tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25771033092495401792024-02-20T14:29:12.354-06:00BUSHWOOD COUNTRY CLUBA slightly snarky view of the world of golf - including players, equipment, clubs, the golf media, and anyone whose path I cross...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-50217061146648110492012-06-20T17:21:00.001-05:002012-06-20T17:21:04.331-05:00Hank Haney's 7 Keys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hank Haney has gotten a lot of guff lately....from the publication of "The Big Miss", to comments about the swing that he taught Tiger being "wipey" (wth ever THAT means). However, before anyone complained about him violating Tiger's "trust" (lofl...discuss THAT amongst yourselves), Hank wrote an excellent instruction book. It's called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hank-Haneys-Essentials-Swing-Building/dp/0470407484">Hank Haney's Essentials of the Swing</a>, and it is really something. It's probably one of the ONLY instruction books that is short,concise, understandable, and most importantly <u>EXECUTABLE</u>. I've read the book cover to cover three times, and use it constantly as a point of reference. It's has made a huge difference for me, and I encourage you to check it outUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-89921416757693687722012-06-20T16:48:00.001-05:002012-06-20T16:48:18.177-05:00Webb get's er done....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Like it or not folks, Webb Simpson was the last ,man standing at Olympia on Saturday. Amidst all of the Tiger hand wringing, Beau worshipping, Birdman tackling, and Furyk snap-hooking...the best golfer really did win. I've been fortunate enough to play Olympic under much more benign circumstances and it was still a huge test, so please a tip of the hat, and a toast to Webb Simpson for a round well played.<br />
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As you watched the last 12 holes out, one could not help but sense a tension in the foggy air of the Olympic Club - no real runaways, just a "feeling" that drama was right around the corner. First Webb stated a birdie run, then Westwood went looking for a Spotted Owl in a tell tree, then GMac started to fray a bit at the edges....and finally, Furyk melted like a Hershey bar under a broiler. Meanwhile, Webb persevered....and won a well deserved title. Respect to Michael Thompson and John Peterson, two relative unknowns who really hung tough.<br />
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-73316087814093433762012-02-24T09:40:00.000-06:002012-02-24T09:40:56.126-06:00Tiger's Putter needs some Love #putterlove ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/gazgolf1/12__550x_nicky-whalen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/gazgolf1/12__550x_nicky-whalen.jpg" width="129" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K5YBwW8ZZgY/TETB2L5_OPI/AAAAAAAAC48/5VQ7NK8IEmw/clip_image002%5B4%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K5YBwW8ZZgY/TETB2L5_OPI/AAAAAAAAC48/5VQ7NK8IEmw/clip_image002%5B4%5D.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you watched Tiger's putting woes this week, you have to wonder what the heck is going on ....It's certainly nothing he can blame on Hank, or atribute to the "wipey" swing that he has been heard to complain about. Tiger has vacillated between (at least) three putters over the past 12 months - his original Scotty, a heel shafted "semi mallet", and now the Nike version of his venerable Cameron Newport.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the equipment changes, his putting continues to be lackluster. We can all understand, I suppose, the impact of his personal struggles and his injuries on his full shots - as that is a much more complex motion. However, it is difficult to comprehend that the guy who not so long ago had (arguably) the best putting stroke ever finds himself in such a pickle. N</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o matter what Johnny Miller says about Tiger winning "40 more tournaments and 4 more majors", one thing is for certain - if Eldrick cannot figure out the flatstick, he has no chance to ever reach those numbers.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a thought - maybe Tiger and Nike should follow the lead of TaylorMade and their recent "#driverlove" campaign...they could start a #putterlove campaign, and make Tiger some special hats...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-48729473704761729722012-02-19T23:18:00.003-06:002012-02-24T10:06:31.902-06:00A New Golf Season....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P2AkN-4PsIo/T0e1IEpKJJI/AAAAAAAADdk/Q-hOB0EeXMs/s1600/mad-golfer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P2AkN-4PsIo/T0e1IEpKJJI/AAAAAAAADdk/Q-hOB0EeXMs/s200/mad-golfer.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next weekend, I will play my inaugural 2012 event on The Golf Channel's Amateur Tour at one of my favorite courses ever - Farmlinks. I'm really looking forward to getting back on the competitive bandwagon, after a short winter break. Last year was one of mixed results - while I finished in the top 25 at the AmTour's National Championship in La Quinta, CA, my play throughout the season was inconsistent. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you who are new to BCC, or have not heard of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gcamtour.com/#">The Golf Channel's Amateur Tour</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, its a really cool thing, and I recommend you check it out. Regardless of your skill level, it's an awesome way to enjoy some competition and play some "real golf" - something that lots of golfers (including me, before I joined) seldom if ever played. Playing completely by the Rules of Golf ("playing it down", no gimmes, no mulligans) is vastly different than how most people play...don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing the game filled with "do overs" - just saying that playing where you count every stroke and must make every putt is a lot of fun, and will really improve your game.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway - with this being my 5th season to play on the "AmTour", I decided to make some changes in my approach this year. The way the tour works is that every couple of weeks there is a one day event (with 8-20 people in your flight), every couple of months there is a "Regional Major" (a two day event with 50-100 people in your flight), and then the season ending National Championship (with 150 people in your flight). Although I have done well in the local events (winning a few here and there), I have placed reasonably well in only one major, and have set a goal to finish in the top 10 at Nationals in 2012. I have decided to lessen the focus on local events this year (planning to play in 6-8 of them), and play in several "Majors", in hopes that this prepares me better for Nationals.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be writing more this year about my experiences on the AmTour, so please check back often to see how my plan works out. Of course, no new season here at Bushwood would be complete without an edition of "What's in the Bag"...so here are the highlights:</span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The official ball of BCC is now the Titleist Pro v1x</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have also put a new driver in the bag, a Titleist 910D2, at 9.5 degrees - with a "real deal" MItsubishi Blue Board shaft</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TaylorMade r9 3 Wood and two TM hybrids are in the mix (maybe replaced by RocketBallz , depending on the results of my upcoming testing)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Titleist AP2 irons, with KBZ "C Taper" shafts ( a nice Christmas gift !)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TP Mills "Hand Forged" Trad 2 is now the putter of choice (strongly recommend checking out <a href="http://www.tpmillsputters.com/">TP Mills gear</a> - he was truly a visionary artist of the putting instrument, and his son David has continued his legacy..although David IS a bit of a flake). </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been experimenting with belly putters (see next weeks post on that...), so the jury is out on that...</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vokey wedges are back in the bag, after a year off...</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, thanks for reading Bushwood Country Club, and please come back soon for more .... I'm hoping for a great golf season in 2012 for me and for all of BCC's readers...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-46749805895132439302012-02-10T08:56:00.026-06:002012-02-23T09:19:01.382-06:00Is less really more ? (part 1)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, two equipment manufacturers have launched product lines that have two interesting things in common...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) the feature some form of "slot" in the clubhead, which is reported to provide flex in the clubface, and therefore more velocity and distance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(2) the featured club in each case is a 3 wood (not the driver, as we have come to expect)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By now, you have probably determined that the clubs I am referring to are TM's "Rocketballz" line, and Adams Golf latest in the Speedline series. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQC6xNRNxryUSw8Ez_euoN6HLK0KRd2ghvIQ4opqd7d8t3ruJo2dqUwOxFkKqUEhlRGwucCrhOSzOsf8NDg3sYVxxnJH0sfDrcaP3HPJovV_mI_8GL9UaqMuR34wDnFdasez-ZLFpZIk6/s1600/lacey+alone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQC6xNRNxryUSw8Ez_euoN6HLK0KRd2ghvIQ4opqd7d8t3ruJo2dqUwOxFkKqUEhlRGwucCrhOSzOsf8NDg3sYVxxnJH0sfDrcaP3HPJovV_mI_8GL9UaqMuR34wDnFdasez-ZLFpZIk6/s200/lacey+alone.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While all of the reviews and reports suggest that this technology <u>really</u> works, our nature here at BCC is "seeing is believing" (just ask Lacey Underalls if you doubt us....).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the next two weeks, we will be testing these two newcomers against two old favorites: the TM R9 and the TourEdge Exotics xcg5 (which is touted as being the longest 3 wood on the market).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay tuned for the "straight story" from our testing, which will be supervised by our own Judge Smails...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-57339159999600839782012-02-09T12:56:00.000-06:002012-02-23T09:27:12.437-06:00Fixing Pitch Marks - Do You have Religion ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tourgolfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/divot-main_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.tourgolfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/divot-main_full.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of weeks back, I played at a nice track with some sweet bentgrass greens. Because the course really cares about the golfer's experience, they REALLY work hard to keep the greens in great shape. They rolled great, and were super receptive to shots.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my first hole, (a par 5), I hit my approach from 100 yards out, saw it hit the green, and walked up. When I got there, my pitch mark was very noticeable (ok, it was freaking HUGE). I pulled out my divot tool, fixed my mark, and started lining up my put. After I putted, I noticed that the green was LITTERED with unrepaired pitch marks. This got me to thinking....so many times, we play and complain about the condition of the greens...too hard, too slow, too fast - all things we cannot control. In spite of that, here was a problem that we COULD control, and obviously a lot of people were not even trying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here is the question - are you one of the folks who never fixes their pitch marks, leaving mini craters everywhere ? Are are you one who is religious about fixing them - you know they type, you fix yours and then look everywhere for more to fix ? If you are the latter, a tip of the hat to you....but if you are the former, its time to reform yourself, and "get some religion" on the greens. Here are some tips on how to fix pitch marks:</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB9wWNu7sj3bJCFQsJQZeLaSiJzjmDBynCOQAUgz373DSlNcxvjSxMPTHDH9g7rokrG7QvXXgiIwDoICGTbavQN6gM7Ap8U_dk7QDD5dbAFkYWFjpA469QUdtWiKAK5tDfq2ejfytvJM/s1600-h/%7Bccc4c805-6c79-470e-be7d-28bca6182912%7D01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234742140766364018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB9wWNu7sj3bJCFQsJQZeLaSiJzjmDBynCOQAUgz373DSlNcxvjSxMPTHDH9g7rokrG7QvXXgiIwDoICGTbavQN6gM7Ap8U_dk7QDD5dbAFkYWFjpA469QUdtWiKAK5tDfq2ejfytvJM/s320/%7Bccc4c805-6c79-470e-be7d-28bca6182912%7D01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm just sayin......</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-51320612363513951592012-02-01T15:52:00.007-06:002012-02-23T09:38:50.759-06:00LPGA - Why do I like it ???<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9qNqph9s3Z6gamBromSImcEfviqjrbiskFIDM3iZFBP9llbKfneF9DhIiO2dmxlq7VlzvPYKVXkiMiit9xH4raFWEdJ1MWIA6OAu86GNHQlV_IDasFTh3A8X-TxaJsOC1UzlePROaHc/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9qNqph9s3Z6gamBromSImcEfviqjrbiskFIDM3iZFBP9llbKfneF9DhIiO2dmxlq7VlzvPYKVXkiMiit9xH4raFWEdJ1MWIA6OAu86GNHQlV_IDasFTh3A8X-TxaJsOC1UzlePROaHc/s200/1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.sportressofblogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/belen-mozo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.sportressofblogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/belen-mozo.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I willingly confess - I really like the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LPGA</span>. That's right - I am a <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">true blue</span> , hard core, keep up with the scores, watch the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Solheim</span> Cup, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LPGA</span> fan. I've had many of my golf buddies and acquaintances ( and probably lots of others) make fun of me for this, but I cannot help it - I REALLY enjoy watching the game.<br />
