WGC/CA

Le Roi est Mort

Date Written: March 25, 2008

"The King is dead, long live the King." [1] Or better yet, the streak is dead but long live the feat. It was a good run and fun to speculate on how long it would last. There was some serious talk that he could break Lord Byron's record of eleven straight. It ended being Tiger's first defeat in eight events worldwide since Sept. 3rd. That's LAST YEAR folks! His majesty just missed by in back of the ultimate winner, GOgilvy. A putt here, a putt there...blah, blah. The final leaderboard at the "Blue Weenie" looked like a major. Singh, Furyk, Goosen, Woods...the best players in the world fighting it out down the stretch.

Congrats to the astute twosome of Scott Winegar who jumps into first place and Bob Bruce into fourth place in our funky pool for their pick of GOgilvy. "Mahvelous" John Manocheo relinquishes the top spot, which he held for about ten weeks. GOgilvy, played ridiculously steady...he had only one bogie over 72 holes.

Many tour players consider the Florida part of the Tour the most difficult stretch they will face during the year. By my calculations, playing par golf in FLA during the last four weeks would have made the following dough:

Honda....... $88,000
Pods.......... $127,200
Palmer...... $31,513
WGC/CA.. $42,500
TOTAL......$289,213

Yippee Ki Yo! Arnold Palmer has agreed to host next year's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Good riddance to "The Mugger," George Lopez.

If you want a laugh, click on the link below forwarded by local Valley Club legends, Shawn Aicher and Dick Shelton:

http://www.golf.com/golf/video/article/0,28224,1720077,00.html?xid=forecast031008_story4

On to "Nawlins" this week. Not many of the top players in attendance. They're thinkin'..... MASTERS! Five Glover-Lovers and three Tom-Toms.


[1] "The King is dead. Long live the King!"[1] is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various European and North American countries, particularly in the United Kingdom and Canada. The original phrase was translated from the French Le Roi est mort. Vive le Roi!, which was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father Charles VI in 1422. In France, the declaration was traditionally made by the Duc d'Uzès, a senior Peer of France, as soon as the coffin containing the remains of the previous king descended into the vault of Saint Denis Basilica. The phrase arose from the law of le mort saisit le vif—that the transfer of sovereignty occurs instantaneously upon the moment of death of the previous monarch.