A brief interruption from all things Goodboys…

Congrats to the “Pink Panther”, Paula Creamer, for toughing out a thumb injury and winning the U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont last weekend. Not only does this get the monkey off of Creamer’s back, but hopefully this will refocus the media’ attention to women golfers who truly deserve attention based on their actual accomplishments instead of on Michelle Wie, who while supposedly (“supposedly” being the operative word) has all the talent in the world, but really hasn’t done anything to warrant the amount of media attention she has received other than being attractive.

Who will win this weekend’s big golf tournament? No, silly, not the British Open Championship, the Goodboys Invitational! Having watched Ben “The Funny Guy” Andrusaitis hit one perfect or near-perfect shot after another at Green Meadow’s World Cup Driving Range yesterday, I’m going with Sir Nick Faldo and predict a repeat championship with partner “Crusher” Spielberg. I’m sure they hope I’m proven wrong…

As for the British Open (as if that matters), I’m going with a return to excellence by Tiger Woods. Not only because he’s changed his putter, but, frankly, he knows he needs this one because: a) he loves playing at St. Andrews, b) he knows he’s not getting any younger, and c) he knows the playing field has equalized to the extent that he’ll never have a better chance to win his next major.

Now, I’m off to find a driving range where I can fix the “death move” – no, that’s not like a Obamacare “death panel”, but a basic swing flaw identified and finally isolated by “The Funny Guy” yesterday that I hope puts the final nail in the coffin of the reason behind my “Great White Shank” nickname. With the opening round less than two days away, it would be a good time to get that behind me.

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Pool temp: 95 degrees! (the result of several broiling days back in AZ)