If there’s an Everyman in pro golf, let’s put aside John Daly for a moment and consider Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand. At five feet seven and 139 pounds, he’s Bangkok Al’s size but without the Milwaukee tumor. And he’s very dark-skinned in a country where skin-whitening cosmetics are found in every hand bag and bathroom cabinet. Thai people will do almost anything to flee the sun, and not just because of skin cancer. There is no such thing as a rich golf course tan in Thailand. If you’re dark, it means you’re probably a poor laborer in the rice paddies. You’re ...

I will admit to having a thing for Grace Park. Go ahead and accuse me of having an Asian fetish if you want to, and maybe that’s true. I didn’t land in Bangkok for no reason at all. But if Grace Park isn’t the classiest looking and most desirable woman on the LPGA Tour, I’d like to know who is. Seems like we don’t hear much about Grace Park these days. Michelle Wie soaks up most of the attention, and Annika Sorenstam wins most of the tournaments, and Grace gets very little ink. Maybe that’s because she isn’t much of ...

For many years, old Bangkok Al was a newspaperman in Denver, Colorado. Then he got divorced and came to Thailand – to play golf. If you believe that last part about golf, listen up - I’ve got a go-go bar for sale in the tourist center of Bangkok that is hugely profitable and available cheap. E-mail me and I’ll give you the details. My point is, very few men come to Thailand just to play golf. That’s what they tell their wives, but the reality is Thailand has a richly deserved reputation for offering pleasures that can’t be talked about in the ...