Rugby World Cup Final
Thursday, October 18th, 2007| Saturday, October 20, 2007 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
England v South Africa.
If South Africa don’t win this we get another four years of Ralph banging on about the English Rugby team….
Archive for October, 2007
Helpful thoughts for ending the golf season?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
I never quite know how to wind up my golf season. Work, weather and other sports (baseball playoffs, football weekends) usually diminish greatly how much fall golf I play. Typically, I will play maybe two or three rounds in October and call it a season.
But we have had a beautiful fall in my town this year, and I have been putting really well as the season winds down. I am thus resisting any urge to take my clubs out of the trunk and put them in the basement anytime soon. Plus, I keep seeing ads for cheap golf at some of my favorite public courses. I am really tempted to put off work and family to try to keep playing once or twice a week this fall.
And yet, if I call it a season now, I'll have a positive feel about my game going into next spring. If I try hard to keep playing into November, I risk some ugly cold weather rounds that make me less excited for next season. What to do....
I am wondering if readers have end-of-season rituals that help with this dilemma. Does anyone have a special date or course or foursome for their last round of the season? Is it worth making the effort to schedule regular golf trips through the winter so the season never really ends? Share your thoughts, dear readers.
But we have had a beautiful fall in my town this year, and I have been putting really well as the season winds down. I am thus resisting any urge to take my clubs out of the trunk and put them in the basement anytime soon. Plus, I keep seeing ads for cheap golf at some of my favorite public courses. I am really tempted to put off work and family to try to keep playing once or twice a week this fall.
And yet, if I call it a season now, I'll have a positive feel about my game going into next spring. If I try hard to keep playing into November, I risk some ugly cold weather rounds that make me less excited for next season. What to do....
I am wondering if readers have end-of-season rituals that help with this dilemma. Does anyone have a special date or course or foursome for their last round of the season? Is it worth making the effort to schedule regular golf trips through the winter so the season never really ends? Share your thoughts, dear readers.
David Leadbetter: “scared” for Michelle Wie’s golf future
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
I was just watching PTI on ESPN. They quoted David Leadbetter as saying that he was "scared" for Michelle Wie's golf future. I haven't found the quote online yet, but her former coach Gary Gilchrist is really critical of Wie's parents and David Leadbetter in this article.
Gilchrist says, "If they keep doing what they are doing, there is a great chance it will get worse and worse. She was as natural, as gifted a golfer that I have ever seen, but one of the reasons B.J. made the move to go to David was to help her more mechanically. Unfortunately, what ends up happening is you get distracted and get addicted to the mechanics of the game. Now she has lost the feel for the game."
Wow, things are getting ugly.
Gilchrist says, "If they keep doing what they are doing, there is a great chance it will get worse and worse. She was as natural, as gifted a golfer that I have ever seen, but one of the reasons B.J. made the move to go to David was to help her more mechanically. Unfortunately, what ends up happening is you get distracted and get addicted to the mechanics of the game. Now she has lost the feel for the game."
Wow, things are getting ugly.
