John Daily is Looking Rought

I used to give John Daly the benefit of the doubt but after a recent incident at Hooters, I have to say that I can no longer give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he's a drunk. According to a story from The Golf Channel, he was arrested. Check out his mugshut:

2007 BMW Championship, Tiger Woods Scorecard

Here is Tiger Woods' scorecard from the 2007 BMW Championship. He won this event, helping him take the Fedex Cup one week later at the Tour Championship.

Young Bubba Watson

Here is an old picture I found online of a young Bubba Watson.

Adam Scott, Winner 2007 Shell Houston Open

I've never really seen many scorecards posted. I found this scorecard on pgatour.com. It's Adam Scott's final round 66 to win the 2007 Shell Houston Open.

Tour Players Switch to Left-handed Golf

Here is a gem I found on the pgatour.com's website showing Tiger Woods, J.B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, & Daniel Chopra playing left-handed and Phil Mickelson playing right-handed! ...well, not really but you'd think an editor would notice that the pictures got posted backwards.

World Golf Ranking

We all know that Tiger Woods is the world's golf #1. But, have you ever wondered how that is caculated. Well here are the details straight from the offical World Golf Ranking webpage:

The Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, is issued every Monday, following the completion of the previous week’s tournaments from around the world.

The official events from the six professional tours together with the Canadian, Nationwide and European Challenge Tours are all taken into account and “Ranking Points” are awarded according to the players’ finishing positions and are generally related to the strength of the field based on the number and ranking of the Top-200 World Ranked players and the Top-30 of the Home Tour players in the respective tournaments (Event “Rating Values”). However, the four Major Championships are rated separately to reflect the higher quality of the events together with the Players Championship in the United States. In addition, the BMW PGA Championship in Europe, the Australian, Japan and South African Open Championships and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours are allocated higher minimum points levels to reflect their status.

The World Ranking Points for each player are accumulated over a two year “rolling” period with the points awarded for each event maintained for a 13-week period to place additional emphasis on recent performances – ranking points will then be reduced in equal decrements for the remaining 91 weeks of the two year Ranking period. Each player is then ranked according to his average points per tournament, which is determined by dividing his total number of points by the tournaments he has played over that two-year period. There is a minimum divisor of 40 tournaments over the two year ranking period.

The winners of the Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship are awarded 100 points (60 points for 2nd place, 40 for 3rd, 30 for 4th down to 1.50 points for a player completing the final round), and the winner of the Players Championship is awarded 80 points (points are awarded down to 1.20 points for 60th place and ties). The BMW PGA Championship has a minimum 64 points for the winner (points to 56th place). Minimum points levels for the winners of official Tour events have been set at 6 points for the Canadian Tour (points to 6th place), 12 points for the European Challenge Tour (points to 14th place), 14 points for the Asian, Sunshine and Nationwide Tours (points to 17th place), 16 points for Australasian and Japanese Tours (points to 19th place) and 24 points for European and the United States Tours (points to 27th place). In addition the Open Championships of Australia, Japan and South Africa have a minimum of 32 points for the winner (points to 37th place) and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours have a minimum of 20 points for the winner (points to 22nd place). In the cases of co-sanctioned Tour events, the minimum points levels are determined using the “average” of the minimum Tour ranking points from each Tour (rounded up to nearest whole number).

Points are reduced by 25% for tournaments curtailed to 36 holes because of inclement weather or other reasons.

Bring Out The Noose

As everyone knows, The Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman was suspended a couple of weeks ago because of a comment she made about “lynching Tiger”. Of course, she meant no harm by the comment and probably just wasn’t thinking about her choice of words. There were actually people (Rev. Al Sharpton) that called for her firing. How ridiculous!

And, when the story almost became a non-issue, leave it to Golfweek to sensationalize it even more by putting a picture of a noose on its cover. Well, that did get someone fired. Because of the image, longtime Golfweek magazine editor and vice president Dave Seanor, was replaced.

If you ask me, that is well deserved. It is COMPLETELY obvious that Tilghman’s words were just a mistake, one she apologized for. Ever Tiger’s group said it was a “non-issue”.

A statement from Golfweek says, "We apologize for creating this graphic cover that received extreme negative reaction from consumers, subscribers and advertisers across the country," said William P. Kupper Jr., president of Turnstile Publishing Co., the parent company of Golfweek. "We were trying to convey the controversial issue with a strong and provocative graphic image. It is now obvious that the overall reaction to our cover deeply offended many people. For that, we are deeply apologetic."

Even the PGA Tour’s top dog, Commissioner Tim Finchem, sternly criticized the publication. "Clearly, what Kelly said was inappropriate and unfortunate, and she obviously regrets her choice of words," Finchem said in a statement. "But we consider Golfweek's imagery of a swinging noose on its cover to be outrageous and irresponsible. It smacks of tabloid journalism. It was a naked attempt to inflame and keep alive an incident that was heading to an appropriate conclusion."

The whole incident started during Golf Channel's broadcast on Jan. 4 of this year when analyst Nick Faldo joked that the young players of the PGA Tour may have to gang up on Tiger Woods in order to compete with him. His co-host, Kelly Tilghman, ageed and suggested with a laugh that Tiger's young rivals "lynch him in a back alley."

Tilghman later apologized on the air and also directly to Tiger. Tiger Woods's agent (Mark Steinberg), dismissed the incident, saying that Woods and Tilghman were friends and the comment was not malicious. Still, the network suspended Tilghman for two weeks after the controversy became a story outside the golf world.

Virtual Golf

Here is a great virtual online golf game. It's completely online with no download necessary. This one will cause some serious time wasting at work. It's pretty addictive. Visit the "World Golf Tour PGA.com Charity Challenge". You won't be disappointed.

Golf Club Repair

I created a couple of new sites (1 blog, 1 website) about golf club repair. If you wanted to replace worn grips yourself, be sure to check either of the sites out for instructions. For the website, I just created a sub-directory off of the marylandgolf.info site. The address is www.marylandgolf.info/ezclubrepair. I also created a blog called golfclubrepair.blogspot.com. My plan is to keep an eye on traffic statistics for the blog and if it does well, I’ll buy a domain and push the website to the new domain.

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Some Golf Wisdom for 2008

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. - Lee Trevino

I've spent most of my life golfing...the rest I'ved just wasted. - Anonymous

They call it golf because all of the other four-letter words were taken. - Raymond Floyd

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things. - John Updike

Actually the only time I ever used a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And then it took seven to do that. - Jim Murray

I'd play every day if I could. It's cheaper than a shrink. - Brent Musburger

I'm hitting the woods just great, but having a terrible time getting out of them. - Harry Toscano

You must work very hard to become a natural golfer. - Gary Player

I just hope I don't have to explain all the times I've used His name in vain when I get up there. - Bob Hope

It's fun to go to the course and lie in the sun. - Bob Hope

I can airmail the golf ball, but sometimes I don't put the right address on it. - Jim Dent

It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the good shots. - Anonymous

Some of us worship in churches, some on golf courses. - Adlai Stevenson

Nobody ever remembers who finished second. - Jack Nicklaus

Win graciously. - Arnold Palmer