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LARRY BEING LARRY
(Cue the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme)
Larry David was at it again in his curmudgeonly ways, courtesy of this story from the guys at the We Might Be Drunk podcast.
Larry found himself at a local driving range in LA, which sounded sus to begin with as he belongs to Riv so why go anywhere else?? But whatever, we move on...
Upon finding out that a bucket of range balls was $11, Larry embarked on a legendary rant to the poor range attendant about how absurd it is that they charge $11 because it requires $9 in change when breaking a $20 as opposed to the tidy amount of $10.
Reports are there was not a camera to be found and I continue to be delighted to learn that Larry is exactly who we think is.
Na and Murray fisticuffs?
THINGS GET SPICY IN MEXICO
Probably the biggest news to come from Twitter this week... sorry, Elon.
Just like a dash of hot sauce can resurrect some leftover beef, Kevin Na and Grayson Murray decided to add a little spice to resurrect their own January Twitter beef this week at the Mexico Championship.
I think my favorite part of the original back and forth is that it's all done in the replies to Chantel McCabe's original Tweet. Chantel's out here just trying to make light of Kevin Na's quirky walk-ins... and then Grayson jumps in from the cheap seats.
Anywho, seems that Kevin hasn't quite let this go because he confronted Grayson on the range this week and... well, I'll just leave the quotes from Grayson here.
"I told him, if I wasn't going to get suspended right now I'd drop his a** right there on the range."
"I'm living 'rent-free' in his head right now. I told him, if he goes and plays in the Saudi League, no one's going to miss him on this tour."
I just can't believe that someone named Kevin could get that heated, but hey, you learn something new every day.
More Saudi league crumbs to freak out over
LIV IS THIRSTY AF THESE DAYS
It's golf news. So I'll write about it. But, dude, I'm over this LIV stuff.
It all reads as just so thirsty for attention and the amount of times they drop these nano-nuggets of news with no REAL updates is the equivalent of my AIM days where people would drop super emo lyrics on their away message just to BEG people to ask them if they're ok. (Wait, what's AIM? Let me back up, so AIM is AOL Instant Messenger. What's AOL? Let me back up, see, back in the day they used to give out these CDs for free internet service. What's a CD? Let me back up, CD stands for compact disc... actually, just forget it.)
Ok, Scott, but what was the news...
Right, so the LIV (aka the Saudi golf league—nice try, sportswashing) announced that 15 of the top 100 players on Tour officially signed up to play in the inaugural event. Reports are that the list includes Phil, Sergio, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and resident hothead Kevin Na. A group I will now start calling:"The Heroes of Yesteryear."
Cool.
Just wake me up when you put on an actual event.
Now, for a real achievement
HELL YEAH, JR!!
JR Smith is your North Carolina A&T Academic Athlete of the Year.
A genuine, heartfelt congrats to you, bud. I sometimes think how impossible it would be for me to go back to school and study/learn/honestly, just read... and the fact that you went back to earn a 4.0 in your first year—insane.
Also, I need a reality show about JR's journey. What's he eating in the dining hall? Did he have to stay in the dorms? Who was his RA?
$5M in damages?!
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Wild story from @BlackActiveGolf on Instagram. This family was awarded $5 MILLION dollars in a lawsuit with the local country club after their house was absolutely obliterated by golf balls.
My reaction? Huge miss by them to not ask for "Fore" Million instead. The joke alone was worth the lost milly. But hey, I'm just one guy.
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