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"Absolutely!!!"

 

I prefer to use correctomundo like Jules in Pulp Fiction.

 

Isn't the 'a-munddo' word addition a FONZIE invention?

Yes. Jules lifted it from The Fonz...

Right? Right? Right? After just about every freaking sentence or statement drives me crazy. Also "like" "like" "like" mixed in seemingly eveywhere in a sentence...good grief and get off my lawn

 

You would, like, hate My So Called Life, like, a lot. RIGHT?

Fixed^^^...

In my view Grace Under Pressure was the line of demarcation. This was the last Rush I bought back in the day. The crossover from greatness to I don't really care that much anymore. I always enjoyed this one...

 

This is exactly my view as well. I did perservere with PoW and HYF, But I didn't get passed the first track on HYF. P/G, PoW and HYF are my 3 least favourite albums.

Don't get me wrong I liked P/G then and still do but the handwriting was on the wall. The fact that at 24 years old at the time that I didn't even bother to buy PoW tells me something. In retrospect half of it is really still quite good but that isn't what I had come to expect from my band...

Right? Right? Right? After just about every freaking sentence or statement drives me crazy. Also "like" "like" "like" mixed in seemingly eveywhere in a sentence...good grief and get off my lawn

Everything on ATWAS

This^^^^....

In my view Grace Under Pressure was the line of demarcation. This was the last Rush I bought back in the day. The crossover from greatness to I don't really care that much anymore. I always enjoyed this one...

We had a great week at Bay Hill. I followed Kevin Kisner and whomever he was playing with each day for all 72 holes. I also watched Bryson quite a bit. Followed Phil and Brooks the first 2 days(they missed the cut). We walked 44.3 miles over the 4 days. Saturday being the biggest at 12 miles. We followed Byson and Tyrell Hatton for their 18 in the morning and Kisner and Roger Sloan for their afternoon 18. Pretty exhausting 4 days to be honest. At this point I plan on going to the Charlotte event for 4 days in May. I just love watching the pro's play...

I looked it up because I always have to make sure I'm right lol. Trevino was struck in 75' at the Western Open at Butler National...

Later, he said he should have taken his 1 iron and raised it to the sky because "not even God could hit a 1 iron."

Yep lol. One of the most quoted of all time. I have a set of vintage blades that goes up to 3 iron. I can't even imagine hitting an old school 1 iron like that. You had better "middle" it or it would reverberate up to your shoulders...

Headed to Bay Hill in a couple days. Super bummer that Tiger withdrew. If I hadn't already followed him for 18 holes 9 rounds in the past I would really be bummed. I'll certainly be able to see and get closer to the action this year. Glass half full...

Did you ever go to a tournament where Arnie played?

No unfortunately. The first PGA Tour event I ever attended was the Kemper Open in 85' when it was at Congressional CC and attended many times when it moved to TPC Avenel. I went the first time and the other times to follow Payne Stewart around for 18 holes. Arnie was done by then and with the exception of the 86' Masters Jack was pretty much on the way out too. I do remember distinctly one year Payne was playing with Ray Floyd which was pretty cool. Floyd was probably in his early 40's at the time but I recall he was still moving it out there off the tee. I never saw Jack( my first favorite golfer) play in person which is the reason I went to Greensboro in 2015 to see Tiger play 4 rounds for the first time. He was having big injury problems at the time and of course since and I figured it my be the only chance I would ever get to see him play in person....

I actually did, in about 1974 or 1975 at the Western Open. He missed the cut, I believe, and we never really did get close to him. Jack was only playing about 15 tournaments a year by then and the Western wasn't one of them. Watson was the biggest competitive name at that point, but the most amazing thing to me at the time was that guys you'd never heard of could hit incredibly difficult shots.

 

Trevino did play there in other years as well.

Petty sure the Western Open is where Trevino got struck by lightning and his back problems started. I don't think it was at Cog Hill back then though. When Tiger was winning the Western it was though. Dubsdread course I think. I miss that venue. Cool course...

I was here...

 

 

I know I followed Bob Hope around for a while...

Those were the days. My parents loved some Andy Williams...

I looked it up because I always have to make sure I'm right lol. Trevino was struck in 75' at the Western Open at Butler National...

Headed to Bay Hill in a couple days. Super bummer that Tiger withdrew. If I hadn't already followed him for 18 holes 9 rounds in the past I would really be bummed. I'll certainly be able to see and get closer to the action this year. Glass half full...

Did you ever go to a tournament where Arnie played?

No unfortunately. The first PGA Tour event I ever attended was the Kemper Open in 85' when it was at Congressional CC and attended many times when it moved to TPC Avenel. I went the first time and the other times to follow Payne Stewart around for 18 holes. Arnie was done by then and with the exception of the 86' Masters Jack was pretty much on the way out too. I do remember distinctly one year Payne was playing with Ray Floyd which was pretty cool. Floyd was probably in his early 40's at the time but I recall he was still moving it out there off the tee. I never saw Jack( my first favorite golfer) play in person which is the reason I went to Greensboro in 2015 to see Tiger play 4 rounds for the first time. He was having big injury problems at the time and of course since and I figured it my be the only chance I would ever get to see him play in person....

