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
Once-retired PGA Tour Tweeter and recovering low blood sugar sufferer Charlie Beljan has returned to Twitter in a big way. He responded to former 420 arrestee Matt Every's Tweet about the Masters field makeup. Beljan appears displeased this his Disney win last year--labeled by one scribe as the four most remarkable rounds of golf ever played--did not earn him a spot in the field.
These guys are good!
I was hoping the defending champion would threaten to drive the Oakley-created golf course hovercraft down Magnolia Lane, but he has more reasonable aspirations for the landspeeder.
“I’ll have to see if it’s practical to have at the house,” Watson said. “And if they’ll let me bring it on the golf course (at Isleworth).”
Thanks to Pete the Luddite for sending Shane Bacon's post and the accompanying video for Bubba Watson's Oakley sponsored hovercraft golf cart designed to revolutionize the golf cart. It bears an uncanny resemblance to Luke Skywalker's Tatooine landspeeder.
Warning golf course supers, you'll want to cover your eyes watching this video.
And speaking of Bubba, Scott Michaux's annual and always in-depth profile of the defending Masters champion has been posted by the Augusta Chronicle.
Doug Ferguson drills down on the details of the Jason Dufner photo and slouch, revealing that Dufner was engaged in the increasingly dying art of defending champions duties in Dallas, something most players phone in these days. Literally.
There is also the claim of Dufner at the topic at the time was relaxation and concentration, not that he denies the body language was anything but his normal look.
"They were talking about focusing and relaxation," Dufner said, a master at the latter. "They have some big test coming up for the class on ways to relax and concentrate. And I guess I took it to another level."
Deadspin has posted the winners of their Photoshop contest and once again, as with Tiger and Lindsey, the bin Laden raid inset made me laugh hardest.
Meanwhile Jason Gore offered his best Dufnering shot on Twitter. Jason is looking svelt these days though I don't remember such dental issues.
I saw it on Twitter and didn't believe it. Maybe I'm having a hard time with the image of long-hitter and recent brain surgery recoverer J.B. Holmes rollerblading...backwards! But then came news of a fracture sidelining him 8-10 weeks.
Jeff Rude explains.
Amazingly, NBC News continues to perpetuate the saga of Charlie Beljan's "panic attack" from last fall's Disney event, the same "attack" that came after not ingesting food for 20 hours.
In my day, not eating for that long and feeling faint on the course would be a low blood sugar or energy issue. But these days it's a panic attack.
Thanks to reader DTF for warning me about Friday's Rock Center maudlinfest...and I love Mary Carillo, but this is absurd:
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Jason Sobel comes in just under the 7000 word barrier in looking at the ultimate "Next Nicklaus" and eventual Roger Maltbie drinking buddy, Eddie Pearce.
Sports Illustrated once deemed him “The Next Nicklaus." His buddies agreed with the magazine – and his buddies knew a thing or two about talent.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone with as much talent as him,” says Ben Crenshaw, himself a two-time Masters champion. “Eddie had such a gorgeous, powerful swing. He could just hit the most beautiful shots you’ve ever seen.”
“Eddie had as much talent as anybody I’d ever seen,” agrees Lanny Wadkins, Pearce's teammate at Wake Forest and a 21-time PGA Tour winner.
“This was a guy who was going to win frequently and win majors,” maintains accomplished amateur Vinny Giles, who also served as his manager. “He was going to be one of the best players in the game.”
Forget the spoiler alert: It never happened. Eddie never became The Next Nicklaus. Hell, he never became Eddie Pearce, if you listen to the stories.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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