Henrik Stenson’s “Brief” Appearance at Doral

March 14, 2009

Tiger Woods’s second venture onto the PGA tour since recovering from knee surgery wasn’t the only newsworthy event to take place at the World Golf Championship-CA Championship at Doral on Thursday.  Swedish golfer, Henrik Stenson provided his own bit of entertainment for the crowd when he removed all of his clothes sans underwear and golf glove in order to play a shot out of the mud on the third hole.  Said Stenson of his decision, “I felt that I would definitely save a shot by actually playing the ball. If you are saving a shot, that has to be worth taking your shirt and trousers off.”

I agree, but for the sake of golf’s more bashful fans, let’s hope that Henrik can keep it in the short grass more often than not, the rest of this season.


Tiger Week

February 24, 2009

Sports aren’t fair, and if you need proof, go no further than the fact that the most glorious sports comeback in recent history, my second blogpost after a week off, is being overshadowed by some guy named Tiger Woods.   And it looks like I’m not the only one with mixed feelings about his return.

After eight months away, the world’s number one golfer will return to action this week at the Accenture Match Play Championship and once again keep golf fans from turning to other fine athletes for their weekend competition fix.   However, if you pay attention to the public pronouncements from many of Tiger’s peers this week, you’ll get a hint of the love/hate relationship that exists between Tiger– and everyone else.

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