When 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
Vinny And Buddy Hanging Out The 10% Shingle!
/Tim Rosaforte reports that Ernie Els and Chubby Chandler have called it quits, and while that's rivetting news in the 10% community, the more interesting tidbit related to the amateur golfing greats Els might sign with:
Read MoreSay It Ain't So: Webb Simpson Retires From Tweeting
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It's negativity like that which forced him to retire from the Twittersphere, reports Jason Sobel reports.
If you weren't following Simpson, his page continues on...
Job Creator Azinger Runs Afoul Of ESPN Policy
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Paul Azinger's Tweet about his job creating prowess and the Presidents decision to play golf on his vacation got the once-a-year ESPN announcer a slap on the wrist. John Strege explains how the "discipline" was consistent with another ESPN announcer's comment about Sarah Palin. Padraig Misses The Old Grooves
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Brian Keogh notes that the R&A Ambassador wouldn't mind seeing the old grooves come back."Ogilvie also understands that it's time for him to be more candid about his future interests in a job currently held by Tim Finchem."
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Joe Ogilvie tells Jeffri Chadiha that the players "have a perfectly great commissioner right now in Tim" but "eventually Tim is going to retire." And with that, he officially lets it be known he would be interested in the job.Look Out: Couples Playing Pain Free
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Hank Gola on Senior Players Championship leader Fred Couples saying that he's playing pain free after traveling to Germany for back treatments approved by the PGA Tour.Well That Was Quick: Westwood Dumps Stockton Approach
/It seems the Lee Westwood's work with Dave Stockton was short-lived and instead, on his putting death bed, he's received total unconsciousness from Bob Rotella. John Huggan reports:
Read MoreOK, So Maybe Not Every Move Chubby Makes Is So Hot
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Simon Goodley of The Observer reveals that the agent for the last three major winners--the Animal Killer, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke--may have been shedding more than tears of joy after their wins. Thanks to reader Stuart and others for sending this story on Chubby Chandler's costly move in July, 2010.
Companies House documents reveal that on 14 July 2010 Chandler sold most of ISM Group – the holding company of ISM. Just one day later, Louis Oosthuizen strode out for the Open at St Andrews and teed off an incredible run for Chubby's boys: within 72 holes the South African had become the first player in ISM's stable to win a major in 20 years of trying, just as Chandler had relinquished control of 75% of a business that was about to see its prospects transformed.
Chandler admitted: "I don't live my life [regretting things]. I'm not a person that looks backwards. Maybe this run started because of that [deal]. If I lived my life wondering what would have happened and about 'what ifs' then I wouldn't get very far. The life I lead is very much a precarious one. There's nothing to say that five of these guys won't lose form. You tend to look forward not back. I'm not very grown up about a lot of things, but I'm very grown up about that."
According to Oliver Hunt, a partner at sports law firm Onside Law, ISM's run of winners could have been worth at least an extra £1.4m to ISM.
“We want to give a good foundation to the Foundation."
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Mike Hlas was at Zach Johnson's first foundation fundraiser Monday and the former Masters Champ sprung a shocker on the gathered attendees.Clarke and Chubby In Row Over Darren's Bank Account Status
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Last week the Daily Mail's Graham Otway and Jack White's quoted agent Chubby Chandler as suggesting Darren Clarke was nearly broke before he won the Open Championship and, well, I didn't pay much attention to it because it's the Daily Mail.Bob Dickson Records Ace, Double Eagle On TPC Sawgrass Front Nine!
/The former U.S. and British Amateur champion and winner on the PGA Tour also shot his age during the round, and did it all with an old Titleist Tour Distance ball he found in the rough a week before.
Bubba! "I think the golf industry is going the wrong way....No one else is changing their game so much with technology."
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I always enjoy Farrell Evans' Q&A's at golf.com but when I get to add a modern day player to The List, why it's a special day. And when it's the most American of American's expressing such un-American, anti-something views, it's just a grand day!