Why, you may ask....well, other than the OBVIOUS....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here are a few reasons:<br />
(1) All the players are very fan friendly - autographs, photos, conversations, you name it - they are ALL happy to have fans there cheering for them.<br />
(2) Admit it or not, guys, they play a game a WHOLE lot more like mine and yours that the "big boys" do. If you don't believe me, check out some of these stats:<br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average Driving Distance for the Top 40: 261 yards</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average Distance for the Courses Played: 6,400 - 6,700 yards</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Par 5's , when they "go for it", club they usually hit: 3 wood, 5 wood, or Hybrid ( no 8 irons here)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They miss a few greens, so they scramble to make par, usually hitting shots from the same places we do ( not 4" high rough, or from behind the clubhouse)<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They play on courses that you or I can generally play - see www.rtjgolf.com/courses/capitol_hill/</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3) They hit their clubs a very similar distance to many (most ????) of us - a 7 iron from 150 - 165, a 3 wood from 200 - 235, a PW from 115, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (4) They are really GOOD players</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think all of these add up to one really logical conclusion - many (most) of us can really learn something from watching the ladies of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">LPGA</span> play...and that, is something worth paying attention to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, before I get called out for being oblivious to the obvious, YES there is some serious eye candy out there too <span style="font-style: italic;">(Sandra,Paula, Natalie,Belen,Beatriz, etc - tip of the hat to ya'....)</span>- and that is another great attribute of the tour - just one that I don't want to really focus on in this post.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, if you are an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">LPGA</span> fan - let me hear about it - what do you like about the tour ? And if you are not - give it another shot after reading this - maybe you will have a different perspective.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-7062766131889389652011-03-10T18:53:00.044-06:002011-03-10T18:53:00.128-06:00Michelle Wie's Spring Class Schedule at Stanford: "Social Dances of North America III", "Beginning Improvising", and "Interpersonal Relations"....SWEEEET<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://www.golfdigest.com/images/magazine/maar01ms_wie0408.jpg" /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah Fricking Ha !!!! If you have been a BCC reader from back in the early days, you will recalll how I ripped on Michelle Wie and <a href="http://bushwoodcountryclub.blogspot.com/search/label/Michelle%20Wie">her imbecilic responses</a> to countless interviewers - calling into question exactly how difficult the curriculum could be at Stanford if she could continue to make the deans list. If you have listened to, or read even ONE interview with Wie, none of this will surprise you...she's clearly as dense as she sounds...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weeeeeel... as my Dad would say, "The Genie is out of the Jug". As reported by Fox News yesterday,it seems that the AD at Stanford has assembled a " list of classes for athletes" like the "Big Queasy"... (Can't your hear the Church Lady..... <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20title=%22YouTube%20video%20player%22%20width=%22640%22%20height=%22390%22%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/embed/RmwqnqL3Hbg%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E">"well isn't that special"...</a>)</span><br />
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<div jquery1299700320997="51" sizcache="138" sizset="6" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Stanford University allegedly offered a list of easy classes to student-athletes, according to the <a href="http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/03/09/1046687/"><b>Stanford Daily</b></a>.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="52" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The college newspaper reports it was a closely guarded list only offered to Stanford athletes and not the rest of the student body.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="53" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"It's definitely not going to be a hard class if it's coming off that list," sophomore women's volleyball player Karissa Cook told the paper.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="54" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Some of the courses identified on the list were "<b>Beginning Improvising,</b>" "<b>Social Dances of North America III</b>" and "<b>Interpersonal Relations</b>."</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="55" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Stanford athletes have been known to ask for the list from the Athletic Academic Resource Center, despite the "courses of interest" list not being posted on its website. Advisers in other college departments tell the paper they didn't know such a list existed.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="56" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>A spokesman for the athletics department claims the classes are no pushover.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="57" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"An objective evaluation of the courses included on the list reveals several courses that most students would consider to be academically rigorous," Austin Lee, director of academic services at the Athletic Academic Resource Center, told the Stanford Daily.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="58" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Some university professors say athletes are treated differently than your average student.</i></span></div><div jquery1299700320997="59" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>"(Stanford) accommodates athletes in the manner that they accommodate students with disabilities," professor Donald Barr told the paper.</i></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div jquery1299700320997="60" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">L O F L.....</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-14151897066788878012010-10-22T19:21:00.007-05:002010-10-22T19:36:43.796-05:00Interesting Golf in October....Say it Ain't So, Joe !!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/TMItwZaXz-I/AAAAAAAADXU/PfG0-ax8GtI/s1600/shoeless.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/TMItwZaXz-I/AAAAAAAADXU/PfG0-ax8GtI/s320/shoeless.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531033601842860002" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Today, as I was trying to recover from a nasty cold, I had some free time to veg in front of the tube...scrolling past the golf channel, I saw not one, but TWO fairly engaging tournaments in action. The Nationwide gang is slugging it out at Pete Dye's Valley Course at Sawgrass, while the last season PGA crew teed it up in Sin City at the Justin Timberlake/Shriners gig.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I've played Dye's Valley course 4 times this year, so it was pretty darn cool to watch the pros playing somewhere I visited as recently as 4 weeks back. These guys are currently scrambling to make it into the Nationwide's version of the FedEx Cup, with only the top 60 finishers this week making it into next week's season ending Nationwide Championship. It was good to see the crop of NW'ers who will make it onto the PGA Tour next year by virtue of finishing in the top 25. Among these are Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey (formerly of The Golf Channel's "Big Break") and Jhonattan Vegas - both very good players and a lot of fun to watch.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >JT's brought more than "Sexy Back" this year to his signature event - as a fair number of top tier players are in the field ( Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan, et al). It's been wet in Vegas this week, so the scores are low - be sure to check this out in between football games this weekend.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >One last thing before I go - be looking for some kick azz new irons from the boys at TaylorMade golf - I've only seen photos (and have not read anything about them - so consider this a SCOOP !). More info coming next week as I start digging around on this story.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Oh, as a matter of fact...It IS good to be back. </span></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-42799233432332138752010-05-17T01:24:00.000-05:002010-05-17T11:38:10.584-05:00Thanks for Clearing THAT up ! (or, I always wondered what you REALLY did)<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRI5DNlG0sGUzcQG2nUk_Ga08TZM-6xwq66V8IeKiyd0O4_oB6zdVL6SrvLz-PZm-XhDAa9x9WFj3DcJdHjQQLRsJU1H7Fqbp7eV6TDfE2WtqCqJUehF1Yvu_lyQMNZ_cpxWmLbC25aw/s1600/RachelUchitelBlog.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRI5DNlG0sGUzcQG2nUk_Ga08TZM-6xwq66V8IeKiyd0O4_oB6zdVL6SrvLz-PZm-XhDAa9x9WFj3DcJdHjQQLRsJU1H7Fqbp7eV6TDfE2WtqCqJUehF1Yvu_lyQMNZ_cpxWmLbC25aw/s320/RachelUchitelBlog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472275939315824818" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well folks, I know its been a while since I wrote anything...call it</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(a) writer's block,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(b) "I've been working on my game" (which I really have), or</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">(c) just call me lazy - whatever makes you feel all warm inside. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thankfully today, one of golf's burning questions over the past 6 months has been answered... and no, it's not whether or not E will stay in Scandinavia land.... Today, dear readers, we have ALL learned the answer to the question "What in the hell does Rachel Uchitel DO anyway ? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Clearly, the "VIP Hostess" title is suspicious at the very best...and those texts with David Boreanz weren't all that insightful,...and her tweets about a "9/11 conspiracy" would lead one to think she is a bit of a quack. Never fear, though..she is a MODEL!That's right - a model !!! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Various media outlets are reporting today that she will be showing her girly parts soon in the pages of none other than Playboy magazine. At this point, she has agreed to show her "top and bottom"... and, yes, as a matter of fact, I am laughing out loud... I suppose she is saving the rest for the "back 9"...</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-13147755328908999582010-04-04T07:23:00.013-05:002010-04-05T20:19:46.638-05:002010 Masters Preview<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Bushwood gang is in full effect this week in the lovely state of Georgia. We continue the tradition of our annual tradition of playing golf like Kirstie Alley at the Denny's breakfast buffet - all you can eat for as long as you can go, and then finish off the week with two days at Augusta National. Most people think that the practice round starts on Monday, but we used our enormous influence as messiahs of a new generation of golfers to get into Augusta National yesterday. Below are photos of a few golfers we saw there:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Rory McIlroy...