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They've spent their entire lives chasing fame and fortune, and now that they have it, they're unhappy with it? They don't turn down the hot chicks that talk to them, they don't turn down the appearance fees they get at corprate events. They get this because they're famous. They need to learn to take the good with the bad, just like everyone else in the world. I don't like every aspect of my job, but the good heavily outweighs the bad so I live with it. They should learn that skill.

This is NOT a flattering picture for anyone in it... The "white feet in high heels" thing is hilarious!

If there was an "Ugliest Guy on the PGA Tour" contest...

I don't think there's anything "so-called" about it - there's definitely a lack of diversity in PGA professional golf. The reasons for it are many and varied. But I guarantee you that the PGA looks longingly at the NFL, NBA, and MLB, and would love to do whatever they could to have the kind of audiences that the Big 3 have. The PGA knows that having nothing but bland white guys on TV week after week is not necessarily in their best interests, if they have any hope of explanding their brand. Some people think that having more people actually playing golf is the ticket to more fan interest. I disagree, and use US soccer as a model. Kids across the country play soccer but wouldn't watch a match on TV if you paid them. I think Tiger has shown that the key to expanding the brand is having Diversity, and Personality. I don't watch the NFL, NBA and MLB because I play those sports. It's because I have some level of interest in the people who participate in those sports. Notice I have not once said anything about quotas, or discrimination, or any of the other buzzwords used to kill this kind of discussion.

Some things aren't fair in life... If you're a hot babe, you can show up at a golf tourney in a dress and heels, and catch the eye of a (presumably unmarried) PGA Tour player. I'm pretty sure a note will make it's way to you with contact information, and away you go to the good life. I can go to an LPGA match with my best Armani, and the players would never make the first move. And I would not be allowed to introduce myself or make any kind of advance to the players. No matter how much I look like Brad Pitt or Denzel Washington. My only shot at meeting the women would be to be a really rich guy who could get in touch through their management company (have my people call her people), or perhaps at a sponsor event, where again I would need to be a rich guy, or at least in a company that's well-connected.

So you preferred the "good old days," when reporters hung out with and partied with the people they were supposed to be covering. When the famous could count on reporters to "look the other way" as they spent time with their mistresses.

This should make you think hard about our mainstream press, the sports press in particular, and how effective they are at covering stories. The problem is that the mainstream sports press will never investigate a story that might be embarrassing to a public figure, because they are concerned about losing access to that figure. If I start nosing around asking questions about Peyton Manning's personal life, he will no longer talk to me or answer my questions. Now I am not able to do my normal job very well, and other reporters end up with better material. So what happens is that NO ONE on the mainstream side does any kind of investigations - instead asking the same softball questions week after week. In fact the press actively ignores potentially embarrassing information and instead look the other way... This is why TMZ, National Enquirer, etc, always seem to break the embarrassing stories - because they don't care about access. They don't care about being the "friend" of the athlete they are trying to cover. We can debate whether Tiger's behavior years ago should have been obvious to the mainstream press, but had it not been for the car accident coupled with TMZ, we still would not know and Tiger would still be married.

I know I'm not a scratch golfer, so you can take this for what it's worth. There is nothing about the golf swing that should cause you pain. Being tired, exhausted, that's fine. But if you have pain in an elbow, there is something wrong in your swing. Look up golfer's elbow and tennis elbow (depending on if it's your right of left elbow). You don't want to end up where you are having to stop playing for weeks, or having to ice down after every round, or where you're considering surgery. When you look at WebMD or whatever, you'll notice that the "solution" for golfers/tennis elbow is to stop playing, ice, rest, etc. Doesn't sound like much of a solution to me. The real solution is to fix the flaw that's causing the pain. Sore muscles are one thing, but I don't recall there being any muscles in your elbow.

Thanks for making me spit water all over my monitor! Funniest. Post. Today.

The key to your comment is comparing players WITH THE SAME RESOURCES. Any golfer whose parents are poor will find it much more difficult to go pro than would an equivalent player whose parents are rich - white or black. I would imagine that "rags to riches" stories are relatively rare in the PGA.

