Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly had a golf game broken up - by a bobcat. From the Monsters and Critics: DiCaprio’s [golf] lesson was interrupted when a bobcat - a small wild cat related to the Lynx, usually no bigger than half a metre high - walked out in front of the two stars. An insider told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: ‘Leo’s new to the sport and was getting some pointers from Jack when a bobcat appeared at the 15th hole. ‘Jack told him to run like hell. They jumped in their golf cart and fled.’ People tend to get the wrong ...

Hunters around the globe, and in fact, in other galaxies, winced hard when a recent story came out on country singer Troy Lee Gentry, half of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It seems Gentry, in an effort to appear manly, decided to do something that would help make the world look down on him for the rest of eternity. In Minnesota, Gentry was charged with killing a tame bear, then trying to make it look as if it was a hunting trophy killed in the wild. It was in Oct. 2004 that the alleged crime took place, when Gentry reportedly ...

Hey, look, Tiger Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational. Again. That’s four consecutive wins for the man we now refer to as “the guy who totally screwed up our chances to try out some Stewart Cink material.” Nonetheless, we here at the Golfer Supremacy Rankings do our doggone best to adapt. Even if it means going to the dogs. Golfer Supremacy Rankings 1. Tiger Woods Comments: Ok, we got nothing. Not a damn thing. We used up all our adjectives two tournaments ago. So, here’s some information on the Labradoodle, the breed of Tiger’s new puppy, courtesy of the Labradoodle Association of the UK: Labradoodles are ...

I am exactly like Tiger Woods. At least as far as facial hair goes. You see, like Tiger, I tend to fluctuate between being clean shaven or wearing a goatee. It’s not so much of a style thing as it is the fact that I never quite fell into the habit of shaving regularly. So I in no way begrudge Tiger his taste for trying out different looks. In fact, if beards were a reality for women, the styles of facial hair we’d see on the fairer sex would be various and spectacular. There would be a huge market for the ...

Here in the deep, dark recesses of the human mind that we like to call the Golfer Supremacy Rankings, the funk we feel is real and it’s a drag that maybe Papa’s got to get a brand new bag. Such is life at this corporate powerhouse ranking system that’s just been left in tatters by one Tiger Woods. We’re left to lamely attempt to splice adjectives together in the hopes of coming up with a new way to describe Tiger (Spectastic! Fantacular! Tremendiferous!). But that’s not going to help anyone. So, in keeping with the time-honored tradition of this medium, we decided ...

Tiger Woods’ victory at the PGA Championship was the type of event that caused, nay, mandated the sporting world erupt in an orgy of gush. Hyperbole be damned, find an adjective and run with it. Tiger’s performance, on top of everything else he has accomplished, was worthy of as much praise as one could heap. And a day later, the feeling is just as strong. Which is why I stand proudly by my assessment that Woods is the best athlete of his generation. Name one better. Ronaldinho Gaucho? Floyd Mayweather? Kobe Bryant? Albert Pujols? Annika Sorenstam? LaDainian Tomlinson? Go ahead, name ...

The world’s best shortstop, quarterback, boxer, shooting guard, attacking midfielder, chess player and decathlete won another major golf tournament today. By dominating and demoralizing the best golfers on the planet in the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods didn’t show us anything particularly new. More so, he just drove home even further the already obvious. The 1984 super welterweight battle between Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran is brought to mind. Regardless of any of his foibles, Duran will always be regarded by boxing historians as one of the great fighters in the annals of pugilism. But that night, he was faced with a ...

After spending literally minutes trying to come up with some pithy and interesting way to present this next item – in an effort to fish for people to write in with comments like “Boy, Bill, you sure are pithy and interesting” – I realized that straightforward was the only way to go. A bit of background: WorldGolf.com blogger Spencer Hux is a fantastically nice young guy who has worked as a caddie and golf coach. “I love everything about the game and I am hoping to begin a career in the golf business while continuing to write as much as possible,” Spencer ...

If there’s one thing I know, it’s that calling a college kid of Indian heritage “monkey” at a rally is a fairly interesting way to start a campaign that you hope will eventually sweep you into the White House. But Virginia Sen. George Allen is no ordinary man, he’s an “imbecile” – which is a word I just invented that refers to his hair. Now, if there are two things I know, it’s that a ham n’ egger is going to win the 2006 PGA Championship. I know this because, while politicians will look you right in the face and lie, ...

Army Spc. Andrew Velez, the second of two brothers to die during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, committed suicide, his family and military officials said recently, according to the Associated Press. Velez, 22, died last month in Afghanistan, jus over one year after his brother, Cpl. Jose “Freddy” Velez, 23, was killed in Iraq. According to the military, they are the first brothers to die in the conflicts. Andrew Velez graduated from Estacado High School in Lubbock, Texas, where he participated in multiple sports. According to his father, Roy Velez, Andrew also loved to play golf. Andrew Velez leaves behind ...

Here at the Golfer Supremacy Rankings, we’re working extra hard to shed some extra pounds to become the best Rankings we can possibly be. We also want to look good in a sports bra, which is just added incentive, if you ask us. Golfer Supremacy Rankings 1. Cristie Kerr Comments: Kerr shot a final-round 65 to complete an improbable comeback and win the Canadian Women’s Open. That makes eight career victories for Kerr, who, after dropping 50-some pounds a few years back to join the LPGA’s Club Hotty, has been a consistent contending force on the tour. Add to that her work with ...