</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLhkxLGEBTfo1R6NMPRuOxMLBnyBzOYz2OUaRdFnaJTBs5ZkTCilyAbeZTdyjyCTA1B9M00_p2QUbO3K_wmOthmuyxaTnDkWWM8hfkZTunCSeFRm-BxZDxZv7Oceam7hfy5LX7IeWpxs/s1600/DSC00994.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456782387439125570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLhkxLGEBTfo1R6NMPRuOxMLBnyBzOYz2OUaRdFnaJTBs5ZkTCilyAbeZTdyjyCTA1B9M00_p2QUbO3K_wmOthmuyxaTnDkWWM8hfkZTunCSeFRm-BxZDxZv7Oceam7hfy5LX7IeWpxs/s320/DSC00994.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Camilo, Shark, and Sergio.....<br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7piqQtZbrI/AAAAAAAADTY/LS1sNNwByo8/s1600/DSC00964.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456782376692182706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7piqQtZbrI/AAAAAAAADTY/LS1sNNwByo8/s320/DSC00964.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">That means she has PERMANENT tickets...</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HZwM_QZgT4KegAdHKiKet6__r37UdzuklK5xTPD7e-dVdwVQdalWfOESXvxbQKgP9hbqfHk2agxJQMRsX3lDZGbMWT7oOY4d02ebZF8qJvbRzF2B0F7O3tIkV6tgOvWK0HqCp35yqT4/s1600/DSC00977.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456782371047847538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HZwM_QZgT4KegAdHKiKet6__r37UdzuklK5xTPD7e-dVdwVQdalWfOESXvxbQKgP9hbqfHk2agxJQMRsX3lDZGbMWT7oOY4d02ebZF8qJvbRzF2B0F7O3tIkV6tgOvWK0HqCp35yqT4/s320/DSC00977.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />From the set of WAY BACK HOT TUB TIME MACHINE...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVBhdA5e78CFmB5K6AvqqkVhd_aRTc3GHeDRP4KPUZyLMuyrooERDBw7bPjPOI6t0K3VZflFYDLFJ_0x0OjonIdrNqzpq2LngPhOKXyo8Tz5UT7paTv-QIjIqhI9LgykWTBwk5LRu8d0/s1600/DSC00954.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456782361902315842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVBhdA5e78CFmB5K6AvqqkVhd_aRTc3GHeDRP4KPUZyLMuyrooERDBw7bPjPOI6t0K3VZflFYDLFJ_0x0OjonIdrNqzpq2LngPhOKXyo8Tz5UT7paTv-QIjIqhI9LgykWTBwk5LRu8d0/s320/DSC00954.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sean O'Hair<br /></span><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgFyjgTVI/AAAAAAAADSw/1v0T60n0HH8/s1600/DSC00935.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456779551099080018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgFyjgTVI/AAAAAAAADSw/1v0T60n0HH8/s320/DSC00935.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Philly Mick and Pelz-o<br /></span><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgFZMpTEI/AAAAAAAADSo/Y8Y1ksfTK68/s1600/DSC00929.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456779544292314178" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgFZMpTEI/AAAAAAAADSo/Y8Y1ksfTK68/s320/DSC00929.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Alvaro Quiros was wowing the ladies<br /></span><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgE49ghOI/AAAAAAAADSg/a9fjPJSqBXw/s1600/DSC00928.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456779535638889698" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgE49ghOI/AAAAAAAADSg/a9fjPJSqBXw/s320/DSC00928.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Bubba rocks a Camo Bucket hat....while Badds looks on<br /></span><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgEh0AM1I/AAAAAAAADSY/KPFkEdcyNZY/s1600/DSC00899.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456779529425007442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgEh0AM1I/AAAAAAAADSY/KPFkEdcyNZY/s320/DSC00899.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Paddy is lookin for some Lucky Charms...<br /></span><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgGKH22UI/AAAAAAAADS4/-cqD5baugU4/s1600/DSC00854.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivScM-Z-8BsUKy9N1Wvk9Y91RUUv6tV43jzmaYwp72UKqPVKYLb9Qw3d3DCWurYYCzg7pPsvnhqYBDgyVN8BxgOQYTMo8R00dS_e4VLiXRSqaSqVRz89tNc7-J9_45_tmSEZhIdff1WFk/s1600/DSC00891.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456778389242017826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivScM-Z-8BsUKy9N1Wvk9Y91RUUv6tV43jzmaYwp72UKqPVKYLb9Qw3d3DCWurYYCzg7pPsvnhqYBDgyVN8BxgOQYTMo8R00dS_e4VLiXRSqaSqVRz89tNc7-J9_45_tmSEZhIdff1WFk/s320/DSC00891.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />Camilo again....what a little dude....<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QDzjlqSMs85nWKtar5RV76sFSXt2L4GSej2B7DBtGySv82hmaphTqg2Ty4EkfH2x3WmGCxtowz9Lr_0z27nxTGfTha3K8rE2ropsCIoVbEseRMpaQ-_FoLx5E3MoEGb74YUs7tkZyXw/s1600/DSC00879.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456778384138077090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QDzjlqSMs85nWKtar5RV76sFSXt2L4GSej2B7DBtGySv82hmaphTqg2Ty4EkfH2x3WmGCxtowz9Lr_0z27nxTGfTha3K8rE2ropsCIoVbEseRMpaQ-_FoLx5E3MoEGb74YUs7tkZyXw/s320/DSC00879.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Freddy and AK<br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YaZf1gCuSSfJX60QiTVzg2C01xdd1WmNs_LlL54Le2-3OpkP4iGwDZZAKNJyBR4r1Sz47ip9OooudYcUZ8XfTqAEGdc_VnO3RPdXevKIWwQAjjPvcHXFltmbDgJEddLzyfAy1UO87u0/s1600/DSC00980.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456778378129325234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YaZf1gCuSSfJX60QiTVzg2C01xdd1WmNs_LlL54Le2-3OpkP4iGwDZZAKNJyBR4r1Sz47ip9OooudYcUZ8XfTqAEGdc_VnO3RPdXevKIWwQAjjPvcHXFltmbDgJEddLzyfAy1UO87u0/s320/DSC00980.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />El Tigre'<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIdHZALSKjRzpDdExZGzOM79FowBevT0nz5PR-JcdsT_Mztoc_TBsoZw8YIMu6kkc68pxzjfFZPBW0hHRKLqyr3G4h52PczIGJq7SAO0a_8KqBhaOMVkqxoswXeRZzotXEwiT4lRxRt4/s1600/DSC00912.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456778370151037762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIdHZALSKjRzpDdExZGzOM79FowBevT0nz5PR-JcdsT_Mztoc_TBsoZw8YIMu6kkc68pxzjfFZPBW0hHRKLqyr3G4h52PczIGJq7SAO0a_8KqBhaOMVkqxoswXeRZzotXEwiT4lRxRt4/s320/DSC00912.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Mo Camo<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvCxJWmxd93wanQ385HAb9Qumssq1KxVKKEl5BBfSz3RV2HRMcS0CNakZJhb_zY5TtZTSYXh23RnSDi5cdQdfEttpyFUlV7f-SjGic9z-goabhP4xI7J2U_5IjHji12iime0Q4CCHT1I/s1600/DSC00897.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456778363104290066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvCxJWmxd93wanQ385HAb9Qumssq1KxVKKEl5BBfSz3RV2HRMcS0CNakZJhb_zY5TtZTSYXh23RnSDi5cdQdfEttpyFUlV7f-SjGic9z-goabhP4xI7J2U_5IjHji12iime0Q4CCHT1I/s320/DSC00897.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">More photos are on the way on Wednesday.....<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S7pgGKH22UI/AAAAAAAADS4/-cqD5baugU4/s1600/DSC00854.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-20828626302388760122010-03-16T10:57:00.005-05:002010-03-16T11:15:29.789-05:00From Webster's Dictionary..."Arrogant Prick" (see Tim Finchem)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzddr0wu1QVr1pDGfC6nV50qxEr5u7JqKMtW-KjrQN8fMH5nlz3uPlQop1MjRUlwXETznINSriXro21U3V78GJFajmPunwcMamRKAEMp8Aii_x4JJfgHeSoAAaELNfqp7ZKLNHedow5xg/s1600-h/Finchem-PTI.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzddr0wu1QVr1pDGfC6nV50qxEr5u7JqKMtW-KjrQN8fMH5nlz3uPlQop1MjRUlwXETznINSriXro21U3V78GJFajmPunwcMamRKAEMp8Aii_x4JJfgHeSoAAaELNfqp7ZKLNHedow5xg/s320/Finchem-PTI.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449265541083997666" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Somehow, the "Commissioners" of professional sports have come to believe that they are a relevant,driving force behind the sports over which they "commish". Perhaps it's due to the ridiculous salaries that the gluttonous leagues are able to pay them, or the fact that many of them were also-rans in their particular sport of choice, or the fact that their professional training is as a lawyer - all of which provide them with a full on prick pedigree. Whether it's golf, football,baseball,or basketball...the commissioners all seem to have an ample supply of idiocy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">This pedigree isn't gender specific, either. Witness Carolyn Bivens and her all too successful attempts to ruin the LPGA.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; ">The <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Finchem+expects+early+warning+Tiger+return/2687461/story.html">latest example,</a> sadly, comes from our beloved sport of Golf. Check out the quote from none other than our own "Tiny" Tim Finchem regarding Tiger Woods' return:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>"I don't have the specific date when he's going to come back. Tiger has indicated he will give us reasonable notice," Finchem said. "We're going to have advance notice and we're going to be comfortable with the notice we have."</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; "><i>"We're going to have advance notice AND we're going to be comfortable with it".... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> RIIIIIIIGHT...</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Well, I guess you can start swallowing your pride, lil' Timmy....because whether you liked it or not, whether you ahd advance notice or not, TW is coming back at Augusta, or WHENEVER HE DAMN WELL PLEASES.... Today's reports do, in fact, indicate that Tiger will return in Augusta in early April - something we all look forward to. But trust me, his return date has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether Finchem is "comfortable with it".</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pro tip to the Commish...shut your pie hole until it's something you know a little bit about, ok...nobody cares what you think, and we don't want to hear a word from you except to announce that you FOUND SOME NEW SPONSORS!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-59349586542840345862010-03-10T11:26:00.012-06:002010-03-10T22:19:05.749-06:00The Kitty and the Big Snake<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rl3-TF-YOFoQV40lGo8BRlSbNbcvMaUztAIrCeBmArWvqxqArCQlipqVFP_frAgnBSp-2UH94lm35MnV8FhDmbvFNKY4cRSbEbHe_n_I36takyYDlhhKgkm01WBm0udBrhqz-q2qfEg/s1600-h/cobra.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rl3-TF-YOFoQV40lGo8BRlSbNbcvMaUztAIrCeBmArWvqxqArCQlipqVFP_frAgnBSp-2UH94lm35MnV8FhDmbvFNKY4cRSbEbHe_n_I36takyYDlhhKgkm01WBm0udBrhqz-q2qfEg/s320/cobra.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447062605826564290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 53px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">+</span></b></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqFQDnVp-1x0NZUZVGo6nwaTNa2HZb6T0wyhu_0HzvyRzqRslVUzt2kCW8KdXQH846VqUuB54fX5aKI5DDqJ8MkzPr4bLsE27aUObPAAhuCRlPc0b-c_1ACNcgwkuqqdo_4MrYgaY30o/s1600-h/puma.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqFQDnVp-1x0NZUZVGo6nwaTNa2HZb6T0wyhu_0HzvyRzqRslVUzt2kCW8KdXQH846VqUuB54fX5aKI5DDqJ8MkzPr4bLsE27aUObPAAhuCRlPc0b-c_1ACNcgwkuqqdo_4MrYgaY30o/s320/puma.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447062593369922194" style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 80px; " /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqFQDnVp-1x0NZUZVGo6nwaTNa2HZb6T0wyhu_0HzvyRzqRslVUzt2kCW8KdXQH846VqUuB54fX5aKI5DDqJ8MkzPr4bLsE27aUObPAAhuCRlPc0b-c_1ACNcgwkuqqdo_4MrYgaY30o/s1600-h/puma.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>= </b></span></span><b> </b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbIPhasb_5xGk_kay4bRY8VRqOzaPjUVOc6jUnaJZ7zxS-rv-L3OEWcL03B0XxPOEFPSJ2X8kw6YqOm65KzGIAINOuJEEBoHM4r7bDM1SdgyoNTpQrjX2CS-iL2WEH9pivF4xBxOs_sk/s1600-h/cobra-snake-chanel-cruise-show-logo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbIPhasb_5xGk_kay4bRY8VRqOzaPjUVOc6jUnaJZ7zxS-rv-L3OEWcL03B0XxPOEFPSJ2X8kw6YqOm65KzGIAINOuJEEBoHM4r7bDM1SdgyoNTpQrjX2CS-iL2WEH9pivF4xBxOs_sk/s320/cobra-snake-chanel-cruise-show-logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447062614164101906" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbIPhasb_5xGk_kay4bRY8VRqOzaPjUVOc6jUnaJZ7zxS-rv-L3OEWcL03B0XxPOEFPSJ2X8kw6YqOm65KzGIAINOuJEEBoHM4r7bDM1SdgyoNTpQrjX2CS-iL2WEH9pivF4xBxOs_sk/s1600-h/cobra-snake-chanel-cruise-show-logo.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i> "Hmmmmmmmmm,wondering if I'd hit that"</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOeg6379fauEGgO4z69utvtNaj5FMUW3wReEUfeoJ4xnwr21_HaYeZx3D4OkYnMsXf7yguUmNCqZa9CV0442HnbR3gIFay7nnuoAIRsSMv9P-S-ra1yJJoNYkltg2usCqWb3C6Z48jKg/s1600-h/gwar01_0310_villegas_300.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOeg6379fauEGgO4z69utvtNaj5FMUW3wReEUfeoJ4xnwr21_HaYeZx3D4OkYnMsXf7yguUmNCqZa9CV0442HnbR3gIFay7nnuoAIRsSMv9P-S-ra1yJJoNYkltg2usCqWb3C6Z48jKg/s320/gwar01_0310_villegas_300.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447063625923948770" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 189px; " /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We had to <a href="http://bushwoodcountryclub.