Running 2021 Golf Thread

I'm sure that's good advice, but if I tried it I'd be in traction by the third hole.

 

Well, yeah. I love the honesty from a man who well might have traveled more miles to play more courses and be at more events than anyone in the sport's history. It's obvious that Gary Player's lack of filter isn't merely with the media.

 

if I shelled out a few grand for a pro am and got paired up with Gary Player, I would leave my clubs in the trunk and go straight to the bar.

 

I’d have someone caddy for me and hold up a box of Volviks next to me the entire time.

 

OK, I've told this story before here, but not for awhile. The Herald sent George Kimball and I to the 2004 Senior PGA at Valhalla to do stories for a special section on the old Champions Tour event that used to be held at Nashawtuc CC in Concord. Our boss loved special sections because no news could interrupt his beloved stewing over layouts. Anyway, I was meeting Kimball in the lobby to meet friends of his for dinner and had forgotten to remove by press pass. Player enters the elevator, sees my name and affiliation on the damn thing, and starts a conversation. There are like four other guys in the elevator. "So, Mike from Boston," Gary says, "are you for Bush or are you for Kerry." Now, I hate discussing politics with people I don't know, so I thought I'd just sort of shunt it off. "Well," I said, "John Kerry once bought me a beer at the Falmouth Road Race (absolutely true, happened in 1982), so I guess I'm for him." The other guys in the elevator start laughing, but Player takes serious heat. He's indignant. "You mean you'd for a President just because he bought you a beer?!!" Now I'm taking some heat myself, so I answer, "better reason than most people have." He's speechless with rage, the other guys are helpless with laughter now, and we hit the ground floor. I was first out and never looked back. What a pompous jerk.

 

Dear God can you imagine the backlash and screams of “cancel culture” if the South African boycott happened in the era of Fox News and Facebook? Half the country would resemble a David Duke rally.

 

The only thing that would have made this encounter better was if you were drinking a 72 ounce Big Gulp at the same time.

 

So, when's the SJ.com golf outing?

 

Not sure about "when," but I think I know "where" ...

 

In all seriousness.....this needs to happen.

 

This is pretty entraining. Some dope took McIlroy’s club and tried to tee off.

 

Probably the best one so far.

Ian Poulter & Tyrrell Hatton try to make a hole-in-one with 50 balls | Hero Challenge - YouTube