WAY TO GO LEFTY! (there's hope for us righty/lefties....a TRUE minority)

Actually Steve, I went out with my dad about three times when I was about 13. (remember the big first nations protest about Oka properties a few years ago...THAT was the course!!!)

I could hit the ball a mile (just like in baseball) but that "mile" was into "deep right field" (just like in baseball) so my career only kasted as long as my 'balls did'.

Weir looks very disciplined (pretty colourless as well) and I suspect he's well-liked on the tour. An interesting side-bar to me is that when Weir really screws up a shot, his reaction is pretty mild, he is SO focused. Tiger ALWAYS yells "Fuck!" and throws his club to the ground or AT his caddy. I was a bit disappointed to hear Tiger blaming his Caddy for the "dumb driver" shot yesterday. He's the finest golfer in history...AND he's working with equipment that Nicklaus never even dreamed about.

Did you see that "short to medium hitter" Weir was constantly driving OVER THREE HUNDRED YARDS!!! Those "Taylor-Made Big Bertha's" that most Pros are using must be like buggy-whips. No wonder they're lengthening the courses. Reminds me a bit of what happened to Pole-vaulting, with the advent of fibre-glass.

The kind of clubs that Snead, Hogan, Sarrazin, Zaharias, and perhaps even Bobby Jones used would have been fairly similar to my parents' sets. Gaddd, they looked primitive. I had to rent Left handed clubs each time I went out, and they were the same vintage as those of my parents.......Yup, apparently Jones said (40 years ago) "Mr Nicklaus plays a game that I'm not familiar with!" Bet Nicklaus thinks the same about Tiger, ha ha.

Many years ago My Dad took me to a Canadian Open, where we followed a foursome of: AL Balding, Jackie Burke Jr., Doug Ford, and (I think) Dow Finsterwald.

Don't worry if you don't know ANY of those names!

Rick