When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Derek Lawrenson in the Daily Mail, reporting on day one of the Turkey Final cash grab, which included of pro football pro-am participants...errr...golfers Lee Westwood and Charl Schwartzel in shorts.
The other thing of note was the fact, for the first time in a leading professional event, the players were allowed to wear shorts if they chose. Four of the eight-man field took up the option.
Intriguingly, all four matches featured one man wearing long trousers and his opponent wearing shorts.
The result of that little game-within-a-game was three to one in favour of the men trying something new.
Karen Crouse travels to St. Simons Island, population 13,000 and branded by a headline writer as the "new capital for U.S. golf." She tries to understand what it is about the wealthy enclave that is spurring so many successful Americans including the Captain and three Ryder Cuppers.
The players were drawn to St. Simons, part of the Golden Isles chain of barrier islands along Georgia’s southeast coast, at least in part by Love, a 20-time PGA Tour winner whom they affectionately refer to as Uncle Davis.
“He’s everything from a plumber to an electrician to a hunting guide to a fishing expert, not to mention a pretty good chef when we grill out,” Snedeker said. “He’s kind of like everybody’s safety net.”
Hunter had no chance!
Matt Kuchar feels at peace with the oaks.
“It has beautiful low-country scenery with the reeds, the marshes and the oceanfront property as well,” said Kuchar, who moved his family here two years ago. “I think one of the things that I may enjoy the most is seeing these big oak trees. Something about going down a drive with just big old oak trees canopying a place puts me at peace. And then having the ocean; something about the natural ebb and flow of an ocean adds an unreal, peaceful rhythm to the place.”
Well, now I get it!
An unbylined report reveals the emotional news that Ian Poulter will finally be taking delivery on his Ferrari Tailor Made, part of "the ultimate automotive personalisation programme" and to help fill a hole in his garage that already includes, according to the story, a Ford GT, a Bentley Continental GT, and a Ferrari California.
The world's 25th-ranked golfer, who is renowned in the sport's circles for his unique personal dress sense and who has his own clothing company, IJP Design, chose a triple-layer paint for the exterior in ''Sabbia'', a pearlescent white.
And excessive hair gel absorbing head rests?
Inside, the Ferrari FF is trimmed in black Poltrona Frau Leather with highlights trimmed in the Tartan cloths that the golfer has made a personal trademark in his own fashion lines.
Red highlights are used on dashboard and instruments.
Why not blond highlights? Oh his are natural, I keep forgetting!
Garry Smits with the news that Jeff Klauk, promising PGA Tour pro who had brain surgery to alleviate epilepsy symptoms, will be teeing up in next week's Albertson's Boise Open.
"I'm going out there to try and win, or else I wouldn't go," said Klauk, whose last professional start was the Web.com Tour's Wichita event June 16-19, 2011. "I've been working hard and practicing just as much as I ever did."
Klauk had a procedure in Atlanta April 20 in which doctors put 108 electrodes into his brain, then monitored activity during subsequent seizures.
Klauk's seizures are coming from the left side of his brain and he can elect to have another surgery in the future, which will be more invasive, in a more critical area.
A video preview of a Frank DeFord hosted segment on HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, debuting August 21.
A forthright David Duval was also cryptic about his TMZ-reported foreclosure, saying it was not a foreclosure but instead a long and painful negotiation with his lender that has been resolved.
More of it likely is due to the stress of financial problems at home.
“It’s been a very big distraction,” Duval said. “I have the weight of this on me.”
His wife, Susie, likes to be on the road with him and their children — Brayden and Sienna, along with three children from her previous marriage. She has been dealing with the bank and the home, and hasn’t gone to a tournament with Duval since New Orleans the last week in April. That was the last time Duval made the cut.
“This kind of thing can break us or hold us together, and we’re tighter than ever,” Duval said. “We’re more in love than ever. It’s a hugely stressful time, especially when information is out there that’s inaccurate. She’s been an angel. I think she’s the greatest thing ever. She’s my hero. I tell her that every day.”
"Like a lot of people in the past few years, I made a real estate investment that didn't go well," Duval said. "There is no foreclosure. That is 100 percent wrong but the web site that started that is a gossip site, no more. They never made any attempt to contact me."
Duval said he has been in constant communication with his bank to work out a resolution that will not involve foreclosure. He did not reveal specific details but he said "everyone's happy."
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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