--- Joyce Ellis is back in rehab at Grace Living Center in Clinton, OK. Grace had an infection after a recent surgery. Give her a call at (580) 323-1110 or visit her. She is in room 403. When we visited with her, she was giving information to a nurse, and other than the infection, she looked and seemed to feel well otherwise. Nonetheless, she may be up to six weeks there, alone!, so... GIVE HER A CALL!
--- Rory wins.. again. His last win with Titleist clubs and balls. How long do you think it will take him to get adjusted to new clubs and balls. Check the poll on the far right under "Specials".
--- Amateur teenager from Australia, Jake Higginbottom, wins New Zeland Open. If you watch all these tournaments around the world, all but one (the win of Jose Angel Jimenez, 49), the winners are very young (Rory, #1 in the world is only 23), and over 70% in their 20's. It looks like our Ryder Cup captain for 2014 should look into "rookies" with poise instead of "experience" (look at the last Ryder Cup, most of us were wrong, I know I was).
--- Anya Alvarez starts her first round of the LPGA Q'School finals tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 28) in Daytona Beach, FL. She will tee off at 8:00 at the Champions Club. 160 players will play 72 holes, 36 at Champions and 36 at Legends. The top 40 will play an additional 18 at Champions on Saturday to compete for 20 LPGA Tour cards. If interested in her progress, live, click here (then hit the appropriate link for pairings or results). Regardless of the results, Anya will be fully exempt in the Symetra Tour, however, I believe she has what it takes to compete in the biggest stage of women's golf. Go Anya!
--- Two players in Australia, make consecutive Holes in One in front of many local members (Hole #9). ready story here.
--- Thumbs Down... I truly do not understand the decision of the PGA Tour to not count Q-School for the PGA Tour anymore (as of 2103 Q-School), and instead, winners will be sent to the buy.com tour. Here is the thing, you have many players in the Board -including Davis Love III and latest Ryder Cup captain-, who are not competitive anymore, and want to use this move to stay there and not give a chance, or make it more difficult for new players, to reach the Tour. My question to them: If you were an upcoming player, and jack Nicklaus made it difficult for you to come up, would you approve of him? Bad, very bad move for golf!! No wonder we lost the Ryder Cup!
--- Thumbs Up: Martin Kymer, the 2009 PGA Champion, will join the PGA Tour for 2013. Good!
--- This is funny (if you have the money to replace an expensive golf simulator): Jamie Sadlowski, 2009 Long Drive Champion, breaks simulator during indoor long driving contest... click here.
--- 2013 Tournament Calendar is just about finished. Click the link in our "Favorites" on the right of the page.