Leaving the U.S. is always bittersweet. While it’s hard to leave my country and family here, heading back home to my wife is something I’m ready for as a month away. It’s as my wife has said: When you are a couple from two different countries, there will always be one family you are forced to miss. The travel itself is burdensome - a 24-hour trek across continents - but with experience, you gain some know-how on how to handle that. One part of the trip that will be easy enough for me is the pre-flight security aspect. Sure, it’s somewhat ...

While those with a shaky theological base may have thoughts that Tiger Woods is, in fact, God, one would be hard pressed to find that same opinion shared by the world’s top soccer players. Saying he was exhausted from his hectic schedule, Woods announced he will be skipping the Tour Championship, effectively calling it a season. “Playing seven out of nine weeks with an additional trip to Ireland for Ryder Cup practice was taxing both mentally and physically and I feel like I need another week away from competitive golf,” said Woods. Preparing for a Spanish League game against Recreativo Huelva, Barcelona star ...

An addition to the 2006 defense bill will help get disabled U.S. vets golf carts that will have them on the course. There are few things our government enjoys slapping things on to major bills that make their way to the President’s desk. The vast majority of bills that make it through Congress have some type of pork attached that generally either benefits few, or takes things away from many. Take a recent billion-dollar port security bill. In today’s political climate, voting against a bill to help secure the nation’s ports would be roughly akin to sending birthday cards with $5 in ...

Recently, BadGolfer.com favorite Rush Limbaugh took some time off of his normal schedule of Viagra-fueled vacations to such sex tourism destinations as the Dominican Republic to make some comments on a pro-stem cell research / political ad by Michael J. Fox, who “supposedly” suffers from Parkinson’s disease. “Michael J. Fox is allowing his illness to be exploited and in the process is shilling for a Democrat politician,” Limbaugh said of the ad, accusing Fox of “acting” or “exaggerating” the shaking effects the disease causes. “In this commercial he is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He’s moving around and shaking. It’s ...

If anyone asked me, I’d tell them to take the St. Louis Cardinals in six games in the World Series. Mainly that’s because it seems like Michigan has enough on its hands right now to have Detroit get set on fire again due to a sports championship. Of course, no one asked me. People do ask Ninjas plenty of things, however, especially on the video podcast, Ask a Ninja. On a recent episode, a ninja was asked if they played miniature golf. They don’t, of course, but they do play “niniature golf,” which “has some parallels to miniature golf” but the ...

Smack dap in the middle of my four-week stay in the U.S. after an absence of two years, I’ve had great times becoming reacquainted with some of the things I’ve missed about this great nation of ours. Like the “Double Double” I enjoyed at In-N-Out last night. Let me tell you, that right there is some American Cuisine that’ll bring the tears to your eyes while it takes the gout to your feet. The typical In-N-Out meal. I’m getting emotional just looking at it. Or there’s my renewed love affair with smacking a golf ball, especially at insanely nice courses like LakeRidge ...

Let it be known that Chris Baldwin’s claims of being the world’s “worst golf-playing golf writer” in the world are not just mindless hyperbole, like the majority of his claims. I had the opportunity to play Arrowcreek Golf Club, a top-notch course in Reno and I struggled mightily throughout the round. With a 136 slope rating from the tips, and little forgiveness for errant shots, it’s a tough course that saw me bat the ball around for a 105. Feeling aghast at my round, I spoke afterward with one of my playing partners, Larry Windsor of Golf the High Sierra. “Oh, I’ve seen ...

When the Golfer Supremacy Rankings decided to make its home office in Baghdad, we were assured that it was like Myrtle Beach, with the exception of the beach and golf courses. And every so often the ground or people would explode. But aside from that we were told the GSRs would be greeted as liberators in a nation desperate for the freedom to have its own sophisticated golf ranking system. We must admit that the situation looked so promising, we didn’t even bother thinking about a backup plan for our move to Iraq. In fact, our main plans consisted of trying ...

Heading north on Highway 395, making your way up from Southern California to the High Sierras and into Reno, one comes across the bucolic mountain town of Bishop. It’s a beautiful town where great fishing and other outdoor activities await those inclined. Of course, Bishop is a town one must stop in for another reason - Erick Schat’s Bakkery. Yes, Schat’s Bakkery (that’s no misspelling, by the way. It was built during the great “K” surplus) is to bakeries what Tiger Woods is to golf - the undisputed champion. Walking through Schat’s yesterday, I had to walk out several times, as ...

