BRITISH OPEN OPENS UP WIDER
As of 2006, women will now be eligible to play in the British Open.
Jeff Sez: Awesome. In some ways their game may be better suited to those psycho-roly-poly-beaver burial grounds-unmowed sheepfield-former WWII practice bomb site golf courses they use for the Open. At least the women aren't inimidated by Tiger. Way better coordinated sweater vests too.
MN WRITER WINS SOUR GRAPES AWARD
Tom Powers of the St. Paul Pioneer Press has already accused the Wisconsin Badgers coaching staff of using Saturday's improbable last-second upset of the Minnesota Gophers in a negative fashion to sway recruits in the months to come. UW was outgained by over 200 yards but blocked a punt to win.Jeff Sez: Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Badger staff will brag to the ends of the earth that they gave BOTH Gopher backs career days totalling 400 yards on the ground. That'll reel in the recruits.
WIE DISQUALIFIED BY CREW THAT WORKED WHITE SOX GAMES
In her very first pro tournament, Michelle Wie, who had finished her Sunday round in fourth place, was disqualified for a possible erroneous ball drop she made... during SATURDAY'S round.Jeff Sez: You know, I'm all for golfing tradition blah blah blah, but what anal-retentive snitch in a windbreaker goes back 30 HOURS - after the tournament was officially DONE for Wie - to find some two-bit unintentional error? Is their any time limit on this ridiculousness? Are these golf gestapo gonna haul out the tapes of the '86 Masters and see if they can't screw Larry Mize out of the title? Dudes, go to a brothel, then fire up a cigar and have yourself a snifter of Hennessy and CALM DOWN.
ANAHEIM TO PURSUE LAWSUIT AGAINST ANGELS, BUT NOT FOR CHOKING
Now that the Angels are out of the postseason, the City of Anaheim will pursue a suit against the team for moving the city's name from the front end to the back end of the team's official name, "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."Jeff Sez: Hey, if you got dumped to the ass end of a paragraph-long name, you'd be pissed too. The ballpark's in your city, the hot dogs are in your city, the ticket scalpers are in your city, and now, the pain of ignominious defeat is in your city - for that alone, you deserve your name in front of the team.
