels to disavow you of any other opinion. The Germans and Belgians take their beer and their brewing extremely seriously, have for centuries, and it shows in the products they produce. Heck, here in the US, the explosion of craft brewing both small and large is evidence enough of that. Since you live in the same town as the Heavy Seas Brewing and not too far away from one of the true greats, Stone Brewing Co., I would try their stuff.
Oh, definitely don’t take that as poor = beer drinker. I should include a comma so it’s “poor, and drink beer” cause I love me some beer.
Katie and I go on brewery tours every now and then when we travel and can get to one for a few hours. Last one was in Harrisburg, PA, for Troegs. Good stuff!
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Ahhh, Troegs...
My company’s main offices are in HBG, and I went up in May for brewery tours and the Mount Hope Brew fest. Good times, they were. The crew is coming down to Raleighwood in October for the World Beer Festival in Durham (the Oakland of NC) and we’ll surely have a great time there too if the crackheads and hoodies don’t murder us on the way to/from our parking spot.
by Charles Boyer on Aug 17, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I went to the WBF in Raleigh in May (for the second straight year) – had a blast! I love that thing.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 17, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
And you didn’t call me…oh well, I spent my time after the WBF at Aviator Brewery with Mark Doble, the proprietor of the place imbibing his fine beverage.
:-)
by Charles Boyer on Aug 17, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't buy golf gear just because some golf pro plays it
so I wouldn’t buy wine for their name either. However, a couple of their labels have done well in blind tasting I believe.
Blind tasting sounds tough to digest. Talk about roughage.
And yet if it weren’t for blinds, it would be curtains for all of us.
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