“That’s to hide them from the ding-a-lings who don’t belong there"
/Bill Pennington manages to spin a fresh take on the subject of golfers playing the wrong tees. Love the accompanying art by Bob Eckstein and this from Pete Dye:
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
Coming This Week: Live From The PLAYERS
/You know I'm worried about my well being when passing up not only the traditional Fifth of Four Majors jab,
Read MoreIM'ing With The Commissioners, PLAYERS Edition
/My friends at the NSA didn't waste much time passing along the latest chat between PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and LPGA Commish Carolyn Bivens on the eve of the Players Championship.
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"The message I've passed along to our staff and committee is that if you want to go to Cog Hill for an Open, it is easily good enough as a test of golf"
/A couple of interesting Cog Hill related stories have been posted on the eve of its reopening post-Reestoration (and boy does it look like a restored Dick Wilson Rees Jones course now.)
Read More"In America it is the other way round, they don't care how it plays as long as it looks good. As a country, we need to get back to playing golf the way it is supposed to be played."
/Two must reads on the eve of The Players: Paul Goydos, who nearly held off Sergio Garcia in the 2008 edition, is profiles
Read MoreThank God Brokaw's Not Announcing: Digest/NBC Selects Larry Giebelhausen
/The police officer won the contest to be named the whitest man in America the final contestant in the break 100 confab.
Phil Keeps White Belt Streak Going
/With a third round 75 at Quail Hollow he keeps his lousy white belt streak going and certainly padding that +1.8 white belt index.
Read MoreLehman Defends Really White Chest Bump Gone Awry
/Finally, some much needed Champions Tour controversy as Tom Lehman defends last weekend's chest-bump-gone-awry with Bernhard Langer,
Read MoreNo Truth To Rumor That Bob Hope Classic Talking To George Lopez About Sponsorship Bailout
/After all, he's in better financial shape than Chrysler.
Looks like they aren't touching the C-word after yesterday's news. For immediate release:
The Sixth Major Really, Really Wants To Move Up Two Slots
/For all of the joking about Quail Hollow's sixth major status, it sure sounds like the player raves for those Mercedes courtesy cars the wonderfully narrow course,
Read More"We’re letting them get excited about birdies instead of just watching people make a bunch of pars.”
/I didn't get to see any of the Quail Hollow Championship's opening round, but looking at the leaderboard and reading a couple of accounts about the course setup,
Read MoreOlympic Golf Movement Scores Best Endorsement Yet: Bruce Jenner Thinks It's A Bad Idea
/John Strege reports that the former Olympic great turned-Botox-gone-bad-reality-show-star says golf
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