Normally I read Chris Baldwin’s forays into political thinking and smile, and think to myself, “hey, why aren’t I on the talking-points e-mail list?” Ok, I’m sorry. I’m just joking. This is not a time to joke. This is a time to be afraid, to be extremely afraid. Because while the odds of you being killed in a terrorist attack are roughly the same as being getting killed by lightning, only one thing is certain: You are going to be Killed! Be happy you’re alive, be afraid, and what do you need to fly for anyway? Isn’t there a golf course down the ...

The media gets endlessly harangued throughout the U.S., whether it’s Fox News or the N.Y. Times. People involved in the media get stamped as political opportunists, communists, fascists or any number of things. Like anything else, such blanket criticisms are erroneous. People involved in the media are people just like anyone else. And sometimes, those people can be heroes. Take for instance Joe Iskandar and Rey Bantug, pressman with the Victorville Daily Press – where this blogger once worked as a copy editor. When Iskander and Bantug recently heard the screams of a woman at a nearby restaurant in the High Desert, Southern ...

So I’m sitting alone in a dark coffee shop, see. I had just got off the phone with the boss, and that miserable so and so gives me a case to work on that’s pure bush league, baby. Something about Astroturf and some leggy little golf minx named Michelle Wie. May as well have given me a case of the clap. At least I’d have enjoyed it for a seven or eight seconds. “Get me another cup a joe,” I tell the waitress. She’s a looker, this one. “Huh,” she says. Dames. Go figure. “Joe, java, the juice, mud, Costa Rican cake, Brazilian babble sap, ...

Google has a new video search section that should make for fun times for the bandwidth enhanced amongst us. Currently, the golf section still needs to be built up, but here are a few samples: There’s these two knuckleheads, sending chickens everywhere into emotional distress by playing “Egg Golf.” There’s Robin Williams discussing the origins of golf, but seriously, I’d rather let a couple drunk idiots golf with my eggs than spend two torturous minutes listing to him. I saw “Mork & Mindy.” I get it. I’m over it. And of course, there’s the Mythical Creature Golf Classic (presented by Buick), which features a ...

From eBay, for the golfer who has everything. And we mean everything: By no means could we describe this item better than the seller has: “This item can be a very fun way of teeing off in golf. Its very strange and very distracting to look at. You can offer to set up a tee for one of your freinds and watch their reaction when they see this strange thing holding their tee in its mouth. Very realistic can fool any first time lookers. Over 7 inches in length. An item of envy. A unique gift for that golfer freind that has ...

When Jack Nicklaus descended from the stars to the PGA Tour, the golfing world gasped. So young, so ridiculously talented, so chubby, so adorable. Here was the Anti-Arnold, and while it took years for some to accept, his legend grew, with his 73 total victories and 18 major titles sealing his deity-like persona. Now, after the Buick Open, let there be no doubt. The Anti-Jack walks among us, in the shape and form of Tiger Woods. Historians gasped at his final score in Michigan, then looked at each other knowingly, and drank some Kool-aid and headed to the mothership. They completely ...

Dear Mark McGwire, Following the recent doping scandal of Floyd Landis, I was struck with one simple truth – all sports are thoroughly tarnished. There can no longer be a great athletic accomplishment without the public thinking that somehow performance enhancing drugs were a part of it. No, it’s not fair, but it is fact. All athletes are guilty now, Mark, and this is something you helped start. Now is the time for you to be man enough to step up to the plate and help end this. Mark, when you hit 70 home runs in 1998 and put on a great show with ...

Our friend Sophie Sandolo shocked the golfing world by leaving LPGA money leader Karrie Webb in the dust at the Women’s British Open. Ok, so maybe it helped that Webb missed the cut at 14-over, but the lovely Miss Sandolo did beat her, missing the cut herself after going 13-over for her two rounds. So once again, the most shocking thing about Sandolo remains her calendar. At 32nd on the Ladies European Tour money list thus far in 2006, Sandolo has some work to do to better her performance of 2005, when she finished at No. 15. She did, however, win something ...

Remember the good old days, when Bill Clinton was President and you couldn’t get through a political discussion on the internet without someone screaming about the “New World Order?” Well, President George Bush is trying to create something of a new world order on the Internet, as he has put pressure on Congress to pass the Convention on Cybercrime treaty. In nutshell form, this treaty could create a situation where the U.S. will be forced to uphold Internet laws from other the other nations involved. This treaty has been on the table for a while now, but Bush is looking to get ...

Random thoughts: _______________________________________ It’s hurtful when Chris Baldwin accuses me of being a “Wie Waffler.” But only to a point. I tend not to get too upset with Baldwin, as he has enough on his plate dealing with a body forged by endless free meals while covering sporting events (if you’ve ever been curious about what sportswriters get fed during a sporting event, I can break it down in one word - Fritos.) Who can get too upset with a guy who has a torso that looks like a trash bag full of gummi bears? Nonetheless, I feel my thoughts on Wie are ...

TravelGolf.com was one of the few media organizations to receive a first draft of an upcoming speech by President George W. Bush. We are very excited to share this with our readers: ————– My Fellow Americans, Like all of you out there, I was truly excited to read about 2-year-old golfer Brayden Bozak. His golfing ability is not only an inspiration to us all, it is also the key to unlocking one of the great dilemmas of our time – stem cell research. Recently, a bill came across my desk regarding federal funding for stem cell research. Now, I’m all for federal funding, ...