Ready Golf, Tim Herron Edition
/Doug Ferguson writes about all of the slow play talk and features this example of ready golf, a concept foreign to too many elite golfers who do not begin deliberations until a flag is placed in the hole...
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Reminder: Humana Challenge Health Matters Conference
/All events are streaming live at the Clinton Foundation website. These will be the events I'm attending...
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Conference Welcome & Opening Remarks
• Karolee Sowle, CEO, Desert Regional Medical Center
• Tim Finchem, Commissioner, PGA TOUR
• President Bill Clinton
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Achieving Lifelong Health & Well-Being Opening Discussion
• Moderated by President Bill Clinton
• Jillian Michaels, Health & Wellness Expert
• Billie Jean King, Founder, Women’s Sports Foundation
• Dr. David Satcher, Former Surgeon General & Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Richard Gephardt, President/CEO, Gephardt Government Affairs
• Dr. Mark Hyman, Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine
1:45 — 2:45 p.m.
Health, Wellness and the Bottom Line: A Dialogue Among Business Leaders
• Moderated by Jerry Tarde, Editor in Chief, Golf Digest
• Travis Bogard, CMO, Jawbone
• James Curleigh, CEO, KEEN Footwear
• Casey Wasserman, Chairman and CEO, Wasserman Media Group
• Michael McCallister, CEO, Humana
• Bob Lanier, Special Assistant to the Commissioner and NBA Cares Global Ambassador
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Building Healthy Communities
• Moderated by Karolee Sowle, CEO, Desert Regional Medical Center
• Susan Dell, Founder, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
• Lakeysha Sowunmi, Mom & Wellness Community Leader
• Notah Begay III, Health & Wellness Advocate
• Annika Sorenstam, Founder, Annika Foundation
• Goldie Hawn, The Hawn Foundation
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Closing Conversation: Why Health Matters
• Moderated by Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Chief Medical Editor, NBC
• President Bill Clinton & Special Guests
Vijay Manages To Do The Unthinkable: Makes Sabbatini A Sympathetic Character!
/Okay for just a day anyway. Karen Crouse with the details of a row between hotheads Vijay Singh and Rory Sabbatini during round three of the Sony Open.
Read MoreInventor Of Every's Hideous Putter: "We're not ready to talk specifics about it."
/Johnson Wagner won the Sony but the takeaway from the week has to be that grotesque putter former pothead and soon-to-be-headed-to-interview-schooler Matt Every used to get into contention in Honolulu.
Read MoreJuan Carlos Wagner Wins Sony Open
/Alex Miceli explores the topic we're all talking about this Monday: how did Johnson Wagner win the Sony Open with that mustache, and how has he managed to escape the Clouseau and Borat suggestions that have dogged Geoff Ogilvy to the point he's keeping his charity-inspired growth.
Read MoreEvery's Chance For Twenty Under Fades, Shares Lead With Maggert
/And according to Doug Ferguson, sixteen players within 4 of the lead.
Read MoreEvery Lights Up Waialae, Rolls To Sony Open Lead
/Just had to get those out of the system. Now I can put Matt Every's pot-arrest past behind him. So can Reuters after this less-than-subtle lede:
Matt Every, who was suspended by the PGA Tour in 2010 for three months after being arrested on drug charges, birdied his last three holes to move two strokes clear in Friday's second round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.
The 28-year-old American fired a flawless six-under-par 64 at a breezy Waialae Country Club for a 10-under total of 130 and the early lead in the first full-field event of the season on the U.S. circuit.
Update on 2012-01-14 18:50 by Geoff
**Thanks to reader Mark for this awkward Every post round interview with Kelly Tilghman.
Deadspin also embeds it on their site for the inevitable YouTube removal.
And even better, Mark Rolfing with an early candidate for the Yogi Berra quote of the year: "Well that was a revealing interview, but I'm not sure what it revealed."
Update on 2012-01-14 18:49 by Geoff
**Doug Ferguson explains that no one seems to have an answer for what exactly happened to Every's case, but the word dismissed is not one of them.
"I don't do drugs. It was a crappy deal, man," Every said. "Wrong place, wrong time, perfect storm. And you know, I got three months out of it. It's over with. I'm not mad at the tour. They did what they had to do. I totally understand it. But it's over with."
Every said he is not a "party animal."
"I still hang out with the same people," he said. "I have great friends, man. If one of my friends likes to smoke marijuana every now and then, I'm not going to say, 'Well, you can't be my friend anymore.' Honestly, man, I know more people who smoke marijuana than who don't smoke marijuana. I know that's probably not the politically correct thing to say, but it's the truth."
Asked about the outcome of the charge, Every said he had to "stay out of trouble" for a year. One of his agents at Goal Marketing, Kevin Canning, declined comment when asked how the case was disposed.
DJ Adds Humana, First Top 10er To Commit To Clinton
/Larry Bohannan reports on Dustin Johnson's last minute change of heart, entering an improved Humana (RIP Bob Hope Classic) Challenge field.
Read More"Gore’s exemption proved the power of the people, or should we say Twee-ple."
/Brian Wacker talks to Jason Gore after his sponsor's exemption campaign via Twitter convinced Northern Trust Open officials to grant the Pepperdine great a spot into this year's event.
Read MoreNutt: Tiger-Tebow Pairing Unlikely
/Brian Wacker gets confirmation from AT&T National Pro-Am tournament director Ollie Nutt that a spot is being held for Tim Tebow should he be available, but that a pairing with Tiger Woods is not in the cards.
Read MoreRomo, Schomo: Tiger-Tebow Pairing In The Works?
/Global Golf Post's Brian Hewitt says that's the word from a "highly placed source" at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Read MoreLuke On Kapalua Debacle: "Slow play is killing our sport"
/Jonathan Wall notes a nice mini-spurt of frustrated tweets from World No. 1 Luke Donald after watching the rude behavior of various leaders at Kapalua. Here are the tweets in reverse order:
Phil Signs Off On Butch's New Pupil
/Brian Wacker reports on the first day of Gary Woodland's life after Randy Smith fired the lad and it seems Butch Harmon got the "OK" of his prized pupils before adding Woodland to his stable.
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