Comments on: Volume One Hundred Forty http://thesandtrap.com/columns/hittin_the_links/volume_one_hundred_forty Golf News, Reviews, and Commentary Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Bruce http://thesandtrap.com/columns/hittin_the_links/volume_one_hundred_forty#comment-10410 Bruce Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:22:55 +0000 http://thesandtrap.com/?p=2310#comment-10410 Ricky Ponting, the Australian cricket captain, apparently plays off 2 but can't putt worth a damn. Ricky Ponting, the Australian cricket captain, apparently plays off 2 but can't putt worth a damn.

]]> By: Ruari http://thesandtrap.com/columns/hittin_the_links/volume_one_hundred_forty#comment-10405 Ruari Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:32:32 +0000 http://thesandtrap.com/?p=2310#comment-10405 "Hole 7: Other Athletes Can Play Too Here is a ranking of the best golfers out there who made their livings playing other sports." Fascintating stuff. But please remember that there are a lot of people who made their living playing sports elsewhere than America, and in other than gridiron football, baseball and hockey and should be included in any world list - pretty high up, too. For example, West Indian cricketer Brian Lara holds two batting records: the highest number of runs in a single Test (international) innings (400 not out v England) and the highest number of runs in First-Class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire v Durham). Currently plays off 8 but has been 5. Plays golf right-handed. He decided to do that so that it wouldn't interfere with his cricket stroke - which he plays left-handed... He bowled (pitched) a bit, too. There are loads of other cricketers (including Sky Sports TV commentator David Lloyd - now h'cap 8) soccer players and tennis players with single-figure handicaps. Mind you, I'm given to understand that a bunch of footballers (round ball, played with the feet) allegedly complained that The Wiltshire in England was 'too hard'. It isn't. If that report was true, they're clearly a bunch of nancies. But just to prove I'm not parochial about this - loved seeing John Elway, the great Broncos QB, playing in the pro-celeb competition recently. "Hole 7: Other Athletes Can Play Too
Here is a ranking of the best golfers out there who made their livings playing other sports."

Fascintating stuff. But please remember that there are a lot of people who made their living playing sports elsewhere than America, and in other than gridiron football, baseball and hockey and should be included in any world list - pretty high up, too.

For example, West Indian cricketer Brian Lara holds two batting records: the highest number of runs in a single Test (international) innings (400 not out v England) and the highest number of runs in First-Class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire v Durham). Currently plays off 8 but has been 5. Plays golf right-handed. He decided to do that so that it wouldn't interfere with his cricket stroke - which he plays left-handed...

He bowled (pitched) a bit, too.

There are loads of other cricketers (including Sky Sports TV commentator David Lloyd - now h'cap 8) soccer players and tennis players with single-figure handicaps.

Mind you, I'm given to understand that a bunch of footballers (round ball, played with the feet) allegedly complained that The Wiltshire in England was 'too hard'. It isn't. If that report was true, they're clearly a bunch of nancies.

But just to prove I'm not parochial about this - loved seeing John Elway, the great Broncos QB, playing in the pro-celeb competition recently.

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