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-cannot-be-good-news.html">know something was wrong</a> when Cobra announced that they were "exiting the market for Tour level equipment" - as I wrote here when that was announced, something just did not smell right. Well, today </span></span><a href="http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2010-03/golf-johnson-equipment-cobra-0310"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the other shoe fel</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">l. Many reports had surfaced over the last several months that Puma was trying hard to get into the equipment business...and those reports have at last come true.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Puma announced today that it had reached agreement with Acushnet (parent company of Titleist, FootJoy, and Cobra) to acquire Cobra Golf. Acushnet bought Cobra for $700 MM in 1995, and Cobra reported sales of $200 MM in 2008. Using some middle of the road multiples on the deal, it's not likely that Acushnet made any real profit (especially considering they held onto it for 15 years...)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This deal raises some interesting questions relative to the players...</span></span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cobra has a very respectable stable of young guns (Villegas,Poulter, and JB Holmes) ...I can't imagine that Titleist is anxious to lose their connection with them, as all of them have won within the last year.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Meanwhile, Puma's "face" on the Tour (Rickie Fowler) is a die hard Titleist loyalist from a hardware perspective (Driver,Irons,Wedges,Putter,Ball, Glove, etc). I will be curious to see if they apply any pressure to switch</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Finally, Puma's previous "face" on Tour, Geoff Ogilvy, has just switched from Cobra to Titleist this year...and I can't help but think there are some bruised feelings somewhere in there.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rumor has it that the Olsen twins somehow play into an outing with the next Cobra staff player to win. Somewhere, Camilo is smiling...</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Anyway, I hope the deal is good for all involved. It's great to see an international brand like Puma enter the golf equipment business, as they will surely need deep pockets to play in that arena.</span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-84972992499729523302010-03-01T01:56:00.003-06:002010-03-01T19:51:53.242-06:00Some interesting Observations from the Waste(d) Management Open<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADvtQ_xXec6Ke58hzeFKPcJ5H4brkovvUIv3Pb5QhCSYkKPduk6DpvVm39gyMpMIEZ22kG1x3KCZyf_vsmp_QEmYQq7nyY8Ls1HOhj1S1UJ2Uka1SIh59evLb2pXb5KD5BYxA8rPp8Mk/s1600-h/0228mahan.carousel.martin.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADvtQ_xXec6Ke58hzeFKPcJ5H4brkovvUIv3Pb5QhCSYkKPduk6DpvVm39gyMpMIEZ22kG1x3KCZyf_vsmp_QEmYQq7nyY8Ls1HOhj1S1UJ2Uka1SIh59evLb2pXb5KD5BYxA8rPp8Mk/s320/0228mahan.carousel.martin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443740639720477986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I know that most of you were glued to the Olympics this weekend - according to the folks I follow </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">on Twitter, only a moron was watching the Waste Management Open (until Sid Crosby slapped in the final goal). Well, if you weren't at least channel surfing to catch SOME of the event, you missed a few interesting things.</span></span><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Congrats to Hunter Mahan on a great win...</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hunter Mahan is one of my favorite golfers, and really put the pedal to the medal (except on #17 & 18) on the back 9 to secure his 2nd win. One of my very first posts was a recap of the 2008 Ryder Cup, where Hunter really stepped up his game and established himself as a young gun to watch out for. His experience really set him apart on Sunday, and I hope he wins a few more this year. While I was perusing the "Hunter Mahan's winning clubs" post on golf.com, I noticed that Hunter plays a <a href="http://www.ping.com/clubs/driversdetail.aspx?id=3654">Ping Rapture </a>driver...the same one as Masters champ Angel Cabrera. What's interesting about this you say...not much except that this is Ping's "SUPER game improvement" driver...with MAXIMUM forgiveness. In other words, two guys who do this for a living are playing a "Max Game Improvement" club...I'm just sayin...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Jba3EHjulYJV7W-w-w_rqvFIs6fTdegq2QWKfV5jOSaafCrf-opzi3U4GXAzc8BSUO_08r568j3ohhzj4ZSYmFLcVuOAQXsSxNV5ib1wC_1tLe8-ZqIIvE_yivs_JoHrVxMjV11SjfQ/s1600-h/fowlr.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Jba3EHjulYJV7W-w-w_rqvFIs6fTdegq2QWKfV5jOSaafCrf-opzi3U4GXAzc8BSUO_08r568j3ohhzj4ZSYmFLcVuOAQXsSxNV5ib1wC_1tLe8-ZqIIvE_yivs_JoHrVxMjV11SjfQ/s320/fowlr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443740647599125330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b>Rickie Fowler....hmmmmm....well....</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">To be fair, I'm just gonna say that his lack of experience was as obvious as Hunter's experience was. His decision to lay up on the par 5 #15 has been roundly derided by everyone with a laptop, so I won't pile on any more. The young man has game, I think we can agree on that...but he did not close like a winner...that's for sure. Rickie is also catching a lot of flak for his clothing choices, and most of it is deserved. I get it that he is being "young and fashionable", and that those clothes are "not intended to appeal to people like me"...however, some "young and fashionable " people also think<a href="http://www.wwtdd.com/2010/03/this-is-better-worse/"> Lady Gaga </a>looks cool...and they are just wrong. And sadly, in Rickie's case, his defenders are just wrong as well. The clothes are bad enough,but not nausea inducing, until you get to the headwear. I'm not sure who in the world has told him that the "hat over the ears look" is "working", but for the love of humanity, JUST STOP...it is flat out scary. And please, dude, CHANGE THE HAIRSTYLE ! I don't care if you grow some dreads, get it Tiger striped, bleach it white, rock an Arsenio Hall fade, or shave it off...but the "20's Flapper 'do" is frickin' KILLING me (and dozens of other people) - plus it SO makes you look like a WOMAN... As I tweeted yesterday, Katharine Hull called, and she wants her hair back...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S4wNRG46HNI/AAAAAAAADPA/IZ_XnpmNcAQ/s1600-h/couch.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S4wNRG46HNI/AAAAAAAADPA/IZ_XnpmNcAQ/s320/couch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443740637142326482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><b>The biggest feel good story of the weekend - a GREAT finish by Chris Couch</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Most of you probably don't even know who Chris Couch is...just another journeyman PGA player. Others will remember Chris as the guy who won the 2006 Zurich Open in New Orleans by chipping in from 55 feet on the 18th hole...., but only after hitting a really crappy bunker shot and practically throwing away any chance he had to win. Unfortunately, that win did not lead to much more success for him. He was 167th on the money list in 2007, sat out 2008 with a shoulder injury, and played in part of 2009 on a major medical exemption..but made only 3 cuts, winning less than $60k. Chris was in the field this week via the major medical exemption, and by birdieing 5 of his last 10 holes, he finished in a T4, and pocketed a cool $300k. Congrats to a great guy, and someone who I hope continues to play well this year.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-88521683563648806422010-02-19T11:19:00.006-06:002010-02-19T11:51:20.268-06:00Tiger and the Ghost of Bud Dwyer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPMUpRg4iDHEwU70eiDIqhtnXcmzxmMbM9CpbggaOFl9JLmgCB1soPZAD7-dQK7livRqqx9rw6CJqBCo9ApSWmEYO_XJXRBvmhePGVT4cdbR8H8d4UuaZ4SdhLRenvBa2j8Ign9QbLBU/s1600-h/tiger.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPMUpRg4iDHEwU70eiDIqhtnXcmzxmMbM9CpbggaOFl9JLmgCB1soPZAD7-dQK7livRqqx9rw6CJqBCo9ApSWmEYO_XJXRBvmhePGVT4cdbR8H8d4UuaZ4SdhLRenvBa2j8Ign9QbLBU/s320/tiger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440005716716130994" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well folks, if you are here to read another blogger rip on Tiger and act all sanctimonious, I guess you will have to just move along now - cause that's not gonna happen here. I've had my fill of everyone from Alex Micelli (of the Golf Channel, founder of golf.com, and obvious lover of Krispy Kreme 12 packs), to Nick Faldo, to various bloggers (too many to mention) giving Tiger hell. Enough already. Yes, he cheated. Yes, they were by and large skanks. I could go on...but that's the point...we have all heard enough of this crap.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">I watched his press conference today (boycotted by the same media who will be kissing his a$ within the next 90 days)...yes, it was scripted, yes, it was awkward, and no, there is no way to know how sincere he really was. For the people who were SO incensed that they could not ask him questions - wake TFU...you weren't gonna ask him his views on World Peace, Universal Healthcare, or the Haiti earthquake, now were you ? Nah, you wanted some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">blood</span>...you wanted <b>Dirty Laundry</b>..."keep the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry", as Don Henley once sang</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">For those critical of his "performance" today, I don't know what anyone really expected, I mean, was he supposed to go all <a href="http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f166/budd-dwyer-commits-suicide-during-news-conference-hi-quality-11738/">Bud Dwyer</a> on us. Nonetheless, folks will keep on flogging Tiger for sure, and every word he uttered today will be sliced,diced, and tested for DNA evidence. From my perspective, he did the <b>something</b> today, and if that's the best he could do, the we will just have to accept that and move on. Let's get back to Golf, fer Chrissakes... Now, about the <a href="http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/clinton/lewinskydress.html">blue dress from the Gap</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-78524952300742167192010-02-16T22:35:00.000-06:002010-02-17T13:34:16.408-06:00That Boy has some GAME....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw77j9gqfvFCbVs2VQ2QYEvFpQ1Upxeqgmg2JHKSkuukEvN6Wj2PprqWUwnrMV5WkJVhm80KbsocYnZuQgF3H46VPE7GzFhgn3EtDgIAUhhoOxhu2a71k5g09XMajtkK8SvSXSGWaL57o/s1600-h/Dustin+johnson.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw77j9gqfvFCbVs2VQ2QYEvFpQ1Upxeqgmg2JHKSkuukEvN6Wj2PprqWUwnrMV5WkJVhm80KbsocYnZuQgF3H46VPE7GzFhgn3EtDgIAUhhoOxhu2a71k5g09XMajtkK8SvSXSGWaL57o/s320/Dustin+johnson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439296546156615394" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw77j9gqfvFCbVs2VQ2QYEvFpQ1Upxeqgmg2JHKSkuukEvN6Wj2PprqWUwnrMV5WkJVhm80KbsocYnZuQgF3H46VPE7GzFhgn3EtDgIAUhhoOxhu2a71k5g09XMajtkK8SvSXSGWaL57o/s1600-h/Dustin+johnson.jpg"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If <del>GLOBAL WARMING </del> Climate Change (and the blizzard of 2010) has forced you to run your generator just to catch a few holes of the the West Coast Swing (sounds like a soft core porn convention to me), you have probably made a few observations from the events thus far. Among those you may have noticed:</span></span></div><div><ol><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Titleist has been dominating the events, with the winners of all except one event playing Titleist Irons and Balls.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rickie Fowler is either colorblind, is being paid an obscene amount by Puma to wear those outfits, has absolutely the worst taste in golf fashion on the planet, or all of the above.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Even when he is not playing, a certain someone STILL dominates the news.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dustin Johnson is a sure fire bad a$$ n.</span></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've already written about #1 and #2, and if you want to learn all about #3 you can go </span></span><a href="http://www.wieunderpar.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, but here are few facts about the guy known as "DJ"....