We've got more for you on Bishopsgate, but lets first dispense with the accumulated backlog of stories on other issues.
Task Force Momentum - Looking for feedback on the progress of the Ryder Cup task force? With a hat tip to Woody Allen, it's only a notion right now, but with continued hard work we might turn it into a concept and later turn it into an idea. Rex Hoggard informs us after speaking to Davis Love that this task force, repository of all our hopes and dreams, has made such good progress that they might actually consider, you know, meeting:
While plans for the first meeting are still being formulated, Love said the task force istrying to meet the first week of December with a second gathering tentatively scheduled for the first week of February during the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego.
OK class, who can tell me the significance of those dates? Anyone? Bueller?
That first week of December would be the date of the Hero World Challenge and of course the latter is the event at which one Eldrick Woods first pegs his ball each year. So the task force that will save us can only meet around one member's schedule, clarifying that nothing will be changed without his sign-off. So instead of wasting everyone's time, why don't we just name him Captain?
Rio Jumps the Shark - The farce that is the construction of the Olympic Golf Course continues to frustrate and amuse, and one can only feel compassion for Gil Hanse and his team. But as with the task force above, Olympic Golf is our last best hope to save our sport because....well, that's the part that eludes your humble correspondent. Those above my pat grade see a huge spike in the growth of the game, whereas I see analogies involving dogs and fleas... I'm just not great at this vision thing...
So the latest is this:
The judge wants to know if they agree to "immediately" move three holes and redesign part of the course to make way for a wildlife corridor that will help preserve a local
nature reserve, a demand made by local prosecutors.
The public prosecutor's office is taking on the city government and the golf course developer in a lawsuit that contends environmental rules were breached in building the course, which had been billed as one of the highlights of the Rio Games.
In the decision announced Monday, judge Eduardo Antonio Klausner denied a request to give more time for the two sides to negotiate and said the city and the developer have five days to confirm whether or not they'll re-design the disputed sections of the course.
You'll note the absence of a decision on the grounds of the lawsuit, as the Judge seems unencumbered by any legal niceties.
A hat-tip to Shackelford for the spot-on Christ The Redeemer photoshop effort, which I'll speculate we'll have further use for in the coming months. I spent a couple of moments trolling his comments to see if there was a source credited, and found this perfect comment:
If only the world's best golfers had other opportunities to compete against each other on a big stage, we wouldn't need the Olympics.
Amen, brother.
This Week in Trick Shots - While it's true that I couldn't name a second Finnish professional golfer other than Mikko Ionen, it appears from this video that there may be more on the way:
There's lots of good stuff in the second minute, and I absolutely LOVE the golfers with trollies in the background utterly oblivious to the juggling performance being filmed.
This Week in John Daly News - Loyal readers know my disdain for John Daly, the circus act that won't end. I really wish people would stop giving him press, because that feeds into this perception that he remains a fan favorite and justifies bestowing extremely scarce and valuable sponsors' exemptions up his unworthy carcass.
So naturally I'm going to, you know, give him press... First, he apparently played golf with someone named Jessica Alba:
Frankly it's sufficiently disturbing that I know who he is...am I supposed to know her?
Next, Alex Myers finds it necessary to post this video of Daly and Kenny G. covering Bob Dylan's Knockin' on Heaven's Door, and he characterizes the former as sounding "Pretty good:"
Who is this Kenny G. he speaks of, and is he so obscure that he can't afford a complete surname? Lastly, Daly posts this photo with Yao Ming:
That's Yao with an actual former NBA player, specifically Mugsy Bogues.
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