Filed under “boneheads.”
You’ve probably seen the ad with Arnold Palmer and Nancy Lopez high-fiving on the putting green, while in the background the cheesy music plays “The Villages… America’s friendliest home town.” Then it cuts to senior citizens line dancing and so on.
The big story coming out of The Villages today, is that a group of employees and members of a Villages golf shop are fighting over just who gets any dough from a winning lottery ticket. On a weekly basis about eight people would chip in on the lottery tickets and agreed to split any winnings. If a member was missing one day, the others would pick up the slack and chip in the missing person’s dollar, and that missing person would reimburse them the next day.
That plan worked until they actually won $16 million. Then the one person who didn’t chip in her dollar, Jeanette French, was left out as the others tried to cash in without her. Now the whole thing is caught up in court and now the biggest winner will end up being some attorney.
Golf is supposed to be an honorable game, but I guess that goes out the door when you win the lottery.
I heard a very odd quote from my buddy Brad, co-creator of the Annual Christmas Classic golf tournament, when I called him two days ago on Christmas day:
“This year’s Annual Christmas Classic has been canceled due to favorable weather conditions.”
Yes, the tournament which takes place in the deep snow of the Olympic venue and ski town of Salt Lake on Christmas day was canceled because the golf course was open!
Retaining the championship for another year
The good news is that I get to retain the championship trophy which I won last year, and all the accompanying privileges of being the champion for the next year. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to convince the powers that be at Augusta National Golf Club to award an invitation to the Masters Tournament for the current CCC (Christmas Classic Champ). Perhaps next year.
It is time for the end of year top stories in the world of golf, both public and personal. Help me out and post what you think the top stories of the year were in pro golf, equipment, your game etc.
Here are a few for the list.
Tiger Woods (divorce, bad play, public apology, first tweet, loses #1 ranking, losing sponsors)
Phil Mickelson wins Masters.
Young guns on tour, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson etc
Dustin Johnson (Pebble meltdown, PGA bunkergate)
Furyk wins FedEx Cup
Lorena Ochoa retires
All black drivers and all white putters are the gear rage
Europe wins Ryder Cup
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Let’s hear your input on this folks! What are your biggest stories in your personal golf world? Comment in.
Fred Couples Tees Off On #10 At Augusta National
Robert Allenby (Australia)(17)
Stuart Appleby (Australia)(16)
# Arjun Atwal (India)(16)
Ricky Barnes (11)
Jason Bohn (16)
Angel Cabrera (Argentina)(1,2)
Paul Casey (England)(13,17)
Alex Cejka (Germany)(12)
K. J. Choi (Korea)(11,17)
#* David Chung (6-B)
Stewart Cink (3)
Tim Clark (South Africa)(5,17)
Fred Couples (1,11)
Ben Crane (17)
Ben Crenshaw (1)
# Jason Day (Australia)(16,17)
Luke Donald (England)(17)
Ernie Els (South Africa)(12,17)
Jim Furyk (16,17)
Sergio Garcia (Spain)(5)
Lucas Glover (2)
Retief Goosen (South Africa)(17)
Padraig Harrington (Ireland)(3,4)
# Gregory Havret (France)(12)
# Charley Hoffman (16,17)
Trevor Immelman (South Africa)(1,11)
#* Jin Jeong (Korea)(7)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain)(11)
Dustin Johnson (12,16,17)
Zach Johnson (1,14,16,17)
Martin Kaymer (Germany)(4,12)
Jerry Kelly (11)
Anthony Kim (11)
#* Lion Kim (9)
Matt Kuchar (12,16,17)
# Martin Laird (Scotland)(17)
Bernhard Langer (Germany)(1)
Davis Love III (12)
Sandy Lyle (Scotland)(1)
Hunter Mahan (11,16,17)
Steve Marino (11)
#* Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)(8)
Graeme McDowell (N. Ireland)(2)
Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland)(13,14,16)
Phil Mickelson (1,12,17)
Larry Mize (1)
Ryan Moore (11,17)
Kevin Na (17)
Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)(2,17)
Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)(1)
Mark O’Meara (1)
Louis Oosthuizen (S. Africa)(3)
# Jeff Overton (17)
Ryan Palmer (17)
Carl Pettersson (Sweden)(16)
Ian Poulter (England)(11)
Justin Rose (England)(16,17)
Adam Scott (Australia)(16,17)
Vijay Singh (Fiji)(1)
* Nathan Smith (10)
Brandt Snedeker (12)
Craig Stadler (1)
Henrik Stenson (Sweden)(5,13)
# Kevin Streelman (17)
Steve Stricker (16,17)
David Toms (11)
#* Peter Uihlein (6-A)
Bo Van Pelt (17)
Camilo Villegas (Colombia)(17)
Nick Watney (11,17)
Bubba Watson (14,16,17)
Tom Watson (1)
Mike Weir (Canada)(1)
Lee Westwood (England)(11,13,16)
Tiger Woods (1,2,3,4,11,12)
Ian Woosnam (Wales)(1)
Y. E. Yang (Korea)(4,11)
# = First Masters
* = Amateur
A number after the name indicates how the player qualified and corresponds to the list below.
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