</span></span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Currently #1 in FedEx points (and already within shouting distance of his 2009 total)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2nd on the $ List</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2nd in Driving Distance</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2nd in Top 10 finishes thus far</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4th in Top 25 Finishes</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8th in Scoring Average</span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ranked #25 in the (bogus) World Golf Rankings</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've watched Dustin play quite a bit last year and thus far in 2010, and I can assure you he has some game. He isn't flashy, doesn't talk a lot, and doesn't court attention - he just knocks the living crap of of the golf ball. With all the attention that McIlroy,Fowler, Ishikawa, and other young guns are getting, the folks at Bushwood have their money on Dustin Johnson. As Sir Mix a Lot would say, he is "Long, Strong, and About to Get the Friction On"...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">P.S. - Here's a look at "What's in the Bag" (courtesy of Golf Digest)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNt5hfRLMLAPC1Fqx7csSbaGkrKEEp8icFL4qTqsFo2WXyymZcqyCC-znSf-b-ar0qbZRSjbZl5lzpLn-FGmA8q1DvbFo88TC7hemP3DA-7viNo2dcycVL6BtXijDuO4td1F9AJD-a8Q/s1600-h/eqil01_johnsonbag.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNt5hfRLMLAPC1Fqx7csSbaGkrKEEp8icFL4qTqsFo2WXyymZcqyCC-znSf-b-ar0qbZRSjbZl5lzpLn-FGmA8q1DvbFo88TC7hemP3DA-7viNo2dcycVL6BtXijDuO4td1F9AJD-a8Q/s320/eqil01_johnsonbag.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439295953553987826" style="cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-75951342289069904562010-02-15T01:06:00.003-06:002010-02-15T13:22:41.182-06:00Tiger 3.0 - Update<span style="font-family:arial;">Last week, I wrote about the new and improved version of THE WORLD'S GREATEST GOLFER.....Tiger 3.0. In that post, I shared with you that one of the steps in the "7 step plan" was the replacement of Stevie Williams with an "upgraded" version of a Caddie...a sort of Americanized version of the Henrik Stenson approach. </span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">As you well know, Bushwood rarely, if ever, disappoints....and this should be no exception. I've received word from "The Chemist" that Caddie interviews were conducted WHILE TW was in <del>Image Makeover Timeout Bullshit</del> Sex Rehab, and the competition was fierce. However, as we predicted, the winner is someone who is also recently "NEW and IMPROVED"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Tiger's new Caddie...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCZq2KYDalhG6okHZQfyGQB8r6nZGAUcxMWFKN-XJA_7CQhijzd0-FKvn7f1bsvuOg5yZ1P3PzrCbie_AlRvhM4EzOuIjXtpL1vaQuJ6QUqJ3PICSBpyShqs1IPdhkLBn_rdpVTLiuE8/s1600-h/Heidi+in+Vegas.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 242px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438549245876214994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCZq2KYDalhG6okHZQfyGQB8r6nZGAUcxMWFKN-XJA_7CQhijzd0-FKvn7f1bsvuOg5yZ1P3PzrCbie_AlRvhM4EzOuIjXtpL1vaQuJ6QUqJ3PICSBpyShqs1IPdhkLBn_rdpVTLiuE8/s320/Heidi+in+Vegas.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx6FO7_Oj7Dg02h3PwgnC1tpAVOvk2Mppj4cAWGF6j_pA90u3AyyBMq05X9gOWgvxxGxt3s63tnoT2Pq-e9v-SWRXPPZBTD2HIwrmiVijrY0V0c6LP43XGRYQsLF0Mhwc_tvzcAKDh5E/s320/heidi+in+vegas+2.jpg" width="192" height="226" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">And she is wearing the latest in Nike's new line of "Caddie Gear"... Including Soft Spike Strappy Slut Sandals...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">P.S. - If you are wondering exactly who this is....well, let's just say you should look</span><a href="http://officialheidimontag.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;"> here</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">...</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-69805538372150125532010-02-11T01:48:00.004-06:002010-02-11T14:18:07.154-06:00Another Lost Art...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkI9Stb8qhUj_BN8-byfNB6TZd3rVAyffcOehbFBa2egp6Z8vEkMSNnkvlGPMFT143ggM3jmLuiHPpjpDb25-fD9whohu4fClTQwr7DcQ3roDLMjkibyv4el7ttuHaCNo4-6Ozcvh8rE/s1600-h/school-or-shcool.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkI9Stb8qhUj_BN8-byfNB6TZd3rVAyffcOehbFBa2egp6Z8vEkMSNnkvlGPMFT143ggM3jmLuiHPpjpDb25-fD9whohu4fClTQwr7DcQ3roDLMjkibyv4el7ttuHaCNo4-6Ozcvh8rE/s320/school-or-shcool.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437036048757793826" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">S<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">pelling and <del>grammer</del> grammar....obviously these are a lost art in America circa 2010. I know that many bloggers and socmed "experts" are of the opinion that "spelling and grammar don't matter " in the "web 2.0" world. Still, for a traditionalist like me, its a little hard to stomach. Here is the latest example - except its not from any "web 2.0 , Gen Y, beret wearing, twittercentric self-congratulating neophyte"... </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><b>Shown below is a screen grab from the venerable Golf.com website...Poor Adam Scott..he's lost his skillz ..</b></span>.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 12px; font-family:Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(148, 32, 33); font-weight: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman', 'Times Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">op Stories</span></span></h3><ul class="topstorylist clearfix" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; "><li class="topstory" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt !important; padding-right: 0pt !important; padding-bottom: 6px !important; padding-left: 12px !important; background-image: url(http://img.timeinc.net/golf/static/img/widget_bullet_more.gif) !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1963572,00.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New faces, courses at Pebble Beach</span></span></a></li><li class="topstory" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt !important; padding-right: 0pt !important; padding-bottom: 6px !important; padding-left: 12px !important; background-image: url(http://img.timeinc.net/golf/static/img/widget_bullet_more.gif) !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1963602,00.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Scott hopes to get over </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><i><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=disasterous"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">disasterous</span></span></a></i></span><a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1963602,00.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> year</span></span></a></li><li class="topstory" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt !important; padding-right: 0pt !important; padding-bottom: 6px !important; padding-left: 12px !important; background-image: url(http://img.timeinc.net/golf/static/img/widget_bullet_more.gif) !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/daily-flogging/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Daily Flogging: Debut of the Shore course</span></span></a></li><li class="topstory" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt !important; padding-right: 0pt !important; padding-bottom: 6px !important; padding-left: 12px !important; background-image: url(http://img.timeinc.net/golf/static/img/widget_bullet_more.gif) !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2010/02/omeara-calls-woods-situation-disappointing.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">O'Meara calls Tiger scandal 'disappointing'</span></span></a></li><li class="topstory" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt !important; padding-right: 0pt !important; padding-bottom: 6px !important; padding-left: 12px !important; background-image: url(http://img.timeinc.net/golf/static/img/widget_bullet_more.gif) !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1963342,00.html" style="margin-top: 0px; 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background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1963318,00.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Parnevik optimistic about return to golf</span></span></a></li><li class="topstory" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0pt !important; padding-right: 0pt !important; padding-bottom: 6px !important; padding-left: 12px !important; background-image: url(http://img.timeinc.net/golf/static/img/widget_bullet_more.gif) !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: 0px 0.3em !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; "><a href="http://blogs.golf.com/golf-truth-rumors/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); background-color: initial !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; 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cursor:hand;width: 87px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BGcF1yjBS8qX2vbNd3Hdrp2aHm6a-J63IoXixuec4FEiZGIQhPUC4AHD-mRpCEisGw_xkgs2-fVp1mweLdc5I0bCPF1IVo3pTNDx4jB2OQ5r0tkN4_fTHVlbxxxoYgWlrIaBiPBRZOE/s320/haas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436712445827830194" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGU0o_Chm9ST9M1BmdmbsgbDgBzl5mmwy-2gl6ZZDYoJIPOAzx19-dy4XdcZZnYQVqe3vw4JiYslfWmRSC4xfABqhRbZ7QYwniRmUywl3lsGnt1AdynU-C0ZqkJK6wApU4J0MCtisynk/s1600-h/ogilvy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 87px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGU0o_Chm9ST9M1BmdmbsgbDgBzl5mmwy-2gl6ZZDYoJIPOAzx19-dy4XdcZZnYQVqe3vw4JiYslfWmRSC4xfABqhRbZ7QYwniRmUywl3lsGnt1AdynU-C0ZqkJK6wApU4J0MCtisynk/s320/ogilvy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436712445287722562" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S3MU-nZnDoI/AAAAAAAADNc/MRS4GIpXLEo/s1600-h/stricker.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 87px; height: 87px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S3MU-nZnDoI/AAAAAAAADNc/MRS4GIpXLEo/s320/stricker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436712241127165570" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Back in the day, one of my buds had a saying.... "I'm on a small roll". To the world, that meant "I managed to get a girl to talk to me more than once in a 72 hour period without slapping my face" - however, to Jim it meant " I am having a great deal of success with something that is my primary focus in life".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, based on the results thus far in 2010 on the PGA Tour, the folks at Titleist are "on a small roll"... Check This Out...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b></b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="459" style="text-align: justify;width: 344pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; "> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:15.0pt"> <td width="169" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:127.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><u><span style="font-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Event<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> </td> <td width="97" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:73.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><u><span style="font-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Winner<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> </td> <td width="128" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><u><span style="font-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Irons<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> </td> <td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><b><u><span style="font-family:";color:#C00000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Ball<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;height:15.0pt"> <td width="169" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:127.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Northern Trust Open<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="97" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:73.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Stricker<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="128" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Titleist 755<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Pro V1<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2;height:15.0pt"> <td width="169" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:127.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Farmer's Insurance Open<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="97" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:73.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Crane<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="128" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Titleist AP2<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Pro V1x<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3;height:15.0pt"> <td width="169" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:127.