What’s this? Is there romance in the golf blogging world air? Could we have a case of dating by blog?

It sure looks that way. For Grouchy Golf Blog is heading toward TravelGolf.com’s own Jennifer Mario with a rose, a scented candle and a Marvin Gaye CD in hand. Grouchy looks a little nervous, but he thinks he has a shot.

All thanks to the gooey, gushy message he posted on Super Mario’s latest blog. “Nice piece Jen M. As usual, a thoughtful, spot-on and well-written commentary,” Cupid, er Grouchy, writes.

There’s cotton candy that’s not that sweet. Grouchy cannot jump up and down on Oprah’s couch for Jen, but he does promise to head to the local Sears and jump off a whole showroom of couches there.

I used to have much respect for the Grouch man. In fact, I touted his blog long before Jennifer Mario even knew he was a keyword in the vast World Wide Web. This was back when Grouchy Golf Blog was actually grouchy and was ripping on Fake Phil for being fake.

Now … he’s posting pictures of Michelle Wie surrounded by puppies on his web site. No joke. Grouchy decided to use the Golf Digest photo of Wie surrounded by puppies because … well because a regular photo of Michelle Wie would just not make Grouchy seem cuddlely, sensitive man enough to Wie fanatic Mario.

I shouldn’t kid too much though. You can’t fault a man in love.

Well, unless you’re Cheap Bastard who’s made his own bug-eyed pursuit of Jennifer Mario very public. I’ve heard the Bastard is livid. He thought of sending a threatening letter to Grouchy, but decided against it when he realized how much a stamp cost these days.

So it looks like you’re safe, Grouchy. Cue up Marvin.

“Let’s get it on! Let’s get it on!”

You two make me smile. Brought together in love by Michelle Wie. I’m too young to have experienced Woodstock, but Grouchy and Jennifer are making me feel that sweet free love vibe.