30-Second Contest Infomercial
Let’s kick things off with an infomercial of sorts.
Does your golf bag need a refresh? Do you steal gently worn balls from your range bucket? Is your wardrobe stale. Are your golf shoes rotten? Can you see your toes?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, MyGolfSpy can help. With only 7 days left in our Tour Staff Giveaway, it’s not too late for you (yes you…the guy with a mustache…and you too, the guy without) to win what I suppose you could call a golf makeover.
Yeah…you’re not going to win the grand prize package…and yeah, you’re not even going to win 2nd place, but man…you still have a legitimate chance to win a flippin’ sweet prize package from some of the biggest names in golf. When I say big names, I’m not talking about golf companies who use big fonts. I’m talking about big-time, world famous, producing-some-of-our-favorite-equipment-companies like TaylorMade, Adams Golf, and Bridgestone.
Seriously…just by voting in the Tour Staff Contest, you can win a TaylorMade Driver and Fairway Wood, an Adams Hybrid, 2 Wedges from SCOR Golf, and 3 Dozen Bridgestone Balls.
But wait, there’s more!
The 3rd place winner (selected randomly from all eligible voters (you must be subscribed to our newsletter)) will also win 1 Complete Golf Outfit from Sub70USA (maker of the best pants ever), and 1 Pair of phx shoes from TRUE linkswear (who are to footwear what Sub70 is to pants – the best ever).
All you have to do is go here, Like Us on Facebook, and Vote for your favorite entry. You can vote once per day, and each vote is one entry in our contest. Seriously. It’s just that easy to win almost $1400 worth of golf awesomeness. Get to it man! I know our finalists would love your vote. Which brings me to…
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What You’ve All Been Waiting For
As our Tour Staff Contest enters the home stretch (the last 7 days), the whining about Facebook is largely in the rearview, so we figured an update of sorts was in order. As it stands now nobody outside of the MyGolfSpy staff knows who is winning because some rat bastard (me) decided it would make things just a little bit more interesting if we kept the vote count under wraps. After all there’s nothing worse than people voting for a frontrunner. PS. The Yankees Suck. Moving on…
As sometimes happens when the field turns for home, horses get tired, and the field thins (sorry…I live in Saratoga, NY and it’s track season). Such is the case with the Tour Staff Contest. Based on the current vote count (as of 4:45 PM Eastern Time, on 8/29), we’ve got ourselves a 3 horse race. The good news, which I’m sure will delight some of the finalists, we don’t exactly have a Secretariat in the field.
Nobody is moving like a tremendous machine and running away with this thing. Unfortunately for the 7 that trail them, there’s no Zenyatta in this field either. The colts (yes I know Zenyatta is a mare) at the back of the pack are out of it. Did I mention I love horse racing?
The 3 atop the leader board have combined to rack up twice as many votes as the 7 guys behind them. I’m a little bummed out. Look, it’s going to be great to see someone win this thing, but I’m sad that my personal favorite…and the pick I personally sent through the finals, probably isn’t going to win. Of course, I’m not going to tell you which pick was mine.
Politicking and Corrupting the Vote
Some of the finalists have come up with some pretty ingenious ways to solicit votes. Kevin L. is driving around in a van that actually says “Vote for Kevin L. in the MyGolfSpy Tour Staff Contest”, and Will D. has spun up a contest of his own; vowing if he wins to give a fairway wood away at random to someone who votes for him. Will P. is considering setting up shop at the mall, and paying $1 to every shopper who votes for him, and Jason B. posted this little gem of a photo in our forum:
*publication of this photo in no way represents a MyGolfSpy Staff endorsement of Jason B. or his entry. It does mean we think it’s funny.
UPDATE: Dan M. to coincide with his bizarre rant about wrestling a Yeti uploaded this gem of said Yeti wearing his favorite Sub70 Apparel.
*publication of this photo also in no way represents an endorsement of anything (other than the FACT that Sub70 makes the best pants ever).
UPDATE: Here’s the picture of Kevin L.’s van.
*publication of this photo also in no way represents an endorsement of Kevin L.’s entry, and is certainly not an endorsement for minivans.
Suddenly this thing has a lot of moving parts, right?
It’s not exactly what we had in mind, but I’ll admit to being slightly impressed (and mostly horrified) by the ingenuity of it all. I’ve also been inspired. All of this behind the scenes wheeling and dealing has given me an idea for our next big giveaway. I’m sure hundreds will hate that one too.
Whether or not these stunts are actually working, I can’t say. Actually, I could say…I’m just not going to. How do you like them apples?
So to sum all of this up. 7 of the 10 finalists are basically cooked (faded as we say in horse racing circles). 3 guys still have a legitimate chance at winning the 1st and 2nd place prizes, and ANYONE reading this right now, has a shot to win the 3rd place price.
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Thank You!
Once again, MyGolfSpy would like to thank the tremendous sponsors of our Tour Staff Contest:
JBones
12 years ago
It’s over, yay!!!!!!!!!! Thank you MGS for putting on this amazing contest. I can’t wait to find out the results.