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Bob Hope Classic<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="97" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:73.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Haas<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="128" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Titleist CB Forged<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Pro V1<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4;height:15.0pt"> <td width="169" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:127.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Sony Open<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="97" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:73.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Palmer<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="128" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Titleist AP2<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Pro V1<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:15.0pt"> <td width="169" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:127.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>SBS Classic<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="97" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:73.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Ogilvy<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="128" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Titleist MB<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p> </td> <td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b>Pro V1</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No question, this is a pretty impressive showing. I've previously written about Titleist, and <a href="http://bushwoodcountryclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-cant-titleist-seem-to-hold-on-to.html">given them some grief</a> for losing young players soon after they join the pro ranks (Danny Lee, etc.). However, in addition to the impressive list above, they have done a kick a$$ job in the last year snagging some real young guns....ponder this list:</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rory McIlroy</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rickie <a href="http://bushwoodcountryclub.blogspot.com/2009/08/dude-looks-like-lady-or-separated-at.html">(Aerosmith)</a> Fowler</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Michael Sim</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Nick Watney</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">They also migrated Geoff Ogilvy over from sister company Cobra (can Camilo,Ian, and JB be next ??). Hat's off to Titleist for keeping the pedal to the metal and setting the standard among the Tour players. Another thought provoking factoid:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2010 Results</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> - 5 Winners, All played Titleist Irons and Balls</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">- </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2nd half of 2009</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: 21 Winners, 4 played Titleist Irons, 9 Played Titleist Balls</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">For the Math nerds among us, that means that Titleist has improved their iron's success rate by more than 500%, and have ALREADY had more different Winners in 2010 than they had in all of 2009 ( 5 vs. 3). In addition, their ball success rate has improved by more than 2X.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just curious about a couple of things...</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(1) I wonder how long it will be until a ball made by anyone ELSE wins a 2010 event ? My guess... March.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(2) Could the new grooves have anything to do with Titleist's dominance thus far ? Are their balls performing better with the new grooves ? Are their "new grooves" somehow better ?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(3) Is this the Tiger effect ? (sorry, could not ignore that....)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And you thought Bushwood never did any real research....take THAT <a href="http://www.waggleroom.com/">Waggleroom</a> !</span></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-41073208774755453072010-02-08T05:35:00.003-06:002010-02-10T12:59:13.303-06:00Tiger 3.0: A 7 Step Plan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZPgzfJ6zYPdzg7wyJBpPR-SMXzld81jS5LuKuLDwEjeajVpuXDGVmUWZ3_3jGONLNLrNSjaiHq4UMH3RgRYGVO7f0gc8cdLgqO0weVqw9VsBu5UuzUrve0rvo8jqvUc8kXdEqEObHns/s1600-h/tiger+ninja.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZPgzfJ6zYPdzg7wyJBpPR-SMXzld81jS5LuKuLDwEjeajVpuXDGVmUWZ3_3jGONLNLrNSjaiHq4UMH3RgRYGVO7f0gc8cdLgqO0weVqw9VsBu5UuzUrve0rvo8jqvUc8kXdEqEObHns/s320/tiger+ninja.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436353013305355170" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Since Tiger Woods decided to undergo his "therapy" in my hometown, I have been asked repeatedly "what's Tiger's next move" ? Seeing only one way to get the REAL story on this, I reached out to an old friend (recently paroled, but who cares) who happens to be an employee of said rehab facility to get his take on the sitch. Not only was my old buddy (let's call him "the Chemist") able to shed some considerable light on this, he was shrewd enough to make some </span></span><del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> secret recordings of what he heard </span></span></del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">notes about what he saw. It seems that his job as the person </span></span><del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> who lurked outside Tiger's suite as often as possible</span></span></del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> who was responsible for making sure Tiger's suite was well stocked with fruit and bottled water allowed him </span></span><del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> easy access to secretly record all their conversations</span></span></del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> to closely observe Tigers progress.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Based on the </span><del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">tapes</span></del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> notes that the Chemist provided me, Bushwood is prepared to reveal Tiger's top secret strategy to reclaiming his rightful throne as </span><del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> the biggest horndog alive</span></del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> the world's greatest golfer. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Get ready for Tiger 3.0...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #1</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Get rid of the Blue/Gray on Thursday, Red shirt on Sunday look. We are the now the BAD GUY, so we are embracing it. There are now only two wardrobe choices: (1) All Black (complete with black wraparound sunglasses), and (2) Full Camo. We are here to kick ass and take names, not sell shirts or make Tida and her dumb ass hats happy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #2</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Fire Stevie Williams. That's right get rid of the nasty,smelly,worn-out Aussie. Replace him with Heidi Montag. Not only is she a smokin' hot blonde with double G's, but as often as she has her "procedures" done, no one will recognize her from week to week - which means to the world, Tiger will have A DIFFERENT hot blonde carrying his bag every week. Oh, and the dress code for Heidi...let's just say we are gonna let Pamela Anderson be in charge of that...(yep, she's on the payroll too)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #3</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Fire the wimpy sponsors (Nike,TAG,etc) - we don't need em, and we don't care what they think.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #4</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Pack heat - That's right, not only will Tiger be carrying a "Bimbo du jour" at his side, he will be packing a .40 caliber automatic handgun on his left hip, too. Think he had a problem earlier with dudes snapping cameras in his backswing...not anymore. Think Tony Montana saying "say hello to my little friend"...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #5</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: In his first tournament back, he asks Sergio and Colin Montgomery to come over for a little chat...and then he breaks out his newly learned (from Elin !) bad a$$ ninja moves on em. He shatters Monty's right knee with one kick, crushes Sergio's honker with the palm of his hand, and then snaps BOTH of his forearms like so many pretzels (that should make Sergio's latest WAG show him how much she REALLY loves him). Tiger then walks calmly to the putting green as if nothing happened, and strokes a few in the hole.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:black;"><div style=" ;font-family:helvetica, arial;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><div><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #6:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Gone are the fist pumps and the benign motions to the crowd...Tiger hires Chad Ochocinco (it's the offseason for the NFL, ya'll), and they team up for a bad a$$ version of the Birdie Boogie after every birdie, complete with a full on spike of the Black Noodle, and a lap around the green while carrying the flag.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Move #7</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: Ah, lucky #7.... Well,since he has fired Nike, he is free to play any ball he wants. He buys the rights to an existing ball currently made by MaxFli, borrows a marketing idea from an old Nike ball, adds some Cialis to the "mix", and whips out on the unsuspecting public his new trademark ....that's right, it's the </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Black Noodle - It's Long, It's Hard, It's Here to Play...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX4NY-hRYS4w0IEDmPdUdQLMXltPLM6Aip892UiWtT61Ktsz2NQqSFrXyvbo8s_hYYGRMx5BVFNScTkBk3lQ-nYTZ3Qa07tfe7upnkMUWl3-34FjB4HhnRAFCdElyHsK263BAr0eXm8s/s1600-h/black+noodles.png"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX4NY-hRYS4w0IEDmPdUdQLMXltPLM6Aip892UiWtT61Ktsz2NQqSFrXyvbo8s_hYYGRMx5BVFNScTkBk3lQ-nYTZ3Qa07tfe7upnkMUWl3-34FjB4HhnRAFCdElyHsK263BAr0eXm8s/s320/black+noodles.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436371405307890354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 71px; " /></span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He then returns to the Tour, and proceeds to win the Accenture Match Play event without losing a SINGLE hole, accepts the trophy, and promptly smashes it over Johnny Millers melon...</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now THAT, my golfing friends, is how Tiger just BLOWS UP on ya!!!</span></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div></div></span></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-42750899275659818402010-02-04T06:58:00.002-06:002010-02-04T15:37:55.785-06:00Ummmmm, I Forgotted<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S2s19k46doI/AAAAAAAADMU/-ARJaoLsWyY/s1600-h/129038208690134446.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/S2s19k46doI/AAAAAAAADMU/-ARJaoLsWyY/s320/129038208690134446.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434496707343316610" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If you pay much attention to the LPGA, or even golf in general, you've probably read that Michelle Wie has an interview coming out in the March issue of Golf magazine (you can read it </span></span><a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1957732-0,00.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> at Golf.com). The byline of the article proclaims that she has "bounced back" and that "her future is brighter than ever" (it also has some kind of soft porn-ish shot of her lounging in a hammock ...)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In the course of the interview, in which the interviewer </span></span><del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">totally kisses her a$$ </span></span></del><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">asks some really tough and probing questions, the topic of Wie's struggles in 2007 come up. In what we have come to recognize as typical "Wie-nial" fashion, she is unable to face the music and accept accountability for her,um, actions. However, apparently "Michelle 2.0" is now in tha' house, and her manner of addressing topics such as this is to say..... " I DON'T REMEMBER!".... I know this sounds completely unbelievable..so I have excerpted the most memorable sections for you below (interviewer's questions are in bold)....hang on kiddies, here we go</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 12px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What was the lowest low point?