http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:39:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember when your mother used to tell you “the only dumb question is one not asked”? Forget it. Some dude at the CA Championship proved that little theory wrong this week. Oh, and while we’re at it, we’re guessing if the Padraig Harrington train ever slips off golf’s tracks, he could always ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/03/11/some-questions-better-left-unasked/ So long, PING EYE 2 wedges. We hardly got to know you (again). Much to the chagrin of opportunists who were making a healthy buck by selling their antiquated Eye 2 sticks on eBay, an agreement has been reached between PING and the PGA Tour that will ban the use of ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/03/09/ping-no-longer-in-eye-of-the-storm/ If Richard Zokol was at all disappointed he didn’t get the nod to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame last week, he certainly wasn’t showing it. I had the chance to catch up with Disco Dick at the Toronto Golf Show over the weekend, where we chatted about several things, ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/03/07/zokol-%e2%80%9cmy-time-will-come%e2%80%9d/ For most of this week, I was convinced Richard Zokol was about to be announced as an inductee into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. A brief, impromptu email exchange I had with RCGA media coordinator Terry Lenyk on Thursday didn’t exactly throw me off the scent. Just minutes before the ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/03/04/three-worthy-choices-for-hall-but-when-will-zokol-see-his-day/ If nothing else, maybe Ian Poulter just found something else to do with his middle finger. Then again, maybe he was just pulling for Team Canada in that gold medal hockey showdown at the Olympics. Either way, Poulter, who always seems to be persona non grata in the U.S., probably didn’t do ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/03/02/ian-poulter-finds-another-use-for-his-finger/ Same tournament, different name. It may now be known as the Wasted Ma – oh, sorry, my bad – WASTE Management Phoenix Open, but this is still golf's Party Central – just with someone else picking up the tab. Even with a different name, it remains the rowdiest stop on tour and ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/02/28/wmpo-is-same-party-with-a-different-host/ At times it is difficult to remember comprehend that, yes, Sergio Garcia is actually 30 years old. Maybe it’s time he started acting it. Enough with the tiresome whiny, spoiled brat routine. If you weren’t paying attention to the Accenture Match Play last weekend, choosing instead to watch the Olympics or get ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/02/25/will-sergio-garcia-ever-grow-up/ Warning: if you’re eating breakfast or lunch as you read this, swallow right now and don’t take another bite. Trust me. Ready? John Daly is going to be posing in underwear. A lot. See, aren’t you glad I gave you that little heads-up? Relax, Daly isn’t going to be an underwear model in ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/02/23/john-daly-hawking-underwear-he-%e2%80%9cdoesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-take-off%e2%80%9d/ Right now, nothing is more important to Tiger Woods than family, and rightfully so. But now that those first awkward words have been spoken –even if no questions were fired his way – maybe Tiger can protect his family most by getting back on the horse – and yes, you’ll ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/02/21/tiger-and-augusta-canadian-tour-back-at-it-and-a-random-olympic-hockey-thought/ Tiger Woods has always talked when he wants, where he wants and with who he wants, so it should come as little surprise that Woods and his people are keeping a tight lid on this pseudo press conference. He has always controlled his message, and that isn’t about to change. Especially ... http://www.fairwaysgolf.ca/blog-a/2010/02/19/tiger-still-calls-shots-and-that-isn%e2%80%99t-about-to-change/