Lots of people these days believe the old joke, “Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.” On that note – Quick! – someone decide quick whether to reserve a Bellevue bed or straight-jacket for Woods, Agent Mark Steinberg or both because New Tiger looks and sounds just like Old Tiger: new year, same...
Tony Korologos played golf with a prominent amateur who apparently has million-dollar talent but a ten-cent head. According to this story, a thief who stole frozen yogurt from a store actually bragged about it on Facebook. I told you it was a good time to bring back “Think B4 you Facebook something stupid!” Tony and I will be teaming up the day after...
The most grisly shuck in golf came to a delicious end today when PGA Tour officials essentially told the odious Turning Stone Casino that they are not good enough to host their own stand-alone tournament during the regular golf season. After failing to draw a major championship to their over-priced, under-designed chump-trap, and after failing to convince the Tour...
It was a Happy Halloween to everyone except Tiger Woods, whose year long Fright Night continued as he lost his World Number 1 Ranking to Lee Westwood. At the end of the day, who cares? The World Rankings were born of IMG’s desire to find something they could put in the sports pages along with an advertisement. The original went exactly like this: Quintessential...
This week two different Jezebels that Tiger Woods unwisely let get too close have been passing out their tabloid-esque tabs of black acid to anyone dumb enough to stick out their tongue. Porn star and hooker Devon James and high-end prostitute Loredana Jolie (no relation to Angelina except in general decrepitness) have been trying to sell their stories but with less...
No he’s not a towel-headed terrorist out to jihad his way into Dan Jenkins’s next novel. No he’s not some dude in disguise playing hooky from work. He’s paying homage to…wait for it…Miguel Angel Jimenez! (Can’t spell major without MAJ.) Jay Busbee at Yahoo Sports has the full story. I guess Jimenez, like Monty and Leonard...
***Mahan makes chopped salad out of the par-3 17th. Europe wins 14.5-13.5.*** ***UPDATE! 10:13*** McDowell wins 16 and is 2-up with 2 to play. Europe is assured of 14 points, but not yet 14.5. ***UPDATE!!!! 10:05*** The other choking dog of a Molinari brother blows a huge lead, including the last three holes to let Ricky Fowler tie the match! Now it’s 13.5-12.5...
***UPDATE*** in just a half hour two full matches have flipped. at 7:15 a.m. EST, the singles stand at 6-6. Just 1.5 more points have to flip for the U.S. to retain the Cup. Still, it looks like an uphill battle, but at least the Yanks look to be putting up a fight. Stricker reversed his opening match with Westwood and now leads 2-up with 3 to play. Bubba Watson and...
From Golf Observer: The conclusion of both the “first session” and “second session” went great for the Americans, who opened a 6-4 lead at Celtic Manor, but the third session of this long day was a different story. When darkness halted the proceedings, Europe held the lead in all six matches, which ranged from having four holes and nine holes...
Remember – you must win both games to win the bet, but you get to slide the line six points in either direction. Home team in CAPS. So, without further ado, your plays are: GREEN LIGHT: Cardinals + 14.5 at 49ERS EAGLES -1/2 over Redskins AMBER ALERT: Bengals +2.5 at BROWNS Texans +2.5 at RAIDERS RED DAWN: Europe wins the Ryder Cup. Most points U.S.: Dustin...
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. has been quite the jet-setter recently, working on projects from Morocco to Egypt, from to Eastern Europe to Asia, but this week all eyes are his work at Celtic Manor in Wales, the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup. Opened in July 2007, the course combines the routing of nine holes from the original Robert Trent Jones-designed Wentwood Hills golf...
He’s won three tournaments including the Tour Championship, and he took home the $10 million bonus. Jim Furyk may have stolen Player of the Year honors right form under Dustin Johnson’s nose, although Matt Kuchar supporters are still grumbling about his chances. You have to love Furyk. everyone says he has a calm demeanor, but they are wrong. He burns...
No heavy lifting today: instead we’ll catch our breath before the Tour Championship and have a quick laugh and a smile. First, Paula Creamer took that grillion-dollar, mega-watt smile to the USAF and flew a mission over Oakmont Country Club. Steve DiMeglio of USA got the best assignment of the week. From his article: “Reaching speeds of 650 mph...
The Dubsdreadful Course at Dog Hill is getting slammed…and not by me, although I was ahead of the curve here and here… Steve Elling of CBS Sports has the Tour players taking Rees Jones and Cog Hill to the woodshed, where they belong after wasting over $6 million in a vain attempt to draw a U.S. Open. From the article: “Two years ago, the owner of...
Let’s break down the U.S. Ryder Cup team using the “Pod System” implemented so successfully by Paul Azinger in 2008. The asterisks are the Captain’s Pick’s. Jay’s Group A Tiger Woods* Dustin Johnson Bubba Watson Hunter Mahan Let’s keep all the buddies and long hitters together. They’ll all work well together as...