“I’ve got a high school diploma. What else am I going to do?

Michael Whitmer talks to players about what a change in the rules would mean for those anchoring the putter to their body and gets this nice bit of self-deprecating humor from Carl Pettersson.

Pettersson estimates he’s spent “10,000 hours, 15,000 hours” practicing with a club he’s used for 15 years. If the club is banned, could he adapt?

“Would I adapt? Well, I’d have to,” Pettersson said. “I’ve got a high school diploma. What else am I going to do?

Comments

[digsouth]

Sweeping is an honorable profession.

[Viz]

Geoff


I know this is off this particular subject but did you see the interview with NB3 and Tiger on Morning Drive today? Roughly around the 7:10 mark thru the 7:38 mark were "priceless" comments from Tiger...

Words spoken so truthfully!

[sgolfer]

High school diploma? I guess the classroom time at NC State wasn't worth much.

[Wayne]

Curling is another sport where sweeping ability is useful.

[Exilgolfer]

Viz, what did TW say?

[Viz]

http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-tiger-woods-notah-begay-iii-nb3-foundation-082912/

Start listening at the 7:10 mark...Called out the Golf Channel analysts...

[Dan]

The world needs ditch diggers too, Carl.

[Mark]

What are all the PGA pros going to do who sold belly putters to help people putt? Or, is the usga going to come to my course and tell my prez he can't putt with his long putter any more? You can make a rule, but they are not the ones enforcing it on a day to day basis. They just sit in golf house and try to find a new way to screw up an classic golf course.

[Del the Funk]

10,000 hours would be 110 minutes putting every day, 365 days/yr, for 15 years, without ever missing a day. Miss one day and you'd have to putt 220 minutes (3hrs 40mins) the next day to catch up. Just sayin...

[Maytag]

Del the funk, thanks for the relevant contribution

[Del the Funk]

Probably not relevant but this Lara Baldesarra is really growing on me....got a nice genuinely enthusiastic way about her. That Amanda Balionis is doing a helluva job too. I actually feel kinda sorry for this Ryan Burr, he seems to be trying so hard, too hard...struggling, just so many errors.

[rb]

@DTF...agree on Lara B...kinda like her sincerity plus she's Canadian so my kind of gal...the real good news is no more Kelly T...gawd she was awful.

[No Longer Used to be Former S&T Convert]

Lighten up people, he was just making a joke. I know a gofer with a sense of humor freaks some people out, but there re some out there and he is one of them. Pretty funny line actually.

[Rob]

Lara Baldesarra called the Buy.com Tour's News Sentinel Open the "News Centennial Open" - but I was staring below the neckline so I barely noticed and didn't much care.

And a good smile to boot.

Also, the Golf Channels make-up crew have done wonders - I barely recognized her compared to how she looked on Canadian television last year.

[rb]

"but I was staring below the neckline so I barely noticed and didn't much care. "

Not a thing wrong with that :o) We need more vivacious, healthy heterosexual women doing golf commentary...ok. I'll just stop there...

[GolfFan]

“I’ve got a high school diploma. What else am I going to do?"

errrrr, learn how to use a proper putter properly?

And Lara was just fine on the Canadian soccer shows, even GolfFan watches other sports ....

[johnnnycz]

Weren't a few of the new female GC on air script readers working for that Par-Mates escor...err....social outing company I see on my daily online golf central fix??

As for Carl...I was under the impression he graduated from NC State or some other fine ACC school in the tarheel state. He could use his skills for custodian work. As for curling...nah...doubt he could get down into the proper throwing position.

[Maytag]

Golfan, I beleive he is using the putter prperly