From a WD at DP to QT at UT
SERGIO GETS THE HOOK ('EM)
Absolute FIRE on the headline this week. Great job, Scott.
Kicking things off with Sergio Garcia in full IDGAF mode.
There was some mild to moderate LIV v. the world banter at the DP World Tour event last weekend. My favorite part of which is that the entire tournament ended up being cut down to 54 holes due to Queen Elizabeth's passing. 54 holes... a level of irony that Alanis Morissette herself couldn't have dreamed up.
But here I wanted to call attention to Sergio, who shot an opening round 76 and then withdrew early Saturday morning for reasons unknown.
Reasons unknown until, oh, a couple hours later when he posted to Instagram on the field of the UT-Alabama game.
After threatening to quit the DP World Tour earlier this year, it appears that Sergio likely just intended to bat around the ball for Thursday and Friday before "missing the cut" and heading to Austin. But then, the Queen. And so he found himself in golf's equivalent of a double booked party—arriving terribly early for one, faking a stomach bug and then going to the party he actually wanted all along.
Needless to say, fines are coming. And even more needless to say, Sergio couldn't care less.
GOT MONEY TO BURN?
One of the more unusual compounds I've seen go on sale recently belonged to the late Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge II. ("Oh, you're checking compound sales regularly?")
It made golf news because apparently there is a 9 hole golf course on the property—although the aerial shots just show a lot of brown patches... so not quite the greenskeeping you like to see but hey, maybe you can knock a couple hundred thousand off the $23M price as a sign of good faith?
The real wow factor comes in the amenities:
- Indoor "Bellagio-style" pool complex (Yep. That picture above is inside with a Vegas-like cloud mural above.)
- Oval office (Easy now Michael, you just sold candles...)
- Two story arcade (featuring Cruis'n World it appears from the pictures which unlocked a whole series of childhood core memories at Dave and Busters for me.)
- Indoor tennis court which doubles as a concert venue (rumors are he had both the Doobie Brothers and KC and the Sunshine Band play there. )
#WaterlooPortraitGoals
I THINK SCOTTIE MIGHT BE KINDA WEIRD
Back in April, we all laughed at the special interest piece of Scottie after his Masters win where he mentioned that he eats his Chipotle with a spoon because it tasted better that way.
Then we learned his favorite Office character was Dwight Schrute. A head-scratcher when compared to Michael Scott but hey, everyone has their preference.
And this week he posted this. A National Portrait Gallery-esque commemorative piece to celebrate him being named Player of the Year. Except, his wife Merideth commissioned it with... Waterloo sparkling water?
Like, there are cans of Waterloo in this portrait. And not even the best flavors of Waterloo mind you. Scottie mentions in the IG caption that he can't think of a better way to remember this year. Can't think of one?
Scottie's an odd duck alright. And I need to know infinitely more things about him.
Need golf trip reccs??
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG HERE WE COME
Normally these Golf Digest lists of places to play are often met with an eye roll from me because they rarely speak to the kind of course experience I'm looking for.
But this caught my eye as it's a rundown of sneaky good budget trip golf towns across the country.
Many of you have hit me up for reccs in the past and I often disappoint you when I default to... well, I live in San Diego and the golf here is amazing. Soooo how about here?
Which is why I wanted to bring this to your attention as it highlights a bunch of good golf cities across the country with really well rated tracks nearby including the horse and buggy capital of the Atlantic coast... Colonial Williamsburg. For the 0.001% of you who fall at the center of golf enthusiast, Bad Birdie reader and colonial history buff—I've got you!
"Welp—I joined the office fantasy league" update
I GOT DEMOLISHED
Not drafting a QB or TE until the very last minute seems to have set me back a touch. Combine that with duds out of Dalvin and Aaron Jones and here we are.
BUT—in the darkness, there is light.
I didn't get lowest points of the week and I somehow gained a final standings projection spot.
As I hear people say at the gym—it's all about the gains.
(Lol. I don't go to a gym.)
On deck for this week? Revenge, served ICE cold.
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