Archive for December, 2006

30th 2006f December, 2006

Jack Nicklaus honors President Ford

Posted by mulligan in at 6:40 pm | Permanent Link

Jack Nicklaus, one of the honorary pallbearers for President Ford, has paid tribute to the former president:
“President Ford was one of seven Presidents I have been fortunate enough to meet, and one of three I have played golf with–George H.W. Bush…

30th 2006f December, 2006

Tiger + Elin expecting 1st child

Posted by allCarry in at 11:51 am | Permanent Link

It’s official: Tiger and Elin are expecting their first child. Congratulations! There’s no word on the due date, but this may be the only thing that stops Tiger from winning the Grand Slam in 2007. (more from ESPN)

29th 2006f December, 2006

Happy birthday, Tiger

Posted by mulligan in at 11:00 pm | Permanent Link

Tiger at 2

Tiger at 30 — not much has changed, still amazing!

[Suggestion: play both videos at the same time!]

29th 2006f December, 2006

Take a mulligan: PGA should delay start of 2007 season and stop the silliness

Posted by mulligan in at 3:18 pm | Permanent Link

Lo and behold, the PGA season for 2007 starts next week in Hawaii. Are you kidding me? I love Hawaii, but didn’t the PGA season for 2006 just end in December? Can you blame Tiger Woods, who just announced today that he’s skipping next week’s Mercede…

27th 2006f December, 2006

Leveraging Ochoa’s big win

Posted by The Golf Blog in at 8:11 am | Permanent Link

As mulligan notes, Lorena Ochoa won in a landslide for the AP Sports Woman of the Year. Here is an article about her victory, which includes this bit of trivia:

Tiger Woods was voted AP Male Athlete of the Year, the first time since 1993 that the m…

26th 2006f December, 2006

Tiger and Lorena win top AP Sports awards

Posted by mulligan in at 1:44 pm | Permanent Link

Tiger Woods edged out Ladainian Tomlinson for AP Sports Man of the Year, while Lorena Ochoa won in a landslide for the AP Sports Woman of the Year. That’s quite an honor for the 24 year old golfer from Mexico. And it’s a coup for golf to capture bot…

22nd 2006f December, 2006

Happy holidays, golfers!

Posted by mulligan in at 10:41 pm | Permanent Link

21st 2006f December, 2006

Natalie Gulbis reports from Singapore

Posted by mulligan in at 5:42 am | Permanent Link

An excerpt from
Natalie Gulbis’s blog
, after finishing up the Lexus Cup (team competition):
I just finished playing in the LEXUS CUP. The format is similar to the Ryder Cup or Solheim. Two teams. The international team that was captained by Annika…

19th 2006f December, 2006

Michelle Wie gets accepted to Stanford — and plans to go

Posted by allCarry in at 4:22 pm | Permanent Link

Iti’s official: Michelle Wie got into Stanford. Now she has the chance to beat Tiger Woods at least at one thing: graduating from Stanford. (More from espn)