The President's game - golf news and information

Golf Digest, Dec, 1998

Unfortunately, all it revealed was Clinton's reverse pivot

In an effort to find images of President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky together, Kenneth Starr subpoenaed videotapes of Clinton's March 1997 visit to Greg Norman's house, where Clinton fell and injured his knee.

Their scorecards were subpoenaed

According to an article in Time, the main topic of conversation when Bill Clinton and Vernon Jordan play golf is sex.

And he was perplexed by some of Clinton's 'golf terms'

Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair got away to play golf during a break at the U.S.-European Union Economic Summit. It was Blair's first experience playing golf.

Now, about this blue dress . . .

A week before this year's Masters, an employee at White House Cleaners in Augusta, Ga., found two Masters badges and two practice-round tickets in a pair of pants. She immediately called the customer, who arrived at the shop in 10 minutes, reclaimed the tickets and presented her with a $100 reward.

In the inaugural issue: Clinton's swing keys

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt announced plans for a new golf magazine. Said Flynt, "We want to try to reach the Tiger Woodses of the world. We want it to be irreverent, have somewhat of an attitude and hopefully not be as boring as those that are out there."

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In announcing its purchase of the Ben Hogan Company, Spalding took out ads in which it wrote a mythical letter to the company's namesake in heaven, asking him, "Are you still practicing for eight hours a day?"

Greg Norman's had the same problem

Although a spokesman for the club refused comment, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates reportedly has expressed interest in becoming a member at Augusta National. One thing holding Gates up may be his playing ability.

You're one down

James Parker, a caddie at Elmwood Country Club in New York, filed a $155 million lawsuit against actor Michael Douglas, alleging that he lost a testicle after being struck by an errant shot from Douglas.

Mr. Kuchar, Mr. Casper, your table is ready

Arnold Palmer had to endure a long wait at a famous San Francisco restaurant while he was in town during the week of the U.S. Open. After waiting two hours and still not being seated, Palmer's party left to dine elsewhere.

Inexplicably, the pro shop was closed at the turn

Nam Young Woo could not complete his second round of British Open qualifying at West Lancashire, because he ran out of golf balls before finishing the 18th hole.

Golf in the Kingdom and Dead Solid Perfect: Compare and contrast

To retain his eligibility for the 1998 season, Ohio State All-America linebacker Andy Katzenmoyer had to earn passing grades in three summer courses: music, AIDS awareness and golf. He passed all three.

She'd have trouble with Katzenmoyer's midterm exam

During sectional quali fying for the U.S. Women's Open, Kelli Kuehne was assessed a penalty of two strokes for playing her tee shot outside the markers. She missed qualifying by one shot.

NBC is hard at work on 'Fish-y Films' for the U.S. Open

Due to technical difficulties, TBS' first-round coverage of the PGA Championship blanked out for 30 minutes and was replaced by a series of "Monkey-ed Movies." Curiously, ratings for the broadcast remained unchanged during the interlude.

They never did find PGA East

Bob Hope arrived late to hit the ceremonial first drive at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in Palm Springs. The 20-minute delay occurred because Hope's assistants took him first to Indian Ridge instead of Indian Wells, one of the tournament's host courses.

Mr. Secretary General, a Mr. O'Meara is holding on line two

A rules imbroglio ensued after Mark O'Meara hit an errant approach shot on the sixth hole during the third round of the British Open. A spectator found the ball and picked it up as O'Meara was walking back to re-hit his shot. The incident led to a rules controversy about the definition of a lost ball that required officials from the PGA Tour, USGA and the R&A to sort out.

In the episode, Tiger impresses Kyle and Stan with some flop shots, fights with Cartman for the Cheesy Poofs, performs a soulful duet with Chef, bonds with Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hat, and, of course, kills Kenny Tiger Woods has expressed interest in making a guest appearance in an episode of Comedy Central's popular animated sitcom "South Park."

With more positions

In The Scotsman, Alan Taylor described Harvey Penick as "Mahatma Gandhi in plus fours" and suggested that The Little Red Book is to golf what the Kama Sutra is to sex.

It was revised to, 'An African American would be proud . . . '

After his opening 65 at the British Open, Tiger talked about how shots from the rough had such little spin that "A Niekro would be proud of some of the shots you can hit." The interview transcript quoted him as saying, "A Negro would be proud . . . "

Totally unlike, say, prison

O.J. Simpson explained his love of golf to BBC journalist Ruby Wax, saying "the feeling of hitting the ball is-it's erotic almost. Erotic. I mean it's like a high."

Oh, you're supposed to carry the two?