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Pretty arrogant article. Are you always this arrogant or just sometimes?

I live in Hawaii and I remeber when wie first came out, it is ashame that she is disgracing the sport of golf but i am not surprised> u could tell her parents where after that money from nike and i hope nike isnt having any buyers remorse i don t care how old what race u are when u put yourself in the public eye u r fair game and it aint are fault she flat out sucks and has not guts or skill or any ass FLAT like her game

I will give the Europeans 6/1 odds!

Europe will dominate in the Ryder Cup 2010 also!

A small, side issue only but I felt compelled to comment. Speaking as a European golf fan, a European and someone who grew up during the 'Golden Age' of European golf it seems to me that perhaps only a non-European would consider the very eminent Mr Faldo our 'best'. One suspects that (having read Life Swings - Nick Faldo's autobiography and seen multitudinous interviews) even Faldo himself would most likely regard Severiano Ballesteros as the best and greatest, not to mention most dominant player Europe has produced. 6 majors to 5 is a misnomer, try 30 worldwide wins Vs 80 odd.

Wyomick,

I agree with the spirit of what you say, but it's not quite as simple as you paint it. There's the East -- then there's the East. If you drive into upstate NY, you will find bucolic areas with beautiful, relatively empty courses. And, needless to say, in Maine you can sometimes have a course to yourself.

The problem, of course, is the huge metropolitan areas; get far enough away from those and the East is much like the rest of the country.

This is why I drive into upstate NY to play. I travel about 70 miles to a certain course; it's often not that crowded and gives you a lot for your money.

Well, PW and LB are two of the higher-end courses, correct? I believe that the snootier the owner, the pricklier the staff is required to be. I found those terms in Webster's, so don't question my vernacular. My suggestion would be to grab a few more dozen free tees, snag some free mark repair tools, and steal a tee marker and a flag when the starter isn't looking.

The whole of the east coast golf industry has that
starter's attitude; like Friday at 5 PM on an LA Freeway. That's why I gave up on golf out there; too many people crammed into too few spaces. It's west of the Mississippi only, for my golf.
Caio.

Spot on. The starter (well, head pro, really) at
Crail in Scotland, in response to our request for tips,
to keep our putts low to the ground. Classic! Just
imagine the humorless, self-important drivel that
those Myrtle Beach cranks would have offered.

As he was obviously a master of the completely obvious, you should have asked that old fart at Long Bay what
the dimply white ball was for.

I'm not a fan of when you are called off the driving range or putting green because they say you're on the tee, so you drive over, and the other group is still on the tee box. I usually need every precious minute before my round.

Forget bye bye bye, he needs to perform SEXY BACK, since he uses terms like "spot on" and is clearly advancing rapidly toward old coot status. Remember, Whitey, it will be Timberlake AND COMPANY that bring this sexy back. If he can marshal the troops of young guys and ladies to come on by, play, perform at local casinos, and on and on, then he will have an impact. It will be a package deal, without question.

Or perhaps a cover of "Putter inna box."

If Baldwin is right, Jeff has to do a live rendition via webcast of "Bye Bye Bye" for all WorldGolf.com readers.

It's old news that Timberlake is interested in "finding himself" as a pro golfer. Good news is, if he's not good enough to play on the PGA Tour, then why not host an event?

http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/golf-for-beginners/2007/04/19/justin_timberlake_and_michelle_wie_hopin

Chris -

I guess we will wait and see. I hate being cynical about this, and I will be the first to write that you called it if it turns out to be true. Promise that.

Not only am I serious Jeff, I may have underestimated Timberlake's impact. You can't overestimate it after all.

Seriously, I'm not saying he's going to make the tournament into the Masters or even the Barclays. But I believe he's going to draw more interest it to than it's ever had before.

They've gotten Phil Mickelson to show in Vegas before and still nobody came out to watch. That's because the traditional golf fans in Vegas are all too busy at the tables.

It's the nontraditional ones who are going to help this tournament. Those are the folks Timberlake will bring out.

I don't think he'll just show up for the Pro Am and bolt either. I get the sense if he puts his name on something, he's going to be there every day, trying to make sure it's a success.

While I am sure it's possible to inflate Timberlake's influence, it's surely got to be a plus in terms of encouraging young guys that golf may be a lot cooler than they think.

If it's a real tough course, I think a birdie hole is in order. If not so tough, the 18th ought to be a nice risk/reward hole. Point is, I think the finish should be fun to leave a good taste in your mouth.

If you two were on the championship tees, you got what you paid for. You're not supposed to carry the hazard if you're a mortal...I like a tough finisher with a bail-out, or an easy finisher with a hidden hazard for the over-confident.

Favorite 18th of all time? Old Course at St. Andrews. It's only about 340 yards and you can swing for the fences because the fairway is so wide.

But I bogeyed it cuz of that dang Valley 'o Sin - ate up my pitch shot. What fun though.