Archives for: January 2006
Jan
31
The Spider has gone public. Now I can write this blog. Yay for me. Sean Cochran's book and I have been like Thelma and Louise this last week. Of all the exercises that Phil Mickelson's conditioning coach introduced to me, the Spider is the most deman… more »
Jan
30
In 1974, a Belgian feminist named Luce Irigaray published a volume called Speculum Of The Other Woman. The tome provoked the wrath of followers of Jacques Lacan, from whose camp Irigaray departed with this work. What she detailed was the exclusion of w… more »
Jan
28
You've noticed by now that I like to look at high and low scores. Like a blockbuster movie, I love the holes that cause train wrecks and rescues, the ones that move you WAY up or WAY down. Here's what we have in this hemisphere for this week:
High Rin… more »
Jan
28
Can you hear the sounds of our youth blasting across a golf course? Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap, Metal, and good old Rock and Roll take turns setting a hypnotic pulse to which the game’s alternate rhythm beats.
Can you see the colors of the game, green… more »
Jan
27
Like my new picture? I went for the David Feherty look, but I can only look so sinister. Oh well, it's certainly an improvement over old pasty guy. Maybe my writing will improve (although old Arnie and Under Par might wonder if that could ever happen.… more »
Jan
24
Here are some reasons why I support slow play in golf. Feel free to roast my arse on a spit over hot coals.
1. They charge us enough, so we should enjoy the darned course.
2. I paid enough for these clubs, so I might as well enjoy hitting them o… more »
Jan
24
I was driving along when it hit me: Superman always wilted in the presence of kryptonite on Earth, right? So how come we see all those Kryptonians cruising around their planet, before it blew up, as if nothing was the matter? The whole planet was made… more »
Jan
23
Punctuating his four days in Palm Springs with a six-bogey, one-double, one-triple, three-birdie Saturday, Steven Bowditch's over-par performance necessitated a trip to the drug store. Kaopectate, Immodium, gas-x, anything to relieve the spate of flatule… more »
Jan
22
If your tire picks up a puncture today, and the culprit is a loose screw, please do Jennifer Mario the favor of returning it. Our beloved redhead has gone over the edge, with a blog on the odds of Wie winning a men's major, established by a British book… more »
Jan
20
You know that a story is developing when a guy plays the same course as Mr. 60 (aka Pat Perez) on the same day, in 19 more strokes. I took a quick look at Steven Bowditch's numbers on Wednesday at the Palmer Course, and realized that he made two doubles… more »
Jan
18
Long before the O.C. became the fashionable and troubled county it is today, Broome County, New York gave birth to the creator of one of the most endearing cartoon strips of the 20th century. Johnny Hart created Thor, Grog, Clumsy Carp, Wiley, Fat Broad… more »
Jan
16
If you Click Here ... nah, better wait to tell you where you'll go.
About ten years ago, one of our daughters went overnight to a local hospital, for some unrecognizeable ailment. I was there, awake, without the aid of coffee, for the whole ordeal.… more »
Jan
15
The last time I was so jacked about a guy moving from 82nd to 31st was ... never. Yet here is Double D, complimenting eleven pars with seven birdies, firing the third-lowest score of the tournament, and getting the supportive juices flowing. Who doesn'… more »
Jan
15
With all the news about that Hawaiian teenager the first three or four days, the pairing of Toms and Campbell (was there a third?) was everything the PGA Tour needed to reaffirm that "These Guys Are Good." Playing better-ball, Toms and Campbell birdied… more »
Jan
14
The furor has abated for another time, it seems. Michelle Wie has missed yet another PGA Tour cut, this time in Normanesque fashion. Remember those days when Greg would post a high round on Thursday, the battle back on Sunday, to fall a stroke or two s… more »
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