Archive for July, 2009

The Old Man and The Tee

July 22, 2009

The Dude spent a good part of last week watching Tom Watson nearly win the British Open in Scotland. Ever since Watson stumbled on the 72nd hole, The Dude has spent his days and nights at the Doggone Saloon in Fort Worth trying to drown his sorrows in Shiner Bock. Hasn’t worked. Talk about a gutwrenching defeat, [...]

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The Lads From London

July 22, 2009

Two of the best long drivers in Europe, or for that matter anywhere on the planet, are a couple of lads from London — Adam Stacey and Joe Miller. Both burst on the  international long drive scene in 2005. In the process of winning the Long Drivers of Europe championship, Miller set a European record [...]

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Really Ticked

July 7, 2009

The Dude teed off? You better believe it. The Dude hasn’t been this angry since Art Sellinger yanked me off the tee during a RE/MAX WLDC local qualifier in Dallas – must have been around 2001, 2002, somewhere in there — and disqualified me for using an illegal driver. Hey, it was an honest mistake. Could have happened [...]

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