The PGA of America is the largest working sports organization in the world, comprised of more than 28,000 dedicated men and women promoting the game of golf to everyone, everywhere. http://www.pga.com?eref=/news/features/grantmethis en-us Copyright 2008, PGA.com Fri, 09 May 2008 17:49:42 EDT 30 /.element/img/1.0/logo.jpg http://www.pga.com/ 380 70 May 8, 2008 -- First off, it's been a rather quiet week in golf. Not a single major champion has been interviewed topless for a small-market morning television show. In a related story, John Daly earned his one-week chip from Exhibitionists Anonymous. http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/05/08/boone050808/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/05/08/boone050808/index.html news Fri, 09 May 2008 17:26:18 EDT First off, I think we all knew John Daly, owner of two major championships and one VIP Players Club card from every casino in North America, would eventually lose his shirt. The bigger question was whether or not there'd be cameras rolling when it happened. The answer is a big, fat "Yes!" as evidence by this video of golf's new Golden Bare (click here). http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/05/01/boone_lpgapurses/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/05/01/boone_lpgapurses/index.html news Thu, 01 May 2008 21:33:14 EDT First off, for those of you in metropolitan New York who wanted to see the final round of the Verizon Heritage but instead got invocation-to-benediction coverage of the Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium, you didn't miss much. Boo Weekley won the tournament for the second straight year, albeit in more somnolent style than last when he pitched in on the final two holes to win by one. Sunday, Weekley won by three, and it wasn't even that close. http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/24/bennymeetsboo/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/24/bennymeetsboo/index.html news Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:52:47 EDT First off, I want to give you a heads-up about a new audio feature here on PGA.com called "Teeing Off" hosted by noted PGA professional Michael Breed from Sunningdale Country Club in New York and yours truly. Each Sunday night, we'll recap the week in golf. That'll take about 45 seconds, after which the two of us will recite from memory every line from "Fletch" in character with accents. And no, this won't entail my dressing up like Little Bo Peep. So keep an eye out for "Teeing Off," coming to a PGA.com near you. http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/17/pickingwinners/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/17/pickingwinners/index.html news Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:27:58 EDT First off, it might be time to rethink that Masters pick. Hasn't been a good week for Tigers. http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/09/masterspreview_boone/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/09/masterspreview_boone/index.html news Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:35:23 EDT First off, if you missed John McCain's appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night, you can see it here. McCain has easily the best comedic timing of any presidential candidate since noted practical joker Aaron "Giggles" Burr, whose most famous gag was mortally wounding Alexander Hamilton in their epic duel of 1804. What a kidder! The great ones all have that element of surprise. (Hamilton got the last laugh by inventing the $10 bill and getting his picture, which looks a lot like my buddy Steve if he wore one of those powdery wigs, on the front.) http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/03/lettersfromspace/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/04/03/lettersfromspace/index.html news Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:51:37 EDT First off, I'd like to clarify something: I do NOT write each week's GMT under heavy sniper fire as I previously suggested. As Hillary put it, "I say a million words a day. So if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement." Thank you, misClinton, who went on to apologize for remarks about a 1996 trip to Bosnia if she said "something that made it seem as though there was actual fire." You be the judge: "I remember landing under sniper fire." Some have accused Clinton of intentionally misrepresenting the truth; others have downplayed the remarks, including Roger Clemens, who says the senator may have simply misremembered. http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/28/tigerstripped/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/28/tigerstripped/index.html news Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:27:55 EDT First off, as embarrassing as it may be to some, it's time we as a nation admit the obvious: streaking is back, proving once and for all the old adage, "Everything old is nude again." The phenomenon "peeked" in 1974 when: Robert Opel, by day a fully-clothed photographer and art gallery owner, dashed across the Oscars stage in the buff, prompting host David Niven to ad lib, "Probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings;" and Ray Stevens rode "The Streak" -- his ditty about the country bumpkin who, whenever he'd see the titular character flashing around town, would repeatedly (and belatedly) implore his beloved, "Don't look, Ethel!" -- to the top of the pop music charts. http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/20/greateststreaks/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/20/greateststreaks/index.html news Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:14:41 EDT First off, a quick check of the week's headlines: http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/13/gmt_031308/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/13/gmt_031308/index.html news Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:37:19 EDT First off, I'd like to set the record straight: I'm not retiring. Speculation to that effect was widespread after last week's GMT appeared later than usual. Late as in the way I tell people I'm in my late 20s. "How late?" they ask, to which I reply, "38." http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/08/crying_allowed/index.html http://www.pga.com/2008/news/features/03/08/crying_allowed/index.html news Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:32:22 EST