He must of backed Tiger on Paddy Power
The Irish book makers Paddy Power started to pay out £1.25 million to punters who backed Tiger on winning the 91st USPGA Championship before he even hit a shot Sunday afternoon.
When Harrington chalked up a snowman on the Par 3 8th I bet they were rubbing their hands.
Who’s got luck of the Irish now?…
Whilst we’re on young british golfers who look like people:
You'll never see Rory McIlroy in the same light again
Crusty the clown from the Simpsons.
Thought Chris Wood looked familiar?…
“I'm a sophisticated sex robot, sent back in time to change the future for one lucky lady.”
American Pie, Chuck Sherman AKA The Sherminator:
“I’m a sophisticated sex robot, sent back in time to change the future for one lucky lady.”
Would you let her play on your course?
Imagine yourself at your local golf club for a minute if you will, now imagine yourself as that old ‘fuddy duddy’ who runs the place, now imagine Blair O’Neal comes into your office and asks if it is okay that she can play?
After you’ve picked your chin off the floor and calmed down various body parts (if they’re still working), you’ll have no choice but to turn away this beautiful girl if you want to keep your job.
For starters, the girl will obviously practice on the course with all those balls, either that or if she plans on using all of them she’s not of the standard to play. Second of all she has no socks on, and if she did I bet they wouldn’t be white! Next, no collar, and last but not least, no skirt. If the committee found out she was even on the premises they would cause the NHS serious problems.
And that is my problem. The girl looks great. And not because she has a killer body, no skirt on and she’s holding a golf club. Yes, all these factors help but stick a ‘Queen of the green’ skirt on her and she’ll look respectable enough to tee it up. Yet, she still wouldn’t be allowed to play on many of the courses I know. Regardless of the fact she’ll be the most stylish person to walk a course since Peter Allis back in 1950.
The girl doesn’t even break traditions, in fact Miss O’Neal is in keeping with a lot of traditions with her classic shoes and diamond patterned jumper. Blair simply adds a modern twist to a classic look who is comfortable in her own skin. Isn’t that what fashion is all about?
You see - That’s what sucks in the World of golf.
But then again, who would want to play with someone who putts with their glove on anyway?
I get fed up with the front cover of golf magazines sometimes, ‘ten tips to hit it great’, ‘find out how Garcia can help you hit the ball further’. None are over night successes like implied.
But now, I’ve found the answer for hitting the ball 10% further with just one fundamental change! And for those who have seen the movie Happy Gilmore (who hasn’t?!) then you’ll know exactly what that fundamental change is.
Let me thank our American buddies from Sports Science for producing this intriguing experiment. Also, full credit to our great Open Champion Padraig Harrington for being the genie pig.
If you want to start smashing it past your mates when there is a skin up for longest drive then press play below and I’ll see you at the driving range that has really long bays for practice!
I often wonder when some young whippersnapper is going to pop up on the PGA Tour and start talking trash to his fellow competitors. Throwing insults and banter around to put their opponent off down the stretch.
Not that I ever want to see it, it’s one of the games biggest strengths, sportsmanship. So, I guess the closest we’ll get to it is an Antony Kim v Sergio Garcia Ryder Cup battle or this from Bubba Watson…
For those of you who can’t understand Bubba’s southern American twang aimed at Steve Elkington, he says: “Tell yew what, veterans can kiss my ass”
The next Queen of the Green?
I landed upon some great news today. Top model and actress Sienna Miller has come down with the golf bug. It’s apparently to reconnect with her dad who loves golf. Frankly, I think that man needs a knighthood.
“I actually am a golfer now.” Miller said, “Not a very good one, but I am keen on it. I used to give my dad a hard time about being into golf, but now I completely understand it”. Good girl, I say.
If Carlsberg made women golfers it would probably be Sienna Miller. And okay, she’s no doubt hacking it round some exclusive golf club that we could only dream about being a member, not repairing her divots, with a swing that looks like a figure of eight and shooting in excess of 100 each time. But, I bet she’s the epitome of fashion for female golf. I bet she wears it well.
