If you really want to see what happens when a husband does the unthinkable--hit his wife with a shot--here is the photo she posted on Instagram. But you've been warned by the thumbnail version, it's gruesome but a good reminder to be extra careful if you hit the links over the holidays.
I'm guessing Morgan will not be present Saturday when Bode's Bob Baffert-trained and co-owned Carving runs in the $750,000 Cashcall Futurity at Hollywood Park, a key race in the new Kentucky Derby points chase. It's the FedExCup for horses.
Arguably the biggest loser in the announcement of Tom Watson as 2014 U.S. Ryder Cup captain is Paul McGinley whose qualifications for the European job are not in doubt. His celebrity stature is.
Steve DiMeglio has a nice roundup of player thoughts on Tom Watson getting the 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy nod, and thankfully no one mentioned his knowledge of links golf since of the hundreds of fun links in Scotland, the European Tour sold to the highest bidder and will be hosting at an inland Jack Nicklaus course.
''I'd like to congratulate Tom Watson on his selection as Ryder Cup captain,'' Woods said in a statement. ''I think he's a really good choice. Tom knows what it takes to win, and that's our ultimate goal. I hope I have the privilege of joining him on the 2014 United States team.''
"I also think Watson is the perfect captain to get the best out of Tiger Woods, something we have not seen in Ryder Cups. Tiger only plays with Steve Stricker, but Tom will get him playing with other players ahead of 2014, plus, I think Tiger respects Tom for being very straightforward and criticising him when he spat and swore on the course."
Oh yes, he just loved it. Still does, to this day!
You can just feel the excitement of the outdoor Today Show crowd as Matt Lauer introduces Ted Bishop of the PGA who reveals Tom Watson as the 2014 Ryder Cup Captain nearly two years out.
Nice job by Rex Hoggard of pinning down new PGA of America President and runaway trainwreck Ted Bishop fudging the truth to XM host Matt Adams after being asked why he had not placed calls to Ryder Cup Captaincy lifetime runner-up Larry Nelson.
Granted, you might miss Al Roker interviewing the third runner-up from The Voice or, in celebration of Today correspondent Jenna Bush's pregnancy, a segment on how you too can have a child. But I'm pretty sure I'll be tuned to Golf Channel especially since Today is on tape delay.
“It’s tough because it’s kind of the third time this has happened,” Nelson said, referring to the ’95 and ’97 captaincies. “It seemed to gather more momentum this year than possibly in the past. I’m certainly appreciative of the thousands of people who tweeted or sent me emails who were hoping this might be the time.
“I’m flattered, certainly disappointed. I don’t know why the decision was made the way it was, but you just have to honor that.”
I think I'm getting a better feel for why the Australian PGA--locked out last weekend by the resort owner--is leaving after this week. Golf Channel has the feed starting at 9:00 ET.
This will add to the team room fun should Tom Watson be named 2014 Ryder Cup Captain on Thursday, as Tim Rosaforte reports. Because, after all, Watson will likely helm a squad including Tiger Woods barring an unforseen, fall 2014 flare-up in his Achilles!
“I feel that he has not carried the same stature that other great players that have come along like Jack (Nicklaus), Arnold (Palmer), Byron Nelson, the Hogans, in the sense that there was language and club throwing on the golf course,” said Watson, a playoff loser to Stewart Cink at last year’s British Open. “You can grant that of a young person that has not been out here for a while. But I think he needs to clean up his act and show the respect for the game that other people before him have shown.”
At the 2010 U.S. Open when they shared the tenth tee together. Karen Crouse wrote:
As they waited to hit, neither Watson nor Woods exchanged glances, much less niceties, their cold shoulders turning the tee into an outdoor icebox. The distance between them was accentuated when the golfer Jason Gore made his way to the hole and received a warm hello and a hug from Woods who, like Watson, has won a United States Open here. Standing between Woods and Watson like a buffer was another Stanford golfer, Joseph Bramlett, who was playing with his childhood idol, Woods, two days after going through graduation ceremonies. It was three generations of Cardinal golfing royalty sharing a moment that could have been captured only by the widest of wide-angle lenses.
“His life is a lot more complicated now. He doesn’t hear that absolute silence when he’s playing, and he mentioned when he’s playing his best he hears nothing,” the American eight-times major winner told a news conference on Wednesday. “I’m sure there are things going on in his mind that make it very difficult for him.”
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.
If you really want to see what happens when a husband does the unthinkable--hit his wife with a shot--here is the photo she posted on Instagram. But you've been warned by the thumbnail version, it's gruesome but a good reminder to be extra careful if you hit the links over the holidays.
