Bill Murray is playing in the FBR Open - otherwise known as the Phil Mickelson homage tournament - Pro Am in Scottsdale today. This is being treated as a big coup for the tournament.
It would be if it was 1996.
Not now. Not with the dour serious Murray who shows up at golf courses these days. Ever since Bill Murray decided he was a serious actor (Lost In Translation one of most overrated movies of all time, Broken Flowers very underrated) he’s been determined to play a serious golfer as well.
Newsflash Bill: no one’s showing up to see how close you can stick that nine-iron.
That’s what Murray gives you now though. Hilarity? He’s about as jovial as a postal worker during the Christmas rush.
This is why the new king of celebrity golf comedy is George Lopez. To Lopez anyone’s a potential target for a joke and he’s telling them all round long, playing to the gallery. He even made Samuel L. Jackson smile a few times at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. That’s no easy task.
For a feature on George Lopez becoming the new clown prince of celebrity golfers, stay tuned to TravelGolf.com. For a dour, solemn round, follow around Bill Murray.
Caddyshack really was several lifetimes ago.
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§ Ron Mon®
said on : 2006-02-01 @ 16:11
This penny-ante, early-pro am season stuff is beneath Bill. He has one major, and only one major, and it is held on the sacred Mountain of the King. Only at Pebble does Bill care to hold court. If you wish to see him at his finest, wait a week or two. Coming off arthroscopic surgery on his funny bone, Bill may not be at his best. George Lopez represents the hungry masses, ready to steal Bill's crown. One thing I echo about old Jorge is, he sure dresses better than Bill. With the crappy weather that the Peninsula experiences each year, golfers should be required to dress in canary and pastel colors, to lighten up the courses.
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