Out of Office Reply: I’m at the PGA!

by Josh on August 8, 2007 · View Comments

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I have absolutely no interest in golf. Before you choke or stop reading the blog, It’s not that I don’t like it, I’ve just never really played. My excuse is that I’m left-handed… which is working less and less each time I’m asked to play.

For the first time since 1994, the PGA Championship is in Tulsa this week and our employer gave my brother and me two tickets to go, so we’re going. We’ve mostly followed Jim Furyk around and saw Tiger…on the TV being interviewed. Oh, and I ruled the leader board like it’s never been ruled before. (photo below)

So, in honor of anything and everything that is cool about golf I have a model of a golf ball that is really interesting. It’s a SolidWorks 2007 model from 3DContentCentral done by Tim Thieler. It’s could be done with fewer features but he’s used an interesting approach, so I thought I’d throw it out. Rollback through the features. It has a lot of methods you may not normally use or think about. Click the shiny ball to download.

{ 5 comments }

Josh August 8, 2007 at 3:47 pm: It was really stinkin’ hot in Tulsa today. 100 plus. They didn’t need to water because of the sweat pouring off thousands of people.
maggie August 8, 2007 at 5:24 pm: That picture of you is hilarious…I’m sure it’s never been ruled like that before!!!
Josh August 9, 2007 at 8:19 am: It’s true. Tiger saw me and shed a tear. (now that i think about it, he could have just been sweating or feeling sorry for me. hmmm.)
Tim Thieler July 22, 2008 at 6:11 pm: 3dContentCentral

I am an aspiring blogger myself I would like to make you aware of my site http://www.solidworker.com. I like to post videos about SolidWorks topics that I feel my customers would benefit from. Please visit, and feel free to link to any of the content!
Tim Thieler
Tim Thieler July 22, 2008 at 5:11 pm: While Googling myself I stumbled onto this post. Thank you for the positive review of my golf ball model! I made this model about two years ago as an exercise and a training demonstration piece. I was disappointed with the examples that were available and wanted to explore a more innovative approach. Seeing your post reminded me that I had posted it to 3dContentCentral. I just checked there and was very flattered by the reviews. 3dContentCentral

I am an aspiring blogger myself I would like to make you aware of my site http://www.solidworker.com. I like to post videos about SolidWorks topics that I feel my customers would benefit from. Please visit, and feel free to link to any of the content!
Tim Thieler