My student teacher recently glommed me onto a free ESPN betting game called Streak For The Cash.

It’s a lot of fun. The goal is to put together a string of winning bets from a constantly changing selection. Today, for example, you could have chosen to “bet” (among other items) on either Michael Bradley or Carl Petterson for the lowest round scores at the Puerto Rico Open; whether the combined scores of the Michigan-Iowa game would total 117 or more; or whether West Virginia will win by double or single digits tonight against Cincinnati. As soon as one event is over, you can place a “bet” on another.

If you win your bet, that extends the streak. Losing a bet starts you over at zero, but your longest streak is recorded. At the end of the month, the player who managed to put together the longest streak for the month wins $100,000. Right now, the longest streak is 16.

Lets give a warm welcome to the blogosphere to the Houston Golf Nut. He’s originally form Michigan, so he has to be a good guy I love his logo.

EA is running a beta of the Tiger Woods golf game online, and you can sign up for free. I did, and played the Torrey Pines course. It’s amazing—exactly as I remember it on my round.

Uglies Golf is a new site that aggregates golf news stories, offering links to what the editors think are the best of the day. Not sure why it’s “Uglies Golf”, though. Give it a visit.

Update: The nice folk at Uglies Golf inform me that:

For the record, the technical definition of “uglies” is “Uglies can be a side bet in any group of golfers. Determine the value of each “ugly” before the round begins. Uglies are automatically won by any golfer holing a shot from off the green. Also decide before the round if chip-ins from the fringe will count.”

Golf Bookie is an interesting idea. It’s a free website that helps you to track your individual, team, skins and nines bets. Nothing for a Nassau or Calcuttas, though, which are the most common I’ve seen.

Press release follows: