Golf Stuff

Y.E. Yang, a Korean, defeated, no soundly beat Tiger yesterday in the PGA Championship, the last of the four majors played this year. Everyone was shocked and had assumed that Woods would thrash a virtual nobody from Korea of all places. Didn't happen. Yang had it going--striping the ball, getting great bounces and kicks at every turn, hitting career shots, and ramming home putts. I wouldn't be surprised if it was indeed his career round ala Rich Beem and other guys who have had their day in the sun and sort of meandered away afterwards. But, Yang like a lot of Koreans, has resolve which has been proven time and time again on the LPGA where Korean players are always at or near the top. So, we may be seeing more of Mister Yang. You can bet that this morning, pretty much every parent of every Korean kid is in the process of enrolling them in golf school. They're already nuts about the sport and now that Yang silenced the American Tiger, they'll go ballistic and Titleist will need to start cranking out balls 24/7.

I see lots of Koreans playing golf in my town and there are several at my club. Not to generalize, but they never pick up no matter how crappy they're playing. Instead of heading back to the cart upon going three over on a hole, they'll dutifully run it out to it's full 13 strokes or whatever it takes. Naturally, getting behind a group of Koreans is sometimes not the best afternoon you'll have on the course unless you enjoy whittling or groping with your cart partner while waiting for them to clear ahead of you. Sadly, I've never had a cart partner worthy of groping. Mine usually have a day or two of stubble and appear to be a little scratchy.