Practice Shots

This week is the Sony Open

• No 5 ft 1in teenage boy or 6ft 1in teenage girl in the field for the first time in many years...no more freak shows. It's just about the golf. It's about time.
• Australians have won quite a bit in Hawaii...if it gets breezy, look for Ogilvy to win this week too.
  
• While you're at it, check out the web site for my radio show at www.radiogolfshow.com My co host Garry Smits has a great notes section on this (This Week tab) and every week's event. Also, he and I give our picks for this week. We're on a pretty good roll...if one week of good picks is considered a 'roll'.
  
• Did you catch any of Rich Lerner interviewing Boo Weekley at the Mercedes? Rich asked Boo what he had for dinner the previous night, and Boo said "pork chops". That response was met with quite the pompous chuckle and a 'gotta love it' kinda attitude. As if pork chops is the choice of dinner for the great unwashed.
  
• Speaking of Boo, in discussing his book with Lerner, Rich asked if he's gonna be the next Hemmingway. Boo responded "who's that?"...only to VERY quickly say "I'm just kiddin". Me is starting to think the Boo Show is just that...a show. Keep an eye on it.

Getting Ready For 2009

Tiger Woods was spotted hitting balls with FULL SWINGS on the Isleworth range with another Nike Golf TOUR player...

Vijay Singh has left Titleist and will play the Srixon golf ball. A long time Cleveland staff player of clubs, Vijay is now all Cleveland/Srixon (one company now). Buyout rumored to be $400,000.00

Fred Funk is paying the price for coming back a bit early from surgery last year. His knee that was operated on last year has reportedly developed an infection. The procedure he had Monday to help the infection may keep him out of action until April.

Mark is writing this and wondering when the last time he heard an athlete say, "You know, I took too long to come back from surgery..."