Rory's Fore Iron - In The Drink

Nice Form - Good Reverse C-Curve

I‘m a big fan of Rory McIlroy as a professional golfer.  However, McIlroy’s latest temper tantrum  at Trump National Doral during the second round of the recent WGC-Cadillac Championship goes beyond the pale.  Some golf observers think he has an outside chance of catching Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major tournament wins.   McIlroy will never get there if he lets his temper get the best of him on the golf course.  It’s childish, and unprofessional.  Tommy Bolt, the winner of the 1958 U.S. Open and a member of the WGHOF, was famous for throwing clubs.  Yes, he established a reputation and became famous for a questionable trademark.  But he only won one major, when he had the talent to win more.

Now THAT'S How You Throw A Club

I was playing a round of golf with my father when I was a teenager.   I hit a spectacularly crummy iron shot, and tossed the offending club about 30 yards down the fairway, about as far as my full iron shot had traveled (or perhaps the divot, far out-pacing the shot.  Memory dims as to the precise details.)  My father immediately ordered me off course.  A normally mild-manned gentleman, my dad was thoroughly displeased by my juvenile display of temper, and rightly so.   Needless to say, it was the last time I threw a club after hitting a bad shot (an opportunity I have had times beyond counting since.)  The lesson had been learned.  

Rory's Caddy Suggests A Club

While no one in McIlroy’s sphere of influence is likely to reprimand grown-up Rory for his juvenile behavior, please show me a video of Jack Nicklaus throwing a golf club and I will eat my Tiger club covers.  The role model is there, Rory, and not just for winning majors; please take heed. 

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it's Great to Be Back!

Since last we spoke a great deal has happened in the golf world:  Tiger got married (he didn’t?  wait a minute, I thought it was a done deal); Tiger retired from competitive golf (wrong there too?);  Dustin Johnson returned from his suspension and has played terrific golf after taking time off from the Tour; young stars continue to emerge on the PGA Tour;  the U.S. and Europe named their Ryder Cup captains; and various and sundry other important developments.   I'll address them one at a time in separate posts to follow.

Someone's Back

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Live Long And Prosper

Leonard Nimoy has passed away at age 83 and what a sad day it is.   I am old enough to have watched the original Star Trek television series in 1966-1969.  The original show was incredibly fascinating.  Looking back now of course the so-called “special effects” were limited to say the least.  However,  to a young boy who was fascinated with science fiction the show the tech was high and simply amazing.   

As the commentators have pointed out in the wake of Mr. Nimoy’s passing, the show was groundbreaking in many other aspects.  The message of the show was consistently that of interplanetary peace, very countercultural in the contentious 1960s.  The diverse demographics of the cast was also shocking at the time.  The positivity of the futuristic world view of Gene Roddenberry, the visionary who created Star Trek, was also stunning.  While the show may have been canceled after three short seasons, in retrospect it is no surprise that the Star Trek concepts grew and flourished on through the movies and the subsequent television series based on the original to become the cultural icon it is today.  The show was pure genius from the beginning and Leonard Nimoy as Spock embodied the genius of the show.  The Spock character struck a deep cord in those who followed Star Trek, both the passionate Trekkies and others like myself who simply loved the show and the movies that followed.  Mr. Nimoy,  thank you.  You are, and always shall be, our friend.   May your soul live forever and prosper.  

One of Mr. Nimoy enduring qualities will be his strong sense of humor.  His self-deprecatory remarks are his trademark in the interviews he gave in his later life.  He also appears to have been a linkster.  If you have not seen this classic commercial please take the Challenge.  It is uproariously clever (the Star Trek references alone are hilarious) and funny.  Hit Long And Break Par!


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