“Golf's Funny Stories” plus 1 more

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 09:48 AM PST

I do a lot of surfing on the web and also a lot of shopping as well. Most of the time my shopping is through Amazon.com as I can get free and two day shipping on things they have available. When I want to find different and unusual items I surf for the novelty items where I found this book "Golf's Funniest Anecdotes" by Dick Crouser. This is a small paperback book but anything about golf will catch my eye and this item was for sale for $3.00 on www.starcrest.com. I have ordered from this site before and many of their items are reasonable and a good buy. I never pass up a good bargain.

This golf book had little stories about many golfers like Arnie, Jack Ben, Lee, Tiger, Sam, and all the rest as stated on the cover so I knew I had to order this little book. Any time you can get some funny stories about golf it is worth the price. It was published by Meadowbrook Press in 2001 and had a price listed on the cover at $8.00. Starcrest.com must have got a great deal to sell it for $3.00. Any way I will share a few that gave me a few chuckles.

Los Angeles Times Sportswriter Jim Murray was a slightly better writer than golfer. Okay a lot better. He was once paired with Pro Donna Caponi in an alternate-shot match, and he sorely tester her patience. She hit a booming tee shot; he scuffed one into the woods. She hit out of the woods onto the green; he putted off the green into the water. After several holes like this, she hit a big drive that stopped just in front of a water hazard. "What should I do here? He asked. "Whiff it," she said.

That struck my funny bone for a pro woman golfer like Donna Caponi making a great cone back for certain disaster. I am sure these Pro's sometimes enjoy these little golfing events but it can get pretty testy watching some very bad shots. It is all in good fun and usually raises a lot of money for a good charity. Here is one I really liked as I love baseball plus golf so this one fits.

Two masters of their respective sports, Ted Williams and Sam Snead, were discussing the relative difficulties of their games. Williams maintained that nothing could be harder than hitting a baseball coming at you at a hundred miles an hour. "Maybe so," said Snead, "but you don't have to go into the stands and play your foul balls like we do."

I loved that one since I have played softball in my younger years and a fan of baseball but Sam's come back said it all. In golf you never get a mulligan for every bad shot. This book is only 85 pages but there are from two to three of these little gems on every page plus a few pencil drawings that add to the book too. I will close with this little one towards the end of the book.

Variations on the word Golf go back to the beginning of the game itself, but no one can pin down its exact origin or what the word meant. Writer George Peper has a theory: "According to locker-room lore, the name Golf arose by default," he said, "All the other four-letter words had already been taken."

I checked with Amazon.com and this book is listed for sale by independent sellers. I also noted some other golf joke books I may have to look into. They were listed a bit higher but I do get free shipping so may have to order those. Nothing like getting some funny golf stories in the winter when golf is slow or not at all.

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Golf-Clark has good cause to celebrate runner-up spot at Waialae

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PST

HONOLULU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - South African Tim Clark was delighted to finish joint second at the Sony Open on Sunday despite not playing his best golf during the week.

The straight-hitting Clark was six strokes off the pace going into a marathon final day of 36 holes at Waialae Country Club but he clawed his way up the leaderboard with closing rounds of 66 and 64.

His six-under-par 64 in the final round was the lowest score of the day and left him at 14-under 266, two strokes behind triumphant American Mark Wilson.

"I'm happy about the week," Clark told reporters after signing off with three birdies in his last four holes.

"I didn't feel I played my best golf and I've come second, so I'm really excited about what I can do in the next few weeks, if I can improve on the little things that I need to."

Clark, who won his maiden PGA Tour title last year at the elite Players Championship, knew he faced an uphill task going into the final day of the Tour's first full-field event of the season.

"I was playing nicely but I certainly wasn't in the mix and didn't feel like I had my best (game)," the 35-year-old said. "Today was always going to be a tough day with 36 holes.

"If you could get out and play somewhat consistent, you could move up the leaderboard.

"I guess this afternoon turned out to be a pretty good round looking back at the other scores. But it was all just sort of steady golf and in the end I had a chance."

SIZZLING NINE

Clark, who teed off at the par-four 10th to start the final round, surged into contention with a sizzling back nine of four-under 31 to trim Wilson's lead to just one shot.

However, Wilson played bogey-free golf on the final day at Waialae and ultimately sealed a two-stroke victory by sinking a five-foot birdie putt at the last.

"I was coming from behind, and always had a lot of work to do today to win the tournament," said Clark, who is renowned for his driving accuracy and pinpoint short game.

"Mark always had it in his control and he was able to finish it off."

Perhaps the biggest bonus for Clark over the last two weeks in Hawaii has been his smooth adjustment after switching his golf club manufacturer from Srixon to Titleist.

"I feel like I have worked right into it very quickly," he said. "I feel very comfortable with the product and the control of the golf ball has been great these last two weeks with the wind."

(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by John O'Brien; To comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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