On Valentine's Day and in the aftermath of the inevitable breakup of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, I got to thinking - Who are the Brad and Jen of golf? After several seconds, I concluded that there were none. In fact I couldn't come up with a single couple from pro golf, period. Not now, not ever. Tennis has their Agassi/Graf, but what about golf?Well, I think that there are several reasons why golf would never have a high-profile couple. First, the pro golf tours are virtually year-round with the men's and women's tour events at different sites. Therefore, it's almost impossible for the men and women pros to socialize in a consistent manner.
Second, just take a look at the players on the pro golf tours. Put it this way, if ABC wanted to do a special golf version of their hit show Extreme Makeover, they'd have enough candidates to last several seasons. I envision the first season of Extreme Makeover: Golf Edition, from Bogeys to Birdies to feature Laura Davies, Pat Hurst, Meg Mallon, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler, and Tim "Lumpy" Herron. In the sports world's natural selection process, golf occupies the same place as bowling.
Yeah, there are some attractive pro golfers. But they are very far and few in-between. Natalie Gulbis is the only chick that comes to my mind. Maybe J-Ro, but she looks too much like an ex-girlfriend, triggering panic attacks whenever I see her.
I guess if Gulbis were to somehow hook up with Adam Scott, golf would have a couple to be proud. But as we all know, those chicks always go for NFL guys. I guess the PGA guys will just have to stick with each other's nannies and the occasional groupie. As for the LPGA, do men actually attend their events? I don't know where the LPGA players find their dates, do you?
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Very few PGA players are single, and of those that are married, well, they typically have hotter-than-average wives.
Yeah, I hear that David Toms falls into this category with his model-worthy wife. How did she escape Hal Sutton's sophisticated Louisiana "babe"ar? It must be that new stealth technology.
Toms also is one of the few who's wife is a brunette...or at least stays brunette. I am one of those guys dating the "brunette turned blond"...she's beautiful as a blond...absolutely...side note...I have never seen her as a brunette.
I think you probably have to have different criteria for calculating longevity and frequency of pro golf marriages (how many times has Hal Sutton been married? four?) because, unlike acting, pro sports, and other high profile endeavors, you have to pay to get in, and you don't get money back unless you do well.
I am not a golf fan, but even I recognize that a professional who is not guaranteed a return on his investment can't afford to be preoccupied by a lot of glitz, publicity, and conflict.
Is anyone else tired of the announcers kissing Tiger's A$$$$$$ over how good they think he is or was. Of course the income of every one in golf goes up with his record but it took a long time before they thought anyone else was playing golf again. At Riviera "He has hit a lot of great puts today that didn't go in." Give me a break, great puts go in! Let's have some realistic commentation. You could almost see Faldo rolling his eyes.
Is anyone else tired of the announcers kissing Tiger's A$$$$$$ over how good they think he is or was. Of course the income of every one in golf goes up with his record but it took a long time before they thought anyone else was playing golf again. At Riviera "He has hit a lot of great puts today that didn't go in." Give me a break, great puts go in! Let's have some realistic commentation. You could almost see Faldo rolling his eyes.
i'm sorry but that was a funny post...thanks for the laugh ;-)
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