Wie DQ

I sent the SI.com Wie articles to my father-in-law for his wife to read, as both are huge golfers. He was glad I sent it because it enabled him to finally find a link to write Bamberger and give him a piece of his mind...sounds like he wasn't the only one.

In baseball and football, calls can't be overturned after the next play begins. In golf the scorecard can be correctly any time before it is signed at the end of a round. Weird that the officials waited until after the Sunday round to take action, though the official was notified Sunday morning. In other sports, officials are right there calling the action. Golf has officials, but they don't follow every group, not even the leaders.

Was there any discussion on the TV broadcast on Saturday or Sunday about the possible rules violation? Interesting that there were photos of the drop, in addition to the TV coverage. Saw a headline about the DQ, and should've realized it was a huge story, but didn't figure it out until I got that SI golf email. When Lang wrote his article about breaking 100, it was linked on the SI golf email.

Sounds like her dad handled it pretty good as well. I haven't been following her progress with a microscope, but he seems to have stepped back from his days as her caddy and dropped into the background.

Hopefully she is taking the entire weekend as needed experience, since there will be plenty of paydays ahead. She was on Letterman a few months ago. Nice to see her acting like a teenager. But distance aside, Michelle doesn't have anything on Creamer or the other youngsters.

Monday, USA Today had a box/chart, showing the five winningest postseason pitchers. They noted that the Astros currently have two of the top five…”Pettitte” (14) and Clemens (12). While they noted all the teams they played for, they didn’t note that almost all of the wins came for other teams.

They didn’t make a big deal that the other three on the chart (Smoltz-15, Glavine-12, and Maddux-11) got all their wins playing for the Braves. They listed the Cubs for Maddux…did he get a postseason win for them in 1989? They did not list the Mets for Glavine. Glavine was listed ahead of Clemens, though they were tied…in reverse alphabetical order. Because Glavine got his wins in fewer years than Clemens?

The proof-reading here could be better, as whenever I go back and look at it, I see phrases that ought to be changed, and I don’t always change them.