My g/f was bit in shock upon hearing my going to the US Open today. She thought that I’m finally converted or defected to golf.
No no no …
I was being kidnapped.
DQ herd the 5 of us there … her golf coach Jerry, her golfing buddy Michael G …
We had to park at Jones Beach and took the coach to Bethpage State Park. We used to go there with the kids biking, then had brunch at the club over looking the black tee off and the 18th hole.
The PGA plans its future US Open Championships well into 2015 and beyond … seen at the 2009 Open (golf) at Bethpage
Are the golf players nuttier than tennis players? Waiting all night for the chance to play the pristine course that Tiger would trudge the following day?
Tiger Woods freshly off his last win at Memorial yesterday and he’s out there at the Bethpage black today. Talking about work ethic. Billy Schwafel, a Long Island local caddied for him.
Many golfers have commented that the Bethpage black is the most magnificent course out there.
And it’s a public course.
How cool and neat.
Only in New York.
I’ll be dragged out there next Wednesday: DQ invited eight of us to go. Golfer couldn’t. Not sure DQ gets this: What does she think Golfer picks up golf in the first place? … To get away from his wife … ha ha ha ha…
Thank lord Golfer isn’t coming. He just made me watched part of 2002 championship.
and said that
“I’ll make you walk the entire 18 holes.” IF he were to go.
Lord, please don’t go 🙂 I hate walk.
I’m reading on the golf etiquette so I won’t be an embarrassment to my gangs out there.
Lectured The Met Golfer:
… Cheering and clapping: definitely. Heckling (even of Sergio): don’t do it.
ha ha ha ha…
BEIJING (AP) — With the debris of more than 50 years of climbing — oxygen canisters, tents, backpacks and even some bodies — Mount Everest has been called the world’s highest garbage dump.
In the last seven years, climbers from Japan and Nepal have completed five garbage-collecting excursions on Mt. Everest in a mission to clean up the world’s tallest mountain.
Oh well ..
Robin Soderling is play Fernando Gonzalez. Gonzalez is from Santiago, Chile; plays single hand back hand and is the oldest one among the 4 semi men, 29. Guess I’ll root for him for the simple reason one-handed backhand … but he grunts … but his form is prettier than Soderling’s (his forehhand likes a street fighter) although I like Soderling’s relaxed manner. A lot of long rallies already. A fair game.
Oddly engouh, I can’t fine the live feed of the French Open, don’t tell me that NBC bought out all of the operators. That’s sicking.
OK .. it’s 11:10am, Soderling edges out Gonzalez … 6:3, 7:5, 5:7, 4:6 and 6:4. And NBC is still showing the game at 4:3 third set. Sickening. What other important sport that they have to show on a weekday early morning?
Gonzalez was up 4:1 in the 5th and was up 30:15 on Soderling’s serve …
Feliciano Lopez is the best looking man on the tour. He’s from Toledo, a little town not far from Madrid. A very distant memory of one of my Europass summers there :). Lopez plays one-handed backhand. He turned pro in 1997, with only one singles and one doubles titles (both in 2004), his earning over the course of 12 years is $4 mil.
The two ladies semis produced the predictable result: Samantha Stosur lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in 3 sets and Dominika Cibulkova lost to Dinara Safina in 2 sets, yielded a Russian final @ French Open this Saturday.
The Aussie Stosur looks cool and composed. The Slovakia Cibulkova who’s only 5’3” is small, but pretty, especially her eyes. Watching her trading hard fought and often long rallies with Safina was just amazing. The two losers played marvelously.
Dinara reminds me of Lindsay Davenport.
What is this MIB .. Roger Federer doing here? Hmmmmm … …
The match between Jelena Jankovic and Sorana Cirstea was pretty exciting. The 19 years old Romanian won in 3rd set 9:7 – many guesty shots and gut wrenching moment. The stadium was packed. Mary Carillo kept on saying that the crowds were there for Andy Roddick vs Gael Monfils. Brad Gilbert predicted that Andy would win in 3 straight sets. Well, the drama king Gael wiped Andy out in three sets. So gone the last American man.