I have never tried it, but I'm not trying to bash your idea - just some thoughts... Usually when you are in sand, you are actually NOT trying for perfect contact - instead you're trying to hit sand first. If you train yourself to hit ball first in a sandbox, what will happen next time you are in a greenside bunker?

I wouldn't be too quick to assume negative thoughts... After all, what are most golfers going to do with a single mismatched iron/wedge? Chances are someone found it, put it into their bag (meaning to drop it ff at the clubhouse), and promptly forgot about it. I know when my round finishes I usually throw my clubs into the car and run to the clubhouse for drinks/snacks. I don't look at my clubs anymore until I get home. I know this doesn't get the club into your hands any quicker, but if you know that the intent was not to steal, you may rest a little easier.

My interpretation - you replace the ball where it was, with no penalty, as long as you had not addressed the ball at any point.

Wii/Xbox/PS3 - These are not golf simulators, these are golf games. Who would by a golf game that required a year of practice before you could even get the ball off the ground?

Read the reviews on Amazon . There are only 2 reviews so far - one good, one bad. Take note that you also need the Wii Balance Board. Both reviews agree that it's slow, and that the Ledbetter videos are not made for the game, and instead appear to be taken from his DVDs.

"Caddie" is not synonomous for "babysitter." Furyk's caddie I'm sure has a laundry list of jobs he needs to do before every match, none of which includes "waking up my boss, because he's so stupid that he relies on a hotel clock radio." I'm sure the caddie needs to buy food and drink, check the bag, clean and look over the clubs, stock the bag with food, drink, and balls, etc.

Lots of reasons for this change in behavior... 1. video games 2. easy, inexpensive Internet access - used to be only working techies could afford it, and had the knowledge to get it set up and working. Now anyone can get internet access, and it's inexpensive. 3. suburbia (not enough kids close by) - sure, some subdivisions have dozens of kids the same age, but it's just as easy to find a subdivision with few kids of the same age. Because they're in a subdivision they can't walk to find other kids. 4. suburbia (no parks in walking distance) - self-explanatory. if you can't walk to a big field to play football or baseball, and their aren't many kids in your immediate subdivision, the only time you get to play with other kids becomes scheduled activities - "play dates" 5. 24-hour TV for Kids - used to be that there was only TV for kids on Saturday morning, and maybe Sesame street after school. Now there's 24-hour Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, etc. Not only does this keep kids from making other choices (like going outside), it also keeps them from watching pro sports. Given a choice an 8-year old will watch SpongeBob instead of a baseball game, which means that kid maybe never learns to love the sport.

Not to mention, as a spectator the vast majority of walking you'll do will be on paths, not the grass.

You should win some sort of prize - you're the first poster who has tied Tiger's poor performance to his knee surgery, not to his life situation. You may very well be onto something, and it deserves exploration. Has the press pursued this at all? Tigers says "Everything's fine with my knee?"

Are they trying to attract a rich pro golfer, or just looking for attention?

There are a couple of sports who's footwear has become standard (basketball shoes, tennis shoes). but I wouldn't wear football or baseball cleats at a football or baseball game, even if I (somehow) had an on-field pass.

Some thoughts about Inkster's DQ: 1. If you're a fan watching an event, see a violation, and want to call in, exactly WHO do you call? 2. Assuming Inkster had made the cut, does her DQ mean all remaining players who made the cut get slightly more money? 3. When does an event officially "end?" Meaning, when is it too late for a discovered violation to affect the results? When are results "final?" 4. A follow-up to #3 - Imagine a player commits a violation in the first round which is not discovered until the middle of the fourth round. Can he still be penalized at that point, or is it too late since the first round ended 3 days ago?

Check the tape of DJ's attempt at #18 from the bunker. Notice that a large number of fans surrounding the shot appeared to be wearing golf shoes. I always thought wearing golf shoes as a spectator was bad form, but it appears that a lot of people disagree...

OMG! I have the exact same situation with my ring finger, right hand! What the heck is going on?

Buying new irons is hardly an investment, it's a purchase. Get new irons when your desire for them, and your budget for them, will allow you. Like any thing else, to a certain extent. You buy name-brand clubs, they will have higher quality than the K-Mart irons. But of course it's diminishing returns - the $1000 irons are not "twice as good" as the $500 irons... Nope. If you practice and play a lot, you will improve.