I actually did, in about 1974 or 1975 at the Western Open. He missed the cut, I believe, and we never really did get close to him. Jack was only playing about 15 tournaments a year by then and the Western wasn't one of them. Watson was the biggest competitive name at that point, but the most amazing thing to me at the time was that guys you'd never heard of could hit incredibly difficult shots.

 

Trevino did play there in other years as well.

Petty sure the Western Open is where Trevino got struck by lightning and his back problems started. I don't think it was at Cog Hill back then though. When Tiger was winning the Western it was though. Dubsdread course I think. I miss that venue. Cool course...

Headed to Bay Hill in a couple days. Super bummer that Tiger withdrew. If I hadn't already followed him for 18 holes 9 rounds in the past I would really be bummed. I'll certainly be able to see and get closer to the action this year. Glass half full...

Did you ever go to a tournament where Arnie played?

No unfortunately. The first PGA Tour event I ever attended was the Kemper Open in 85' when it was at Congressional CC and attended many times when it moved to TPC Avenel. I went the first time and the other times to follow Payne Stewart around for 18 holes. Arnie was done by then and with the exception of the 86' Masters Jack was pretty much on the way out too. I do remember distinctly one year Payne was playing with Ray Floyd which was pretty cool. Floyd was probably in his early 40's at the time but I recall he was still moving it out there off the tee. I never saw Jack( my first favorite golfer) play in person which is the reason I went to Greensboro in 2015 to see Tiger play 4 rounds for the first time. He was having big injury problems at the time and of course since and I figured it my be the only chance I would ever get to see him play in person....

Headed to Bay Hill in a couple days. Super bummer that Tiger withdrew. If I hadn't already followed him for 18 holes 9 rounds in the past I would really be bummed. I'll certainly be able to see and get closer to the action this year. Glass half full...

Not sure if it's a coincidence but it seems the "lesser" PGA tour events with typically weaker fields all need some kind of gimmick. If I hear Bear Trap one more time I may throw up. PGA National is just in general a tough track...smh

I don't think that the Bear Trap is a gimmick at all. It is simply one of the toughest stretches of holes on the PGA tour. Just because it has a nickname doesn't make it a gimmick. I wonder if some of the top names skip the Honda because of the difficulty? Wouldn't shock me if they did.

I realize it's a tough stretch of holes but the majority of the course is a tough stretch of holes. Just my opinion that they spend too much time harping on it similar to 16 at Waste Management etc...

One of the beautiful things about golf is when a 56 year old can take on 20 something's on a level playing field. My opinion generally is that there is a reason why it's so rare when anyone north of 50 has won a tour event. Never been a big Vijay fan but you gotta give it up that the guy works his @ss off. Love the crosshanded chipping also...

Not sure if it's a coincidence but it seems the "lesser" PGA tour events with typically weaker fields all need some kind of gimmick. If I hear Bear Trap one more time I may throw up. PGA National is just in general a tough track...smh

Monday, December 16, 1974, Agora Ballroom, Cleveland Ohio

Now that's old school...

Mine was January 20, 1979 Hemispheres tour at the Baltimore Civic Center. I was 18 and a few months...

Btw I will be headed down to Bay Hill for the week once again this year. Hoping the friendly confines of Bay Hill and their smooth Bermuda greens will fix El Tigre's putting woes. He sure is ironing it great...

Just for the record I really enjoy the venue in Mexico. DJ is money btw. I don't care what anyone says he is the best driver of the golf ball in the world. Distance and accuracy to burn...

RIP Gene Littler. I don't remember him that well, but I do remember him, mostly as a short hitter, though those memories are foggy, and could very well be wrong.

 

He was still playing good golf when I started following golf in the 70's but was definitely on the back end of his career. A famous name in the professional game and very good player. 89 years ain't a bad run...RIP

Not a fan of pro ams in general and really don't like them when they are spread out over multiple courses...

Growing up in the Washington DC area and being born in 1960 I had the Senators and Orioles for the first 11 years of my life. Being obsessed with baseball and my dad loving the game as well we attended Senators games in my early childhood. Once they moved away where did we go to watch professional baseball? Memorial Stadium Baltimore. I was never really an O's fan per se but damn they had great teams in those days. My dad loved to get as much baseball as possible for his money so we would mostly go to scheduled double headers or double headers due to rain outs. One such double header was the second game of a double header when Robinson hit his 500th homerun. It's a memory that is etched in my brain forever. I also had one of my birthday parties at Memorial Stadium and received a signed ball from the team that I still have today. Who's signed that ball for me in beautiful blue ink? Frank Robinson...RIP big guy

Anybody see this ruling on Fowler going on? What an utter joke!! Good grief...

Just saw this story on the new rule about caddies not being able to help line a player up. Application of the rule - letter vs. intent - is getting tricky...

 

https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/golf/2019/2/2/18208001/new-golf-rules-alignment-penalty-denny-mccarthy-video

If you ever watch the ladies tour you know this is why they put this rule in to begin with. I have complained to myself many times in the past about them standing behind them what seems like forever. "Aiming" is a huge part of a golfers skill set. The rule had zero to do with men's golf and they are trying to apply it to them. What happened to Li was criminal...