5. Poulter and Westwood won’t be voting Labour!
David Wilcock for the Daily Mail…”Top golf stars have torn into Jeremy Corbyn’s tax plans after he blasted the super-rich.”
- “English fairway stars Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood both criticised the Labour leader after he teed up an attack on Britain’s wealthy elite.”
- “The millionaires lashed out online after Mr Corbyn said that ‘in a fair society there would be no billionaires and no one would live in poverty’. “
- “Flamboyant Ryder Cup winner Mr Poulter, 43, who has spent time living abroad to minimise his UK taxes, branded the Labour leader a ‘complete buffoon’.”
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6. Gary Player
Interesting remarks from Mr. Player, via Sport24…”At a press conference on Saturday morning, Player pointed out that previous sports minister Tokozile Xasa had not shown any interest in golf.”
- “If young people will only realise playing golf will help you in the business and it’s played everywhere in the world, and people in South Africa are reluctant to understand,” said the 84-year-old.
- “Our previous minister of sport doesn’t ever include golf in their talks. They’re so naive because golf gets more publicity and coverage than any other sport because there’s a golf tournament almost every year and we have many South Africans playing, and gaining great publicity and good behaviour for our country.”
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7. The nice guy roundtable
The gents at PGATour.com discussed Golf Digest’s “Nice Guy” list…
- “MIKE McALLISTER: OK, Golf Digest’s list is out. What’s your reaction? Any surprises?”
- “SEAN MARTIN: I want to know why ties weren’t resolved. Charles Howell III and Peter Malnati should have to duke it out for 19th and 20th place. A nice-off.”
- “CAMERON MORFIT: Most glaring omission is Ben Crane, who is the only player I ever interviewed who insisted on making me lunch. He also wanted to play tennis after.”
- “BEN EVERILL: It’s brilliant to see Gary Woodland get a place on this list [at No. 2]. He’s a quiet guy who has been through a lot but those close to him have always known he’s a class act. The world saw more of it with his relationship with Amy Bockerstette. Also, I’m proud to see four Aussies on the list — even though I could make a case for a few more!”
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8. Joe Namath takes his shot
Broadway Joe! An excellent Golf Digest “My Shot” selection…
- “I started playing golf when I was at the University of Alabama. Coach [Bear] Bryant might actually have introduced me to it. He loved the game and didn’t mind us playing. He was a blast to play with because the game kind of got the better of him. When he hit a bad shot, he’d get mad but couldn’t show it-pride, Southern manners and all that. But when he hit one crooked he’d growl under his breath just like a bear. You could hear the rumbles across the fairway. I thought it was hilarious, and I had to turn my head so he couldn’t see me laugh. On the football field he was the undisputed boss, but on the course, golf was the boss of him.”
- “I got to playing so bad awhile back I was ready to quit. You’d never believe from the way I was hitting it that I once carried an 8-handicap. I went to see Matt Doyle, the head pro here at Turtle Creek. He’s a heck of a teacher, and he had me hitting it so good I was positive I was fixed. Within a few days, I was back hitting it sideways, with no recollection of what Matt had told me. The game is beating the heck out of me right now.”
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9. Middle seat in coach!
Daniel Rapaport for Golf Digest...”Brendon Todd has reason to celebrate. After a multi-year slump that saw Todd miss 37 of 40 cuts, drop outside the top 2,000 and consider quitting the game, the 34-year-old shot 62 on Sunday to win the Bermuda Championship.”
“…Time to pop bottles in first class, right? Wrong. Double wrong. According to a tweet from Golf Channel analyst Jim Galllagher Jr., Todd sat in a middle seat on his voyage back to the U.S.”
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