Waggle Room: FanShots

Rocco in the Skins Game

Mulligan Stu — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:34:41 -0000

Rocco in the Skins Game

And Golfweek's sources say Anthony Kim will be the fourth. Phil Mickelson and Stephen Ames are the other two.

Tree huggers have taken over all the golf writing positions

courtgolf — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:22:29 -0000

Tree huggers have taken over all the golf writing positions

Where are these people coming from ?? These are supposed to be professional journalists who are paid to get a story CORRECT.

This Tim Dahlberg guy keeps flipping in and out of the facts so much that the truth gets all muddled up.

"I felt sorry for Wie the other day when the LPGA mishandled her failure to sign a scorecard and left her in tears after her best play in two years. It hardly seemed fair after everything she has been through the last couple of years."

The LPGA MISHANDLED HER FAILURE ????? Good lord - back away from the estrogen tablets and learn a little about your subject. This is not rocket science - it's not an explanation of the theory of relativity - it's a simple "check the numbers and sign your name BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE AREA" instruction.

This just gets more and more frustrating. I can see people who know Michelle Wie's name and think that everything she does is right - but know nothing about golf getting the story wrong - but this guy is supposed to know what he's talking about and he's supposed to tell the truth in his writing. But he doesn't.

"racial" comments at the end of the British Open broadcast

courtgolf — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:52:42 -0000

"racial" comments at the end of the British Open broadcast

Click the link to the second hour of the July 21st show for this discussion - Faherty comes up right after this discussion and he's ALWAYS worth a listen.

Dan Patrick and his crew got into a light discussion about the ABC commentary at the end of the show on Sunday when they said that Harrington would be drinking Irish Whiskey from the Claret Jug and that Irishmen everywhere would be getting drunk celebrating the win.

This follows on Johnny Miller - that great "thinker" - and his comments about Rocco Mediate at the US Open.

Then further back to Fuzzy Zoeller's crack about what Tiger would pick for dinner at the Masters dinner.

As light hearted as the all three sets of comments were intended to be - Fuzzy Zoeller was branded as a racist from that day - but Miller and the ABC guys comments were just laughed off.

Harrington Swing Sequence

courtgolf — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:37 -0000

Harrington Swing Sequence

Not a bad sequence on Paddy's driver set up and swing. (ignore the driver in the pictures - that's not what he uses)

"Tiger Woods" receives ESPY 2008

courtgolf — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:27:07 -0000

"Tiger Woods" receives ESPY 2008

I'm not big on awards shows - but "Tiger's" acceptance speech at this year's ESPY's was classic.

Silly Aussie wins North & South

Mulligan Stu — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:47:09 -0000

Silly Aussie wins North & South

Remember a couple weeks ago during the U.S. Women's Open I posted a photo of three young Aussie golfers, dressed in ridiculous outfits, who were following Karrie Webb? One of them won the prestigious North & South Amateur at Pinehurst this past weekend. Tiger Woods' neice, Cheyenne Woods,fell in the third round of match play.

Wie DQed

The Constructivist — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:04:01 -0000

Wie DQed

How do you forget to sign your scorecard? And how do the people in the scoring area fail to check that you did before you leave it?

What's in Mickelson's bag this week ?

courtgolf — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:40:55 -0000

What's in Mickelson's bag this week ?

This could be pretty close. I was guessing more wedges, but this is a good set for him. :-)

1000 Japanese golfers get free swing check

courtgolf — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:23:05 -0000

1000 Japanese golfers get free swing check

this is mostly for TC - thought he might enjoy it

Finally - a positive article on The Open

courtgolf — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:55:45 -0000

Finally - a positive article on The Open

"Tiger may not be in the neighbourhood this week but there's no danger of a lack of entertainment. This is the Open Championship. Anything and everything can happen, and will happen." - Ken Fidlin - Toronto Sun

I’ll imagine he’ll win this week, though, at the satellite tournament, so he’ll be doing fine.

Mulligan Stu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:39:52 -0000

I’ll imagine he’ll win this week, though, at the satellite tournament, so he’ll be doing fine.

Scott Verplank on Kenny Perry not playing the British Open. "Satellite tournament" - ouch! I interpret that as a dig at Kenny, not as a dig at the U.S. Bank Championship.

Stuart Appleby - 10 years ago

courtgolf — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:47:07 -0000

Stuart Appleby - 10 years ago

I didn't remember that it has been 10 years ago that Stuart Appleby's life got turned upside down when his wife, Renay, was struck and killed by a taxi. This is a video that will air on Outside the Lines this week. It's VERY well done - but keep a kleenex handy.

Wie-men's British Open Pre-qualifier

courtgolf — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:15:36 -0000

Wie-men's British Open Pre-qualifier

It's almost 10:15 EST - and the WBO's pre-quali looks to be about halfway done. No live scoring, but final scores are being posted as they come in.

Right now, no Americans are in the top 25, and one Japanese player, Ayaka Kaneko, T-12 (+5) for now, looks to be through to the next round.

Top 25 and ties get through to the final round.

(hey - it's the only scoreboard to watch on a Monday !) :-)

What's wrong with the English language !!???

courtgolf — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:59:00 -0000

What's wrong with the English language !!???

English is a weird language. We all know that Asian countries have their own characters and pronunciation - so to spell names, we spell by sounds...at least you'd think we would.

The "official" LPGA pronunciation of Shanshan Feng - is Shen-shen Fung. (see the link)

SO - if this is the correct pronunciation - how the heck did we get the spelling so wrong ? Ain't English great ?

Monty watching and the wonderful British turn of a phrase

courtgolf — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:01:06 -0000

Monty watching and the wonderful British turn of a phrase

This is a fun to read article from Graham Spiers of The Times. I love reading the British way of phrasing things.

Baldry nails the obvious on Wie and Lewis

courtgolf — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:06:59 -0000

Baldry nails the obvious on Wie and Lewis

wow - now HERE'S some insight - Wie and Lewis want to avoid Q-school.

REALLY ? I'm shocked.

Phil Mickelson getting his stretching in at the Scottish Open. Is this why he had to go to a long...

Mulligan Stu — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:42:51 -0000

Phil Mickelson getting his stretching in at the Scottish Open. Is this why he had to go to a longer putter shaft? He was an inch taller after this photo was taken.

Brandi Chastain reacts after hitting a bad tee shot in the American Century Celebrity Golf Champi...

Mulligan Stu — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:53:12 -0000

Brandi Chastain reacts after hitting a bad tee shot in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship. What would she do if she hit a GOOD shot? Rip off her shirt or something?

If we win, I’ll go down as having the lowest I.Q. of any genius who ever lived.

Mulligan Stu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:34:52 -0000

If we win, I’ll go down as having the lowest I.Q. of any genius who ever lived.

Paul Azinger, U.S. Ryder Cup captain, on changes he made to the U.S. qualifying process.

Wie into Canadian Open

Mulligan Stu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:37:46 -0000

Wie into Canadian Open

Michelle Wie accepts a sponsor exemption into the Canadian Women's Open. This is the last of her six LPGA sponsor exemptions. Her remaining tournaments are this week's Jamie Farr, the State Farm, and the Canadian (although she could theoretically get into a couple more tourneys by other means).