Briny Baird Copies Paddy Harrington, Scores You Free Food
by Ryan Ballengee on May 19, 2009 12:30 PM EDT
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PrintBriny Baird is sponsored by PF Chang's - an Asian "bistro" chain restaurant that has some pretty good food. Baird has had some solid success in recent years, but never can seem to putt well enough to win a tournament. The synergy of two pretty good things working together seems to make sense.
Well, I think PF Chang's must have seen the amazing par three video that hit the Internet like wildfire after One Eyed Golfer found it, I linked it, and then Jay Busbee shared it with the ultraverse at Devil Ball Golf.
If you haven't seen the video - or want to relive it - check it out.
Anyway, PF Chang's had Briny Baird go to the top of San Diego's Omni Hotel at a height of 375 feet and hit golf balls to a target located 230 yards away in right field at Petco Park - home of your San Diego Fathers.
They gave him 10 shots to hit the bullseye. He hit it 8 times. For one, that's pretty impressive. What's more, though, is that Briny's work has earned you and I free chicken lettuce wraps at PF Chang's and the restaurant is donating $25,000 to charity.
Here's the video of Briny doing his thing. It's the corporate version of the video on YouTube as opposed to the highlights I saw last night on SportsCenter. It's kind of long and Jay Busbee suggested going to about the six minute mark to see the action.
Briny Baird - Real Man of Genius. PF Chang's - Home of a Free Lettuce Thing. Jay Busbee - Man Who Gets the Hat Tip.
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Do you think he was asking himself why he can’t be that accurate when he’s in contention on Sundays ? That’s pretty cool video !
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
If they had him putting from inside 25 feet, America wouldn’t be getting lettuce wraps.
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by Ryan Ballengee on May 20, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
If they gave Tiger Woods 25’ putts and said that he had to make 50% of them for everybody to get these things – America wouldn’t be getting them.
I didn’t hear them say what club he was hitting, but he hit it up quite a ways off the roof – figured maybe a 5 iron ? 6 ?
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I would guess a 6 or 7. Isn’t it something like one club less for every 10 yard change in elevation?
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by Ryan Ballengee on May 20, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah – that’s what I usually try to figure on a big downhill hole, but at some point you have to figure out carry yardage because a ball in flight expends energy and will eventually stop going out and just drop straight down.
wait – that would mean hitting putter off the roof. 230 yards for these guys is at most a 5-wood – drop a club for every 30 feet on a 375 foot tall building – that’s 12 clubs…
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Haha, that’d be true. I would stick with 6 iron.
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by Ryan Ballengee on May 20, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
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