St. Andrews Golf Club To Admit Women

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The Guardian's Severin Carrell reports on the big change for St. Andrews. Naturally, despite the story describing the St. Andrews clubhouse, they ran a photo of...you guessed it...the R&A clubhouse, which is definitely not the St. Andrews Golf Club.

The committee at the St Andrews Golf Club, which is run from a handsome Victorian mansion overlooking the greens and fairways of the fabled Old Course, has written to its 2,000 male members recommending that it admit women to the club. The club, founded in 1843, has warned its members that under the new Equality Act, the club could face prosecution for failing to allow women to join. Keeping the ban would be a "retrograde step" as it would mean women would also have to be barred from its clubhouse as guests.

Its past club captains and trustees had decided that allowing all members, regardless of their gender, to have full access to all its bars and facilities would be "the best way, in their opinion, of safeguarding the long-term wellbeing of St Andrews Golf Club", the members were told.

Down boy, down boy. Contain your enthusiam!

John Daly Sheds Light On Tiger's Marriage...Really

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Even better the four-time husband offers some brilliant PR advice on The Zone, 790 in Georgia reports the Guyism blog.

Mayhem: Once you put that ring on your finger, you don’t get that opportunity anymore…

John: Well, you should if your wife is good to you and makes loves to you when you want to be made love to….my exes, they didn’t want to have sex anymore. And when that happens, if you’re not going to give it to me, I’m going to get it from somewhere else. Is that adultery? Maybe so. But from what I understand, when you’re married, they’re supposed to give it to you.

Mayhem: Can Tiger Woods go up to a podium or a microphone, and say, here’s the deal, I’m not getting it anymore and quite honestly I’ve had enough?

John: Exactly, that’s what I did

And look how well that's worked out for you!

Mayhem: Could he have gotten away with that with his public persona?

John: I think so

You can listen to the wisdom here.

Early reviews are in and Long John has outdone himself!

Gary D'Amato writes:

John Daly has inserted his foot in his mouth on plenty of occasions throughout his PGA Tour career, but the two-time major champion outdid himself in an interview on 790 The Zone in Atlanta.

Steve Elling writes:

Let's see, this classy little NC-17-rated radio conversation ought to add to Daly's tour-topping fine total, huh?

PGA Tour Algorithm Writers Turn Their Attention To Making Fall Finish As Confusing As The FedExCup

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"The Finals Series" is apparently the branding VP's stand-in name until a sponsor can be landed to prop up the Q-School replacing year-end battle between PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour players, reports Dave Shedloski in Golf World Monday.

But because this new fall finish will combine players from both tours, money lists can't be used and instead, algorithms will be in play to determine who gets their card for the following year. And we know how well those calculations have worked for the FedExCup; now they actually get to determine livelihoods!

Steve Sands, don't put your whiteboard away after East Lake!

"Nearly every private club in the Miami Valley has special offers. All it takes is a telephone call to learn what’s available."

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Thanks to reader Larry for Jim Harper's Biscayne Times story on "The Trouble With Golf" that details the woes of south Florida courses. It's a long read but it's worth noting because Harper looks at all sides and talks to people on the ground. Much of the talk about golf in Florida these days stems from the recent bill introduced to convert at least five state parks into Nicklaus-designed courses.
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