Thursday, November 10, 2011

Bits and Pieces

-Woods in the clubhouse after a bogey free opening round of four under at the Australian Open.  Okay - good start for the once-upon-a-time world's #1 golfer (now #58 if you're counting).  He's three back of the leader, Jarrod Lyle, and tied for 8th.

-Bad stuff coming out of Penn State.  College football's top winner out.  Joe Paterno fired in the wake of another child sex abuse scandal.  Protecting the institution rather than the child?  Sounds like he should have immediately contacted the police - a crime was committed.  Haven't heard his side of the story yet.  Again, bad stuff, and I'm talking about the kids, not major college football.  (I'm half reminded of another Big Ten coach who left in unfavorable circumstances: Woody Hayes.  He was fired after slugging a Clemson player in the 1978 Gator Bowl.  Oh, and then there's that guy from IU who left several years back...)

-Then there's John Daly...

-Big Girls tee it up down in Mexico today at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.  The Wie Lass is playing.  You remember she won the tournament back in 2009.  She's going out with the world's most dominant professional golfer, Yani Tseng, and Christie Kerr shortly after noon.  Golf Channel coverage at 4pm.

-Little cool for golf in Loogootee today, maybe tomorrow as well.  Better on the weekend.