BruceMGF

If only Calvin Coolidge were still alive ...

"Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports. . . all others are games." - Ernest Hemingway

So if he wants another game to play, how about snooker or poker? Something he won't get injured doing. Even Hogan played gin rummy.

The leader in the clubhouse is Langley with 62. I stress "in the clubhouse". They ain't done yet.

At least golf is played in wide open spaces. If you wanted to play in a chess or bridge tournament, or a local club, in those days you'd better be prepared to do so in a smoke-filled room. Even bowling alleys were like that.

There have been scandals in other countries, and some were worldwide. One example: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/sports/soccer/fixed-matches-cast-shadow-over-world-cup.html?_r=0

Not sure about North Korea.

They were able to do 18-hole playoffs in the days before cable TV (only three networks in the US). Surely with an entire channel devoted to golf, TV coverage isn't a problem. How does TV handle the NBA, NHL and MLB, where a playoff series can last anywhere from 4 to 7 games? A golf tourney that may last a fifth day can't be that much of a problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by newtogolf I doubt Jordan would ever have a real eagle attempt at 18 where as DJ did. He did have an eagle attempt. It looked real enough to me. And Dustin is hardly guaranteed to have 12 feet for eagle every time he plays the hole. Quote: IMO, all majors should be 18 hole playoffs to ensure the best golfer wins. I agree with that.

Wow. In this Age of Universal Obesity, people will pay $300 to walk a course? And the course can find caddies who can also walk ten miles? Sounds like the 1950s have returned. Maybe they all smoke cigarettes as well.

When I saw that putt of Snedeker's jump a foot into the air, I was thinking maybe Horschel had a point ...

Yeah. Close to last place.

I'm starting to think that it's really physical, not mental. Too many operations.

They didn't SAY uniquely scary but I thought it was implied. The mentioned a tennis court as a sanctuary and no other sporting venue, when it's clear that there are sporting venues where players are far less protected (golf and cycling, as I mentioned. You could add marathoning and triathlon among others).

Channel-surfing today, I happened across a few minutes of the French Open tennis tournament where the announcers (including John McEnroe and Mary Carillo) were discussing this incident: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/french/2015/05/24/roger-federer-fan-court-french-open/27878889/ They were both quite upset, saying that the tennis court is an inviolable sanctuary and that such incidents are "scary". Of course, mention was made of the Monica Seles stabbing 22 years ago. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/monica-seles-stabbed-20-years-ago-forever-altering-201405495.html Yes, that one was worse than "scary". It was also one-of-a-kind. Why is a fan coming onto a tennis court uniquely scary? In the case of pro golfers, gallery ropes are hardly a barrier to a spectator determined to hurt a golfer. Furthermore, golfers are routinely outside the ropes, among fans, whenever a shot is hit into the fariway rough or well off the green. I don't think these situations are regarded as especially scary. If you really want to think of a sport where competitors are exposed to ill-disposed fans, however, try bicycle racing. Who needs any kind of weapon when you can upset a cyclist at top speed (say, descending a mountain)? And try to provide security for a hundred miles or more of open road. Not to mention cycling fans are routinely less well-behaved than golf or tennis fans.

I suppose when your occupation is "bikini model" it doesn't take much to feel overdressed.

Rickie should take her shopping with some of the money he won. It looks like she doesn't own very many clothes.

I still have a soft spot for the old days of coming back Monday for an 18-hole playoff. Even some non-majors used to do that.

I wondered why the TV guys were talking about Fowler putting together a finish when he was -6, There were so many others ahead of him. Shows what I know.

This is an obsolete American automobile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REO_Motor_Car_Company It is two syllables: REE-oh This is a Japanese golfer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa His name is one syllable: Ryoh If you really want to get technical, the o should be about double length of an English o, but ryoh is close enough for an English speaker. But not REE-oh. This is for those people at NBC, the Golf Channel, and anyone else who needs to know it. But don't pronounce Ishikawa's name like he's an obsolete car.

It's not just reputation. The story sounded fishy from the beginning.

Well, how many knee operations has Walker had?

Hmmm. Frank Beard wrote a book in 1969 in which he said that winning two tournaments in a season would become vanishingly rare very soon, because the talent level was so deep. Yet here we are ...

Witness's version conflicts with Allenby's: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/golf/65206914/conflicting-versions-of-events-over-golfer-robert-allenbys-kidnapping-emerge

So why aren't there 80 guys getting beat up every week? As for l'affaire Allenby, I think there's a lot we're not being told ...