[G]od [O]nly [L]oves [F]ools

So, you must have seen these, or have gotten these annoying things in your email that asks you to answer what seems like an insurmountable number of questions derived solely to either make a pure liar out of you, or to humiliate in front of the masses. Well, thinking caps on folks, because I have created one, with the help of my pally BC, one for the golfer/duffer/hacker/weekend warrior in all of us.

These are not meant to humiliate you, well, just a little, but moreso, they were designed to have some fun with, and to see who can or will come up with the most outlandish ‘true’ (name and address withheld by request) stories from the links.

So, without further adieu, so as not to be put ‘on the clock’ as it were…FORE!!!

1. Favourite Iron -I really like my Betty Crocker steam iron, but for golf, I’m thinking my six or seven.

2. Favourite Wood – Mine is pine. Again, for golf, I have to go with my Taylor Made V-Steel 15 degree 3 wood. I just bought the Sasquatch 3, but haven’t hit it on a course yet.

3. Favourite Hybrid – Have to say my Purefit 25 degree Escape. Don’t really like the Prius, truth be known.

4. Favourite Ball – Left.

5. Favourite Course – No, it’s not Seaton. Of all the courses I have ever played, I have 3 favs. In Canada, I would have to say Silver Lakes. In the US, toss-up between Pinehurst #2, and Shaker Run, and in the rest of the world, the Monty in Dubai and Blue Canyon in Phuket. Yes, I know, that is more than 3, but hey, top 3 and ties.

6. Worst game ever – God, so many to choose from. Probably the 97 I took during a tourney in Bahrain at Riffa. I sucked so bad that day that I thought I would quit.

7. Best round ever – God, so few to choose from. I would have to say the 74 I shot at Riffa with my teacher Scott and the Director of Golf, Michael Braidwood. That was back in the days when I was playing a 7degree Taylor Made SuperSteel driver.

8. Best putt – I will let BC tell you about this one. He was there.

9. Longest Drive – Toronto to Kitchener with my mother in law after being up and travelling for 44 hours.

10. Most humiliating moment – A severly yanked 3 wood off the tee on the Valley course at Parkview when I nearly killed not only BC, but Dennis and Amir too.

11. Have you ever dated a cart girl? – Yes. I will leave it at that.

12. Have you ever hit anyone with an errant shot? – Yes. I drifted a drive right a tad on my father’s course in Kentucky and it bounced off the cart path and hit a lady in the stomach.

13. Why do you play golf? – Not at all sure really. In the old days I thought it was cool, now, I play it now because I am not diving as much and I need a place to re-assemble my brain at times.

14. Why don’t you play golf? – I don’t play golf for the money. Wish I did, but I don’t. Although, I have 6 years to the Senior tour. Do I hear a reality show in the offing?

15. Dream foursome – 2 of them really. Freddie of course, Bobby Jones and Lee Trevino. The second one, Freddie again, my Dad and Gary Player. Freddie for my benefit, and GP so that my Dad has someone his age to talk to.

16. Golfer you most like to watch – I like to watch Fred Couples, but also love to watch Annika and Lorena Ochoa.

17. There’s a naked Kim Possible? – Really?

18. What you would give up to play a round at a top ranked PGA course – My debt.

19. Do you practise? – Not nearly enough. I don’t have the time that I used to, but when I do, I really strive to make it worthwhile time spent.

20. If you were to be a Pro golfer, who would you want to play like, and don’t say TW. – I would love to have Freddie’s tempo, John Daly’s soft hands around the greens, and Fred Funk’s accuracy, and Brad Faxon’s putting ability.