He’s the hottest guy in golf right now and when I called him to leave a message and congratulate him on Hunter Mahan’s 2nd win of the season at the Shell Houston Open, he answered and...
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Should Mahan have withdrawn from Canadian Open?
The conventional wisdom says yes, Mahan should have taken off from the RBC Canadian Open yesterday when his wife went into...
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Kisses, Curses, Crow and Kiawah
This week’s funniest Olympics-related gag: There’s a poster circulating on the Internet, showing a flummoxed Jean-Luc Picard...
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Burning Rubber and Olympic Flaming
Funniest Olympics-related gag so far: Last Tuesday 9 Olympians were sent home in disgrace, after being caught taking steroids and...
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On Blue Monsters…and Big Balls
Luke Donald is one of the ultimate all-around sportsmen. He’s incredibly talented. He’s a hard worker. He’s resolved to achieve perfection in a sport that laughs at the very concept. He...
Retribution and Bear Claws…uhh…Bear Traps
Seven short days ago I was wrapping away on these keys, bemoaning the bad hand the fates had dealt my daughter at the Northern Trust Open. All four picks from her D&D dartboard session...
Sugar Highs and Suntanned Thighs
It’s only the midpoint of the first month of 2012, and many of our friends south of the 49th parallel have suddenly gone into a complete tailspin during the last 24 hours. A disaster...
Pet My Aroniminky!
So much for my “Bubba sweeps all Insurance-sponsored tournaments” theory! With a measly $27k in earnings, he probably barely won enough to cover his annual premiums on the pimped-up RV...
Father's Day Favourites
US Opens are notorious for the evil way in which the courses are set up. Fairways are cut to the width of a snooker table, the rough is deep enough to lose your shoes in (not to mention...
Welcome to the Great Texas Anticlimax Open
It seems wildly appropriate that, on the 25th anniversary of the Golden Bear's stunning comeback at Augusta, something special would happen this week. I don't think anyone could have...
Does That Jacket Come in Blue?
The one player I would have been cheering on most loudly this week didn't make the invitation list, unfortunately...and that's Tommy Gainey. My mind is just twisted enough that I would have...
On Hubris, Humility and Humble, Texas…
I know that Arnold likes to have his course in major-like championship form and set up "just so" for this event, but I strongly suspect that it's been at least several months since the...