Tony Romo likes to pick up his golf clubs during the offseason and play on any golf course he can find. He’s played with Michael Jordan and Justin Timberlake, and he’s been ripped by golf legend Lee Trevino.
While Romo is a decent golfer his game isn’t quite ready for the big stage. Yesterday it wasn’t good enough for a pitch and putt. Read the full story
Cheyenne Woods, the niece of Tiger Woods, will be hitting the links for Wake Forest, but in the meantime she’s showing that her uncle’s game has rubbed off on her. At the :42 second mark of this video Cheyenne does her version of golf ball juggling.
• Golf legend Lee Trevino gives his opinion on Tony Romo
The Dallas Cowboys were a popular preseason pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Sixteen games later the ‘Boys missed the playoffs, Pacman Jones got in more trouble, and the team might dump Terrell Owens.
Many observers blame the Cowboys’ problems on a dysfunctional locker room, but hall of fame golfer Lee Trevino says the trouble begins under center. Trevino joined Craig Shemon and James Washington on Fox Sports Radio’s Out of Bounds and said somebody needs to coach Tony Romo up. Read the full story
When you think of trash talking you most likely think of a big-mouth wide receiver arguing with a tight end, a World Series champion calling his division rivals “Choke artist”, a hockey player talking about sloppy seconds, and thousands of other sports related beef scenarios before you get to a caddy v. golfer war of words.
The caddy is Tiger Woods’ bag handler, Steve Williams, and he started things off by calling Phil Mickelson a prick. To prove that he’s not a prick, Mickelson had his people put together a statement in response to Williams. Read the full story
• Former NBA player Charles Barkley takes a shot at Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley is good for getting people to talk about him because of something he’s said. Right now there are people pissed off at Barkley for saying John McCain has to play the race card in order to win the election. I’m sure the Round Mound doesn’t care.
Charles Barkley was in North Carolina this past weekend and stopped by the East Carolina Pirates basketball practice where he spoke to and worked with the team. Charles also took questions from the crowd and answered honestly about Michael Jordan and gambling. Read the full story
• Golfer John Daly was detained by Winston-Salem police after passing out drunk at a local Hooters
Golfer John Daly passed out drunk at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina Hooters early Sunday morning forcing local police to detain him until he sobered up. Anybody that’s familiar with Daly knows that John enjoys a drink or 30 when he’s not on the golf course and that he loves the ladies, so this story isn’t as shocking as it is expected.
Police officers were called to the Hooters at 120 Hanes Square Circle in Winston-Salem at 2:17 a.m. Sunday. When police arrived, Daly, who had passed out at the restaurant, was already being treated by emergency medical workers, according to police reports. Emergency workers said Daly refused to go to a hospital. Read the full story
The PGA created the FedEx Cup to give golf their own version of a playoff. The Cup has been a failure in its first two years due to players (Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh) having the championship locked up when the “playoffs” begin, rendering the remaining tournaments useless.
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the FedEx Cup and you can put him with the group of people that believe the idea sucks.
From the L.A. Times:
“Did they play that this year?” Nicklaus told The Times. Read the full story
