Faldo Knighted; Queen Offers Address Position Advice?

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Courtesy of Jay Busbee at Yahoo.

I think she's tell him to keep the right shoulder lower at address? Using a sword's a bit over the top, no? Or maybe that was all they had lying around? Wait, what? It's part of the ceremony? Oh, sorry.

Still, I'm not so sure about the right knee on the velvet stool that she bought from Liberace? Maybe an old Leadbetter drill?

 

No Loch Ness Monster, But Plenty Of Golf Balls

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Thanks to reader Al for this CNN story on the Danish Golf Union discovering that it takes between 100 and 1,000 years for golf balls to decompose, and that an estimated 300 million are lost or discarded annually.

This was the most amazing part:

The scale of the dilemma was underlined recently in Scotland, where scientists -- who scoured the watery depths in a submarine hoping to discover evidence of the prehistoric Loch Ness monster -- were surprised to find hundreds of thousands of golf balls lining the bed of the loch.

Apparently the Loch is considered a driving range by locals. Lovely. The video evidence:



"Researchers found that golfers could reduce their handicap after a few months of using a night-time device that provides nasal positive airway pressure"

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From The Irish Times...not The Onion:

GOLF: GOLFERS WITH the night-time breathing disorder obstructive sleep apnea can improve their game and cut their handicap by up to three strokes by treating their sleeping problem, according to a small US study.

Researchers found that golfers could reduce their handicap after a few months of using a night-time device that provides nasal positive airway pressure (NPAP) – a treatment that has been shown effective for curbing sleep apnea.

The study was based on 24 golfers and saw their average handicap fall significantly from 12.4 to 11.0. The effect was even more pronounced in better golfers with a handicap of 12 or under whose average handicap dropped from 9.2 to 6.3.

“The surprise was that the most significant improvement was noted in the lower handicap golfers, many of whom were older,” researcher Dr Marc Benton said.

Benton estimated that there are one to three million regular golfers in the United States who suffer from sleep apnea, and most are undiagnosed or untreated.

Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which the tissues at the back of the throat temporarily collapse during sleep, causing repeated stops and starts in breathing during the night. This leads to poor-quality sleep and, often, daytime drowsiness, fatigue, and cognitive impairment.

I'm guessing this isn't on the PGA Tour's banned list?

"I saw one of the most remarkable sights I have come across in 50 years of playing and watching the sport."

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Photographer Rob Matre just opened an exhibition where some of the proceeds go to the Jordan Thomas Foundation to benefit children in need of prosthetics. And for more inspiration, the one-legged Manuel de los Santos just played in the Dunhill Cup and plays to a three handicap. John Hopkins profiled de los Santos and courtesy of reader Jeff, there's this video of his swing:



The Moon Shot

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GolfDigest.com posts the moon shot video and a transcript for today's 40th anniversary.

Note To Smugglers: Know What A Handicap Is

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Thanks to Putmedownfora6 for this priceless James Tozer story from The Sun detailing Kayti (huh!?) Dryer, who had checked golf clubs and paid a visit to Customs where they asked her what her handicap was.

When she was unable to answer, they seized the clubs and found £83,000 worth of cocaine hidden inside the shafts.

Yesterday the 23-year-old was starting a four-year prison sentence after admitting smuggling the drugs.

Dryer was questioned after her golf bag was X-rayed at Manchester Airport when she got off a flight from the Caribbean in April. She claimed to have taken the clubs on holiday to Montego Bay in Jamaica.

An airport source said: 'When asked about her handicap, she looked blank and asked them to repeat the question. They asked her again, she gave no response.

'She clearly did not know what they were talking about and had no idea it was even a golfing term. It appeared as if she thought they were asking her if she had a disability.'

Traces of cocaine were revealed when Customs officers swabbed her luggage, and when they cut the clubs into pieces they found a 1kg stash.

JT Pitching Golf Memoir

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And he's only 28 years old! But he has played the last two Golf Digest Break 100 deals, which, based on the time it took to play, actually makes JT the golfer feel 52.

Amy Wilkinson reports:

Literary agent David Viglian, who has represented celebs like Clay Aiken and Shannon Doherty, recently sent editors a proposal for a memoir-like work in which JT recounts his many rounds of golf and who he’s teed off with.

It’s no secret Justin’s a big fan of the game, having been introduced to it by stepfather Paul Harless. “I can go on any golf course, anywhere. I can go on a golf course in Abu Dhabi and feel like I’m back home. That’s what I love about it,” he told Entertainment Tonight.