What an era we live in when the toppings on an In-N-Out Burger become "newsworthy." But here we are.
Whether he plays or not, The Genesis Invitational has essentially become Tiger Week. Dedicated pressers. Tiger + Celebrity X, Y or Z content. And an occasional clothing line drop... more on that in a second.
And as much as I want to just ignore the In-N-Out story here around Tiger ordering a double-double and tossing the pickles... it pulls me in like the terrifyingly powerful undercurrents of Cabo. (Maybe it's the Midwesterner in me but I continue to be baffled why so many love Mexico as a relaxing vacation spot. Culturally rich? Absolutely. Relaxing beach getaway? Not with that ocean.)
I call out this story for two reasons.
1) The comment section is FIRED UP from diehards saying that double-doubles don't actually come with pickles. So he must've ordered it animal style. And if he did order animal style, why wouldn't he order it without pickles. Valid, but also get a life.
2) I selfishly just wanted to call out that In-N-Out is my son Jack's favorite restaurant of all-time. Right alongside this odd made-to-order pitfire oven pizza place near our house that he absolutely loses his $#&@ over.
And Wednesday was Jack's 2nd birthday! A giant pat on the back and a quick victory lap to my wife and I. (Why write a weekly golf column if you can't celebrate yourself, right?) And we'll be kicking off year three with a boatload of In-N-Out at the house with the family—animal style WITH pickles thank you.
So about that space between Sun and Day...
Not going to pile on at this point but dude, at least have a story behind it. Reports are that Sun means golf is best played when it's sunny, and Day because golf should be played every day.
It's probably best to treat it like a SUNDAY (GLASS OF) RED and let it breathe for a bit to see what emerges.
This week on r/golf
A COMPETITION FOR THE AGES
I caught this on Golf Digest's IG (which I must admit always bums me out as they're usually one of the last to post this stuff) but this is all about a fun, friendly, and potentially lucrative competition idea.
Essentially, these two buddies agreed that if the 16 handicap guy ever beats the 3 handicap guy straight up in an 18-hole round—the 3 handicap owes him $5k.
The time limit? They have until they're 65 years old to compete!!
Apparently there is some debate about who will win this bet. But I see absolutely zero chance the 16 handicap doesn't get $5,000 here.
They're currently 37 years old which means there is almost 30 years of rounds left to play. The 16 handicap started golf two years ago so if he ever kicked it into gear he'd drop another 6-10 strokes easily with consistent practice.
Am I insane? I mean I'm a 14 and I've beat buddies who are a 2 handicap on their off days.
Maybe if the guy was a + handicap I'd re-consider because their off days are still mid 70's by and large. But a 3 handicap shooting an 81 is not insane which is 100% doable for a 16 and even more doable if he gets a few strokes better handicap-wise.
Which leaves me asking... anyone want to make this bet with me? Name your price. If you give me 30 years, I will beat you once. (Bucket Hat Bill, this is particularly targeted at you).
Now, how about that SUN DAY RED swagger?
There's hope for me at the BBI
GETTING REAL WITH THE POINTER BROS
The PGA Tour posted a video from the warm-up rounds of Genesis where JT and the Pointer Bros strolled the grounds at Riviera. The Pointer Bros are best known for their videos of weird handshakes and wedding dances that at first annoyed me and I've since come around on. They're funny.
This video starts with JT asking 'em to come walk with him—but in a way that leads me to believe the warm-up round, pro-am style, schmoozing portion of these events has to be one of the most annoying parts of their job. All he wants to do is probably fly through this practice round with Jordan, f around, and let loose.
Instead, it seems like it'd be one long drawn-out cocktail party networking mixer where you have to pretend to be interested in people and "play the game."
Anywho, during the clip the Pointer Bros talk about their opening tee shots at the PNC pro-am event where one ripped their drive straight sideways into the garbage and the other brother straight up topped the ball.
I share this mostly as a form of mental preparation for the Breakfast Balls Invitational. It's just golf. Who cares if I bomb slice my opening drive into a house?
Me. I do.
Venn Diagram Test
GOLF CHIRO VIDEOS
It's rare I come across golf content that surprises me/I haven't seen some iteration of before. This got me, good.
The Venn diagram here applies more to my wife than myself, but I've been known to fall into a ChiroTok trap once or twice.
The video here is from Ho Jae Choi, a teaching instructor out of Korea, who posted a golf version of those wild chiropractic alignment videos where some burly chiro manhandles a variety of people with the sound jacked up to 100 so you can hear every individual air pocket leave their spine.
The chiro videos are, to say the least, disturbing. The violent ways in which these people torque patient's necks and spines seems closer to an assassin on TV than a proper doctor. And yet, I can't stop watching. I NEED THAT POP!
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