Dr. V's magical putter

Helluva of a story about a golf club designer.

http://grantland.com/features/a-mysterious-physicist-golf-club-dr-v/










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I want to know how Dr. V was able to have those 4-star generals vouch for her, as well as speak with Dan Quayle? I assume Gary McCord was duped too, but that really doesn't explain how those guys vouched for her?

 

Just finished reading this story and came here looking to see if there might be a thread about it. Incredibly fascinating.

 

I had thought about starting one, too, but didn't for whatever reason. That was one of the most bizarre things I've read in a while.

 

I thoroughly enjoyed it and while I'm typically against the use of first person, I thought it worked fine here. It was a really good piece written by really good guy.

 

Not everyone is a fan: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin

I guess Disney/ESPN/Grantland is ok with outing under the right circumstances.

 

There will be some serious consequences from this for the writer and for Grantland.

 

The author and his editor have been getting eviscerated on Twitter the last few hours.

 

Person in question is dead, right? Don't think she's going to care.

 

She killed herself because the writer told her he was going to out her.

 

I meant now that this story is out there.

BTW, I've read the end of that thing three times now and I'm still not sure he ever says he was going to actually write the story before her death. Obviously, she thought he was going to, but I can't really tell. There's a part where he wonders if any of the inconsistencies in her story matter, and I'm not sure he ever answered that.

 

From what I understand, he outed her to people who knew jer during his reporting.