Golf Yokel

He is currently #182 on that list as we speak... #125 isn't all that far away. As was already said... he is only one or two decent showings away from keeping his card, just like every year. He's made half of his cuts this season, so it isn't like he is just showing up and stinking up the course.

In all fairness, he did win $250,000 on tour last year in winnings. If I could play like he does with his lifestyle and still make a quarter-million playing golf... I don't think I'd be in college right now...

I am starting to appreciate my clubs more and more the longer this thread goes...

Yeah, but if you are a Memphis fan, you also know that Dorsey is actually just a little nutty at times. And I mean that literally. He has actually hid under tables in the locker room to avoid reporters (last year during the NCAA tournament). I'm not saying that you aren't right about him getting high on himself sometimes... I'm just saying you kind of have to take everything he does with the understanding that he might not be thinking at the time he does/says it. But I think after he said it, even Dorsey knew bad-mouthing Oden was a bad idea. When asked about it even Calipari responded, "Joey called him out?! What did he say?!" Calipari even went on to say that, "I actually think Dorsey knows he's about to play the best big man in the country and is excited about it." Everyone slips-up and says stupid things sometimes, but coach C is usually pretty good about making his players act appropriately... and if they don't he is quick to give them a dose of act-right

Just for reference about the length of Golfsmith shafts. When you buy a shaft from Golfsmith they use a program that has all the shafts that will work for the head you have. All the shafts come in a pre-cut length that are then cut to fit. I'm 99% sure you wouldn't have to worry about buying a longer shaft... I think they can just not cut them down so far. Then again I've only talked to the guy about it, I've never actually cut a shaft before... so wait for someone to either verify or correct me

Hey you use those too I get looked at so funny sometimes when I pull one out of my pocket.

I still appreciate you signing it But as for the holiday, it is celebrated in so many cities (even with parades) that it only makes sense to make it an official holiday. Remember, Christmas usually falls in the middle of the week too The days for the holiday will always shift by a day every year (or two on leap year), so you only actually have 3 years out of 7 that you have mid-week dates. (I'd take a Friday or Monday holiday any day) That's just part of the problem of setting a holiday to a date instead of a day, I guess. Anyways, thanks again for signing it, Master and everyone! Keep the sigs coming and remember to tell people at work tomorrow!

Everything I have was donated to me by a fellow from Edwin Watts Golf... Full Titleist DTR Irons/Wedges: Free TaylorMade System2 Driver: Free TaylorMade Metalwood 23*: Free Rawlings Putter: Free And I even get to golf for free at a local 9-hole course. I plan on buying a new putter and driver soon though, so it won't be free for long

Here's a few things about ND.... First off, they are 2-4 against ranked teams this year, and those two wins were against Villanova and Marquette. And I think you need to look at Memphis' and ND's schedules one more time. Here, I'll make it easy for you... http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=235 : Tigers... http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=87 : ND. ND has only played one ranked team at home this year... one. I'm not sure how you place a shorter streak that was easier to accomplish above ours... it's beyond me. We went undeafeted at home for more than a season and a half, just to put it in perspective. As for Vandy... when they actually win something, we will talk about Vandy... how 'bout that. (I'm not bagging on Vandy... but you can't even compare Vandy and Memphis) As for over-rated... when every poll in the country has you as #1, that isn't being over-rated. Some people who don't like us may call us over-rated, but then again... who cares. We win championships, set records, and almost every year we are in the same place... Heading into the NCAA tournament while others watch us on T.V. and hope their team does better next year. People only tend to hate the best...

Try it out and see what you think. If nothing else, it doesn't cost that much (relatively speaking) to stick a new shaft into the driver head you like.

The best I've ever shot was a 104 on a par 72... I'm close!

You: I agree with that 100%. Just a few more facts to prove that Vandy is a good team and beat anyone in C-USA, even Memphis. They are 18-0 at home this year, and have won 31 of the last 32 at home. Nine times has the #1 team in the country come into Nashville and 6 have gone away very disappointed, including the national champion Florida Gators last year. ---------------------------------------- When I responded, it wasn't just to you in particular... your post just happened to have the most relevant points that connected to what I typed... so instead of quoting and responding to different sentences from 2 or 3 different people, I just quoted yours and went from there. As for the winning streak... until someone beats it, it is doing very well. Are you seriously insinuating that a statistic like the one we put up has lost credibility just because the streak ended? By your thinking, Tiger Woods' #1 in the world streak means nothing because, well, it ended. Not very good sense you are using there. And I wouldn't have even responded to you about Vandy if you hadn't said, "Just a few more facts to prove that Vandy is a good team and beat anyone in C-USA, even Memphis." I'm not bashing on Vandy, they at least made it to the 16 in 2007 and 2004, so they have done something... But you said, as quoted, that Vandy could beat Memphis. I don't think so boss.

The OP of this thread just convinced me to go buy some iron covers...

OK, so I thought about posting this in The Grill Room, but then I thought about it... What is more golf related than a holiday where we get off of work to go to the course, drink a beer, and play some golf. Wait... get off of work? Hopefully... Guinness needs 1 million people to sign their petition to get a St. Patrick's Day bill sent to Congress to try and make it a federal holiday. http://www.proposition317.com/stpats.html We need to get this crackin'... so tomorrow since you have the day off, tell a friend or two to sign it. When you go to work Monday, tell some co-workers. Tell them to pass the word on too. C'mon peoples! Let's get this passed!