If the newest Queen of the Green doesn’t apply to become a Bunker Mentality ambassador I could always give her a few swing tips, right?
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You need some balls to pull this off
Henrik Stenson last night gave new meaning to the phrase ‘skins game’. On the third hole at the WGC-CA Championship Stenson striped down to just his underwear and golf glove to play a shot from a watery lie after his wayward drive.
I would defiantly recommend to Henrik’s personal trainer that a more cardio intensive work out is required. Full credit for having the balls guts to pull this off though. Who knows it may start a new craze of strip golf, in which losing a hole means losing an item of clothing. Perhaps not.
I can only hope see Stenson’s ludicrous actions catching on in the women’s game. Here’s to praying that Natalie Gulbis pulls her next tee shot into a wet lie with some sexy lingerie on!
Lets hope Laura Davies would see sense and take a drop.
Will golf be part of the 2016 games where ever it may be hosted?
As the IGF (International Golf Federation) uncover more of their plans on the 2016 golf Olympic bid, the more I look forward to hearing the outcome.
It started well, with all major forces agreeing to work together for the better of the game. The greatest male and female players ever to grace the planet, Jack Nicolaus and Annika Sorrestam, were appointed ambassadors of the bid. With the supposing greatest minds in golf gathered around one table I waited with baited breath to hear the master plan to put golf on the Olympic map.
Just like the London 2012 bid, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) aren’t looking just for a great fortnight of sporting entertainment. They want to follow the Olympic ideal. They want to leave a legacy. The same is true with any new sporting bid. They want to enhance the sport, to reach out to places the game currently can’t reach and to get new people playing it. It is a fantastic opportunity for golf.
For those who don’t know the Olympic ideal, simply put, individuals, not countries, compete against each other in peaceful sporting competition without the burden of politics, religion or racism. A lot like golf I hear you say? You’d be right. What’s more, they even have the same faults. Both the IOC and R&A have been criticised for being intractable organizations.
Everything going swimmingly to get golf in then. I’m sure the two organisations have sat down for a whisky or two in front of the Swilcan burn at sunset numerous times and bonded better than Fanny and Faldo.
Recently it was announced that if golf does get the thumbs up over the other five competing sports then it shall be a standard 72 hole stroke play event. Zzzzzz. Peter Dawson, chief executive of the R&A, has gone on record saying if any golfer disagrees with the Olympic bid then they are ‘anti-golf’. I retract my six ‘z’ promptly.
Golf, as a whole has put so much resource into the bid I can’t see anything other than the game being played in the 2016 games.
Before you start day dreaming about the fifth major however, contemplate this for a second if you may. How could the IOC, in all their political correctness allow golf into the Olympics, when golf (the R&A) doesn’t allow women into its membership?
“More whisky IOC?”
Camilo Villegas - Coolest golfer on the PGA Tour
In this short time I’ve been on the planet I believe I know a lot about elite performance and recognising the potential of success in individuals. Having been a pro football (soccer) player for a short while followed by getting down to scratch at golf within 3 years I’ve been surrounded by the elite in their fields. I’ve seen players excel to greatness and others fall at the last hurdle.
I never bet on sport. I never do predictions on sport unless asked. Too many variables with such a fine line, and I mean a fine line between top and bottom, let alone 1st and 2nd. With the exception of a Mr. Woods. So note that what I am about to say isn’t taken likely and I will probably never do again as I’ll no doubt be proved horribly wrong.
Camilo Villegas will win a major championship 2009. Probably the US Open.
There, said it. Shoot me down. It’s just his latest performance in the last round of the Buick Invitational was truly magnificent. Composed, relaxed and in abundance of talent putting up an excellent chase. It’s not the first time either. He showed everything a champion needs. Everything but the win. The doubt in my mind that if he can pull off a major win is leading from the front. He didn’t get a chance to prove that to me yesterday night which is why I’m sticking my neck out. But if has the same mind set, attitude and belief as yesterday’s final round I know he’ll come up with goods.
Hell, I might even stick a tenner on it.