Tommy and Bri, Sittin' in a Tree...

I'm fresh off the latest episode of Big Break: Reunion, and I have to say, Tommy Two-Gloves needs to get his head back in the game. He's a lovesick fool right now, and right now is not the time to be lovesick foolin' all over the golf course. Don't get me wrong, that Bri is one hot chick. I've got it bad for her too, Tommy. In fact, to paraphrase one of the great quotes of all time, 'I've got a fever for Bri, and the only prescription is more cowbell'. You know what I'm sayin', ROTG'ers. She's one hot mama, and to take it to an HNL ('Hole 'Nother Level for the uninitiated), the chick can play golf too!

But I digress. This post is supposed to be about TTG and his quest for the cup. Tommy made his way through the elimination intact last night, and it was impressive how he managed to pull it together when he needed it, but this nonsense about feeling queasy and all that jazz, it's got
to go. You can't make it all the way to the end like that, Tommy. You've got Double D breathing down your back and make no mistake, he will take you down. Donny's an emotional man, but he knows how to deal with it come the end of the day. Maybe you do to. I hope so. I'm pulling for you Tommy. I'm pulling for you to win this thing, and I'm pulling for you and Bri.

I hope you two crazy kids make it, but let's hold off on the romance until you're holding the golden rock trophy of Big Break: Reunion Champion in your Two-Glove'd hands.

And Then Butch Said To Phil...

So we've all been suspecting this for a few months now, ever since we heard of Butch checking Phil's swing out at a couple of tournamentsearly on in the season. Apparently Philly Mick has left long-time teacher Rick Smith for legendary teacher Butch Harmon. Philly, Butch and Ricky all say it's a friendly separation, and that Phil only wanted to work with Butchy to get some help with his driving (his driving being what lost the U.S. Open for him last year). Isn't that the same as saying Rick can't do it, that he's not a good enough coach to get out of Phil what he needs? Is Phil looking to retool his swing, ala Tiger, or is he just looking for a few pointers, or another point of view?

My sense is that it's the latter, that all parties are essentially telling the truth when it comes to the "friendy separation" angle. I think Phil is too far along in his career to try tinkering too much with his swing. Some kind of major swing change could set him back a couple of years, and Phil hasn't got that much time left in him. He's said himself that he wants to keep going hard until 40 and then he doesn't know what he might do. Phil has always struck me as the kind of guy who
could take golf or leave it, so it wouldn't surprise me to see him all but quit competitive golf once he hits his 40's.

Return of the King

Let me start this post off by apologizing for not posting a lot lately. I have no excuses. Get over it.

Now let's get down to the meat of this post. Here's the meat, folks... IT'S SPRINGTIME. And with springtime comes the inevitable golfing weather. I've been fortunate enough to play about 3 times so far this year and I must say, the rust hasn't quite worn off just yet. I managed to put together a pretty good ball striking round last Sunday, but that was mostly because I was playing scramble format with my Dad and had him to lean on as a crutch.

I started off a little shaky, but as mentioned before, I had the luxury of a partner to help hold things together while I got things figured out. I had gone to the range the day before to try to work out what was wrong in my swing and came away feeling pretty good. But as we all know, sometimes the range and the course don't see eye-to-eye. At any rate, I was able to work things out and was hitting the ball pretty well by the time the back nine came around. Which was a good thing, because my Dad started getting tired and I had to take over, as it were.

At the end of the day, we all had a good time and most importantly, we won. Now I just have to make my good play with a crutch translate into good play on my own.

Masters Prediction

Yes, I am still alive.

Luke Donald or Jim Furyk will win.

That is all.