Thursday Threads

Just a couple of items today, as I've a game in a little while...

Tiger Droppings - For those of you with no life, here's the Tiger dashcam video in all it's glory:

Not pretty, and far too long for my attention span, but I'm sure that Brandel Chamblee will be going frame-by-frame later today on Golf Channel.

Also, we now have pictures of the car:

Remember the good old days of '09 when the guy at least bought American?  If you're gonna pick one car in which to take out a fire hydrant, go with the Escalade....

But this header is perhaps the best proxy for how low he's fallen:

In wake of Tiger's DUI, John Daly offers Woods some advice

Sooner Nation - Beth Ann Nichols with the Oklahoma win game story:

From tragedy to triumph, Oklahoma coach Ryan Hybl's gritty team wins NCAA title

Hybl took over an Oklahoma program in 2009 that finished 10th in the Big 12

Championship. The Sooners won their first tournament with Hybl at the helm, and in eight short years led OU to the school’s second NCAA Championship title. 

“He was a gritty kid who would just fight you tooth and nail,” said Georgia coach Chris Haack, who recruited the top-ranked Hybl to Athens, Ga., and then hired him on as an assistant after an elbow injury ended Hybl’s playing career. 

Both Brad Dalke and Max McGreevy used the word “gritty” in their post-round interviews. It’s one trait Hybl demands of his players, and the emphasis was on full display at Rich Harvest Farms, where the close-knit Sooner squad defeated Oregon in the championship match.

 Shack had this short take:

While the greens appeared to confound even the last two teams standing, the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I final and its match play format proved compelling again. Oklahoma edged Oregon in a final that, not surprisingly, came down to the final match between last year's U.S. Amateur runner-up and the same player who carried Oregon to the 2016 title.

The format overcame the dreadful venue, and it's quickly become one of my favorite golf events of the year.  I love the refreshing innocence of it all, with the kid slugging their bags and tending the flag for each other.... 

Anchors Not Away -  Hank Haney has verged deep into the annoying, always with the free videos to help me add distance....  But, he asks a very pertinent question regarding Mr. Langer:

Watch the video and draw your own conclusion....

Shack adds this legalese:

Hank Haney thinks so and based on the definition of Rule 14-1b (PDF link) that says an “anchor point” "exists when the player intentionally holds a forearm in contact with any part of his body to establish a gripping hand as a stable point around which the other hand may swing the club."

 Because, you know, our game hasn't had any recent rules fiascoes....

I have more of everything except time.  We'll catch up on it all, including beginning our Erin Hills previews, tomorrow.