Golf marketing: More abominations visited upon us

You’ve probably heard me rant and rave enough about intrusive advertising and marketing, but I have to pass along the latest abomination that might further sicken you.

In the near future, you won’t be firing at flags, you’ll be aiming at Wendy’s old-fashioned hamburgers!

Custom Golf Flagstick of Scottsdale says it’s coming out with a “patented new design” for flagsticks.

They include a 42-inch sleeve that can be “custom designed for branding purposes.”

“The flagstick is at the heart of the game of golf,” CEO James Deen said in a press release announcing the tacky, new product. “This new product will help all courses increase the visibility of the flagstick, offer branding opportunities for sponsors and partners and help courses generate new economic streams in a tough market.”

These idiots just don’t get it. We go to the golf course to get AWAY. The last thing we need is more two-bit hucksters cramming worthless products down our throats.

Still, you can’t beat these people, they’re as relentless as cockroaches, so you might as well throw in with them. Here’s a great idea: Advertising in the hole. You lean over to pick up your ball after sinking a putt, and there’s the idiotic Geico gecko staring back at you.

Mark my words, it will happen.