So our new friend Robert Silk over at Golf Tantrums recently did a piece about my Uncle Marcie’s epic flame-out from golf. Uncle Marcie you’ll recall quit the game by throwing everything – clubs, hat, and shoes – into the reservoir bordering Valley View Golf Course one day. I’ll leave you to read Rob’s story here, but the next time...
Say that ten times fast: Steve Czaban Skewers Skiing. Well he did. As much as I love my K2s and Nordicas, Czabe cracked me up with his hilarious send-up of skiing. This is what I call “revenge week,” where all my slacker, get-no-exercise, beer and pizza friends get dragged to Sugarbush or Stowe or Stratton or (most people say Heaven forbid, but I kinda...
You can’t help root for Chris Clouser, excellent researcher and writer, even better guy. The affable Hoosier who made his name as author of the definitive work on the life of Perry Maxwell has now penned an in depth book detailing the history of the Big Ten athletic conference and anyone with an interest in college athletics will find it a useful trove of both...
Rick Shefchik has written “The Book” on classic golf courses in Minnesota – the definitive article as it were. “From Fields to Fairways” is a highly-detailed, thoroughly researched, encyclopaedia of classic Minnesota private country clubs and their architectural histories. “Minnesota has more golfers per capita than any other state...
As usual, Steve Elling is putting on a dominating Tiger-esque performance (As a writer! Not a porn wannabee!) in the best review of Jaime Diaz/Hank Haney’s book on Tiger, “The Big Miss.” From the article: “9. Toilet humor and Tiger This is not a real revelation, since Woods’ comedy leanings are scatological and sophomoric at best and his...
We’ll go dark for a day to honor the memory of pre-eminent sports writer Furman Bisher, who passed away this weekend at the ripe young age of 93. Furman covered sixty-two Masters tournaments. That’s even more than venerable Dan Jenkins. Like Art Spander, Bisher was much mroe than a golf writer. He covered every Super Bowl except two, as well as the World...
Golf Digest senior writer Jaime Diaz has been named the recipient of the 2012 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. The San Francisco native, 58, will be honored April 4 at the 40th Golf Writers Association of America Annual Spring Dinner and Awards ceremony at Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Augusta, Ga. For more on this story, visit Cybergolf’s coverage...
And while the shepherds lay in their field an angel of The Lord appeared to them and they were afraid. But he said “fear not for I bring you glad tidings of great joy. For today in the city of David a savior is born and he will save you from all your sins.” Then, suddenly the sky was filled with a great light and host of heavenly angels appeared and sang...
According to legend, the great Trojan War hero Hector once rallied his troops with a short, but sweet pep talk. It was something along the lines of, “All my life I’ve lived by a simple code – honor the gods, love your woman, and defend your country.” That pretty much sums up golf writer and Texas philosopher Dan Jenkins’s life in a...
Steve Czaban is a flat-out Thanksgiving Day hero. Get this – the Voice of the Great American Sportsman – decided he wanted to build a backyard football field. So he did it in the most obsessive-compulsive way possible! We’re talking golf tees and kite string. We’re talking mowing patterns! We’re talking 24 cans of spray paint. He truly...
WILLIAMSBURG – It’s time to throw up our rock hands and give a “Woo hoo hoo!” for Chuck Klosterman and his new novel The Visible Man, the seventh book by America’s sharp, young rock music critic, pop-culture expert, zeitgeist psycho-analyst, and vicarious party buddy. It was a good day all around for Klosterman. He released his book...
Something a little different from golf today – my new poem “Jazz Cat.” Hope you like it:) We’ll get back to golf tomorrow. The Sound and the Furry of the One and Only Jazz Cat By Jay Flemma, © 2011 All Rights Reserved Quiet li’l tabby who sits on the sill, Dozing and yawning and stretching until The last ray of sunset will fade from the...
A few quick bits of news and notes: 1. Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post takes Tiger to task by analyzing his back-tracking quotes and disingenuous talking points in this article. From the piece: “The only thing more curious than Tiger Woods’ decision to have his alleged sex scandal accomplice buddy on his bag at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this...
If there is anything more disheartening and disgraceful than people who try to cash in on the goodwill and fame of Augusta National and the Masters it’s people who try to do it while simultaneously smearing the good name and reputation of Clifford Roberts or Augusta National members, all while writing themselves into some golf masturbation fantasy where –...
Although it’s certainly early days to be picking a winner for any Sports Book of the Year Awards, golf writer Adam Schupak stands a terrific chance of having to clear out space in his trophy case for some end of the year hardware. His his excellent new book “Deane Beman – Golf’s Driving Force” – a detailed review of the monumental...