The scene: Tiger Woods at the Masters Golf Tournament, in contention in the final round, the golf course; Augusta National, par 3, 16th hole. He pulls his tee shot a bit left but it manages to stay out of the pond guarding the 16th green. Only one way to play this shot and chances are he knows how to get it close and save par. What happens next is the stuff golf legends are made of.
If I had a caddy that looked like this girl on the golf course I don't think much golf would get played. I would be too busy hitting my golf balls into the woods to get her off to myself, boy, this is the kind of slow play us golfers would never try to do away with. Depending on what she wears while on the golf course you can bet your (golf) balls it would be fun!
Where was this gal when I was giving golf lessons? Good thing she isn't on the golf course in this getup, but she could slow play me anytime!
Unless you have been on the inside of a TV network's coverage during a PGA Tour or LPGA Tour event and are familiar with their manic methods of bringing golf to your big screen TV, you would have no way of knowing just how crazy things can be behind the scenes. Watching a golf telecast on TV you would never know that people are screaming orders and yelling for camera angles, swearing like sailors on a troop ship, cursing spotters that miss a call and even yelling at each other back in the production trailer.
While on-course spotters are invisible to most TV people (who will cross the street to avoid one) they play an important role in the smooth operation of a network golf show. If they do their jobs correctly they are never seen or heard unless called upon and never, ever, under penalty of death, do they speak to a player unless the player speaks to them. Their role in the vast machine that brings the PGA Tour to your television each week is under-appreciated and under-paid and is about to become extinct due to technology like Shot Link. This is why it is time to tell their story. (more…)
There must be something in the water on the El Paso Golf course in Kappa, ILL, if so, Curt Hocker is a thirsty man, how else would you explain the impossible? – he recorded an astounding 5 holes-in-one during the past week. (two of them on the same day!) Friends at the El Paso Golf Club are amazed at his streak and have christened it "erie." I can think of other terms more befitting a 22 year-old amateur whose name is one vowel away from being a Hacker - included would be; astounding, weird, amazing, unbelievable, awesome, etc.
Just kidding! But golfing phenom Curt Hocker is somewhat embarassed at this point as his golf feats (7 holes-in-one this year and counting) are breaking the club's bank, with his hole-in-one insurance the club is footing the customary "drinks for the house" tradition. Read the full AP story here.