Following a miserable experience at the Administaff Small Business Classic on the Champions Tour, Arnold Palmer, 77, said he was permanently retiring from competitive golf, making literal something that has been figurative for a dozen years or so. So with Palmer riding off into the sunset clutching his back, it’s time to look at a few others who would be best leaving golf behind. Lamar, S.C., Police Chief Mike McDonald They say absolute power corrupts absolutely. Therefore, it goes to figure that a miniscule amount of power corrupts minisculely. For the ridiculous crime of stealing an $80 windshield from a parked golf ...

Golf played a part in Bob Ney’s re-election efforts, and now is part of the reason his new home will be a cell. The only way the game of golf could do more damage to politicians these days was if it was, in fact, a nubile and alluring 16-year-old boy working in a Capitol back office somewhere. Golf, which rose up and started slaying those that would abuse it with the help of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has been on a particular roll of late, with today being the day it landed it’s biggest fish. Today, Rep. Bob Ney became the first lawmaker ...

If you’re a fan of professional golf, the death of New York Yankees’ pitcher Cory Lidle in an airplane accident immediately sent your thoughts back to 1999, when we lost one of our own - Payne Stewart. With his stylish dress and even more stylish play, Stewart’s too short life ended at age 42, in a tragic and infamous Lear Jet accident, which saw all on board die of lack of oxygen due to a loss of cabin pressure, before the plane crashed in South Dakota. Especially with the U.S. team’s dismal failure in the last three Ryder Cups, one can’t ...

For as long as we can remember, the Golfer Supremacy Rankings were created via a complicated series of pulleys and levers. Then we all voted, and counted the votes by hand. And while counting one vote by hand can be arduous, we did it that way because it seemed right. But no more. Yes, we here at the Golfer Supremacy Rankings are thrilled to announce our new agreement with Diebold Election Systems. Yes, with Diebold now tabulating the ballots, we have a strong sense of security that things will be done the right way. After all, this is the company who’s CEO ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The continued scourge that is breast cancer again made headlines in the golf world in 2006, as Heather Clarke, the wife of popular Irish golfer Darren Clarke, lost her long battle to the disease on Aug. 13. Heather Clarke was just 39, leaving her husband and two young sons behind. This year, more than 200,000 new cases of female breast cancer will be diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society, and 41,000 women will die from the disease. And while the loss of golfer Heather Farr, and now Heather Clarke helps bring the disease to the ...

So often the general public looks at this blog as just a showcase for the inane ramblings of a maniacal narcissist. But nothing could be further from the truth, for two main reasons: 1) As I completely shun the general public, how the hell would I know, or even care, what they think, and; 2) This blog is endlessly filled with helpful ideas. In keeping with that helpful thing, here is the first of what most likely will be dozens (or one) blogs on Halloween costume ideas for golfers. So, with that in mind, it’s my pleasure to present today’s costume ...

Reigning National Hockey League rookie of the year Alexander Ovechkin drilled a hole in one on the 160-yard par-three fourth hole at Springfield Golf and Country Club in suburban Virginia. It was an exceptional feat by the 21-year-old, who was playing his first-ever round of golf. “If he dies, he dies. I cannot be defeated!” Ovechkin said to puzzled onlookers after the achievement. While Ovechkin later admitted that the shot was lucky – he needed several mulligans before landing the ball short of the green and having it roll in the hole – he also taunted millions of American golfers desperately ...

While golf is commonly called the “Gentleman’s Game,” it’s also a game that will often leave it’s players ready to commit vile and heinous acts of violence against mankind. So, to avoid doing a little head stomping like Tennessee’s Albert Haynesworth, we’d like to introduce a new device that will help you avoid situations that would likely result in much worse than a five-game suspension. Ladies and gentleman, we introduce the “Cuss-O-Matic.” Yes, finally, you can flip out on a golf course with the type of flair normally reserved for lunatic leaders of small, oil-bearing nations. Miss a two-foot putt for birdie? Try these ...

When word came out about Florida Rep. Mark Foley resigning in disgrace for being creepy with young male congressional pages, we here at the Golfer Supremacy Rankings felt a bit of déjà vu. You see, it wasn’t that long ago that we had our own problems regarding a lurid e-mail and IM exchange with a co-worker. Below is a snippet of the never-before-seen instant messaging that almost brought down the greatest rankings system known to golf. Cheap Bastard: So, like, what are you guys wearing? HotGolfRankings69: This seems really wrong. But jeans and a t-shirt. Cheap Bastard: Do I make you horny? HotGolfRankings69: Um, ...