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I don't remember.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What do you mean?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I don't remember a lot from that time [nervous laugh]. I think I've blocked it out.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You mean you don't dwell on it, or you literally don't remember?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I literally do not remember a lot of things from that time.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You mean entire tournaments?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Just in general. I don't remember a lot of things.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Because it was so traumatic?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Yeah, it was a lot more traumatic for me than people think.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Why? When was it most traumatic?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I can't remember. I literally can't. I don't remember. It all blurs together. The year [2007] feels like it was a really short time.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You said something at a press conference at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open that was very revealing. Do you remember that tournament?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Not really.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was at Pine Needles [in North Carolina].</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I don't remember where it was played.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">At a press conference before the first round, you were asked if playing with an injured wrist was a smart move. You said, "Come on, this is the U.S. freaking Open." You shot 82 and ended up withdrawing. But the fact that you played showed heart.</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oh yeah, I do remember that. I was determined not to miss the U.S. Open for anything. Now that I look at that, it doesn't make sense, because there are gonna be so many more U.S. Opens. But at that time, everything felt so important, and I did not want to miss any of it. It was the U.S. freaking Open.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That May, you withdrew from the Ginn Tribute under controversial circumstances. Annika Sorenstam, the event's host, said you showed a "lack of respect and class." Have you ever spoken with her about it?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Did you ever feel a need to?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I actually don't remember. What happened?</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You were in danger of posting an 88 in the first round, which would have made you ineligible to play LPGA events for the rest of the year. You withdrew after 16 holes, citing your wrist injury. Two days later, you were seen hitting balls. Critics wondered if you used your wrist as an excuse so that you wouldn't have to submit a score.</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have no comment about that because I really don't remember.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">None of it?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I kinda do, but I don't want to say anything false. I don't need to rehash that. I don't want to say anything false because I don't remember.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To be clear, you haven't spoken with Annika since then?</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I don't think so, no. I think we're over it. We're past that.</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">In case you were not counting, she said "I don't remember ELEVEN TIMES!!!!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">To make this even more hilarious, her supporters have pointed out how brilliant she is "because not just anyone can get into Stanford"... Well, I guess since she cant seem to remember anything as recently as two years ago, she is either gonna have to repeat a lot of classes, or maybe just admit that she is not NEARLY as smart as advertised. Maybe B.J. and Bo have to helicopter her because she FORGETS where the car is parked. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 12px; ">I know golf is struggling a little bit right now, and especially the LPGA - So I don't mean to try to blunt any momentum it has created - but this is just wrong. Is it too much for Michelle Wie to accept responsibility for her successes AND failures ?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Maybe this isn't all her fault though..maybe it's a genrational thing, and nobody is accountable for anything... Hope and Change, baby....that's what I'm caellin' it...</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-48618702851331736072009-12-31T18:23:00.020-06:002010-01-01T17:49:32.969-06:00So, How Many 2009 Wishes Came True ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69kqLwnW1InzabGfrTG0WowMINSaJqaryLnBxhzLXgoxLfRFYkDBTUswI5MQhFflJn7UnZWJuD5wAx-0bpbyQ2R6Dc4ETx5eof9LhUgNcQaAkeUrWpLy2toNdgzscinmKqKZowFbZgX8/s1600-h/angel_wishes.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 182px; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421908295570755266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69kqLwnW1InzabGfrTG0WowMINSaJqaryLnBxhzLXgoxLfRFYkDBTUswI5MQhFflJn7UnZWJuD5wAx-0bpbyQ2R6Dc4ETx5eof9LhUgNcQaAkeUrWpLy2toNdgzscinmKqKZowFbZgX8/s320/angel_wishes.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/Sz54_EhYP5I/AAAAAAAADL8/Kis6rTUP0_o/s1600-h/wishes_granted_fairy_godmother_mug-p1681473016401855112lnjc_400.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img style="WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 197px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421904026341490578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/Sz54_EhYP5I/AAAAAAAADL8/Kis6rTUP0_o/s320/wishes_granted_fairy_godmother_mug-p1681473016401855112lnjc_400.jpg" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Last year, exactly 365 days ago, I wrote a post which contained my "2009 Wishes for Golf". I could think of no more appropriate way to close out the year than to look back on a select few of these wishes and see how many came true..so without further adieu, I will turn this over to Bushwood's Magic Genie - aka "G-Money" (his replies follow in quotes):</span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(1) For the LPGA, I wished:</span></span></div><div><ul><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Great performances by marquee players - " Sorry, maybe next time"</span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Stability among the sponsors - - "No prob, among those who hung around" - Fail..</span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A replacement for Carolyn Bivens - " SCORE !!! Wish granted..."</span></span></li></ul><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(2) For the PGA</span></span></div></div><div><ul><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sponsor stability - "Sorry, it's the economy stupid - and we gotta use the TARP funds to pay them bankers their bonuses". </span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A quick recovery for Tiger - "Well he recovered all right...but a funny thing happened on the way out of the driveway"...</span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Early wins for some of the players we wish were BCC members (Boo, AK,DLIII,Bubba,JB, IP,Shark, Rocco): "Complete strikeout"</span></span></li><li style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Solid performance at a major by Kenny Perry - "Almost,kimosabe...almost - #18 at August was just too cruel to KP" </span></span></li></ul><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(3) For Sergio, some humility and class: "How about a really crappy season and an injured claw at the very end ? Karma is a bitch, el nino...so get some manners or u will have a worse 2010"..</span></span></div></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(4) For Michelle Wie, a focus on the LPGA, some solid results, and some space from the 'rents: "Well, you played better,won your first event, and did not seem to make references to the PGA tour - so thats a SCORE. It looked like you were getting some distance from the helicopter duo,but the moment you won,BJ practically ripped the trophy from your hands and did a lap around the 18th green. Two words of advice - patricide now"</span></span></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px" class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(5) For the <strong>“</strong></span></span><a style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" href="http://pinkpanthergolfnerd.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><strong>twentysomething golf blogger</strong></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><strong>”</strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> – a return trip to TGC Amateur Nationals- hope to see you there. "Wish granted - although we both played better, there's still room to get better"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><strong><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(6)For </span></span><a style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" href="http://www.playgolfdesigns.com/professional_details.asp?professionalId=48"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><strong>Amber Prange </strong></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><strong>:</strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Early success in the Spring events - "Not so much early success came your way,but you played in an LPGA event AND got full playing privlieges on the Duramed Futures tour in 2010 - so I'd call that SCORE".</span></span></span></div></strong></span></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></span></span></div></div><div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">All in all, we should not be surprised or complain....because just like in golf, sometimes we got the break and our wish was granted, and other times we "lipped out". We have lots to be thankful for, and lots to look forward to in 2010. Happy New Year to all of the BCC members and readers !</span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-30801635317950885962009-12-20T10:47:00.014-06:002009-12-20T13:42:49.237-06:00Am I in love ? Ask my Taylor Made r9 Driver and 3 wood....<div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Gn1atJ_OJqeE8ojPGj1N5N9hjt4kx6virwhQ3Bf-9HZhFMYSBEs0eGy0PqR78focYXMIwKKWbFrK0ZSla3pmrvnYUc24OzEyJJVjD2daFJKLPcA3_xj52CgIgGhgqU-3SWySVQjEPoQ/s400/taylor-made-driver-r9-new-golf-clubs.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Earlier this year, I switched to Taylor Made's (revolutionary at the time) r9 driver. I wrote my initial evaluation of it in June (you can read it here), in which I was quite impressed. This post will focus on my "extended use" review of the r9 driver, as well as the r9 3 wood, which I put in my bag mid-summer. Since the initial post provided all of sorts of technical stuff, I'm not going to rehash all of that (you're welcome....). Rather, I will provide you my full impressions after playing the club for (most of)a full season - hopefully, for those of you who are looking for a new driver or 3 wood this Christmas (yep, I still call it Christmas...feel free to use your own terminology,tho) this info will prove helpful to you or to Santa.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The specs on the clubs are as follow:</span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">r9 driver, 9.5 degrees of loft, stiff shaft (stock TM Motore)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">r9 3 wood, 15 degrees of loft, stiff shaft (stock TM Motore)</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">both are set with the weights "neutral", and the faces one degree open </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Since my initial review, I've played over 40 rounds of golf with the clubs - much of it in a competitive situation (The Golf Channel Amateur Tour, primarily). I think this is relevant because one learns quite quickly in these situations that control of your driver and 3 wood is at least as important as distance. Having set the stage, following are my observations on the two clubs:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">r9 Driver</span></b></span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The r9 driver is the longest driver I've played to date, and as a long time TM driver user, this is a good sign for prospective buyers.