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John Daly Tee Shot Off Beer Can

Friday, June 27th, 2008

John Daly Tee Shot Off Beer Can

I had to post this video. Looks like John Daly is finally turning his life and game around as he successfully hits his drive off Kid Rock’s beer can. I guess this is impressive. Take a look.

Small article here: http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/

Tiger Woods knee surgery

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Golf Channel is reporting that Woods has a stress fracture in addition to torn ligaments in his knee, and that the combination of injuries is so severe that he will need season-ending surgery.See story

Reported by Michael David Smith - AOL Fanhouse Sportsblog

Who is Anthony Kim

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Who is Anthony Kim

I turn on the Wachovia Championship this weekend and to my surprise I find a young 22 year old with a significant lead. It was pure dominance in an almost Tiger Woods like way. I’ve heard of this kid from time to time, but when I watched him play this weekend I felt like this was going to be someone in the Top 10 on a regular basis. They showed his solid swing numerous times in slow motion, and he truly has some serious talent. He seems to have that confidence in his eye that not everyone on tour necessarily maintains. He had the huge belt buckle with his intials branded across the front, all the Nike gear covering his body, and a look as if I’m going to win this thing no matter what anyone else tries to do. It was great to watch in a week with no Tiger, and really no big names at the top. Although Kim was at the top on his own this time around. Following that I decided to do some more research and realized he was just building up to this win. It was inevitable if you look at his numbers, and this probably won’t be his last win this year. He’s already had 3 top ten finishes. Take a look at his lifetime stats even though there aren’t many at this point: http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/97/18/. Not to bad considering his young age.

However, I guess what I’m actually reaching for in this entry has nothing at all to do with Anthony Kim. It has everything to do with the question of whether or not this tour will stay interesting as Tiger, Phil, Vjay, and all the other current greats get a little older. My guess is that it won’t based on players like Kim, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, Brandt Snedeker, and Trevor Immelman. http://www.pgatour.com. There is enough fire power there to keep it interesting for a long time. I’m still waiting for Sergio to break out as I think he’d be the most interesting from a personality persepective. I’ll take any one of them if they keep the PGA Tour flourishing. 

Woods’ knee checks out fine two weeks after surgery

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

ESPN.com news services 

Tiger Woods says his left knee is “right on schedule” for recovery in time for the U.S. Open in June, if not sooner.

Woods underwent arthroscopic surgery on April 15. He underwent a two-week check-up earlier this week in Utah and told Golf Digest.com: “It went great. Everything is right on schedule.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3376798 

Augusta - Amen Corner Live

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Just had to share this because it’s very nice if you can’t get near a TV for The Masters the next few days. If you simply go to http://www.masters.org/en_US/index.html and click on the image that says “Amen Corner Live” you can watch the 3 holes in wide screen from your computer. It’s fairly clear and totally worth if you have a moment to catch some guys coming through. The tournament already looks to be pretty tight. Big names Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods are still very much in it as usual. Hope you get a chance to enjoy some of the golf.
http://www.masters.org/en_US/index.html