JD came back this week looking much trimmer, although he had to be drunk when he picked out this outfit.
from the LA Times
Photos: John Daly a year ago, left, and this week in Spain. Photo
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From the Journal News
"Weird wind event" lifts golf cart, traps golfers
(not the cart from this accident)
Strong winds at the Beekman Country Club in East Fishkill lifted a golf cart and knocked it over, injuring and briefly trapping two Westchester men as they started their game at the first tee, Sgt. Kevin Keefe of the East Fishkill police said.
The National Weather Service in Albany said a "dust devil" might be to blame.
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Police received a report at 1:19 p.m. today of "a person pinned under a golf cart," Keefe said. When police arrived, the two golfers - one man was from Croton-On-Hudson, the other the Town of Cortlandt - had gotten out from under the golf cart.
Both men suffered minor head injuries and abrasions, Keefe said, but refused treatment before continuing with their golf game. The East Fishkill Rescue Squad also responded.
"According to witnesses and the two golfers, there was a funnel cloud," Keefe said. "What we had was, a weird little wind event, we'll call it."
National Weather Service meterologist Joe Villani said a "dust devll" might have flipped the golf cart.
Dry, clear conditions combined with wind and sunlight can cause "tiny little formations" that Villani likened to eddys, which can have "enough velocity to move objects." Villani added that dirt devils are common in the plains states and midwest.
Please be careful when driving your cart. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the skinny golfers at BetterGolfwithFitness.com
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From the IrishTimes.com
Driving can damage hearing
IT’S official: golf is bad for your health. Every time a discerning golfer steps onto the tee to launch their titanium driver into action, they run the risk of doing permanent damage to their hearing.
What was that? True. A study carried out by MA Buchanan at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital found the noise titanium drivers make at impact can damage your hearing. The paper (British Medical Journal – December 2008) profiled a 55-year-old man with reduced hearing in his right ear. He described a strike with his King Cobra LD titanium driver as “like a gun going off”.
Other golfers found the same problem. “It can be heard all over the course, it’s mad” and “this is not so much a ting as a sonic boom.”
After sampling six different drivers for the coefficient of restitution (cor) between club and ball at impact, the paper concluded the Ping G10 was loudest and that in general “thin-faced titanium drivers may produce sufficient sound to induce temporary, or even permanent, cochlear damage in susceptible individuals”.
Great, I can't see the ball half the time and some of my shots leave me speechless, so now I'm going deaf as well. Golf rules!
Wow, that was a pretty amazing day of golf. Fun to see Tiger and Phil trying to make a move with Perry, Cabrera and Campbell holding strong.
Congrats to Angel.
This fitness thing is way overrated.
Heading into the final round of the Masters, the leaderboard is full of even more Old Timers than yesterday!
1- Angel Cabrera- 40
2- Kenny Perry- 49
3- Chad Campbell- 34
4- Jim Furyk- 38
5- Steve Stricker- 42
6- Shingo Katayama- 36
7- Todd Hamilton- 43
8- Rory Sabbatini- 33
9- Tim Clark- 33
Average age- 38.6
Out of the top 9, the three best scores posted yesterday were from Cabrera (69), Furyk (68) and Stricker (68).
That's pretty cool. Think experience has anything to do with it?
Should a great afternoon of golf.
After 2 rounds at the Masters, the top 4 players are not any of the young guns and certainly not anyone who I would call advocates of fitness (although I am not sure about Todd Hamilton).
1- Chad Campbell- 35 years old, 6'1" and 205 (looks like more to me but can never really tell). He looks like he might have played some football in the off-season.
2- Kenny Perry- "Mr. Fitness" comes in at 49! Couch potatoes all over the world are getting ready for an afternoon of rooting their hero on from their favorite chairs.
3- Angel Cabrera- the Marlboro Man turns the big four-oh this year.
4- Todd Hamilton- at 6'1", 195, the 43 year old Hamilton, seems to be in pretty good shape. I am rooting for him all the way, although I would love to see Stricker or Anthony Kim up there as well.
I though it was pretty cool (and ironic) that as stuffy as they are at Augusta, they are on Facebook and Twitter. Check out their Facebook page here
Should be a great weekend.
I like John Daly, I really do.
I root for him just like so many golf fans out there that want to see him overcome his demons and get his Tour card back.
We all have people in our lives that have been screwing up for years and we keep giving 2nd (and 3rd and 4th) chances to, hoping that they will turn it around and get their act together.
But it's always frustrating when they run away from their problems, live in denial and never take responsibility for everything around them that is wrong.
Last week, Daly announced that he was weighing his options for next season, and that he might play on the European Tour. "I know in Europe there are still a million opportunities to play," Daly said. "It's a great tour. Guys on that tour have shown themselves and proved themselves to be great players."
Come on already. The European Tour is great but why does he have to run over there to play? Does he think that he won't run into the same problems that he has had on the PGA Tour? Why is it that he doesn't understand that he needs to make lifestyle changes in order to be successful again?
He blamed some of his problems on a rib injury. OK, that's fine, everyone gets hurt. Being in better shape would not guarantee him an injury free existence, but if he was in better shape, he would definitely decrease his potential for injury. He would also increase his ability to recover from an injury.
Why not dedicate the next few months to getting your life in order and realize your potential to be a successful golfer again? Go to some remote location with a trainer, a nutritionist, a therapist, a mental coach and a swing coach and work your fat butt off.
I heard Daly say in an interview that so many people try to talk to him and help him and offer their services to him. There's a reason for that John: People care about you and they want to see you back on the Tour where you belong. I know I do.
