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Jeff Rude’s “I Hate To Be Rude” column appears on Golfweek.com on Friday, the same day as his video show of the same name.• I mean, really, what look was John Daly trying for?
I speak, of course, of the video making the Internet rounds on which big John plays golf with a TV reporter in the Ozarks while wearing no shirt and no shoes.
Daly’s nickname is The Lion. You see that and wonder if Whale isn’t right.
The video wasn’t X-rated. But judging by his belly, he might rate an XXXL shirt.
Now I know what Phil Mickelson meant by “subcutaneous fat.”
Just a couple of years ago Daly represented a weight-loss product. At least I believe the label didn’t say weight
gain.
JD has said all he needs to turn his game around is a “good woman.” Just what woman might that video attract?
There are many things I’d rather see than JD’s belly flopping around. One that comes to mind is Tim Finchem’s face when he viewed it.
• Bad week for Roger Clemens. The
New York Daily News reported that the Rocket has had romantic relationships with a young country singer and Daly’s ex-wife Paulette.
Maybe Congress needs to reopen discussion on the effects of steroids.
• Lorena Ochoa made
Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential individuals in the world. Andre Agassi and Lance Armstrong were the only other athletes cited.
No Tiger Woods. No Roger Federer.
Hmmm.
And wonder what Posh Spice thinks?
• Even though Phil Mickelson says he’s about an inch taller from stretching, I’m thinking Woods still towers over him, no?
• Mickelson, of course, raised eyebrows and prompted teasing a few years ago when he talked about “subcutaneous fat.” Which brings us to John Rollins. I’m not sure what kind of fat Rollins has burned, but he has lost close to 40 pounds and looks like a different man.
The transformation isn’t Cristie Kerr-like, but then, really, what is?
• If Daly wants to improve his world ranking of 595, hanging out with Rollins might be a better idea than hanging out at Hooters.
On second thought, maybe JD found the weight Rollins lost.
• The World Golf Hall of Fame will make an announcement Tuesday. Lanny Wadkins, a 21-time Tour winner, said he knows nothing about it.
Apparently his painful and unfortunate wait will continue at least another year.
Apparently Tour victories are cheaper than gasoline.
• OK, now we know Adam Scott’s lethal distance: 16 yards. Strange but true. In Scott’s last two victories, each of his final shots was a made putt from 48 feet.
The first ended a three-shot victory at the 2007 Shell Houston Open, the second ended a sudden-death playoff on the third hole at last week’s EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Making such bombs is good for Scott’s resume and confidence. But it must be a mess for Dave Pelz’s computer and printer, for it skews all that putting data the short-game guru has logged forever.
• Wadkins said the other day that his two sons – both fine young golfers, one in college, the other in high school – have some of his traits. Which prompted the question: Do they backhand putts?
Wadkins, who backhanded (and missed) too many little ones to want to remember, laughed and said, “We actually talked about that. We figured not too much good came out of me backhanding all those putts.”
• Trevor Immelman hasn’t broken 75 in his three rounds since winning the Masters. What, is he playing in that green jacket?
Recent scores suggest Vardon attire, not trophy.
Posted: 5/2/2008
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