I would assume if you are looking for the average handicap of all golfers, it would probably fall between scratch and 15. I have no proof of this so I'm not trying to tell you it's true... but the people that play on municipal courses in Memphis only account for a relatively small % of the total golfers in my area. Alot more own houses on private courses or have club memberships around here. Based on my area, I would say that over half of all the golfers I see on municipals shoot better than a 20 handicap. I am also assuming that people who pay to play at one of Memphis' ungodly expensive clubs are, on average, better than the group of people I see playing municipals. Going on all my assumptions, that is why I say the average handicap is between 0-15. (Assumptions are bad... mmm'kay.)

Someone had a picture of a Hawk in their sig with the epitaph (2003-2007 He Never Saw It Coming). It's funny, I'll admit. I just didn't want to have to see it with every post Thank you You Know Who for removing it

Nah, he's said that this one will be his last. Besides that, after getting caught up in his steroid troubles, I'm pretty sure he won't be looking like he did in this movie again. On a side note, Rocky II was a decent-enough movie, but they just kept going down-hill until Rocky V stunk up the movie shelves. I think more copies of Atari's E.T. game sold than Rocky V...

Memphis got 5" of snow last night, so golf this weekend is off for me Thankfully I get to play every other day of the week for free though

The only two good movies I remember seeing last year were: No Country For Old Men - good movie, just got to see it last month. Rocky Balboa - I can't remember if this came out the last week of 2006 or in 2007, but I'm still placing it on my list The only Rocky movies I liked were the first one, and this last one... so if you judged it by those other 4 terrible movies and passed it up, give it a shot. Sly did a pretty decent job with this one.

I've played billiards and snooker for a good bit of my life and I was on the Memphis R.O.T.C rifle squad... so here's what I've learned: Yes, people have a dominant eye. Yes, it can matter in certain situations where precise aiming at a 2-D target is involved (like shooting a rifle). But, in situations where you need to use your depth perception (like for billiard or golf shots, or even driving a car), two eyes are needed... you shouldn't be aiming your golf shot, billiard cue, or your car with just your dominant eye For that matter... it is also possible for your eye dominance to change depending on what and where the object you are looking at is. Even if you are right-dominant, after an object reaches a certain point in your left field of vision, your left eye will take over. Also, if you feel like you have a "severely" dominant eye... you might want to go to an optometrist for an eye check-up... you might be near-sighted in your "dominant" eye.

Meh... I couldn't resist.

I'm not even about to dignify the UoM/UAB I just watched. We just beat the #2 team in our conference by 40 points... and we were already up 30 at the half. No wonder we are undefeated in conference play 2 seasons in a row... yeesh.

The only reason we lost the game against Ohio last year was because the refs called a charge foul that even the Ohio staff said was questionable. It was all about getting Oden more camera-time in the tournament for his draft pick. And as for "beating up on teams"... #1 - It isn't our fault that other teams suck donkey. Don't look down on us for being good, look down on them for being bad. #2 - Calipari goes out of his way to schedule non-conference games against top schools, just to get us prepared for tournament time. Last year for example, games that were specifically requested for schedule out of conference by Calipari were against Arizona, Gonzaga, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Calipari doesn't dodge games against good teams, he tries his best to get them. That's how a team gets better. If history repeats itself... we will be the dominating team in our conference for another 5 years. You don't win as many titles as we have and gotten to as many NCAA tournaments as we have on luck of schedule alone. And why do you say we have inflated egos? Show me something that causes you to say that please... And you are damned right we want out of C-USA. This basketball conference isn't even on our level... and our titles and performance show that by themselves. It isn't healthy to have a team like Memphis dominating a conference like this. It would be like Davis Love on an ameteur tour. And just to clear this up for me, because I'm wondering... Are you one of those people who hates Memphis for no reason? I've met/talked to alot of you lately, it seems you are breeding rapidly. I only say this because, without any basis at all, you decided to down a team. It seems you have some underlying hatred for us for some reason. And just to clarify... when you say, "History will repeat itself... Memphis won't make it past the Elite 8" are you seriously insinuating that it should be shameful that we lose in the Elite 8? We entered the NCAA tournament in the #1 seed in 2006, #2 seed in 2007, #7 seed in 2004, and #7 seed in 2003. Better believe we will be the #1 seed this year too. As far as I am concerned... making it to the Elite 8 and losing on national T.V. is better than the team who watches the game from their living room.

Memphis has the longest C-USA home winning streak ever... so you can drop that point right off the bat Memphis was the C-USA 2004, 2006, 2007, and yes, 2008 regular season champions... Memphis was the 2006 and 2007 C-USA tournament champions... Pfft... Vandy just lost to Arkansas for god's sake They can't even do better than 10-5 in conference play right now. The way I see it, you guys should be relegated to C-USA, and Memphis should show you guys how an SEC team should play.

Els' performance at this weekends PODS Championship will be dropping that world ranking a bit...