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The adjustable face technology really DOES work. As I have improved my skills on the course, and worked hard to learn a correct weight transfer, I had fixed any tendency to hit a tee ball to the right side (aka a slice). However, in the process I had overcompensated to the degree that my "misses" were now left - and those misses tended to lead to big numbers on the card. My efforts to use the movable weights (a hallmark of the r7 series) were fairly effective - however, the adjustable face angle REALLY nailed this issue. By setting the face 1 degree open (effectively de-lofting the club), I found that I was able to really go after the ball, swing as aggressively as I wanted, and rarely have to worry about snapping it left. On the days I was <i>really</i> in a groove, I could tell because my drives were long, with a boring trajectory, and a slight fade at the end. The point here is simply that between the movable weights and an adjustable face, anyone with a "consistent problem" can improve their ball flight.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Since I settled on a "neutral weight,1 degree open setting", I have not made subsequent adjustments. While frequent adjustments are easy and straightforward, I was happy with my settings and never saw fit to change them. The tool that's included is easy to use.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'm a mid handicapper (fluctuating between 8 and 12 throughout the year) - and I found the r9 to be plenty forgiving. It's not what I would consider a "players club" in the sense that you must hit it exactly on the sweet spot to get good results. I did notice (after reading a great review on another blog) that shots hot in the center of the clubface flew the "expected" distance, but a shot hit above center ( a little high on the face) REALLY took off. Once I figured this out, I gained at least 15 yards on my tee shots. That being said, the club retains some workability if you need it - when I was hitting the ball well, I could draw or fade it on command....but on the days I wasn't striping it, I could just as easily play for the center of the fairway and generally hit it straight.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The face and head still look good after much use - no unusual wear or premature fatigue. The sound is pleasant (no "aluminum baseball bat" like ping, or dull, muted "thud") - and this has been consistent since my first shot with the r9. If sound is important to you, this won't disappoint.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As much as I liked the Matrix Ozik shaft in the r7 Classic, I've been very pleased with the Fujikura Motore that comes standard in the r9. It's lively, consistent, and looks good with the red and white paint. The only complaint I have with this shaft is that it tends to scratch easily. Hopefully,no long term damage here - but it's worth noting.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Overall impression of the r9 driver after a full season is a resounding "thumbs up with a snap" (that's for all of you In Living Color fans out there)... <b><i>I highly recommend this driver.</i></b></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">r9 3 Wood</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The 3 wood has been the most frequently changed club in my bag (except for putters) over the past 10 years. Unlike my driver, I've played many different brands - Callaway,Ping,TaylorMade, Titleist, Sonartec ('memba them ?), and Orlimar. Prior to getting the r9, I was playing the TM Burner, and was pretty happy with it. However, my fondness for the r9 driver, and my propensity to experiment with 3 woods, led me to decide to give the r9 3 wood a shot. Oddly, when I got the club to the range for the first time, the face was already set at 1 degree open...a strange coincidence for certain. Here are my observations on the r9 3 wood:</span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Initially the larger head was visually distracting - and I struggled to hit this club solidly off the deck. Accepting this as a temporary issue, I decided to hit some off the tee. After hitting 10 shots off the tee, WOW... a very similar experience as with the driver. Long, predictable, and right where I was aiming. I went back to hitting balls off the deck, and had some improvement - but still could see I needed to work on this.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Taking the r9 3 wood to the course, I decided to use it on all par 4s that were less than 400 yards. My great results from the range carried over to the course - my tee shots were long, accurate, and I was able to go after the ball aggressively without worrying about hooking - thanks to the 1 degree open face. I was hooked...</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Throughout the remainder of the season, my shotmaking abilities with the r9 3 wood continued to improve. In tournaments, this became a real "go to" club when hitting the fairway was a must. I also found the distance with this club to be incredible. In some of the late season events, I was sometimes hitting this club 240 yards plus off the tee. No question, its long...</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I was also able to overcome the early problems hitting the r9 3 wood off the fairway - practice and a focus on tempo seemed to cure this - so it was obviously user error!</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The face and head had held up well, and remain in great shape.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The issues with shaft scratching that I described above also presented themself with the 3 wood - not really sure of the cause here, as I'm pretty careful with my sticks. At any rate, its something that we hope TM pays attention to and addresses.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My overall rating on the r9 3 wood is a big thumbs up. If you are in the market for a 3 wood, <b>I highly recommend you give this one a try</b> - I feel sure it will be among the finalists for the VP slot in your bag for 2010 ! </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">As I've lamented before, there is no telling what the Golf gurus at Taylor Made are cooking up for 2010 - but for right now, the r9 driver and 3 wood had a secure spot in the bag at Bushwood. I've paid careful attention to the TM staff players, and practically all of them have switched to the r9 - so even the pros seem to agree with me here.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If any of our readers are r9 users, I'd love to hear your thoughts on them !</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-59542108765296340042009-12-06T09:06:00.019-06:002009-12-06T11:42:39.073-06:00We are sitting this one out like a Frenchie...<div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-HX3Vc7ul8g48e1dDS97RSzaZcD536ASmUYGT765yeCWeLeqvYrRey9QcjUc0HOY6JvzRdxf1wwNrQPL-9vNesR9jcMCOsYiynkYquwF3m9MZdX7FOEj89gD13b0PcU3-KKMZXufuJ4/s1600-h/french_army_knife.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 196px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150908354742194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-HX3Vc7ul8g48e1dDS97RSzaZcD536ASmUYGT765yeCWeLeqvYrRey9QcjUc0HOY6JvzRdxf1wwNrQPL-9vNesR9jcMCOsYiynkYquwF3m9MZdX7FOEj89gD13b0PcU3-KKMZXufuJ4/s320/french_army_knife.jpg" /></a><img style="WIDTH: 211px; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412150900421390066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/SxvSkbJtbvI/AAAAAAAADJg/5vJHvRJH_To/s320/A+Frenchman+weeps.jpg" /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If you have a pulse, or care at all about the pulse of the game of golf, you have been inundated with stories over the past 10 days about Tiger Woods...did he or didn't he (I think we can figure that one out), how many will come forward (more than there really were,imho), how many "transgressional couplings" were there (who really cares,other than the a certain twisted slice of the pie of humanity), how long has it been going on (who gives a rodent's a$$), I could go on ad nauseum...but that's the point of this post. Like China and France in the war on terrorism, we here at Bushwood are gonna watch this one from the sidelines - hell, maybe we will just head up to the beer garden and drain a few pints till this exhausts itself.</span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That's right - we won't be "facebooking" Rachel Uchitel, or featuring any photos of a certain Las Vegas cocktail waitress (who in the hell saves a voicemail,anyway), or trying to figure out if Tiger likes to have "Ambien sex", or even speculating on the lie and loft of the club Elin used to "rescue" Tiger from the renegade Escalade. My attitude toward this whole sordid mess may put me at odds with some of my blogging crew (including most of the fantasy football league where I am currently in last place). Please cut me some rope here - I don't mean to sound self righteous or sanctimonious, It just isn't my way to write a (series of) post (s) ripping into his private life. </span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'm in no way condoning or endorsing his,um, "transgressions"..., and I am sure as hell not going to defend them. Please don't confuse me with the masses of people who worship TW - I don't. I cheer for the field <u>every </u>week,not Tiger. I wish he did not curse so much on the golf course, because that really does suck. I wish his caddie were not the PGA version of a gangland enforcer. I wish he would show some genuine emotion,other than white hot anger when he hits the rare bad shot. I wish he were less of a "lone ranger", and more "one of the guys". You see, there's plenty of things about Tiger that are not so admirable...in other words, in spite of his amazing golf talents, his megawatt smile, his polished responses to the press probings (until now), he is mere mortal, just like you and I dear reader. His latest round of mistakes are nothing that should shock us as much as we all seem to be shocked (hell, if he were a Hollywood star,this would only burnish his rep...if he were a Hilton or a Kardashian, he would get ANOTHER reality show) - he's not the first person to do what he did, and he won't be the last.</span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The only conclusion that I can draw (<em>and I submit for your consideration</em>), is that Tiger really IS a just another guy (albeit a more talented golfer than most), and he screws up just like everyone does from time to time.... and while this is certainly a <strong>big</strong> (think goal line fumble at the Super Bowl) <b>screw up</b>, I believe he is entitled to some privacy and some forgiveness...and that's just what he's gonna get from Bushwood. Merry Christmas,Tiger....hang in there. While I won't cheer for you next year at Augusta, I won't be wearing a "Rachel" mask ala New York Yankee fans showing their love for Arod either...</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">While this is supposed to be the season for "giving", I'd also like to think it is the season for "for-giving"..</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc0000;"><b><i>p.s. - If you want to send me something for Christmas, I'd love one of those cool new French Army Knives pictured above ;-)</i></b></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577103309249540179.post-53810598343914761922009-11-15T16:58:00.004-06:002009-11-15T17:23:33.225-06:00Screw 2012, The Apocalypse is TODAY ! (yes,this means Michelle won something...)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/SwCK5ZaCnmI/AAAAAAAADIM/3-OqGTuQh1c/s1600-h/11-15-2009+5-00-10+PM.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m8aJ06PLXk4/SwCK5ZaCnmI/AAAAAAAADIM/3-OqGTuQh1c/s320/11-15-2009+5-00-10+PM.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404472271521881698" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">That's right folks - you heard me.....MICHELLE WIE WON A GOLF TOURNAMENT !!!! She fired a closing round 3 under par 69 to take a two stroke win over (winless in 2009) Paula Creamer at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. </span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I've been a sharp critic of Wie in the past for one simple reason - she had never won a tournament, and always made lame excuses for losing them. Well, check out the scorecard above - not only did she win, she closed like a champ by birdieing the last hole with a one shot lead. Wie has been a much better player this year - as I pointed out in an earlier post...she has focused on the LPGA and seemingly found some friends on tour during the Solheim Cup this year.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bushwood congratulates Michelle Wie on her maiden victory AND on signs of what appear to be some newfound maturity. Let's all hope that this will help the LPGA right the ship, and have a great 2010. Oh, and one other thing....a request for Michelle...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>PLEASE do not PISS OFF EVERYONE ON THE LPGA TOUR BY UTTERING THE LETTERS "PGA" IN SEQUENCE. </b> You are like Moby at a hip hop show....you just don't belong there...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3