Go Serena Go …
There was a little tense moment at French Open’s 3rd round match between Serena Williams vs a Spanish player, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez: first set (2:2), Serena was serving at 30:40. Martinez Sanchez charged the net and was hit by Williams’ return. The ball first bounced off Sanchez’s right arm (she’s lefty) .. and the chair umpire awarded the point to Sanchez (she took it!) who ultimately won the first set at 6:4. But lost the match. And her name.
In tennis, when the ball touches the player, the point is over and he/she loses the point.
It’s totally unsportsmanlike.
It’s totally against the spirit of tennis.
Here is what I’m thinking: Martinez Sanchez may have an impressive long name, but she isn’t going to be anything in tennis, other than a 40-something ranked journeyman. She will never win a slam. The only high point of her career – her moment under the sun or 2 seconds of fame, might have been this one, playing against a multiple grand slam winner Serena. IF I were Sanchez, I’d tell chair umpire that the ball hit me and it’s Serena’s point. Play it fair and you’ll be remembered for it, for the rest of your life. Instead, she cheats: took the point without blinking her eyes.
I knew the feeling being hit on the court: for the first second, I feel angry (not at the player, more at myself), after all, you’re hit. But the next second, I congratulate the player: not being a sucker but for a job well done. And telling myself to move, and to be agile – IF I were quick or light on my feet, I wouldn’t have been hit in the first place. The hit sometimes can be painful and often leaves bruises. But rule is rule. Fairness is the name of the game.
She’ll be forever remembered as the cheating girl – and a loser. Any wise girl would behave and play it right and fair. What’s so telling was at press conference, she denied the ball had hit her. When a reporter called out that the video showed clearly the ball had bounced off her right arm, she dismissed it as “A Stupid Question.”
Oh ya right. Dumb people are everywhere, even in tennis.
Anyone still remember that white turkey .. who bumped into Venus? What happened to her? I’m sure she’s no body .. still ..
And how about the final Pete Sampras against Andre Agassi when Pete wasn’t feeling well and Andre graciously agreed to delay the match .. very classy, even he ultimately lost it to Pete.
Ok, fess up: I cheat. Since Serena’s match was delayed, so I checked the score after the hitting incident because I really could not bear to watch injustice .. .. I felt great whenever Serena lashed out her powerful shots at that cheater: beat her and pound her to the cheating hell.
Serena offered her hand to the cheater and chair umpire at the conclusion of the match. Nice and neat. I’ll hate to repeat myself .. I don’t care about Richard Williams but he and his wife surely brought up two very well balanced, happy girls. Serena’s outfit/color is pretty, far better looking than Venus‘, Ana (Ivanovic)‘s and Maria (Sharapova)‘s .. .. Some girls just don’t know how to dress..
After tennis and downtown Granada, we had lunch at Masaya market on Sunday in Nicaragua. We were the only eaters. Seven adults with a 6 years old. The bill came at US$122. The fish soup was good.
Rafael Nadal is pounding the earth with Hewitt, taped delayed. He wears yellow bands, pink shirt and grey short. And he still fudges with his G-string. Might be it’s time to introduce him to C-string? Raf hasn’t changed much over the years, still very humble and energetic; a small town boy, intense but donw to earth. How long can he last on the tour?
I thought of Tiger who’s bit sneaky, in a way: he’d look around without turning his head and has that kind of smirk on his face just telling everyone else in his vicinity that he’s just that tad better then the rest of us.
I also thought of Tiger’s mother who claimed Tiger had suffered discrimination on his way up, due to his skin color – I once saw it on a TV interview, briefly. I couldn’t actually believe it.
Imagery?
This country appreciates talent, color of skin comes second or third, if it comes at all. Ya, we all see colors, but that stops there pretty much. See how much courtesy this country is bestowing on Michelle Obama?
Nice pictures for the first lady. How much have they been workshopped? Btw .. did anyone see Maria Sharapova’s facial skin? Terrible .. I always consider Anna K is prettier .. who cared that K never won a match? I just want to be entertained for few hours 🙂
In this Time article, By Nancy Gibbs and Michael Scherer claimed that Michelle has more fun than Laura Bush. I found that assertion is presumptuous. Where is the evidence? What made them think that Laura didn’t have fun as the First Lady? And How Do You Measure happiness and fun-ness?
