{"id":380,"date":"2005-01-05T20:22:29","date_gmt":"2005-01-06T01:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/natalie_gulbis_and_big_ben_sittin_in_a_tree\/"},"modified":"2005-01-05T20:22:29","modified_gmt":"2005-01-06T01:22:29","slug":"natalie_gulbis_and_big_ben_sittin_in_a_tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/lpga\/natalie_gulbis_and_big_ben_sittin_in_a_tree","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Gulbis and Big Ben, Sittin&#8217; in a Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/lpga\/natalie_gulbis.jpg\" height=\"262\" width=\"195\" alt=\"Natalie Gulbis\" class=\"bordered\" \/>The Pittsburgh Steelers&#8217; rookie Ben Roethlisberger has won thirteen straight games. And now he&#8217;s apparently won the heart of one very hot, hot LPGA Tour player: Natalie Gulbis. ESPN <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/page3\/story?page=mcintyre\/bennatalie\" title=\"ESPN: Ben and Natalie\" class=\"external external_icon\">has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gulbis, soon-to-be 22 years old and called &#8220;The Anna Kournikova of Golf&#8221; (it&#8217;s true: neither Kournikova nor Gulbis has won much of anything professionally, and both are blondes, and both have their own calendars), has been dating Roethlisberger for five weeks or so. She may fly to Pittsburgh this weekend to hang out with Ben, but she&#8217;ll &#8220;definitely&#8221; be there the weekend after that.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s all there is to that. 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