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If Michelle Wie Makes the Cut, I’ll Do a Jean Van de Velte and Wear a Skirt

Okay, I’m taking bets. My bet is that Michelle Wie, probably the most poorly managed professional female golfer in recent memory, will miss the cut in next week’s men’s PGA Tour event.

I don’t know who makes decisions for her, but in addition to being disqualified for a second time in a professional event (hasn’t she played this game on a national stage since aged 14), she decides to add insult to injury and accept a sponsor’s exemption to play in an eighth PGA Tour men’s event. I think at this week’s Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, she’ll fail like she’s failed many times before even though this will be one of the weakest fields on this year’s PGA Tour.

Why does she do this? Well, it appears since she has no official status on any professional tour, she needs to get sponsor exemptions on the LPGA Tour just to be able to play. She has one more opportunity to use an exemption to finish in the Top 80 on the money list. If she doesn’t she’ll have to go to qualifying school. Right now she ranks, I think, 244^th on the LPGA Tour.

I’m so confident of my prediction that I’m willing to embarrass myself in front of the golfing world. If you think that I’m crazy, put your money where your mouth is and tell me I’m wrong. I’d be happy to see this play out. If I bet wrong, I will play my next round of golf wearing a skirt (a nice blue and green one). I will also make sure that my attire is photographed and publicized on this website.

All you Wie Warriors out there, are you ready to defend you idol’s honor? As G.W. Bush said ingloriously in 2003 “bring it on”.

Bag Boy Company Interview

Craig Ramsbottom, President
www.bagboycompany.com
Founded in 1946, The Bag Boy Company has become one of the most respected brands in golf by building a reputation for unmatched quality, unbelievable durability and unsurpassed innovation and design. The Bag Boy Company designs, manufactures and distributes a full line of innovative golf bags, push carts, travel covers and accessories designed for a golfers’ on-course convenience and comfort. The Bag Boy Company is owned by Dynamic Brands, parent company for golf brands such as Bag Boy®, AMF Golf and Slotline Golf.

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Golf Gear News Ranked #11 on Podcast Alley in Sports Category

Wow, Golf Gear News on July 16, 2008 was ranked as the eleventh most popular sports show (out of #1309) and the #426 ranked (out of #43,323) podcast on Podcast Alley. Yikes, even I am surprised we are ranked so high. Amazingly, we rank ahead of some pretty impressive podcasts like ESPN Radio Podcast (#1280), Golf Tips Video (#1282), Golf for Beginners (#1721) and Travelgolf This Week (#4866). Your can check us out here: Podcast Alley Ranking.

Hard Work Will Kill You So Play More Golf

Remember when you were younger one of your parents said “Get up off your butt and do something. Hard work never killed anyone.” Well, according to the Japanese, it has.

According to the Aichi Labor Bureau in Japan, the man who died was aged 45 and had been under severe pressure as the lead engineer in developing a hybrid version of Toyota’s Camry. In the two months up to his death, the man averaged more than 80 hours of overtime per month. It appears that this phenomenon in Japan is called “karoshi” and such deaths have steadily increased since the Japanese Health Ministry first recognized the phenomenon in 1987.

Now as a follower of golf, I think that to keep the American workforce healthy, we need to play more golf and spend less time in the office. Based on these findings from the Japanese Labor Bureau, there is quantifiable justification for playing more golf. A dead employee is not a productive employee.

The next time that your boss asks you to work overtime, just point out that poor Toyota engineer and he may even set up your tee time.

July 4th Fireworks Led to Golf Cart Tragedy

Perhaps you may remember that I mentioned a story I found about how a fellow Minnesotan managed to impale himself while driving his golf cart? I thought you did. Unfortunately it wasn’t someone from Wisconsin and idiots on golf carts are staring to look like a trend.

Well here we go again. Now another Minnesotan, this time from Faribault, has been killed after falling out a golf cart during July 4th activities. He in fact fell backward out of the cart.

Standard golf carts are set so they can’t go faster than 14 ½ MPH and the back of most golf carts have some kind of rack behind them for the rigolf bags so falling out the back is quite an accomplishment. Unfortunately this gentleman wasn’t sitting in the golf cart, he was standing where the bags go.

His “friend” was a 47-year-old man from Richfield who was arrested at the scene. Over the weekend he was held without bail in the Rice County jail on suspicion of fifth-degree driving under the influence and criminal vehicular homicide following a death.

I didn’t realize that there were five degrees of DWI. I thought driving while intoxicated was DWI, unless it’s driving under the influence (DUI). Isn’t being drunk the same as being under the influence? I’m confused as to the difference.

The decedent had recently moved from Hollandale to Faribault to work at the local prison. Makes me feel really good about who is managing our prison system. Probably was interviewed by the same employment agency as folks that screen our bags at the airport.

Seems that all the elements were there for a tragedy; 4th of July fireworks, campground, dnking, country bumpkins, worked for the prison system, golf cart. Can you say redneck?

Wow is all I have to say.

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