Golf Takes The Blame For Everything Files: Brush Fire Edition

I can see it now, Rustic Canyon shut down in any Santa Ana wind for fear of someone's precious 4-iron skimming a rock and ingniting a spark.

Thanks to Brooks for catching Erika Ritchie and Peter Schelden's story on a brush fire breaking out next to Shady Canyon, home course to Tiger Woods and Mark McGwire when they are in the OC.

John Wooden, R.I.P.

He didn't play much golf later in his life, but as we learned last year Coach Wooden accomplished an incredibly rare feat during his Indiana golfing days.

Cliff Schrock interviewed the Coach for the April, 2010 Golf Digest. And I can attest to his fascination with the game, as he always asked about my game and I know from one chat that he was particularly fascinated by Tiger Woods.

The lengthy L.A. Times obituary by Bill Dwyre and David Wharton is here.**

**This was the only way to read the remarkable piece of work by Dwyre and Wharton for many LA Times subscribers since Wooden passed away at 6:30 p.m., past the printing deadline for the Times, which has to make room on its own presses for the Saturday Wall Street Journal printing.

"I think Tiger Woods has helped to broaden that, in the sense that he's brought golf to a lot of the cities."

Tea Party victor in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary Rand Paul was asked about hosting his victory celebration at a country club on Good Morning America (thanks reader, Rick).

Mark O'Meara Doesn't Make List Of Favorite Irish Golfers

A devastating blow on St. Patrick's Day and on the eve of the Tavistock Cup, so soon after learning Tiger passed up on playing there.

Tom Cunneff lists his favorite Irish golfers...from the Republic. Not from southern California.