MY NEMESIS STRIKES AGAIN
It's Pebble week. Normally a highlight of the winter golf season, Pebble has sadly drawn the short stick when it comes to the early tourneys due to the increased "elevated event" purse from the PGA combined with a lack of firepower from the pros.
But if you want more lamenting about how criminal it is that Pebble doesn't bring the same cache as years past, go read literally any other golf publication. They have it well covered.
No, what I'm more concerned about is this piece of content I caught from my nemesis over at Golf Digest, Alex Myers. For those who don't know about my long-running feud with Alex, here is a bit of context.
1) Alex is completely unaware of me and this feud.
2) By all accounts (and supported by his Twitter profile picture) Alex appears to be a nice dude and family man—not unlike myself.
3) Alex writes a similarly snarky column for Golf Digest that has sparked a fire within me to conquer him in the golf culture meets comedy niche of the content realm.
Ok now that you're up to speed... I came across this Tweet from Alex from 2020 where he gets the chance to play Jim Nantz' backyard par 3 with Jim on the mic.
Iconic.
And while I want to poke fun at how awkward and sheepish he gets throughout the entire video, I know that my own reaction would be similarly devoid of any swag.
In fact the best summary of my own feelings upon seeing this clip is the following...
I'M GOING TO PAPAGO MONDAY SKINS!
Monday Q on Twitter - a fantastic deep dive follow for the weird stories from the players who are trying to make it on Tour - first tipped me off to this story which then made the rounds on golf social this week.
Yes, that's THE Max Homa—winner of the Farmers Insurance Open—who then proceeded to play in a Monday Skins game at Papago in Phoenix where he shot a 67 and won $400.
Ya gotta admire the love for the game... slash gambling... that these guys have. And shout out to poor Griffin Wood, who on any other day would've brought home the gold, but instead lost by a stroke to a multi-time PGA Tour winner.
THE JOGGERS THAT ROCKED THE GOLF WORLD
Those who caught the telecast last weekend surely noticed Sam Ryder, one of the frontrunners at Torrey, rockin' some magenta colored joggers—and the larger golf world REALLY had opinions on 'em.
My initial reaction? Those look comfy. Wish I could pull off magenta pants like this dude. Oh well, back to watching my son Jack go completely psycho on some pieces of torn up bagel then learn to crawl at supersonic speeds overnight.
Iconic golfing spouse content
"NICE BIRDIE FINISH LOL"
The tweet comes courtesy of Adam Hadwin's wife Jessica who decided to check in with him mid-tourney about their travel plans... and WOW this one hits right between the eyes for me.
Not saying I'm really ever in contention of any golf competition I compete in now that my handicap finally caught up.
But the wife sending texts mid-tourney asking about when they can leave... #relatablecontent.
Iconic golfing spouse content: part 2
ONE OF MY MANY GOLFING NIGHTMARES
You likely saw this make the re-post factory rounds on golf social but had to call it out in the spirit of golfing spouse content.
Click through the image to see the original post but what we're looking at here is a guy's daughter absolutely tickled by watching him hit balls in their garage simulator... #familygoals.
Now, little Charlotte here is 4 months old and seems to be mostly tickled by the motion of the club or who the h#&& knows why these babies laugh at anything. One day I'm friggin' Steve Martin over here for stringing together incoherent babbling sounds and the next day Jack gives me a death stare for even thinking about tickling his feet.
Parenting is a wild wild journey, people.
On your mark, get set, run!
WMPO IS OUR SUPER BOWL
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So before you run to grab yourself a seat at the 16th, I'd make a quick pit stop first. Just sayin'.
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