Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Phil Mickelson can become No. 1 in the World

Phil Mickelson can dethrone Tiger Woods as the number one golfer in the world this weekend at the Players Championship.  The only catch is that Tiger Woods has to essentially be out of contention, come in sixth place or worse. 

I really hope Tiger Woods pulls through this weekend and plays some remarkable golf, but I am only hoping.  Everything about Tiger Woods seems to be up in the air these days, including his confidence and ability to play.  I am not really discouraged about his ability after Quail Hollow, because his ability speaks for itself.  It does speak about his confidence.  He obviously has a lot going on and it's obvious it's affecting his game.  Depressing.

Tiger Wood's Clubs being sold on Ebay

Tiger Wood's clubs are being sold on Ebay for $250,000.  Holy shit! The link to the ebay sellers page can be found here.  There is an article from a skeptic, who doesn't believe these clubs are authentic.  I personally agree and would never buy $250,000 clubs off ebay.  Clubs like this would most likely be sold in some sort of private auction. 

The Clubs in question are the Titleist clubs that Tiger used to win his 2000-20001 "Tiger Slam."  I highly doubt Tiger Woods would ever just give the clubs away, especially clubs from his 2000-2001 season, undoubtedly one of Tiger's best seasons. 

I feel that this is some sort of sham, I am curious to see if anyone would actually bid on these clubs.  I also wonder if there is any way to actually authenticate that Tiger Woods used these clubs during the 2000-2001 season.  I am going to keep an eye on the listing for the next 8 days and see if the clubs actually get sold.

UPDATE:  Apparently the seller of the Woods' clubs is a former titleist VP named Steve Mata.  Tour officials have contacted Tiger Woods about the clubs, Tiger has said he has his "Tiger Slam" clubs with him.  Steve Mata, however, is stickin with his story; he is selling the real deal.  link

Played 18! Adventure begins

I played 18 holes today, it was a shit show, at least for the first nine.  I shot around a 60.  Second nine was great, played par most every hole, bogeyed just two holes, 15 and 18 at Indiana University Golf Course.  Info about this course can be found here.  All in all I shot a 96 today.  Certainly no where near my goal, but for one of the first times out this season, I can't complain all that much. 

Starting next week, I will be practicing every day, basically playing par 3 courses at least once a day, along with practicing my short game.  I'll go into more depth about how I improved each of my strokes in various posts.  Hopefully this will help many of you out there who are starting out and possibly save you some time and money from the get go.