-Woe, woe, and more woe. Tiger gone at the match play tournament at Dove Mountain and the Wie Lass all but dead in the water over in Singapore. TW missed three short putts yesterday, the last one, a five footer on the 18th hole, that would have extended his match with Nick Watney. Not to be. Jeesh, Tiger - get a grip on your putting! On the other side of the world, Michelle was leaving no stone unturned in a round that saw six bogeys and a triple bogey (on her 17th hole - #8) on the way to an 81; that, along with her round of 79 on Thursday, gave her sole possession of 60th place in a 62 golfer tournament, a whopping 24 strokes behind the leaders. Not a very good day for those two. Btw, the Dove Mountain thingee is still up for grabs - like all match play events. If I had my druthers, I would just as soon see Steve Stricker or Dustin Johnson going up against Rory McIlroy on Sunday. Chances of that happening? It's not impossible. At the HSBC Women's Championship, Katie Futcher, Jenny Shin and Angela Stanford are tied for the lead at eight under par (Yani Tseng is tied for 20th at -1).
-Boys sectional at the North Daviess arena coming up next week (bracket for 1A). Loogootee and Shoals get the byes. Looks like the decisive game is going to be on Friday when the Vikings (18-2 and expected to beat the WC Cardinals (3-19) on Tuesday) will go up against the Lions (16-4). The Tuesday night game between North Daviess (15-5) and Vincennes Rivet (4-16) might be interesting with Cougars not having Nick Crays playing. The winner (I'll go with the Dalrymple Bunch - ND) takes on Shoals (6-13) on Friday.
-Tough golfing here in our area today and tomorrow. But Sunday and Monday look great! Heading over to Bedford in a little bit (for a tooth extraction - always fun, right?) and then up to B-town. Best go get a bite to eat with Diane - she just popped in and asked if pancakes and eggs sounded good. Yum.
-One other thing: Good Neighbor Jack kept me up to date on the Tiger story yesterday - I was at the golf course when he called me around five to let me know that Tiger missed that five footer. He said it didn't break his heart one bit. Guess he fits into that 'doesn't-love-Woods' category. Keep reminding people that golf, and golfers, owe a lot to that man for the boom years - 1995 to 2006, 2007, 2008 (?). Would love to see some more of that excitement.
-Boys sectional at the North Daviess arena coming up next week (bracket for 1A). Loogootee and Shoals get the byes. Looks like the decisive game is going to be on Friday when the Vikings (18-2 and expected to beat the WC Cardinals (3-19) on Tuesday) will go up against the Lions (16-4). The Tuesday night game between North Daviess (15-5) and Vincennes Rivet (4-16) might be interesting with Cougars not having Nick Crays playing. The winner (I'll go with the Dalrymple Bunch - ND) takes on Shoals (6-13) on Friday.
-Tough golfing here in our area today and tomorrow. But Sunday and Monday look great! Heading over to Bedford in a little bit (for a tooth extraction - always fun, right?) and then up to B-town. Best go get a bite to eat with Diane - she just popped in and asked if pancakes and eggs sounded good. Yum.
-One other thing: Good Neighbor Jack kept me up to date on the Tiger story yesterday - I was at the golf course when he called me around five to let me know that Tiger missed that five footer. He said it didn't break his heart one bit. Guess he fits into that 'doesn't-love-Woods' category. Keep reminding people that golf, and golfers, owe a lot to that man for the boom years - 1995 to 2006, 2007, 2008 (?). Would love to see some more of that excitement.
