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In the spotlight for the wrong reasons on tour this week: Jim Furyk not taking his cap off after a round when shaking hands with his playing partners. I get that you are bold and look like something out of Lord of the Rings without your cap, but put your 5 Hour Energy to good use and lift your arm and take your cap off. I don’t care how many wins he has, but show some respect for your fellow Pros and their caddies. If someone like Fowler did this he would get murdered by the media for being arrogant. I really can’t justify Jim’s behaviour in this regard and that’s why he gets nominated. This one is aimed at the rule makers in Golf, the A&R; etc. The rule that I can’t get my head around is that you are not allowed to move your ball out of a divot in the fairway. I know I’m not alone because Retief Goossen suggested this to be the one rule he would change if he could . You have a bunker to the left, one to the right and then a couple of hundred mini bunkers all over the fairway. It happened to Billy Horschel over the weekend, so it does happen often. Imagine you lose a Major because you hit a perfect drive and it lands in a divot. This rule makes no sense. Golf companies brought us a lot of questionable products over the years , but this one takes the cake! You now get underwear that supposedly will improve your game. If you are so well hung that it influences your swing you are propably wasting your time on a golf course. They retail for something like $165 if I remember correctly. I smell a gimmick…… There has been a lot of talk about slow play and nothing much gets done about it. I can understand the Pros taking their time because there’s big money at stake, but some guys are just ridiculous. The poor Asian guys get penalised (the young kid with the long name and Matsuyama), but the rest of the guys can take all the time they want it appears. What really gets me going is amateurs watching their heroes and then taking AS much time. We have all seen these guys at our clubs. They have a pre shot ritual longer than the Argentine anthem and then they hit a snap hook into the trees. If you want to take ages to hit a shot at least hit a decent one, and if you can’t, the problem is your erratic swing and no amount of set up time is going to fix that. Finally let’s talk about baba-boo-ee and the clowns that shout it. You have basically three kinds of genius phrases. They are “baba-boo-ee’, “mashed patatoes” and “get in the hole”. Can these guys not come up with anything better? If you have to act like an idiot and shout, at least put some thought into it. Poulter was being kind when he said they must be tazered. The problem is that when you shout after Tiger hit the ball, there is a guy on the next fairway that was just about to play and now he has to stop and go through his whole pre shot routine again. Hence these shouters of crap promotes slow play as well. I suggest the marshals walk around with a cattle prod and every time a guy shouts “get in the hole” they can grant him his wish.

As long as it's Nike you cant go wrong, I looove my Nike blades LOL

Looks more like his love child. Off the topic, but he should really take off his cap after a round when shaking hands. I think it's very disrespectful to say the least!

I agree, Ian Poulter is not very likeable. Seems to think that he rules the tour. He's great in Ryder Cups , but during the season you won't know he's there if it wasn't for his bright Puma feathers.

I am seriously considering changing to a broomstick putter, I have tried them in the pro shop and shorter putts are just so much easier. I don't anchor it, so that won't be a problem in the future. So just give it a go and see , you might also like it. The control is just so much better it's unbelievable, I can understand why guys on tour want them banned, it might look silly and seriously uncool, but if the putts are dropping then who cares really!

Thanks Dabz, I will try your advice. I like the idea of focusing on something constructive rather than standing around waiting for the other guys to finish. That is when all sorts of negative thoughts start creeping in and when you eventually stand over the putt you shake like a leaf haha. Golf is such a mind game!

Haha, no that is me. If you could see where that drive ended up you would have known it's not Louis :)

Recently I cannot putt to save my life, especially the short 2-3 footers. I've never had this problem before, but now all of a sudden I get all tense on any short putt. It got so bad that I'm now putting left handed and I'm a righty! I'm thinking of getting a broomstick putter and using it without anchoring. I would really appreciate any advice, because I do all the hard work to hit GIR and then I ruin it by missing really silly putts.

Oh those short little knee knocker putts. No idea why, but I miss way too many of them. I cringe whenever I roll a putt 2-3 feet past the hole. I missed three of them today and it cost me dearly. The yipps is no joke! LOL

I have the exact same problem. It seems that the harder I try, the harder it is to break 80. In my case the putting is killing me, especially short putts, I have developed such a case of the yipps that I'm putting left handed now and I'm a righty. I'm dropping easily 5 shots per round through missing silly short putts. I find hitting a lot of greens in regulation and then I three putt, it's enough to drive you crazy. So, what I'm trying to say is figure out what you're struggling with the most and then fix that first, the 70's will follow quicker that way. It looks like your having difficulty with GIRs , so hit the driving range with your irons for a week or two and then go back out on the course again and break 80!

My post was tongue in cheek, not based on scientific facts. I've never spoken to Rory and I have never played golf in a blizzard. I do however think that ESPN shows way too many ads, but that's just my opinion, I don't have any cold hearted data to support it. Next time I will put a smiley face in front of my post when I'm joking, just to prevent any confusion.

I don't care what they say or who compiled the report. I can say with absolute certainty that golf is the most difficult sport in the world. Rory agrees with me a 100%, so stuff your report ESPN. Another thing I know for sure is that ESPN has the most ads during golf broadcasts which is harder to watch than playing golf in a blizzard.

I doubt Rory will need his weekend outfits, the way he's playing he will be watching tennis on TV come Saturday.

The media asked him what he thinks of the greens. What is he supposed to say, that they are perfect and he can't wait to putt on these silky pieces of heaven? I don't understand why it is being perceived that he is making excuses when he is just giving his opinion. No matter what he says he gets slack from someone. Just be grateful that we can watch this legendary career unfold in our lifetime.

Luckily they all play on the same greens, whoever figures them out the best will be there come Sunday. I am a great fan of Tiger, but maybe he should focus on the things he can control.