SortaGolf Association"Gimme Mulligan or Gimme Death"Ouch!- May 28, 2008 Golf cart hits tree, golfer impaled...read about it herehttp://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/28#a792 Why Boring Golf Is The Best TV Sport- May 21, 2008 Great insights from Sporting News' Jon Show on why golf is the sport to watch. Some of the money quotes are:I have dozed in and out of consciousness through some of the biggest moments in the history of golf, which is why I love the sport.I don't hesitate to guess that Nantz and the sport of golf have been more responsible for naps than all of the dancing purple dinosaurs and music boxes in the world. "Hello, friends" Zzzzzzz.I get two good weekends of sleep each year, both of which...http://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/21#a791 Dave Austad on Slow Play- May 12, 2008 From the latest edition of the Dave Austad's Golf Insider News Letter:Just Hit the Ball Already! Survey after survey tells us, it takes too long, is one of the big reasons why people quit the game. Well, watching the PGA wont help. They average 5 hour rounds and the last time they issued a penalty stroke for slow play was, get this, 16 years ago. They could take a page from the LPGA, as they recently penalized Angela Park on the final day when she was one shot off the lead! Now that.http://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/12#a789 Putting Stephen Cobert On Notice- May 7, 2008 That's right. I'm putting Stephen Colbert on notice. Here's why. On the May 5th installment of "The Report", Stephen's guest (literary hotshot Carl Hiaasen) was there schilling his new golf book, Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return To A Ruinous Sport.While I applaud Stephen's willingness to feature a golf book (and his apparent familiarity with the game), why not The Muldooney RevisionsOne would think a MEGAMERICAN like Stephen would find a soul mate in a movement that espouses the...http://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/07#a788 Winds of Democracy Blowing In SF Golf- May 6, 2008 San Francisco is evaluating taking its under-funded public golf courses "private" and putting them in the hands of the free market.read about it here.http://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/06#a785 Woe To You Golf Pharisees- May 2, 2008 reprint posting from '05 because its as fresh today as it was thenFreedom is swinging in London too! The Times is taking the golfing establishment, in general, and Sport Illustrated's Michael Bamberger, in particular, to task for disqualifying prodigy Michele Wie on a meaningless rules violation in her first tournamant as a professional.A must read for all SortaGolfers. Here's some choice quotes: GOLF IS THE GAME of the Pharisee: the game of the man who thanks God that he is not as other..http://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/02#a784 Playing Golf Topless- May 1, 2008 Not for the squeamish...http://sortagolf.manilasites.com/2008/05/01#a783 |