aaaaiiiiieeeeee! it's scary natalie! or is it just me? natalie looks kinda scary in this pic from the hsbc party --

but ive never been much of a fan anyway ... i mean ive been a fan of her golf and great to see her get that first win last year ... but ive never thought she was all that pretty. she's proof that some guys -- ok, most guys -- will go ga-ga for any fit chick willing to put on a bikini.

fellas, she's just not very pretty. she's not pretty at all. she's blonde and she gots a tight bod but she ain't pretty. gosh, i hate critizing a woman (or man for that matter) on the basis of looks, but thats kinda what natalie built the first part of her career on, so fair game ...

i thought so on the first broadcast anyway ... she seemed more relaxed ... seemed to have more confidence dealing with faldo ... its totally subjective but my ears anyway she was a whole lot less annoyint than last year ... maybe its gonna be a much better year for kelly on the golf channel ...

anyone agree or disagree??

i saw this article -- http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=reu-hongkongfaldodc&prov=reuters&type=lgns -- headline "no easy places in my ryder cup team, faldo says."

ol' saint nick says he's got so much depth nobody is going to back his way onto the team.... bet paul azinger wishes he had that problem!!

about the chase to get on his tema, nick said:

"Those last few months it'll be a bunfight..."

a BUNFIGHT??? ha, what the heck is a bunfight? i don't know what it is, but whatever it is, it doesn't sound easy. i like that word thought, think i'll start using it all the time now

in a chicago sun times story i just ran across online ... it starts like this --

Learning to golf is a spiritual journey, one to be undertaken with patience. That said, getting away from your normal routine and focusing on this relationship between the club, the ball and the course in another city leads to a better understanding of not only the process but of yourself.

ha ha ... gag me! is that terrible or what? i especially like tha beginning ...

Learning to golf is a spiritual journey, one to be undertaken with patience. That said

yes, "that said" ha ha

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/travel/634123,TRA-News-golfside04.article

ha ha, frickin'! that's the word roger fonnest kept saying over and over last night in the first episode. one of the other contestants matt vick said something like, "you act that way when you chug 30 red bulls a day." great line ... fonnest was the little guy, the underdog on the show, so its too bad he got the boot first time out ... i bet the golf channel doenst like to see him go.

at least there were some guys on this one that APPEARED to have great swings and games, and maybe even a few good heads ... i liked hiroshi, he seemed well grounded and not jerky with some good perspective

i still cant believe the pga tour agreed to be a part of this though ... it's a frickin reality tv show

stu said last week he thought maybe dottie pepper blew her chance to be solheim cup captain because of what she said on the air. you know, chokin freakin dogs. just wanted to pass along what i read in golf world. they are saying that pepper was always supposed to be  alock to be captain, no surprise there. now they are saying that dottie is a longshot to ever be captain because she made so many people mad. they didnt quote anyone but i think golf world has a pretty good track record on stuff liike this so it's probably true. i think dottie sank her chances ... too bad because she was just being honest something we dont see enough of in golf tv booths

here's something i didnt notice last week when it happened but that's pretty interesting, i think. in the middle of his round at the bmw championship, robert allenby's caddie just up and quit. sounds pretty silly because to hear allenby tell it there wasnt even an argument or anthing --

Allenby said that on the 16th tee, Tritton pulled a 3-wood out of the bag. Allenby believed it was too much club, but there was no argument.

"He just ignored me, and started walking off the tee," Allenby said. "I said, 'What's wrong.' And then he started whinging at me. For two day's everything's been fine. I really don't know. He said, 'You don't want me to caddie any more. You want me to leave, don't you?' I said, 'No, I don't.' And then he just left."

that's from the espn.com story at http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=harig_bob&id=3009590.

here's something that got my attention --

"I don't know, his girlfriend came into town last night, and maybe he was feeling "toey," said Allenby, using Australian slang for "frisky."

ha! toey! "hey, baby, i'm feeling toey, how about you?"

mulligan stu likes to make fun of ugly trophies, so i thought i'd throw this one out for consideration --

that's what suzann petterseon got for winning the LET tournament today. i dont even know what that's supposed to be. kinda looks like a block of ice. or a bucket.

or maybe a cooler. one of those little ones you might put at your feet in the golf cart. "here suzann, we present you with a cooler. and um we put some beer in it. congratulations."

e gads! a boa constrictor has escaped next to a golf cours ein memphis, tenn. it's five foot long, but it's owner says it won't eat anything bigger than a rat. yeah, sure, famous last words.

the snakes name is fluffy. it probably crawled off out of embarrassment!

http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6836802