I played 18 today. For December 28th that is darn near a miracle in these parts. I even birdied the hardest hole on the front 9. But by the back 9 I was in extreme pain in my right pectoral region.
The pain is from my recent snowboarding trip. I’m a golfer. I’m a skier. I’m not a snowboarder. Though I snowboarded OK, I did manage some pretty hard wipe outs. One wipe out in particular left me in pain in the upper right chest. This wipe out involved me doing some kind of combination cart wheel front flips.
I now fear that I’ve cracked or broken a rib. The pain is certainly located in my ribs and not in the tissue outside. I guess I’m going to have to see the doc. Hopefully it’s only bruised ribs. I’ve read that cracked ribs can take 4 weeks or more to heal, and cracked ribs roughly 12 weeks.
Here’s a shot of Tiger practicing on his own private driving range in Dubai.
More pictures in the HOG Photo Gallery.
Negatives, downers, disappointments, meltdowns…
Michelle Wie DQ
The Michelle Wie DQ is probably the biggest downer story of the year. In part because of her DQ, and partly because of the way her rules infraction was made public by a member of the media whose name rhymes with hamburger.
David Duval
After once holding the world’s #1 ranking and winning the British Open, Duval’s tailspin is one of the biggest in recent history.
Duval earned $7,630 in 20 events. That’s 260th place, and $381 per event ($38.10 for the caddy per event).
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Not much in the golf world this week to discuss, so it’s a good time to review some of the happenings of 2005.
The feel good stories of 2005
Tiger Woods
Tiger’s year is #1 in my book (though these are not in any particular order). Here’s a list of some Tiger nuggets of interest:
Two majors (Masters, British).
6 wins.
Player of the year.
Money title for PGA and world.
1st in scoring.
1st in all-around ranking.
1st in birdie average.
2nd in driving distance (316.1).
5th in putting (1.731).
Longest drive: 408 yards (2nd).
1st in back 9 scoring.
2nd in top 10 finishes.
1st in final round scoring.
1st in par 4 and par 5 birdies.
188th in driving accuracy*.
83rd in total driving*.
Missed 2 cuts.
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I played golf today. It was 18 great holes of hackin’ the ball around. Didn’t play well but I’M very happy to play one day after Christmas. That just doesn’t happen around here. Last year I was shoveling three feet of snow off my driveway on December 26th.
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