One
If the FedExCup is starting to work the way it’s supposed to and that “way” looks a lot like the traditional season money leaders list, what’s the point?
Manufactured drama? More money for the Tour’s elite? More FedEx commercials (which, I admit, are generally funny)?
Not, however, as funny as this.
Two
If we assemble an all-time “putts he needed to make” list from Mr. Woods’ career, what percentage of the putts in question did he make?
Three
Isn’t success in any endeavor repeatedly knowing exactly what needs to be done and doing it?
Four
How can you tell that an elephant is in the bathtub with you?
Five
Best chump victor of 2009: Yang, Perry, Glover, Cabrera, or everyone’s favorite Phys. Ed. major, Heath Slocum?
Six
The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic is back on the schedule for next year. Is this:
a) A significant change of fortune for the LPGA?
b) The intercession of the Pink Panther (cartoon, not Creamer or Sellers)?
Seven
Has Adam Scott abandoned all pretense of being anything other than a surf-dude who happens to play golf for a living, bro?
Eight
Is Vijay Singh’s post-40 magic (read, 22 victories) over, or is he just reaping short term karmic retribution for his desire to bail out disgraced financier Alan Stanford?
Nine
Is the average PGA Tour player more concerned about:
a) Winning, fame, and the thrill of the hunt?
b) Financial security?
Ten
Do we now call a bladed flop shot into a body of water across the green a “Harrington” in the same manner we call a… well T.C. Chen a “T.C. Chen?”
Eleven
35/1, Tiger Woods to win this week on Betfair? You taking?
Twelve
Stack & Tilt: what’s the verdict now that we have our wits about us (following the instinctual defense of tradition)?
Thirteen
Padraig Harrington said, in this month’s Golf magazine, that he could routinely break par with 40-year-old equipment. Really? (see “Harrington” above.)
Fourteen
Annika Sorenstam names her child via an internet poll on her website… brilliant traffic device, or absurd?
Fifteen
Shouldn’t winning the U.S. Amateur be correlated with becoming a successful professional golfer more than it is? Does anyone really believe the 2009 champion is 17?
Sixteen
Cameron Monterey, yay or nay?
Seventeen
Phil Mickelson reportedly got in the face of USGA equipment czar Dick Rugge last week, complaining about the organization’s handling of the groove change situation. His specific contention aside, if Phil Mickelson gets in your face, are you:
a) Intimidated?
b) Compelled to make a gentleman’s wager on the over-under of PGA pros in favor of the changes?
Eighteen
If, in order to settle their ongoing legal battle, Callaway and Titleist each were to choose one staffer to participate in a traditional WWE cage match two question would arise:
a) Who does each side pick?
b) Who wins?
fed ex is a very well run company…I’m sure they are making the investment back in free mentions. Totally manufactured but its all about the advertising
Sorenstam’s kid’s name…how about “Blanket”
Persimmon heads, steel shafts, balata balls on 7500 yd courses…I would bet the elite 20 players are 5 strokes worse…ie instead of -20…-15 wins. Further down the food chain it may get ugly.
1. The Fed-Ex playoff is absolutley pointless. I hope this is the last year of it.
2. Id give Mr Woods 90%
3. Wat?
4. By the volleyball sized bubbles rising from your bathtub..
5. Heath Slocum is the biggest chump. Nobody wanted him to make that putt lol. We all wanted the Tiger, Harrington, Els playoff.
6. As long as Creamer plays, there will be Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. But who cares, anyway?
7. Adam Scott has found he doesnt need to win at golf to be sucessfull. Its a good life if you can get it.
8. Vijay Singh cant putt to save his house from burning down. If the ole wives tale is true, the first thing to go is your putting.
9. Financial security. Most of those guys will never win more than one tournament, (if that) and i think they know that.
10. I think we should call it an “Irish Car Bomb” instead
11. Ill take Tiger at any odds. He is the closest thing to a sure bet in golf.
12. S&T was good for players that were stuck in a rut with their games. But like smoking ciggarettes, probably does more harm even though it feels good.
13. I wouldnt doubt any touring pro could shoot par with 40 yr old equipment. Good ball striking is good ball striking.
14. Annika has lost her brain.
15. Well the last one was 17 yrs old, So no, im not surprised.
16. If you already own a Scotty Cameron, i dont see a reason to buy one of the california series. It just seems like a brand to me. Chances are, many cameron players already have a
similar putter.
17. C. Laugh in his face, pinch his cheeks like a grandmother would, and then say “heres a couple of schillings, go get yourself a moonpie laddie”
18. Camillo Villegas is the only one that uses titliest that even remotley appears like he might be able to whoop some ass, so id go with him. Callaway will call on Justin Timberlake and he will dance cirles around Camillo and pummell him. He is that gangsta.
I’d check the definition of non sequitur.
Lenghty list, didn’t seem like much new to inspire comment, but I think the answer to number 4, if you want a non sequitur, is “you get down from a duck”.
17. My better judgement kicked in, so I decided not to post what option C would be for me. 👿
18. I say Els for Callaway, taking on the Undertaker persona vs. Ross Fisher for Titleist, taking on the Lord Steven Regal-ish, uppity englishman persona. I really think that we could we could put this on PPV and make some money with it. 😉