Fight between 2 golfers on Western PA course lead to hospital visits…reminiscent of the fight between Bob Barker and Happy Gilmore!
Water Rules? When you are serious about the game, you are serious about the rules. 2 PA golfers ended up in the Hospital due to a small difference in the interpretation of the rules. The full story is here.
Die DFB-Nationalelf has a Zwölftes (the German National Eleven has a Twelfth Man)
The Wall Street Journal reports that “As Germany prepare(d) for Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina, it (had) Big Data on its side.
To gain a competitive edge, the team partnered with German software giant SAP AG to create a custom match analysis tool that collects and analyzes massive amounts of player performance data.
The tool, called Match Insights, analyzes video data from on-field cameras capable of capturing thousands of data points per second, including player position and speed. That data then goes into an SAP database that runs analytics and allows coaches to target performance metrics for specific players and give them feedback via their mobile devices.”
Read the WSJ article here!
Pablo Larrazabal Attacked by Hornets, Jumps into Water Trap at Malaysian Open
Bleacher Report has a story about a golfer getting attacked by a swarm of angry hornets during the Malaysian Open. See more details here.
Happy Birthday out there!
Junior Kayla Linger and sophomore Becky Gossard tied with a 36-hole 156 for the overall individual low medalist
Congratulations to Bobcat Lady Golfers
Parkersburg, W.Va. — The Wesleyan Women’s Golf team claimed first place out of eight teams this past weekend at the Ohio Valley Invitational held in Parkersburg, W.Va.. The Bobcats were able to build on a first day,one stroke, 333 score and finish with an 11 stroke victory.
See the story here on the official Bobcat site.
AMFAN Sports salutes Rick Bower who was snapped holding the U.S. Open Championship Trophy at Pine Valley
Duffer Bubba Watson Guest Prognosticator on ESPN GameDay chose The University of Georgia Bulldogs over the LSU Tigers today. Let’s see if he is right. Tune back after the game!
Spiders Duffers Danny Pizetoski (left) won A-10 Golfer of the Week and freshman Keegan Hoff (right) was named the league’s Rookie of the Week.
Proving you need to name your kids the right way…
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond swept the first Atlantic 10 weekly golf awards of the 2013-14 season with junior Danny Pizetoski winning A-10 Golfer of the Week and freshman Keegan Hoff being named the league’s Rookie of the Week.
If he wasn’t named Keegan, would he be in the news?
See the story here on University of Richmond Spiders site.
Accused: England players celebrate Ashes win by urinating on Oval pitch 5 hours after the match during celebrations.
Apparently the United States does not own the market on poor sportsmanship… Media reports say that United Kingdom Cricketers crossed the line by urinating on the oval pitch after winning the Ashes. Beating Australia was such a big victory that the team celebrated late into the night and it became necessary for several players to “relieve” themselves right there…on the pitch…while other team mates cheered them on.
See the coverage from The Times of India here.
Looks kind of like my last scorecard!
Pawel, I know your pain….
BleacherReport.com posted this story: The inaugural Kharkov Superior Cup in Kharkiv, Ukraine has garnered far more headlines than usual for a European Challenge Tour event.
Former European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko and former world No. 1 tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov are in the field at the Superior Golf Club and Spa Resort, but Poland’s Pawel Japol has stolen the show after an astonishing opening round of 109.
Ouch! See more here on the Bleacherreport.