Golfing from the Seats at Citizens Bank Park

This was a cool experience. I went golfing from the seats at Citizens Bank Park. The last time I was in this building I left as miserable as I could possibly be. 46,000 other people also left completely miserable as we watched the Phillies absolutely collapse in games 6 & 7of the NLCS. This was a much better experience.

Upper Deck Golf goes into professional sports stadiums around the country and sets up 9 'holes' in the field and 9 'tee boxes' in the stands. You move throughout the entire building through the 200 and 300 levels. It was definitely a cool thing. The tickets for this are in high demand, because when you buy them you only get to choose a window for your booking. We got 7:20, on a Saturday morning, in November. Luckily it was realtively warm when we started. Eventually the wind did kick up which made you feel a little shaky when you were hitting off a riser in the 300 level. It was especially problematic when the wind was at your back! It played with your mind a bit. Even though I knew I wasn't going to fall off after my swing, my brain still kept me from fully following through. Overall it was a fun experience. If they come back it's something you should try.

Look at this form I have from the 300 level. Good thing this is a still shot, because like I said, my brain made me not follow through and it was ugly.

This is a group you want to golf with at a normal course. Music, drinks, laughs, lunch! Our friend Albert, Me little Dan V and Big Dan V.

Big Dan V. the best golfer of the bunch taking a shot from the 200 level in right field.

My Brother setting up to not get the ball out of the infield. I'm serious. The wind was howling directly in our faces. This shot landed to the left of where the 2nd base bag would be.

The layout of the 9 holes stretching from left field to right field. Scoring was a birdie if you made it in the circle of the designated flag, a par in the designated green and a bogey if outside of the green.

You'd think for the price of tickets they could afford a better ball retrieval method. Instead it's whatever guy does motocross and has all his protective equipment available.

A great shot of center city Philadelphia on a blustery November day.

Get excited South Jersey, a brand new state of the art golf course is coming, all thanks to a Major League Baseball Superstar and Tiger Woods! He grew up and still lives in Millville in the off-season so that's why it's here.

The brand new golf course in Vineland will be designed by Tiger Woods' golf course architecture firm, TGR Design, which will clearly add a much higher profile to the new golf course. No word on if Tiger is going to show up to christen it, but regardless, it's still pretty cool.

The Tri-State Area is very familiar with very fancy and exclusive golf courses. In fact, one of the most expensive and exclusive golf courses in the entire country is also in South Jersey. Pine Valley is so old that it just removed all of it's gender restrictions in 2021! Pine Valley secured the number one ranking in Golf Digest's biennial America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses 2019–20 and 2021-22. There are about 930 members spread throughout the world, and the list is a closely guarded secret. A few years ago a caller told me that his uncle used to be a security guard at Pine Valley. He said these super rich and famous people would fly their helicopters in to play.

Golf in general has become super popular for famous athletes of other sports so this new partnership doesn't seem to far fetched. I remember when he signed his new contract with the Los Angles Angels for $450 Million, I said, he could literally buy Millville with that money. Obviously he didn't buy the city, but building his new golf course is definitely a start. Maybe he can help fix the Cumberland Mall next!

He might not be on the Phillies, but he's good friends with Bryce Harper.

[Source: nbcphiladelphia.com]

Aka Preston from Preston and Steve on 993WMMR

He's working in Cobbs Creek to help inner city kids get access to golf.

Love that the Trout's live in Millville still.

With Big Papi at the World Baseball Championships!

Mike Trout who was born in Cumberland County, announced Monday he's building a brand-new golf course and club called named "Trout National - The Reserve" in Vineland. The course and club are expected to break ground this year and be open by 2025, according to a release.

The course will be designed by Tiger Woods' golf course architecture firm, TGR Design, adding a little more name recognition to the project.

"I'm so excited to finally officially announce that we’re doing this project, and doing it in a community that means so much to me," Trout said Monday in a release. "I was born in Vineland and raised in Millville. I met my wife, Jessica, in Millville, and my parents and siblings and in-laws still live in the area. I could put down roots anywhere in the country, but Jessica and I make south Jersey our off-season home and always cherish the time we get to spend there."