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Junebug, NC - PGA
journeyman Joey Sindelar won The
Wachovia Championship in a sudden death playoff
Sunday and walked away with over a million dollars,
but that was chump change compared to finally being
rid of the promise he made after his last tour victory
at the Hardee's Classic 14 years ago
-- that he would not have sex until he won again on
the PGA tour! Though Sindelar made the comment in jest,
as most of you know, golf is governed by strict rules
that date back centuries, and a nearby official who
overheard the remark that fateful day had to inform
Sindelar of rule number 128.6 paragraph V subsection
19, which reads in part, "...Promises made before
leaving the 18th green of a tournament victory must
be honored or the player is penalized two strokes each
of his next ten tournaments and must relinquish title
and prize money for that tournament and wear pink pants
for a year." Like most of us after a big win, "1990"
Sindelar thought he was on a roll. Haha! Ohhhh! That
is funny when it happens to someone else, isn't it?
Anyway, despite close calls at tournaments in '92, '93,
'96, '99 and 2002, Sindelar was unable to shake the
curse. When his parr putt won the Wachovia title in
sudden death Sunday, Sindelar immediately crumpled to
his knees and let out a gutteral yell that lasted over
seven minutes and scared all dogs within a four-mile
radius of the course. His wife, as you may imagine,
was even more excited. Course officials immediately
sealed off the aptly-named "scoring shack"
for the Sindelars. Wachovia, as many of you know, is
either an investment firm or one of Dick Cheney's
shadow companies that somehow shields oil profits from
the IRS.
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